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Unique ID: IOW-C8A1D6
Object type certainty: Certain
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A worn Roman copper-alloy contemporary copy of an as of Claudius dating to the period AD 41-54 (Reece period 2). Unclear type depicting Minerva standing right brandishing spear and holding shield. 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 a contemporary copy of those minted at the Lyon II, à la Petite Tête.
Obverse: [ ]; Head left
Reverse: [S C]; Minerva standing right brandishing spear and holding shield
RIC I, p. 128, cf 100
Diameter: 23.2mm. Weight: 4.51g. DA=12:12.
Current location of find: Finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Exactly AD 41
Date to: Exactly AD 54
Quantity: 1
Weight: 4.51 g
Diameter: 23.2 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 12th March 2013
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Other reference: IOW2013-2-143
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Denomination: As
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Claudius
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 2 [41-54]
Mint or issue place: Lugdunum Auxillary Mint II
Obverse description: Head left
Obverse inscription: [ ]
Reverse description: Minerva standing right brandishing spear and holding shield
Reverse inscription: [S C]
Die axis measurement: 12 o'clock
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Status: Contemporary copy
Status qualifier: Certain
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: GPS (from the finder)
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
No references cited so far.