Record ID: DOR-064198
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy contemporary copy of an As of Claudius (AD 41 - 54) dating to c. AD 43 - 54 (Reece period 2). Stylised, helmeted figure of Minerva advancing right holding round shield and throwing javelin. Crudely rendered letters SC flanking the figure. Date: Roman Diameter: 23.62 mm Weight: 4.86 g Die axis: uncertain
Created on: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Last updated: Monday 18th December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-B0D14D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A gold aureus of Claudius (AD 41 - 54) dating to AD 41 - 42 (Reece Period 2). IMPER RECEPT on battlemented wall enclosing praetorian camp; inside, soldier, holding spear, right; in front, aquila; behind, pediment with flanking walls on the reverse Reference: RIC Volume I, p. 22 / Claudius 7; BMC I, p. 165, no. 5 Date: Roman Diameter: 18.81 mm Weight: 7.71 g Die axis: 12 One other specimen of this coin has been recorded from Britain, found in Staffordshire (Bland and Loriot, Roman and Early Byzantine Coins found in Britain and Ireland, 2010, p. 240, no. 522)
Created on: Thursday 16th December 2021
Last updated: Thursday 16th December 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Portbury', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-0B936E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy contemporary copy of an As of Claudius (AD 41 - 54) dating to c. AD 43 - 54 (Reece period 2). Stylised, helmeted figure of Minerva advancing right holding round shield and throwing javelin, SC flanking. Date: Roman Diameter: 24.55 mm Weight: 8.03 g Die axis: 6 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 mi…
Created on: Tuesday 19th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 6th December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-142B71
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy contemporary copy of an As of Claudius (AD 41 - 54) dating to c. AD 43 - 54 (Reece period 2). Stylised, helmeted figure of Minerva advancing right holding round shield and throwing javelin, SC flanking. 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 contemporar…
Created on: Thursday 7th March 2019
Last updated: Wednesday 4th December 2019
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-1E3454
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A dupondius of Claudius I. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TR P IMP SC (Claudius, veiled and togate, standing left holding simplum) reverse. 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 that were minted at the Lyon I, à la Grosse Tête, mint. Date:R…
Created on: Tuesday 30th March 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Owermoigne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-1CEAA2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A dupondius of Antonia issued under Claudius I. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG PM TR P IMP SC (Claudius, veiled and togate, standing left holding simplum) reverse. Date:Roman - AD 41 - 50 Reference: RIC Vol I, no. 92 Diameter: 26.16 mm Weight: 9.65 g 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…
Created on: Tuesday 30th March 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Owermoigne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-1C57E6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A dupondius of Claudius I. CERES AVGVSTA SC (Ceres, draped, seated left, holding a two corn ears and a long torch) reverse. 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. Date:Roman - AD 41 - 50 Reference: RIC Vol I, no. 94 …
Created on: Tuesday 30th March 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 16th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Owermoigne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-1C3B45
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A dupondius of Claudius I. CERES AVGVSTA SC (Ceres, draped, seated left, holding a two corn ears and a long torch) reverse. 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 that were minted at the Iberian Peninsula I, Workshop B, auxiliary mint. Da…
Created on: Tuesday 30th March 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Owermoigne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-1BF512
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A dupondius of Claudius I. CERES AVGVSTA SC (Ceres, draped, seated left, holding a two corn ears and a long torch) reverse. 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. Date:Roman - AD 41 - 50 Reference: RIC Vol I, cf.no. …
Created on: Tuesday 30th March 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 16th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Owermoigne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-1BD577
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A dupondius of Claudius I. CERES AVGVSTA SC (Ceres, draped, seated left, holding a two corn ears and a long torch) reverse. 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 Lyon I, à la Grosse Tête, mint. Date:Roman - AD 41 - 50 Reference: RIC Vol I, no. 94 Di…
Created on: Tuesday 30th March 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 23rd October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Owermoigne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-1B7136
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A sestertius of Claudius I. SPES AVGVSTA SC (Spes draped, advancing left, holding a flower and raising skirt) reverse. The obverse is countermarked [PRO]B in front of the head. 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. Dat…
Created on: Tuesday 30th March 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 9th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Owermoigne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-1B15D0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy sestertius of Claudius I (AD 41-54), dating to AD 41-50 (Reece Period 2) . SPES AVGVSTA SC (Spes draped, advancing left, holding a flower and raising skirt) reverse. The obverse is countermarked PROB in front of the head. Lyon Auxiliary Mint. Type as RIC I, no.99 (Rome). 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 whi…
Created on: Tuesday 30th March 2010
Last updated: Thursday 19th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Owermoigne', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DOR-E13EF2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy coin. A contemporary copy of a prototype of Claudius with Minerva reverse. The bust and reverse design are both quite crudely rendered and stylised. This was the most commonly copied early coin. Date: c AD 41 - 54 Diameter: 24.14 mm Weight: 5.14 g Die axis: 12. 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 operat…
Created on: Monday 25th January 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 29th January 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DOR-BCC3E6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy As of Claudius (41-54) Obv. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR ...; bare head left Rev. CONSTANTIAE AVGVSTI, S C; Constantia in military dress left, right hand raised, left hand holding spear. Class: RIC I, pp. 127 & 129, type as nos. 95 & 110 The coin has been gilded. Date: Roman - c. AD 45 - 54 Diameter: 19.86 mm Weight: 9.03 g 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 contempo…
Created on: Tuesday 26th May 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 27th November 2019
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Record ID: DOR-CF6A24
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Roman denarius of Claudius I (AD 41-54), dating to the period c.AD 50-54 (Reece period 2). AGRIPPINAE AVGVSTAE reverse type depicting the draped bust of Agrippina right wearing crown of corn ears and with long plait. Mint of Rome. As RIC I (2nd ed.), p. 126, no. 81. Slightly worn. Diameter: 18.86 mm Weight: 3.38 g.
Created on: Friday 27th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 1st October 2020
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Record ID: SOMDOR-CAD715
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy coin. Difficult to date with real certainty as it is heavily corroded, but what can be seen of the size and shape of the bust, together with the size of the flan is more like contemporary copies of Claudian asses than, for example, later asses or sestercii and 4th century folles. 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 m…
Created on: Monday 5th September 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 29th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chedzoy', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: SOMDOR405
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
Roman copper alloy as of Claudius (AD 41-54). 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 attributed to a mint.
Created on: Wednesday 5th April 2000
Last updated: Wednesday 6th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'SOMERSET CHARLTON MACKRELL', grid reference and parish protected.