Accession No

1958.93


Description

Brass; coin - Third brass of Constantine I.; Obv. VRBS ROMA Rev. Wolf and twins Mint: TRP


Place

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


Period

Roman Constantine I 4th Century 330-337 AD


Source

City of Cambridge


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1958.93


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Brass


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
See PCAS 48, p.40, no.20; Date: 4 Century AD - 330-7 AD; Excavated by in 1953: From chalk make-up of floor in Room 1b," the Roman house, Arbury Road
Event Date 13/1/1993
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Third brass of Constantine I.; Obv. VRBS ROMA Rev. Wolf and twins Mint: TRP
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 ROAD. 32 MAy. TRENCH B In rubble of Roman foundations (?). 1 ft. below surface. VRBS ROMA TRP CAS. 20'.
Event Date 4/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (CMS Description)
A fairly well preserved Roman coin but with many chips out of the circumference. On the obverse is the head of Constantine I and on the reverse is a wolf suckling the twins Romulus and Remus with two starts above.
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. 41 no. 20.
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


FM:56443

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