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Record ID: SF-19FE74
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper-alloy contemporary copy of an as of Claudius (AD 41-54) dating to c. AD 41-54 (Reece period 2). Reverse: S-C, Minerva advancing right holding javelin and shield.. For prototype see RIC vol. I, pp. 128 & 130, nos. 100 & 116; cf. an example in the British Museum collection (1934, 0905.129); G, Boon, Counterfeit Coins in Roman Britain, plate IV, cf. nos. 49-54. Robert Kenyon, following on from the work by the French scholars P-A Besombes and M Bompaire (in Trésors Monétaires XXI, 2005), is assigning many so-called Claudian contemporary copies to Roman auxiliary mints…
Created on: Monday 13th August 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 12th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thurston', grid reference and parish protected.