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Description: | 330-335AD. Copper alloy, Roman nummus AE4 reused as a pendant or similar probably from the Anglo-Saxon period. Length 15.5mm, Width 14.8mm, Thickness 1.4mm, Diameter 14.8mm, Weight 1.1g. Die Axis 0 deg. Constantine I The Great. Obverse: Helmeted head of Roma, left. '[VRBS ROMA]'. Reverse: She wolf left, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus. Extreme wear with few details visible, especially the reverse. Two 'drilled' holes for suspension at the eleven and one O'clock positions. Dark green patina but a little deficient on the lower section of the obverse. Ref: Coins of England and UK, Spink 2003, page 68, ref. 600 and Identifying Roman Coins, Richard Reece & Simon James, Seaby London 1994, page 28-29 ref. 93-94. | 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: | 330
335 | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Creator: | Geoff Burr | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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