Record ID: SUR-7A2E23
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete silver Roman denarius of Otho dating to the period of March 9th to mid April AD 69 (Reece Period 3). PONT MAX reverse depicting Ceres standing left, with two corn ears and a cornucopiae. Mint of Rome. RIC I (2nd ed.), p. 261, no. 20var. This is a denarius variant of the listed aureus type in RIC. Two examples of this type are known in the British Museum: 1867,0101.1628 and 2005,0834.1, with another three recorded by the PAS: BH-F5BD67, WMID-BE1BF1, and YORYM-6E270D. The type is recorded in BMC I (p. 365, no. 9; BM: 1867,0101.1…
Created on: Wednesday 20th July 2022
Last updated: Friday 12th April 2024
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Record ID: HAMP-2FD4E8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Roman denarius of Otho dating to AD 69 (Reece period 3). [PAX OR]BIS TERRAR[VM] reverse type depicting Pax, draped, standing left, holding branch in right hand and caduceus in left. Mint of Rome. As RIC I Otho 4.
Created on: Monday 5th July 2021
Last updated: Monday 5th July 2021
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Record ID: SUR-914382
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A 'sestertius of Otho' (AD 69). This is a Renaissance or modern forgery as Otho minted no sestertii. The obverse type is recorded, but the reverse type is not included in Z. H. Klawans, Imitations and Inventions of Roman Coins (see page 54, nos. 3-4). Many of these pieces were made in Italy for collectors in the Renaissance and early modern periods and they are often called 'Paduans'.
Created on: Sunday 22nd May 2011
Last updated: Monday 6th June 2011
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