Record ID: PUBLIC-D7151D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman sestertius, probably of Commodus (AD 175-192), dating to the period AD 190 (Reece period 9). Reverse type depicting Genius standing left holding patera and cornucopiae, an altar to the left, S-C in the field. Mint of Rome. Cf. BMC no. 645 passim; RIC III, no. 561. The coin has suffered from deliberate damage in antiquity that has removed much of the obverse type, with mutliple diagonal grooves visible on the surface of the coin. The reverse type is worn but has not been damaged. Whether this was as a result of deliberate defacement or an attempt to break or alt…
Created on: Sunday 26th October 2014
Last updated: Thursday 18th July 2019
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