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COIN

Unique ID: ESS-1EBA48

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

A Roman copper alloy contemporary copy of an as of Claudius dating to AD43 - AD54 (Reece Period 2). Reverse depicts Minerva advancing right. Uncertain Mint.

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 I, à la Grosse Tête, mint.

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Record produced from information and image supplied by finder; not seen by FLO.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 54

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 6.28 g
Diameter: 25 mm

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Other reference numbers

Other reference: Finder's Reference 052-C0008

Materials and construction

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

Coin data (numismatics)

Denomination: As
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Claudius
Reece period: Period 2 [41-54]
Mint or issue place: Lugdunum Auxillary Mint I
Mint qualifier: Probably
Obverse description: Head facing left
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Minerva advancing right
Reverse inscription: Illegible
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Status: Contemporary copy

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Chelmsford (District)
Parish or ward: Pleshey (Civil Parish)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TL6714
Four figure Latitude: 51.79971
Four figure longitude: 0.420511
1:25K map: TL6714
1:10K map: TL61SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.

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Recording Institution: ESS
Created: 10 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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