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Description: | A copper-alloy radiate of Postumus, dating to the period AD 260 - 269 (Reece period 13). ORIENS AVG reverse depicting Sol walking left, right hand raised, whip in left hand. Mint of Lyon or Cologne. RIC V (II), p. 343, no. 77 (Lyon); or p. 362, no. 316 (Cologne). This coin has been pierced twice, the circular apertures flanking the face, at 3 o'clock and 9 o'clock respectively.Diameter: 21.3mm; thickness: 1.4mm; weight: 3.7g.The double piercing of Roman bronze coins is discussed by T. S. N. Moorhead as part of a wider investigation into the reuse of such coins in the early Anglo-Saxon period (Moorhead, in Cook and Williams eds. 2006: 99 - 109). The author cites examples of double-pierced coins having been found in burials of this period, where they have been reused in necklaces and, possibly, sewn directly on to clothing. Moorhead states, 'It is worth noting that when found as stray finds, we can generally be confident that such coins were pierced in the post-Roman period...' (ibid. 100).
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