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Unique ID: SUSS-F26629
Object type certainty: Certain
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An incomplete, very worn Roman copper-alloy contemporary copy of an As of Claudius (AD 41-54) dating to the period AD 41-54 (Reece Period 2). Very worn reverse, impossible to identify, but there is a feint trace of a standing figure, possibly Minerva advancing right. Mint of Rome.
Contemporary copies of this issue appear frequently in Britain (see G, Boon, Counterfeit Coins in Roman Britain, plate IV, cf. nos. 49-54).
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 41
Date to: Circa AD 54
Quantity: 1
Thickness: 2.04 mm
Weight: 5.98 g
Diameter: 25.9 mm
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Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Denomination: As
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Claudius
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 2 [41-54]
Obverse description: Unclear bust left
Obverse inscription: Illegible
Reverse description: Unclear
Degree of wear: Extremely worn: poor
Status: Contemporary copy
Status qualifier: Probably
No coin references available.
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
No references cited so far.