File:Early medieval coin, Merovingian solidus (FindID 161628).jpg

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Early medieval coin: Merovingian solidus
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Surrey County Council, David Williams, 2012-02-27 15:27:32
Title
Early medieval coin: Merovingian solidus
Description
English: Two joining fragments of a French or English (late 6th / early 7th c.) gold-plated contemporary forgery of a Visigothic 'Kingdom of Toulouse' pseudo-imperial solidus of the late 5th century AD copying a solidus of Severus III (461-5) from Ravenna. Probably minted in Toulouse or Narbonne.

RIC X 3753; MEC I, 174-6 (esp. 176)

The coin is pierced for suspension. Obv. Emperor right, Rev. Standing Emperor, foot on human-headed serpent
Depicted place (County of findspot) East Sussex
Date between 445 and 498
Accession number
FindID: 161628
Old ref: SUR-5B13A4
Filename: SUR-5B13A4 and new bit combined.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/371810
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/371810/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/161628
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Object location50° 49′ 34.32″ N, 0° 01′ 11.92″ E Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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