Record ID: CORN-D501A5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper as of Claudius (AD 41-54), LIBERTAS AVGVSTA type, imitation, from style and weight, likely made in South-eastern Britain at the time (Harold B. Mattingly pers comm while on holiday); RIC 97 (see footnote on page 128 regarding imitation) 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. Thi…
Created on: Thursday 11th October 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 20th November 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bodmin', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-CB2601
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Roman contemporary copy of copper alloy as of Claudius (AD 41-54). Minerva Type C 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 minted at the Lyon II, à la Petite Tête.
Created on: Friday 11th February 2005
Last updated: Wednesday 4th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Lostwithiel', grid reference and parish protected.