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COIN
Unique ID: CORN-CB2601
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Roman contemporary copy of copper alloy as of Claudius (AD 41-54). Minerva Type C reverse. 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.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: returned to finder
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Subperiod from: Early
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: AD 41
Date to: Circa AD 68
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.4 mm
Weight: 7 g
Diameter: 27.7 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st August 2004 - Tuesday 31st August 2004
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
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: Bare head facing left
Obverse inscription: [TI CLAVDIVS CAES]AR [AVG P M TR P IMP]
Reverse description: Minerva helmeted, draped, advancing right, brandishing javelin in right hand and holding round shield on left arm
Reverse inscription: S C in field left and right
Die axis measurement: 6 o'clock
Status: Contemporary copy
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
District: Cornwall (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Lostwithiel
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
| Author | Publication Year | Title | Publication Place | Publisher | Pages | Reference | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattingly, H. and Carson, R.A.G. | 1976 | Coins of the Roman Empire in the British Museum | London | British Museum Press | 192, Plate 36, Fig.7, | No.207 | |
| Mattingly, H. and Sydenham, E.A. | 1930 | Roman Imperial Coinage: Antoninus Pius to Commodus | London | Spink and Son Ltd | 128, Plate 16, | No.100 |
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