Record ID: WMID-7EF198
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman as of Claudius I (AD 41-54), contemporary copy dating to the period c.AD 41-54 (Reece period 2). Reverse type depicting Minerva advancing right holding shield and spear. Unclear mint prototype. 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 conte…
Created on: Tuesday 28th April 2020
Last updated: Monday 21st September 2020
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Record ID: WMID-BC6755
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy sestertius of Claudius (AD 41-54), dating to AD 41-54 (Reece Period 2). Reverse: SPES AVGVSTA, Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising skirt. RIC I (revised edition), p. 128, no. 99 or p. 130, no. 115. 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 t…
Created on: Monday 13th April 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 9th October 2019
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Record ID: WMID-BC4886
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete copper alloy contemporary copy of an as of Claudius (AD 41-54), dating to c. AD 41-54. Reverse: S C, Minerva advancing right with javelin and shield. For type, cf. RIC I (revised edition), p. 128, no. 100. 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…
Created on: Monday 13th April 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 4th December 2019
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Record ID: WMID-17D0D7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A complete struck / hammered copper alloy sestertius of Claudius (AD 41-54), dating to c. AD 41-50 (Reece Period 2), SPES AVGVSTA, Spes advancing left. Mint of Rome. RIC I, p. 128, no. 99. There is a rectangular countermark in front of the head which originally read PROB. Although these coins are listed as being from the mint of Rome in RIC, Robert Kenyon has noted that the coins are of a different style to any of the known styles of coins from Rome. Furthermore, the PROB countermark is only common in Britain and Italy. He suggests that these coins were struck in Britain. R. F. kenyon…
Created on: Wednesday 19th June 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 9th October 2019
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Record ID: WMID-856F74
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman coin: a copper alloy possible contemporary copy of an As possibly of Claudius (c.41-54), mint uncertain. Reverse type: illegible Reece period: 2 Reference: Boon, c.f. pl. IV Diameter: 20mm 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 classified to a particul…
Created on: Wednesday 28th October 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 12th February 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leamington Spa finds', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-854E80
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Roman coin: a copper alloy contemporary copy of an As of Claudius (41-54), mint uncertain but minted between c. 41 and 54. Reverse type: illegible Reece period: 2 Reference: Boon, c.f. pl.IV Diameter: 23mm 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 th…
Created on: Wednesday 28th October 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 4th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leamington Spa finds', grid reference and parish protected.