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Record ID: NMGW-45B872
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: the Vale of Glamorgan
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A contemporary copy of a CERES AVGVSTA type dupondius of Claudius I, 41-54 AD. Th coin could therefore date to any time after the beginning reign of Claudius I. The coin is worn and weighs 10.17g. Robert Kenyon, following on from the work by the French scholars P-A. Besombes and M. Bompaire (in Trésors Monétaires XXI, 2005), is working through the British examples of Claudian coinage recorded through the PAS assigning many so-called Claudian contemporary copies to Roman auxiliary mints which operated at Lyons (Gaul) and in Spain. This example could not be classified to a mint.
Created on: Wednesday 23rd November 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 6th November 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-E78D17
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Neath Port Talbot
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman as of Claudius I (AD 41-54), dating to the period c.AD 41-54 (Reece period 2). S C reverse type depicting Minerva standing right holding shield and spear. This is probably a contemporary copy, but of very good size and weight and not bad style. Robert Kenyon, following on from the work by the French scholars P-A. Besombes and M. Bompaire (in Trésors Monétaires XXI, 2005), is working through the British examples of Claudian coinage recorded through the PAS assigning many so-called Claudian contemporary copies to Roman auxiliary min…
Created on: Tuesday 12th June 2007
Last updated: Monday 6th November 2023
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