Record ID: LIN-BA42D8
Object type: MEDALLION
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Published
A cast copy of a copper-alloy medallion of Marcus Aurelius as Caesar (AD 138-61), struck at 'Rome' AD 155-6 (Reece Period 7). Obverse: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII FIL TR P X COS II; Bare-headed and draped right Reverse: Anepigraphic: Minerva standing left with shield behind, holding out right hand towards Vulcan seated right, holding thunderbolt. Between them, anvil on pedestal. cf. Gnecchi, I Medaglioni Romani, volume 2, p.35 (pl. 65, no. 3) This medallion is cast from a specimen in Naples Museum, Italy (no. 15997) - information kindly supplied by prof. Dr. Franz Mittag at the U…
Created on: Friday 2nd August 2013
Last updated: Friday 23rd August 2013
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chesterton', grid reference and parish protected.