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Description: | Brass dupondius of Vespasian (AD 69-79), c.AD 71-72 (COS IIII), SECVRITAS AVGVSTI type, Lugdunum (Lyon) mint, BMC 819, RIC 744, RIC (2nd ed), cf. nos. 1155-7 & 1197 The coin has been perforated in antiquity with a square-shaped hole, with the jagged edge of the pushed through metal on the reverse and the depressed edge on the obverse. This square hole was created by a square-shaped Roman nail when the coin was nailed to a surface. This would suggest possible ritual activity. (Sam Moorhead pers comm)
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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