Object

Accession No

1958.90

Description

Brass; coin - Third brass of Valentinian I.; Obv. D.N.VALENTINIANVS P.F.AVG Rev. SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE Mint: Siscia A A F SISCS

Place

Europe; British Isles; England; Cambridgeshire; Cambridge; Arbury

Period

Roman Valentinian I 4th Century 364-375 AD

Source

City of Cambridge

Department

Arch

Reference Numbers

1958.90

Cultural Affliation

Material

Metal; Brass

Local Term

Measurements

Events

Context (CMS Context)
See PCAS 48, p.40, no.40; Date: 4 Century AD - 364-75 AD; Excavated by in 1953: From spoil-heap from site of Roman house
Event Date 13/1/1993
Author: maa

Description (CMS Description)
Third brass of Valentinian I.; Obv. D.N.VALENTINIANVS P.F.AVG Rev. SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE Mint: Siscia A A F SISCS
Event Date 13/1/1993
Author: maa

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 4/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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 4/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (CMS Context)
The original envelope reads 'ARBURY RD. ROMAN SITE on workers' spoil head. DN VLENTINIANUS P.F. AUG. res SECURITAS REIPUBLICAE AA F Î“siscs AE3 364-375. C.A.S. 40'.
Event Date 4/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Description (CMS Description)
A small well preserved bronze coin with head on observe and Victory on the reverse. It weighs 2.0g.
Event Date 4/4/2014
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. p. 43 nos. 40.
Event Date 4/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

Context (CMS Context)
(Bib): Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology Annual Report. December 1958. pp. 3.
Event Date 4/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson

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