Accession No
1958.88
Description
Coin. Third brass of Decentius,Obv. (DECENTIVS CAES.) Rev. (VICTORIAE DD.NN.AVG.ET CAES) Two Victories holding shield inscribed VOTIS .V. MVLT. X.; Obv. (DECENTIVS CAES.) Rev. (VICTORIAE DD.NN.AVG.ET CAES) Two Victories holding shield inscribed VOTIS .V. MVLT. X.
Place
Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Arbury
Period
Roman Decentius 4th Century 354 AD
Source
City of Cambridge
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
1958.88
Cultural Affliation
Material
Metal; Brass
Local Term
Measurements
Events
Context (CMS Context)
Found: From Arbury Road; Date: 4 Century AD - 354 AD; Excavated by in 1953
Event Date 13/1/1993
Author: maa
Description (CMS Description)
Third brass of Decentius,Obv. (DECENTIVS CAES.) Rev. (VICTORIAE DD.NN.AVG.ET CAES) Two Victories holding shield inscribed VOTIS .V. MVLT. X.; Obv. (DECENTIVS CAES.) Rev. (VICTORIAE DD.NN.AVG.ET CAES) Two Victories holding shield inscribed VOTIS .V. MVLT. X.
Event Date 13/1/1993
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Liversidge, Joan. 1977. 'Roman Burials in the Cambridge Area'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. vol LXVII. pp. 11-38.
Event Date 3/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (CMS Context)
The original envelope reads 'ARBURY RD. 3rd brass DECENTIVS CAES. Two Victories holding shield inscribed VOTIS V MVLT X A.D. 354'.
Event Date 3/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (CMS Description)
A small much worn coin weighing 1.1g.
Event Date 3/4/2014
Author: maa
Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Frend, W.H.C. 1955. 'A Romano-British Settlement at Arbury Road, Cambridge'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. vol XLVIII. pp. 10-43.
Event Date 3/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Frend, W.H.C. 1959. 'Further Finds on the Arbury Road Estate'. Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society. vol LII. pp. 69-72.
Event Date 3/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:56438
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