Record ID: BM-AC10D2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy "as" of Trajan (AD 98-117), dating to AD 116 (Reece Period 5), S C in wreath. c.f. RIC II, p. 288, no. 644; Woytek, Die Reichspragung des Kaiers Traianus, p. 541-2, no. 937b.
Created on: Thursday 18th September 2014
Last updated: Thursday 18th September 2014
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Record ID: YORYM-FB45C5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Riding of Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy as, probably of Trajan (AD 98-117) (Reece Period 5), reverse illegible. This coin was struck at Antioch (in ancient Syria, modern Turkey). see BMC III, p. 233, no. 1098. There is a bucranium (bull's head) countermark to the left of the head. These coins from Antioch with a bucranium countermark have been found in Britain, for example at Bath (Walker, Coins from the Sacred Spring at Bath, plate XXX, no. 13), Richborough (BM 1937 0212 119) and in Northants (PAS NARC-B683C2). However, at 4.9g, this coin is quite light (the Richborough coin is 7.75g). Furthermore, the portrai…
Created on: Wednesday 22nd January 2014
Last updated: Thursday 6th February 2014
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