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Record ID: ESS-380930
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman Republican denarius, moneyer: C. Iunius C.F., minted at Rome, 149 BC. Crawford, M. H. 1974, Roman Republican Coinage, ref. 210/1. Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma right with X behind. Reverse: two horsemen (the Dioscuri) right, below C.IVNI.[C.F.] and Roma.
Created on: Monday 16th October 2006
Last updated: Monday 31st August 2015
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Record ID: ESS-B4E3F0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete Roman Republican silver denarius of the moneyer M. Aburius Geminus dating to the period 132 BC (Crawford, M. H. 1974. Roman Republican Coinage, ref. 250). On the obverse is the helmeted head of Roma facing right, with a star in front and the letters GEM behind. The reverse has the sun god Sol in a four-horse chariot with M. ABVRI below and ROMA in the exergue. This is the second oldest Roman coin to have been found in the Colchester area. An issue of M. Iunius dated to 145 BC (ibid, ref. 220/1) was found at Lion Walk during excavations in the early 1970s (Crummy 19…
Created on: Tuesday 10th October 2006
Last updated: Friday 9th June 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shrub End', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-10E334
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Roman denarius of Tiberius, AD 36-7. Obverse: head, laureate, right, [TI. CAE]SAR DIVI AVG F. AVG[VSTVS]. Reverse: female figure seated right, holding sceptre and branch, single line below, PONTIF [MA]XIM. It is in a fine condition but broken in two places and glued together. It weighs 2.67g and has a die axis of 6. Mattingley and Syndenham, Roman Imperial Coinage, Volume I, page 95, ref. 30. This coin is part of a hoard of 5 Roman denarii coins, Object IDs ESS106093, ESS109370, ESS10C6B4, ESS10E334 and ESS10F9E3. The group would appear to represent at least part of a…
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-10C6B4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Roman denarius of Tiberius, AD 36-7. Obverse: head, laureate, right, TI. CAESAR DIVI AVG F. AVGVSTVS. Reverse: female figure seated right, holding sceptre and branch, single line below, PONTIF MAXIM. It is in a fine condition, weighs 2.88g and has a die axis of 5. Mattingley and Syndenham, Roman Imperial Coinage, Volume I, page 95, ref. 30. This coin is part of a hoard of 5 Roman denarii coins, Object IDs ESS106093, ESS109370, ESS10C6B4, ESS10E334 and ESS10F9E3. The group would appear to represent at least part of an early denarius hoard of the mid-first century AD. S…
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-109370
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A silver Roman denarius coin of. C. Sulpicius Platorinus struck in 13 BC during the reign of Augustus. Obverse: bare head right, CAESAR [AVGVS]TVS. Reverse: bare head right, M. AGRIPPA PLATORINVS [IIIVIR]. It is in a very fine condition but has been broken into three pieces and glued together. It weighs 2.85g and has a die axis of 9. Mattingley and Sydenham, Roman Imperial Coinage, Volume I, page 73, ref. 408. This coin is part of a hoard of 5 Roman denarius coins, Object IDs ESS106093, ESS109370, ESS10C6B4, ESS10E334 and ESS10F9E3. The group would appear to represent at least…
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-106093
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Roman denarius coin of Mark Anthony, 32-31BC. Obverse: ANT. AVG (above), […] (below) and ship right. Reverse: Aquilia between two standards, LEG […]. It weighs 1.80g and has a die axis of 6. It is in a poor condition. Crawford, M, H. Roman Republican Coinage, page 544, ref. 13-. This coin is part of a hoard of 5 Roman denarii coins, Object IDs ESS106093, ESS109370, ESS10C6B4, ESS10E334 and ESS10F9E3. The group would appear to represent at least part of an early denarius hoard of the mid-first century AD. Such hoards have been considered recently by Orna-Ornstein …
Created on: Monday 2nd October 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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Record ID: ESS-BC7F32
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman Republican silver denarius of C. Considius Paetus, Mint of Rome, 46 BC. Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo looking right, laurel-wreath border. Reverse: Curule chair, garlanded, on which lies a wreath, dot border. Inscription reads C. CONSIDIVS and in exergue PAETVS. No measurements were taken. Crawford, M. H. 1974. Roman Republican Coinage, page 476, ref. 465 1a.
Created on: Thursday 28th September 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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