2024-03-28T16:33:52+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/rsshttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/atomhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/kmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results3110Isle of Anglesey10Unitary AuthorityStruck or hammeredROMAN1Metal detectorPAS201504001005bc.jpg25482Generated from computer mapping softwareFair1209111PRN32877RO2.06Unitary AuthorityCertain1GAT25482Llannerch-y-Meddx41218268871.6Isle of Anglesey117282015-12-01T11:44:23ZReturned to finderWalesCirca
Two fragments of a very badly worn Roman silver coin. The obverse shows what appears to be a clean shaven male head facing left. Only the face and the front of the neck have survived, most of the head is missing. There are no other decipherable elements to the obverse and no inscription appears to have survived.
The reverse shows what appears to be the pointed prow of a ship or galley with suggestions of oars projecting down on the near side and a 'composite' ram on the front clearly visible. Part of what may be the sail is visible as a series of small raised squares rising above the hull. It is possible that a figure is standing between the sail and the prow. No other features are visible and no inscription has survived.
Discussion: (I am grateful to Edward Besly, National Museum of Wales for the following interpretation of the coin)
The coin is a Republican denarius of Q. Nasidius. The obverse of this coin type shows Pompey's head facing to the left towards an upright trident. The reverse shows a 'sea battle' involving four ships, however the surviving fragment of the current example shows only one. The coin is heavily worn, and no doubt a mid to late first century AD loss, or thereabouts. Republican denarii carried on circulating until the beginning of the 2nd century, when Trajan called them in.
Spencer Gavin Smith18.8422-4.38800278GAT-1BF76B7253351PAS2015-04-002ROMANCOINSH4182finds-7253351111.598GAT-1BE580Fragmentx41218images/rflook/1519883PAS5571BE5800104842015-06-05T16:20:56ZCertainx4121822153.310999371ROMANSilver41424RO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ROMANCertainCommunity2022-07-14T07:12:27.768ZIsle of Anglesey10Unitary AuthorityStruck or hammeredROMAN1Metal detectorPRN32697rev2.jpg25482From finderCorroded1208741PRN32697RO4.27Unitary AuthorityCertain4GAT25482Llanidanx41218187939.7Isle of Anglesey106272015-10-27T14:53:21ZReturned to finderWalesCirca
Copper alloy coin. Sestertius of Trajan AD 98-117, Rome mint, very badly corroded, though the bust is just visible; some signs of use-wear.
Obverse: laureate head facing right. Inscription: none visible.
Reverse: nothing discernible. Inscription: not visible.
Spencer Gavin Smith27.337-4.28985759GAT-6E13B64605151ROMANCOINSH4765finds-4605151126.928GAT-E5BAB0Completex41218images/rflook/1530111PAS4E5E5BAB00108442011-08-31T17:04:59ZCertainx4121822153.160080544ROMANCopper alloy41424RO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ROMANCertainCommunity2022-07-14T07:10:11.897ZIsle of Anglesey10Unitary AuthorityStruck or hammeredROMAN1Metal detectorPAS201316006333bc.jpg25482From finder1208941PRN 32843RO1.98Unitary AuthorityCertain4GAT25482Llaneilianx41218107791.3Isle of Anglesey106272015-10-26T17:11:36ZReturned to finderWalesCirca
Sub-circular struck copper alloy coin. The obverse contains a very crude stylised diademed (crowned), or possibly helmeted, head facing right. It is difficult to interpret the head, however there is what appears to be a faint band extending over the head from front to back which may be a stylised crest. There is also a small structure just behind the jaw which may be a crude ear guard although it may equally be a very poorly formed ear. There is possibly part of a legend visible above the head which may read: LIII.
The reverse is even more difficult to decipher. The main element is a very crude or stylised seated(?) figure along the right edge of the coin with various raised lines and lumps immediately to the left. Along the left edge is what may be part of a legend. This isn't very legible, an 'X' can be made out and possibly an 'E' either side of it. With the eye of faith, it is possible that it reads: EXERC. There is also what appears to be the remains of a raised lip around part of the edge of the coin which is out of alignment with this legend. Photos of the coin were sent to Edward Besley at the National Museum of Wales who kindly interpreted the coin as:
....probably a 'fallen horseman' copy. These are irregular coins from the 350s, copying coins of Constantius II with reverse FEL TEMP REPARATIO and a soldier spearing a fallen barbarian horseman. They come in all shapes and sizes ...... and are sometimes overstruck on earlier coins, so..... 'EXERC' could be part of Gloria EXERCitus.
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