Record ID: SUSS-899073
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: West Sussex
Workflow stage: Published
Roman silver washed nummus of Constantine I (306-337), dating to AD 319 (Reece Period 16), VIRT EXERC, Sol standing on a plan of a Roman camp or a radiate cross. Mint of Thessalonica. RIC VII, p. 507, no. 67. This type has traditionally been described as Sol standing on the plan of a Roman camp (RIC 69), but it is thought by some now to represent a radiate cross (David Woods, ‘Postumus and the Three Suns: Neglected Numismatic Evidence for a Solar Halo’, Numismatic Chronicle 172 (2012), pp. 85-92. He draws upon P. Weiss, ‘The Vision of Constantine’, Journal of Roman Archaeology…
Created on: Tuesday 23rd March 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 15th December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Steyning', grid reference and parish protected.