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Roman Coin: Contemporary copy of an As of Claudius
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Birmingham Museums Trust, Eloise Markwick, 2014-04-29 20:56:21
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Roman Coin: Contemporary copy of an As of Claudius
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English: A small copper-alloy contemporary copy of an As of Claudius (AD 41-54), Minerva with spear and shield on the reverse.

Reece Period 2

Notes:

Many copies of Claudian period asses were struck in Britain in the decades following the invasion of AD 43. This was because there was a serious shortage of small change for the up to 50,000 or so Roman soldiers in the Province to use. It is now reckoned that many of these coins were in fact semi-official, being struck at legionary bases such as Colchester. The "Minerva" As was the most common type copied. Although we date these coins to the reign of Claudius on the Database, they probably continued to be produced until c. AD 64 when Nero initiated a massive issue of base metal coins from the mints of Rome and Lugdunum.

Note taken from S Moorheads notes on: SUSS-4B8082
Depicted place (County of findspot) Worcestershire
Date between 41 and 54
Accession number
FindID: 608141
Old ref: HESH-03F9F7
Filename: HESH-03F9F7.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/466395
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/466395/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/608141
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