Record ID: LANCUM-556D86
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a contemporary copy of a Claudian as dating from the mid 1st century AD 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 I, à la Grosse Tête, mint. Obv: bust left Rev: Minerva
Created on: Wednesday 9th April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 27th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Horncastle', grid reference and parish protected.