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Description: | A complete, Roman, struck or hammered, copper alloy, radiate or billon Antoninianus, coin of Tetricus II Junior (270-273AD) or possible barbarous copy? Obverse: radiate bust right (young and clean shaven). Inscription: [CPIVESV TET]R(IC)[VS CAE](S). Reverse: Spes (Hope) holding up hem of dress, holding flower and walking left. Inscripton: Illegible. Reece Period 13. Die axis: 12 o'clock. Very fine condition with little wear but rather irregular flan with broken down edges with some pale green verdigris corrosion. This is likely to date between 270-273AD. Ref. Coins of England and the UK, Spink 2014, page 59 No. 565, Identifying Roman Coins, Richard Reece and Simon James, Seaby 1986 repring1994, page 22 & 23 No. 26 & 44, Roman Coins and their values III, David R. Sear, Spink 2005, page 396 No. 11292-11294 and A History of Roman Coinage in Britain, Sam Moorhead, Greenlight Publishing 2013, page 139 fig. 25. The coin is 16.95mm long, 15.96mm wide, 2.31mm thick, diameter 16.95mm and weighs 17g.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/ | Go to resource |
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