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COIN
Unique ID: WILT-D0FEB4
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
A Roman dupondius of Claudius (AD 41-54), reverse: CERES AVGVSTA around Ceres standing left on ornate throne, holding two corn-ears. Measures 25mm, weighs 9.32g, die axis 6, worn.
Robert Kenyon, following on from the work by the French scholars P-A. Besombes and M. Bompaire (in Trésors Monétaires XXI, 2005), is working through the British examples of Claudian coinage recorded through the PAS assigning many so-called Claudian contemporary copies to Roman auxiliary mints which operated at Lyons (Gaul) and in Spain. This example is from the Iberian Peninsula I, Workshop B, mint.
Obverse: Bare head left
TI CLAVDI[VS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP]
Reverse: Ceres standing left on ornate throne, holding two corn-ears
[CERES AVGVSTA]
In exergue: [S C]
Reference: RIC 94
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 41
Date to: Circa AD 54
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 9.32 g
Diameter: 25 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 3rd April 2012 - Tuesday 3rd July 2012
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Salisbury Museum Entry Form 3941
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Completeness: Complete
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Dupondius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Claudius
Reece period: Period 2 [41-54]
Mint or issue place: Iberian Peninsula I Workshop B
Obverse description: Bare head left
Obverse inscription: TI CLAVDI[VS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP]
Reverse description: Ceres standing left on ornate throne, holding two corn-ears
In exergue: [S C]
Reverse inscription: [CERES AVGVSTA]
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Status: Regular
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: Poole (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Poole
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattingly, H. and Sydenham, E.A. | 1936 | Roman Imperial Coinage: Augustus to Vitellius | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 94 |
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