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Description: | A copper alloy coin flan, dating from the later Roman period (c. AD 350) probably to the medieval period (c. AD 1100). This coin, or rather a copper disc, appears to have been struck on either face, certainly off-flan and possibly (on the reverse) twice - pellet borders can be seen in opposing arcs on the reverse. The obverse may depict a helmeted bust facing right, but there is a pellet arc, or possibly a pellet cross, behind the 'bust', and the bust is possibly just patterning caused by corrosion. This copper disc may have been a flan for a coin, but could have got stuck to the coins that were being struck resulting in reverse and off-flan striking. However there remains the possibility that this was intended to be a coin (possibly a contemporary copy of a legitimate issue) but was mis-struck during the maufacturing process. Its true indentification and indeed purpose remains unclear.
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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