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Unique ID: KENT4981
Object type certainty: Certain
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A plated silver Roman denarius of Nero (AD 54-68) as caesar under Claudius I (AD 41-54), dating to the period c.AD 50-54 (Reece period 2). SACERD COOPT IN OMN CONL SVPRA NVM EX SC reverse type depicting a Simpulum left and lituus right; above, tripod left and patera right. Prototype of the mint of Rome. cf. RIC I (2nd ed.), p. 125, no. 77.
Current location of find: With finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 50
Date to: Circa AD 54
Quantity: 1
Diameter: 18 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st November 2002
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Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: Denarius (Empire)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Claudius
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Mint or issue place: Rome
Obverse description: Bare headed and draped bust left
Obverse inscription: NER[...] GERM PRIN[...]
Reverse description: Simpulum left and lituus right; above, tripod left and patera right
Reverse inscription: SACERD COOPT IN O[MN CONL SVPRA NVM EX S]C
RIC Identifier: RIC I (second edition) Claudius 77
Reverse mint mark: -//-
Status: Contemporary copy (Plated copy)
Status qualifier: Certain
No coin references available.
4 Figure: TQ8058
Four figure Latitude: 51.292679
Four figure longitude: 0.580217
1:25K map: TQ8058
1:10K map: TQ85NW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Mattingly, H. and Sydenham, E.A. | 1936 | Roman Imperial Coinage: Augustus to Vitellius | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 125 | as 77 |