Record ID: WILT-D1238A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver medieval penny of Henry IV dating to c.AD 1412 - 1413. Reverse type, long cross with 3 pellets. Mint of London (Light Coinage, Type 1). Spink 2010 page 184, no.1733 North vol II page 67 no.1362
Created on: Wednesday 6th July 2016
Last updated: Thursday 29th September 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Shoscombe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WILT-D1C61D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Bath and North East Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A copper alloy contemporary copy of an as of Caligula (AD 37-41) (Reece Period 1), struck in honour of Marcus Agrippa (died 12 BC), S C, Neptune standing left. Prototype Mint of Rome - RIC I, p. 112, no. 58. For a copy, see Boon, Counterfeit Coins in Roman Britain, plate III, no. 36. A number of these copies have been found recently on the excavations at the Bloomberg Site in London (Julian Bowsher, pers. comm.). The coin appears to have been serrated which is a phenomenon noted by Dr Philippa Walton has noted on coins from Piercebridge.
Created on: Wednesday 6th July 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 8th November 2016
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wellow', grid reference and parish protected.