Record ID: SOM-FF6E52
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
As of Claudius (probably), type and mint uncertain, 41-54.
Created on: Friday 1st June 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Seavington St Michael', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-1B88A3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy contemporary copy of an as of Claudius (41-54), S C - Minerva seated right (probably), 43-54. The reverse is encrusted and cannot be discerned. 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 is a native copy.
Created on: Monday 19th November 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 29th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-CED9D3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy contemporary copy of an as of Claudius (probably), reverse uncertain, c. 43-54. 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 particular mint, nor as a native copy.
Created on: Monday 20th April 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 12th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shalbourne CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-D09B21
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy irregular as of Claudius (41-54), Minerva reverse type, 43-60 AD. The coin has been pierced with a worn, circular piercing near the rim at 5 o'clock on the obverse and 12 o'clock on the reverse. Many copies of Claudian period asses were struck in Britain in the decades following the invasion of AD 43. This was because there was a serious shortage of small change for the up to 50,000 or so Roman soldiers in the Province to use. It is now reckoned that many of these coins were in fact semi-official, being struck at legionary bases such as Colchester. The "Mi…
Created on: Wednesday 25th May 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 12th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Kingsdon', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-7233A2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy as of Claudius, reverse: Minerva flanked by S-C, mint uncertain, 43-54. Possibly a contemporary copy. 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 is a native copy.
Created on: Monday 4th August 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 29th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Charlton Horethorne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-6C0E36
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy contemporary copy of an As of Claudius, Minerva reverse, cf. RIC. I Claudius 100/116; Boon 27ff. 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 is a contemporary copy of those minted at the Lyon I, à la Grosse Tête, mint.
Created on: Tuesday 25th October 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 27th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alverdiston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-8C47D5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy contemporary copy of an as of Claudius dating to the period c. AD 43-60 (Reece period 2). Minerva reverse. Copying Rome mint. cf. RIC. I Claudius 100/116; Boon 27ff. 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 is a native copy. The coin's flan has been b…
Created on: Tuesday 7th May 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 15th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-55B123
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy contemporay copy of an as of Claudius (AD 41-54), dating to c. AD 41-54 (Reece Period 2). Uncertain reverse type. 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 is a native copy.
Created on: Tuesday 1st September 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 29th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Milborne Port', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOM-EC9FA7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy contemporary copy of a Roman As of Claudius dating to c. AD 43-60 (Reece period 2). Uncertain reverse type depicting Minerva seated. Uncertain mint.
Created on: Monday 14th December 2015
Last updated: Monday 4th January 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Burleston CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-AA99E4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper-alloy contemporary copy of an as of Claudius dating to the period c. AD 43-60 (Reece period 2). Minerva reverse type depicting Minerva going right, right arm raised, holding shield with left hand. Copying Rome mint. cf. RIC. I Claudius 100/116; Boon 27ff. 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 …
Created on: Monday 6th January 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 15th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilchester CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-689915
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper-alloy as of Claudius dating to AD 41-54 (Reece Period 2). LIBERTAS AVGVSTA reverse type depicting Libertas standing holding a pileus. 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 is from the Iberian Peninsula I, Workshop B, mint.
Created on: Thursday 11th October 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 20th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Frampton', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-89D101
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy contemporary copy of an As of Claudius dating to the period AD 43 to 60 (Reece Period 2). Probably Minerva reverse. cf. RIC. I Claudius 100/116; Boon 27ff. 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 is a contemporary copy of those minted at the Lyon I, à la…
Created on: Friday 30th November 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 27th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Knoyle', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-372F9B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman copper alloy As of Claudius dating to the period c AD 41-54 (Reece period 2). Minerva reverse. RIC. I Claudius 100/116. 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 is a contemporary copy of those minted at the Lyon II, à la Petite Tête.
Created on: Tuesday 4th April 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 4th December 2019
Spatial data recorded.