Record ID: SOM-AA99E4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy contemporary copy of an as of Claudius dating to the period c. AD 43-60 (Reece period 2). Minerva reverse type depicting Minerva going right, right arm raised, holding shield with left hand. Copying Rome mint. cf. RIC. I Claudius 100/116; Boon 27ff. 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 …
Created on: Monday 6th January 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 15th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilchester CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8C47D5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy contemporary copy of an as of Claudius dating to the period c. AD 43-60 (Reece period 2). Minerva reverse. Copying Rome mint. cf. RIC. I Claudius 100/116; Boon 27ff. 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 native copy. The coin's flan has been b…
Created on: Tuesday 7th May 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 15th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6B3DF0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy nummus of Magnentius (AD 350-353), dating to the period AD 350-351 (Reece Period 18). FELICITAS REI PVBLICE reverse type depicting emperor standing left holding Victory on globe and standard. Mint of Arles. RIC VIII, p. 213, no. 137
Created on: Wednesday 17th July 2013
Last updated: Thursday 7th May 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7CC9A7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
An irregular Roman silver-plate copper-alloy denarius copying Julia Soemias dating to the period AD 218-222 (Reece period 10). VENVS VICTRIX reverse type depciting Venus standing left holding patera in right hand and vertical sceptre in left. Mint uncertain. The VENVS VICTRIX type is not recorded for Julia Soemias, although it was for Julia Paula (RIC IV, pt 2, p. 46, no. 223). However, the Julia Paula coin has Venus holding a globe and sceptre. The type with patera and sceptre is more commonly found for Juno. Therefore, the forger has probably muddled his legends and types.
Created on: Monday 4th November 2013
Last updated: Tuesday 17th November 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-D40CD4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy as of Domitian (AD 81-96) dating to AD 86 (Reece Period 4). IOVI CONSERVAT, S C reverse type depicting Jupiter standing left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre. Mint of Rome. RIC II.1, p. 299, no. 490.
Created on: Monday 22nd July 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 20th January 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Misterton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-4F8971
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy nummus of Constantine I (AD 306-37), dating to the year AD 322 (Reece period 16). D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG reverse type depicting a laurel wreath surrounding VOT//XX. Mint of Aquileia. RIC VII, p. 405, no. 104
Created on: Thursday 14th November 2013
Last updated: Friday 16th April 2021
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-699C37
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A Roman copper-alloy devolved T-shaped brooch of Hull T138 dating to the late first to second century AD, incomplete in so far as it is missing most of its pin. The head has two short cylindrical wings, 23.2mm wide, to hold the axis bar for the hinged pin. Between the wings is a slot in which the remnants of the pin are hinged. The pin has a pointed spur at its head to aid hinging. It narrows to a circular cross-section before an early break. What survives has been bent downwards towards the back of the bow on the right hand side (when viewed in plan from below). There is corrosion pr…
Created on: Friday 3rd January 2014
Last updated: Monday 20th June 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilchester CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DEV-3AAA54
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Roman denarius of Carausius (AD 286-293), dating to the period AD 286-293 (Reece period 14). ADVENTVS AV(ICIII or IIIII) reverse type depicting Carausius, draped, cuirassed, riding left, raising right hand and holding  sceptre in left hand. Mint unclear. The exergue is almost entirely off the flan, so it is not possible to determine if the exergue is clear or marked with RSR. The reverse legend is normally ADVENTVS AVG, but the end of the legend is blundered, However, the coin is regular.  RIC V, pt 2, p. 508, cf. no.…
Created on: Thursday 3rd November 2022
Last updated: Thursday 23rd February 2023
Spatial data recorded.