Record ID: PUBLIC-FE2AC1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A probable Roman copper alloy sestertius, probably of Claudius (AD 41-54), probably SPES AVGVSTA, S C, Spes advancing left. Mint of Rome. RIC I, pp. 128 & 130, cf. nos. 99 & 115. The coin is very worn and corroded, and has no identifying marks. Diameter: 34.09mm. Thickness: 3.46mm. Weight: 11.33g. 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…
Created on: Thursday 16th April 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 16th October 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-56D8E3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Roman copper alloy sestertius dating to the first or second century AD, probably of Claudius (AD 41-54). Reece period 2. Possible mint of Rome (Moorhead S. 2013). Obverse is worn and illegible. No visible countermark. Reverse inscription: [E]X S [C] / [OB / CIVES] / SERVATOS within an oak wreath. Probable RIC 96 or 112, Cohen 39, BMC 115 or 185. Diameter: 32.36mm. Thickness: 3.74mm. Weight: 16.32g. 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 …
Created on: Sunday 15th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 16th October 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-56C92E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Roman copper-alloy sestertius, dating to the first or second century AD, possibly of Claudius (AD 41-54), Reece period 2. No detail is legible due to wear and corrosion, but the reverse appears to have a standing figure, possibly Spes. Diameter: 33.07mm. Thickness: 4.09mm. Weight: 17.59g. For possible coin, see RIC I, pp. 128 & 130, nos. 99 & 115. Given that this coin was found in close proximity to three other coins of Claudius, this identification is plausible. Robert Kenyon, following on from the work by the French scholars P-A. Besombes and M. Bompaire (in Trésors M…
Created on: Sunday 15th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 16th October 2019
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Record ID: PUBLIC-562CF9
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
A complete Roman copper-alloy sestertius of Claudius (AD 41-54). Possible mint of Rome (Moorhead S. 2013). Reece period 2. Obverse description: Bust facing right, laureate. Obverse inscription illegible due to wear and corrosion. No countermark visible. Reverse inscription: EX S C / OB / CIVES / SERVATOS in four lines within an oak wreath. RIC 96 or 112, Cohen 39, BMC 115 or 185. Diameter: 34.12mm. Thickness: 7.09mm. Weight: 20.49g. 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 …
Created on: Sunday 15th March 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 16th October 2019
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