Record ID: CORN-886BD2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy as of Domitian as Caesar under Vespasian, dating from the period AD 77-78, Reece period 4, with laureate bust facing right on obverse and Spes, draped, advancing left, holding flowers in her right hand and raising her dress with her left. Mint of Lyon. RIC Vol. II, Part 1, p. 150, no. 1290.
Created on: Wednesday 27th July 2016
Last updated: Monday 25th March 2024
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Record ID: CORN-8833A1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy dupondius or as of Claudius (AD 41-54), Reece period 2, with possible central standing figure on reverse. For an obverse with a similar bust see BMC Vol.I, pl.35, fig.4. 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 could not be classified to a particular mint, nor as a…
Created on: Wednesday 27th July 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 12th February 2020
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Record ID: CORN-D501A5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper as of Claudius (AD 41-54), LIBERTAS AVGVSTA type, imitation, from style and weight, likely made in South-eastern Britain at the time (Harold B. Mattingly pers comm while on holiday); RIC 97 (see footnote on page 128 regarding imitation) 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. Thi…
Created on: Thursday 11th October 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 20th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bodmin', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-CB2601
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Roman contemporary copy of copper alloy as of Claudius (AD 41-54). Minerva Type C reverse. 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 contemporary copy of those minted at the Lyon II, à la Petite Tête.
Created on: Friday 11th February 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 4th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lostwithiel', grid reference and parish protected.