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-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.

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Record ID: SOM-E9EA20
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper-alloy nummus of Constantine I dating to AD 319 (Reece Period 16). VICTORIAE LAET PRIN P reverse type depicting two Victories with shield inscribed VOT/PR over a square altar with star (as part of the mint mark). Mint of Trier. RIC VII, p. 184, ref. 226 (probably). This coin has suffered some losses to its circumference.
Created on: Friday 5th April 2013
Last updated: Thursday 4th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-AFF4A4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy nummus of Crispus (AD 317-326) dating to AD 321 (Reece period 16). BEATA TRANQVILITAS reverse type depicting a globe set on an altar inscribed with VO/TIS/XX in three lines; above, three stars. Mint of Lyon. RIC VII, p. 131, no. 133.
Created on: Friday 14th June 2013
Last updated: Thursday 4th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-722D64
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy nummus of Licinius I dating to the year AD 321 (Reece Period 16). D N LICINI AVGVSTI reverse type depicting a wreath around 'VOT/XX'. Mint of Arles. Cf. RIC VII, p. 259, no. 240.
Created on: Monday 16th September 2013
Last updated: Thursday 4th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Somerton', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-6BDC47
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 year AD 333 (Reece Period 17). VRBS ROMA type with a reverse depicting a wolf suckling twins with two stars above. Mint of Arles. RIC no. 373 (vol. VII, p. 274).
Created on: Friday 3rd January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 4th July 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilchester CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8562F7
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a cast copper-alloy Roman bow brooch of 1st to 2nd century AD date. The fragment consists of the lower bow and the foot, including the catch-plate. The bow has a flattened circular cross-section. It narrows and thickens seamlessly into the triangular catch-plate. The catch-plate has bent bent slightly to one side and the fold been abraded. The artefact has a variable mid/dark-green patina. One may note that this seamless transition from bow to foot is a characteristic of T-shape brooches such a definitive classification has not been given here pending further work.
Created on: Monday 24th June 2013
Last updated: Thursday 11th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-869F31
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A fragment from a cast copper-alloy Roman bow brooch of probable 1st century AD date. The fragment consists of the head and beginnings of the upper bow; the rest of the brooch has been lost to old damage. The head is formed of a chunky cylinder seemingly with closed ends. Each end is perforated for the iron axis bar, now corroded. At its centre the head of the pin survives as a vestige within the pin slot. The tips of the wings are decorated with a double ridge. The bow emerges at an immediate forty-five degree angle. Beyond this is a further bend, but not as sharp. With this second b…
Created on: Monday 24th June 2013
Last updated: Thursday 11th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alvediston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-995606
Object type: BROOCH
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A corroded fragment from a cast copper-alloy Roman bow brooch. The lower half of the brooch survives, from a central acanthus button downwards. The acanthus button has the conventional form of a transverse ridge with triple knop above and below. The is conventional on Trumpet brooches (cf. Hattatt 2000, 326; fig. 185), although it can also appear on T-shape brooches, for example a 'Wilsford' type illustrated in Hattatt (2000, 302; ref. 914). Below the button the leg has a low triangular cross-section, with a flat lower surface. It tapers gradually towards the foot. On the lower surfac…
Created on: Tuesday 25th June 2013
Last updated: Thursday 11th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Cheddelwich', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-69F55D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy nummus of the House of Constantine daing to the period 347 to 348 (Reece period 17). VICTORIAE D D AVGGQ N N reverse type two Victories facing each other holding wreaths. Unclear mint.
Created on: Friday 4th July 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chickerell CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-06CCCB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy nummus of Constans daing to the period AD 347 to 348 (Reece period 17). VICTORIAE D D AVGG Q N N reverse type depicting two Victories facing each other, each holding a small wreath. Mint of Trier. RIC VIII, p. 151; no. 183
Created on: Wednesday 10th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chilthorne Domer CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-07406A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy nummus of Constans dating to the period AD 347 to 348 (Reece period 17). VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN reverse type depicting two Victories facing each other, each holding a small wreath. Mint of Trier. RIC VIII, p. 151; no. 183
Created on: Wednesday 10th September 2014
Last updated: Tuesday 9th December 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chilthorne Domer CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-066E0F
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 330 to 331 (Reece Period 17). VRBS ROMA type with a reverse depicting a wolf suckling twins with two stars above. Mint of Lyon. RIC VII, p. 138; no. 242
Created on: Wednesday 10th September 2014
Last updated: Thursday 23rd October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chilthorne Domer CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-EAD7B0
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman copper alloy finger ring with black glass intaglio. The bezel is widened and flattened; the shoulders are also relatively wide before tapering to a thin hoop around half way down the sides (min. W.: 2.8mm). There are some abrasions to the edges of the hoop and a recess formed through corrosion on the underside of the bezel. The bezel is very slightly raised in around the setting. The intaglio is bevelled externally leaving a flat oval central zone with design set in. The design (on the intaglio) is of a human figure, probably female, seated left and turned to the view…
Created on: Friday 3rd October 2014
Last updated: Monday 6th October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingsdon CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-EA8003
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy as or dupondius of probable 2nd-century ruler dating to the period c. AD 100 to 200 (Reece periods 7-9). Unclear reverse. Mint uncertain.
Created on: Friday 3rd October 2014
Last updated: Friday 3rd October 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingsdon CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-97F4F0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy as of Marcus Aurelius as Caesar, dating to the period AD 140-144 (Reece period 7). PIETAS AVG, S C reverse depicting sacrificial implements. Mint of Rome. RIC III, p. 174, no. 1240a (Antoninus Pius).
Created on: Monday 29th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 29th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingsdon CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-975F81
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy nummus of Constantine II dating to the period AD 318 to 324 (Reece period 16). BEAT TRANQLITAS reverse type depicting globe on altar with three stars above. Minted at London. The reverse has suffered particularly from corrosion.
Created on: Monday 29th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 29th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingsdon CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-970FAD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy nummus of Valens dating to the period AD 364 to 378 (Reece period 19). SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE reverse type depicting Victory advancing left with wreath and palm. Mint of Arles. This coin has suffered some small losses at its circumference.
Created on: Monday 29th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 29th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingsdon CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-969504
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy nummus of Valens dating to the period AD 364 to 378 (Reece period 19). SECVRITAS REI PVBLICAE reverse type depicting Victory advancing left with wreath and palm. Mint unclear.
Created on: Monday 29th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 29th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingsdon CP', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-961F3B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy nummus of Valentinian I dating to the period AD 364 to c. 367 (Reece period 19). GLORIA ROMANORVM reverse type depicting emperor dragging captive. Mint of Lyon. Cf. LRBC, p. 51; no. 284
Created on: Monday 29th September 2014
Last updated: Monday 29th September 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingsdon CP', grid reference and parish protected.