1884.99.21

Collection type

Object

Description

Roman coin, a very worn radiate of an uncertain ruler, dating to AD 260-96. [JMC 11/12/2018]

Long description

Roman coin, a very worn radiate of an uncertain ruler, dating to AD 260-96. The obverse depicts a very faint radiate bust looking right while the reverse depicts a standing figure. The coin is not perfectly circular and there is a rough broken edge in one place around the rim. [JMC 11/12/2018]

Geographical reference

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Europe > Northern Europe > United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

England Oxfordshire South Oxfordshire Dorchester Dorchester on Thames

Person

Maker Unknown Maker

Field collector Unknown Collector

PRM source Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers founding collection

Date / Period

Date made: 260-296 Archaeological period: Roman

Date collected

1871 Mar 29

Acquisition information

Donated: 1884

Materials and processes

Material Copper Alloy Metal, Process Struck, Process Cast

Dimensions

Depth: max 14 mm, Thick: max 2 mm, Weight 1 g

Object numbers

Accession number: 1884.99.21

Research and responses

Pitt Rivers collected a range of prehistoric material from the Iron Age enclosure at Dorchester Dykes in 1870, the year before he collected Roman coins 1884.99.21 - .23. It is not known from where exactly he collected the coins from; possibly the Dykes, or perhaps more likely from the modern town of Dorchester [SU 577 942] which lies over a small fortified Roman settlement. Details on the Roman settlement at Dorchester can be found on the English Heritage National Monuments Record [Pastscape], the monument number is 238093. The record can be accessed online at http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=238093. [MN 28/05/2009]

For the prehistoric material collected by Pitt Rivers from Dorchester Dykes please see: 1884.41.178 - .182, 1884.123.29 - .33, .372 - .380, .385 - .388. [MN 28/05/2009]

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