Rights Holder: Derby Museums Trust
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Unique ID: DENO-8C6343
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published
Notes:
The Lares Praestites were the protective deities of the state. This coin was initially identified by Peter D Spencer, for The Searcher, and appeared in that magazine in ?Oct/Nov 2004.This has been noted as an interesting find by the recorder.
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Late
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: 112 BC
Date to: 111 BC
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 1.8 mm
Weight: 3.43 g
Diameter: 19.92 mm
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st August 2004
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Other reference: Derby Museum entry no. 4466
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Denomination: Denarius serratus (Roman Republic)
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Republic
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 1 [Pre AD 41]
Mint or issue place: Rome
Obverse description: Bust of Apollo/Jupiter facing left, with AP monogram behind.
Reverse description: Two seated Lares Praestites holding sceptres, dog between them, bust of Vulcan above.
Reverse inscription: L CAESI (in exergue)
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Republican moneyer: Caesius, L.
RRC Identifier: RRC 298/1
Status: Regular
Status qualifier: Certain
4 Figure: SK9272
Four figure Latitude: 53.2370709
Four figure longitude: -0.62302333
1:25K map: SK9272
1:10K map: SK97SW
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
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Sear, D.R. | 1988 | Roman Coins and their Values | Seaby | p106, no175 | |||
Various | 2006 | The Searcher | Guildford | Searcher Publications | Oct or Nov 2004 |