Record ID: LANCUM-748A72
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy contemporary copy of an as, known as a limesfalsum, of Otacilia Severa (wife of Philip I), dating to the period AD 244 to 249 (Reece period 12). CONCORDIA AVGG S C reverse type depicting Concordia seated left holding patera and cornucopiae. Prototype Mint of Rome. cf. RIC IV, p. 94, no. 203b. For a similar coin, see: KENT-17ADF8. The original recorded suggested it was a dupondius, but what might appear to be a crescent is probably just part of the bust.
Created on: Monday 4th February 2008
Last updated: Friday 26th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Gloucester', grid reference and parish protected.