Record ID: KENT-B34CC4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Published
A gold tremissis, struck by the Visigoths in Gaul, imitating a Roman Imperial coin of Zeno (474-91). It was probably struck, c. 475-490. No exactly similar coin of this type is known to the British Museum, but further research is needed. Most copies of this period have the mintmark as CONOB or CONO. In this case it is dot N dot. This derives from the ONO of CONOB. There is one coin in the British Museum of Julius Nepos (474-5) with mintmark dot dot M dot dot which derives from COMOB (Oxborough Hoard 2003, R. Abdy). An example of a general prototype for this coin is RIC…
Created on: Thursday 23rd September 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 20th October 2010
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sittingbourne Area', grid reference and parish protected.