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Description: | Probable pendant made from a copper alloy nummus of Constantius I, reverse illegible but presumably a GENIO POPVLI ROMANI type. A small and neatly drilled hole (approximately 1.5mm diameter) near the edge at 2 o'clock (obverse) makes it likely that this coin was reused as a pendant, a supposition strangthened by the fact that the reverse is worn almost smooth whilst the obverse is also heavily worn, most of the facial details being worn flat, further details illegible, diameter 24mm, weight 6.58g, c.AD296-305. Obverse details (in as much as they are legible) are [...]NTIVS[...]ES, Laureate head right.The transformation of coin into pendant almost certainly occurred in the fifth or sixth century, representing an Early Saxon reuse.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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