Record ID: CPAT-5A962D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wrexham
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver denarius found during the Crewe & Nantwich Metal Detecting Club Rally on 09/03/14. The obverse features the bust of Faustina facing right with the inscription 'DIVA FAVSTINA', on the reverse is a robed female figure facing left and the inscription 'AETER/NITAS'.
Created on: Monday 7th December 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 20th April 2016
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Record ID: CPAT-6039A3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Powys
Workflow stage: Published
Silver plated contemporary copy of a denarius of Faustina I (DIVA FAVSTINA), AVGVSTA, prototype struck at Rome, c. 141-50. RIC II c.f. 362 This little coin purports to be a genuine Roman silver denarius of Faustina the senior (Faustina I). It also carries the 'diva' inscription on the obverse, indicative of it having been struck after her death and deification in AD141. However, all is not as it should be, this coin is a 'Fourée', or an ancient fake, having a copper alloy core wrapped in a thin silver foil. That is evidenced by the small breaks in the surface on the drapes a…
Created on: Sunday 22nd March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 14th April 2011
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