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Description: | Copper alloy nummus of the house of Constantine Date: 318-324Possible dates of reuse 550-700Diameter 17.5mm, weight 1.64gObverse: illegible Obverse inscription: illegible Reverse: wreath Reverse inscription: illegibleContrition: poorThe coins has a single piercing along the edge. this combined with the high degree of wear suggests that this coin may have been reused as a pendant. Using a coin as a decorative pendant is seen in Anglo-Saxon graves in Gloucestershire from the mid 5th century to the 6th century. For example grave 1 and grave 41 form the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Lechlade, Gloucestershire, both contained a worn roman coin that had a single piercing (Boyle et al, 1998, 53-54, 72-73, 188, 207). Furthermore, grave B75 from the Anglo-Saxon cemetery at Beckford, Worcestershire, also contained a heavily worn roman single pierced roman coin (Evison & Hill, 1996, 87-88, 120)A. Boyle, D. Jennings, D. Miles & S. Palmer, The Anglo-Saxon Cemetery at Butler's Field, Lechlade, Gloucestershire 1. Prehistoric and Roman Activity and Grave Catalogue. Thames Valley Landscapes Monograph 10 (Oxford 1998). V.I. Evison & P. Hill, "Two Anglo-Saxon Cemeteries at Beckford, Hereford and Worcester." Council of British Archaeology Research Report 103 (York 1996).
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