ESS-ED9452: A Roman copper alloy As of uncertain Emperor, dating 1st-2nd century AD.

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Unique ID: ESS-ED9452

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published

A copper alloy contemporary copy of an as of Claudius (AD 41-54), dating to c. AD 41-54. Reverse depicts Minerva advancing left, holding javelin and shield. For prototypem cf. RIC I (revised edition), p. 128, no. 100. 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.

Dimensions: diameter: 23.66 mm; weight: 5.30g.

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Subperiod to: Early
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 41
Date to: Circa AD 54

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 1
Weight: 5.3 g
Diameter: 23.66 mm

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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
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 2 [41-54]
Mint or issue place: Lugdunum Auxillary Mint II
Obverse description: Head left.
Obverse inscription: Illegible.
Reverse description: Minerva advancing right, holding javelin and shield.
Reverse inscription: S C in field.
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Status: Contemporary copy
Status qualifier: Certain

Coin references

No coin references available.

Spatial metadata

Region: Eastern (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Tendring (District)
Parish or ward: Ramsey and Parkeston (District Ward)

Spatial coordinates

4 Figure: TM2029
Four figure Latitude: 51.91604731
Four figure longitude: 1.19755013
1:25K map: TM2029
1:10K map: TM22NW
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

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

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Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 4 years ago

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