Record ID: OXON-92DD3A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but worn copper alloy Roman as, probably of Claudius (AD 41-54) and dating to the period c.AD 41-54 (Reece period 2). Reverse type depicting Minerva advancing right holding spear and shield.
Created on: Thursday 6th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 10th June 2019
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Record ID: OXON-3F642F
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper alloy Roman As, probably of Claudius and dating to the period AD 41-54. Reece Period 2. Reverse depicts the standing figure of Minerva advancing right throwing a spear or javelin. 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 native copy.
Created on: Tuesday 20th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 29th January 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Childrey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-6D2D88
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman contemporary native copy of an as of Claudius I (AD 41-54) (Reece period 2). Reverse type depicting Minerva advancing right holding javelin and shield, S C in the field. The coin is an irregular shape and may have been clipped. Copy of RIC I, pp. 128 & 130, nos. 100 & 116; G, Boon, Counterfeit Coins in Roman Britain, plate IV, cf. nos. 49-54. 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 ass…
Created on: Thursday 23rd November 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 15th January 2020
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Record ID: BERK-897F8B
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy quadrans of Claudius (AD 41-54), dating to the period c. AD 41. Mint of Rome. TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG, hand holding pair of scales reverse type. RIC 85, Cohen 71, BMC 174.
Created on: Monday 8th August 2016
Last updated: Thursday 11th August 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Bicester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BERK-E91289
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn copper alloy Roman as probably of Claudius (AD 41-54) and possibly a contemporary copy. Reece period 2. Reverse depicts Minerva advancing right holding javelin and shield. All legends are illegible. 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 t…
Created on: Tuesday 19th January 2016
Last updated: Wednesday 27th November 2019
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Record ID: BERK-BEF2B0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Berkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but worn Roman copper alloy contemporary copy of an as of Claudius I, dating to the period AD 41-54 (Reece Period 1). Type as RIC I, nos. 100 / 116. Several other examples of this issue copies have been revorded on the database, for example LON-F80D08. In the literature, see Boon, Counterfeit Coins in Roman Britain, pl. IV, no. 53 for a similar copy. 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 …
Created on: Monday 14th April 2014
Last updated: Wednesday 15th January 2020
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Record ID: BERK-9BA964
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Roman copper alloy coin, probably an 'as'. The surfaces of the coin is very worn, although the outline of a young emperor facing left is visible; the image bears most resemblance to Claudius (AD 41-54). The reverse is too worn for identification. 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…
Created on: Wednesday 21st September 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 27th November 2019
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