Record ID: WILT-13C61D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A lead alloy gilded Roman possible contemporary copy of a nummus of Diocletian. Obverse inscription: IMP DIOCLETIANVS P AVG Obverse description: laureate head left Reverse inscription: MAXIMI[NVS] NOB CAES Reverse description: Bust helmeted and laureate, spear or sceptre on right shoulder and shield on left shoulder There seems little doubt that the reverse legend would have been MAXIMINVS rather that what might have been expected MAXIMIANVS, as the letter following the second I is almost certainly an N rather than an A and there is insufficient space for the longer nam…
Created on: Friday 16th October 2015
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2016
Spatial data recorded.