Record ID: NLM-AB07D7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman coin (as?) of Gordian III (AD 238-244), dating to the period AD 238-244 (Reece period 11). NIKAI reverse type depicting the legend between four standards, two Capricorns above the central two standards. Mint of Nicaea (Bithynia). Cf. SNG Österreich Sammlung Leypold, Band I: Pontus-Lydien, pp. 38-39, no. 189. This is an Eastern mint coin, probably an as or similar denomination, of Gordian III, the first of this type to be recorded through the PAS and very unusual for Britain. The appearance of the surfaces of the coin might suggest possible deposition in a wet …
Created on: Thursday 16th March 2017
Last updated: Monday 26th March 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Melton Ross', grid reference and parish protected.