Record ID: DEV-F4840D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A very worn Roman copper-alloy coin, probably a contemporary copy of a Claudian as, dating to the period c.AD 41-54 (Reece period 2). Unclear reverse type possibly depicting a standing figure with elbow projecting to right. Cf. Boon, 1988: pl. III, especially nos. 41-44 (nos. 41-43 for Antonia under Claudius), for similar contemporary copies that may provide parallels. The coin is struck on an irregularly shaped and unusually thin flan. Robert Kenyon, following on from the work by the French scholars P-A. Besombes and M. Bompaire (in Trésors Monétaires XXI, 2005), is working t…
Created on: Tuesday 24th October 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 29th January 2020
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