Record ID: CAM-082414
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Dupondius of Claudius, AD 41-54 (Reece period 2). Reverse legend reads CERES [AVGVSTA], S C. Reverse shows Ceres enthroned left holding corn-ears and torch. Mint is Rome AD 42. RIC I, pp. 127 & 129, cf. nos. 94 & 110. See Sear, D. Roman Coins and Their Values Vol.I, p.367, no.1856. This coin might be a contemporary copy, but is too poorly preserved to be certain - see G. Boon, 'Counterfeit Coins in Roman Britain', pl. III, no. 38. Robert Kenyon, following on from the work by the French scholars P-A. Besombes and M. Bompaire (in Trésors Monétaires XXI, 2005), is wor…
Created on: Monday 12th May 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 16th October 2019
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