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Description: | Radiate coin of Allectus
Date: 293-296
Diameter: 21mm,
Obverse: radiate and cuirassed bust facing right
Obverse inscription: IMP C A[?]ECT[?]
Reverse: Female figure standing, one arm raised.
Reverse inscription: [?]A[?]
This coin has a small hole 1.5mm diameter that has been drilled into the top of the reverse, this is where it has been reused at a later date and converted into a pendant. Converting roman coins into pendants was a method used in the Early Anglo Saxon period when roman coins were no longer used as a form of currency but instead performed a decorative role. This finds have been found in Anglo-Saxon graves dating from the early 5th century to the 7th century. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Temporal: | 450
600 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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