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Record ID: BERK-1DEAFC
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A contemporary copy of a gold Roman solidus of Leo I dating to the period AD 457-474. VICTORIA AVGGGS reverse type, mint of Constantinopole. This coin is under weight compared to other examples recorded, and the metal appears to have been gilded and is either copper alloy or a heavily alloyed gold. The coin is in very good condition with little wear. c.f. RIC X 605
Created on: Tuesday 10th May 2016
Last updated: Friday 22nd March 2019
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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
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This findspot is known as 'Sittingbourne Area', grid reference and parish protected.
Record ID: SUR-5B13A4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Two joining fragments of a French or English (late 6th / early 7th c.) gold-plated contemporary forgery of a Visigothic 'Kingdom of Toulouse' pseudo-imperial solidus of the late 5th century AD copying a solidus of Severus III (461-5) from Ravenna. Probably minted in Toulouse or Narbonne.
RIC X 3753; MEC I, 174-6 (esp. 176)
The coin is pierced for suspension. Obv. Emperor right, Rev. Standing Emperor, foot on human-headed serpent
Created on: Wednesday 28th February 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 10th May 2017
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