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Record ID: SOM-AA6132
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy nummus of Gallienus (joint reign) dating to the period AD 253-260 (Reece period 12). VICT GERMANICA reverse type depicting Victory walking left holding wreath in right hand and palm against left shoulder in left hand. Mint of Gaul. Cunetio, p. 105; ref. 726. This coin has suffered small losses around half of its circumference.
Created on: Monday 6th January 2014
Last updated: Monday 6th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilchester CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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-AB2772
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy contemporary copy of a radiate of Tetricus I dating to the period c. AD 275-285 (Reece period 14). Unclear reverse type depicting a standing figure. Unclear mint.
Created on: Monday 6th January 2014
Last updated: Monday 6th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilchester CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-ACACA4
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy initial T-shaped brooch, incomplete in so far as it is missing the majority of its pin. The brooch consists of cylindrical wings, bow and foot with catch-plate at the back. The wings are decorated with a pair of incised lines at their tip on the upper surface. The front of this decoration is demarcated by a incised longitudinal line which travels towards the slot, without reaching it. The remains of the circular copper alloy axis bar is visible at the tips. Between the wings is a slot in which the remnants of the pin are hinged. The pin has a pointed spur at its h…
Created on: Monday 6th January 2014
Last updated: Monday 6th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bawdrip CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-3C0211
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy nummus of the House of Constantine dating to the period AD 324-330 (Reece period 16). PROVIDENTIAE CAESS reverse depicting a gateway with two towers. Mint unclear. This coin has suffered some slight losses to its circumference.
Created on: Monday 13th January 2014
Last updated: Monday 13th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somerton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-51B6A1
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete Roman copper-alloy initial T-shaped brooch, missing the majority of its bow and pin, and also the leg with catch-plate. The brooch consists of heavily abraded cylindrical wings, upper bow and the head of the pin. Both wings are abraded at their tips, with one having lost most of its underside. There is possible incised diagonal decoration on the upper surface of the other wing, though this is not clear. The remnant of the circular-section copper alloy axis bar is visible at the broken wing, it is itself truncated. Between the wings is a slot in which the remnants of the …
Created on: Tuesday 14th January 2014
Last updated: Monday 2nd June 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cullompton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-93D8C6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy nummus of Helena (AD 324-341) dating to the period AD 337-341 (Reece period 17). PAX PVBLICA reverse depicting Pax standing facing left with transverse sceptre and branch. Mint unclear.
Created on: Friday 17th January 2014
Last updated: Friday 17th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somerton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-940844
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy nummus probably of the House of Valentinian dating to the period c. AD 364-378 (Reece period 19). Unclear reverse and mint. A small loss has been suffered a one point of the circumference where the flan has been bent upwards.
Created on: Friday 17th January 2014
Last updated: Friday 17th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somerton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-944503
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy nummus of Constantine I (AD 306-337) dating to the period AD 332-333 (Reece period 17). GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type depicting two soldiers flanking two standards. Mint of Arles. RIC VII, p. 273; nos. 358/364.
Created on: Friday 17th January 2014
Last updated: Friday 17th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somerton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-94A3B1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy nummus probably of Constantius II as Caesar dating to the period AD 330-335 (Reece period 17). GLORIA EXERCITVS reverse type depicting two soldiers flanking two standards. Mint unclear.
Created on: Friday 17th January 2014
Last updated: Friday 17th January 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somerton CP', grid reference and parish protected.