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Roman coin: irregular as of Claudius
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Sussex Archaeological Society, Laura Burnett, 2010-07-24 08:09:42
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Roman coin: irregular as of Claudius
Description
English: Roman copper-alloy plated irregular as of Claudius with an iron core, 43-60 AD.

As the iron core has rusted it has expanded pushing open cracks or weak points in the copper coating. The coin is 1.8mm thick, 4.7mm including the corrosion. The copper alloy coating is c.0.2mm thick.

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. This coin is very unusual in being a copper plated iron copy and may be an unofficial, illegal, copy rather than a semi-official copy.
Depicted place (County of findspot) West Sussex
Date between 41 and 54
Accession number
FindID: 399972
Old ref: SUSS-846943
Filename: SUSS-846943.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/290675
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/290675/recordtype/artefacts
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/399972
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