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COIN

Unique ID: CAM-44DE77

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Roman copper alloy dupondius of Claudius dating to AD41 - AD50 (Reece Period 2). Reverse legend reads CERE[S AVGV]STA. Reverse shows Ceres veiled and draped seated left on ornamental throne holding two corn ears and a long torch. Ref: RIC I p. 127 no. 94 or p. 129 no. 110

Obverse legend reads [TI CLAVD]IVS CAESAR AVG PM TR P [IMP...]. Obverse shows bare head, left. Reverse fields read: / //SC. Die axis is 9 o'clock. Weight is 10.86g, Diameter is 27.28mm, Thickness is 3.40mm.

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 Lyon II, à la Petite Têtemint, mint.

Notes:

Recorded at Saffron Walden Searchers club meeting on 04/02/2013.

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 50

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Thickness: 3.4 mm
Weight: 10.86 g
Diameter: 27.28 mm

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Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: Dupondius
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Claudius
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 2 [41-54]
Mint or issue place: Lugdunum Auxillary Mint II
Mint qualifier: Certain
Obverse description: Bare head, left
Obverse inscription: [TI CLAVD]IVS CAESAR AVG PM TR P [IMP...]
Reverse description: Ceres veiled and draped seated on ornamental throne left holding two corn ears and ling torch
Reverse inscription: CERE[S AVGV]STA SC in exergue
Die axis measurement: 9 o'clock
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain

Coin references

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Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Uttlesford (District)
To be known as: Uttlesford District Area

Spatial coordinates

Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
General landuse: Cultivated land
Specific landuse: Character undetermined

References cited

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Created: 11 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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