Record ID: LVPL-0A5332
Object type: COIN MOULD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Impression of the obverse of a coin of Tacitus (275-6) in lead. Obverse: [ ]ITVS AVG (retrograde); [ ], draped and cuirassed bust left (would have been right on the original coin). Note, the beard is clearly visible on the chin and neck. It is not possible to determine if the coin used for the impression was a base silver coin with a radiate crown or a gold aureus with a laureate crown. This is a most unusual piece. Because the piece is made of lead it cannot be a mould for making a forged coin in another metal. Nor is it likely to have been a mould for the produ…
Created on: Friday 16th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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