Record ID: LON-A2BB2A
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Greater London Authority
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy fractional (quarter?) nummus of Diocletian (AD 284-305), dating to the period c.AD 305-306 (Reece period 15). QVIES AVGG reverse type depicting Quies standing holding branch and leaning on sceptre. Mint of Trier. As RIC VI, p. 209, no. 681a. Dimensions: diameter: 13.41mm; weight: 0.96 Fractional nummi are rare as finds in Britain, the majority of examples dating to c.AD 310-311. This is the only example of this type recorded through the PAS to date. These small denominations were likely distributed as donatives in the commemoration of Imperial anniversaries, t…
Created on: Tuesday 27th March 2018
Last updated: Monday 21st June 2021
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