Record ID: LANCUM-58D574
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy sestertius of Crispina, wife Commodus (AD 177-192), dating to the period AD 178-88 (Reece Period 9). SALVS reverse type depicting Salus seated left, feeding a snake coiled around altar from a patera in right hand, left arm resting on side of chair. Mint of Rome. RIC III, p. 442, no. 672b. BMC IV (p. cliv) suggests that this issue with the obverse legend CRISPINA AVG IMP COMMODI AVG could have been struck early, in Marcus Aurelius' reign, c. AD 178-80. Crispina’s coinage was traditionally dated to c. AD 178-182, but more recent research suggests that she was probably not…
Created on: Sunday 26th January 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 30th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Over', grid reference and parish protected.