Accession No

1958.94


Description

Brass; coin - Third brass of Helen (wife of Constantius I). 325-8; Obv. FL.IVL.HE(LENAE) AVG Rev. PAX PVBLICA Mint: TR(S) (?)


Place

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


Period

Roman Helen (wife of Constantius I) 4th Century 325-328 AD


Source

City of Cambridge


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1958.94


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Brass


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
See PCAS 48, p.40, no.21; Date: 4 Century AD - 325-8 AD; Excavated by in 1953: From well-pit of Roman house, Arbury Road
Event Date 13/1/1993
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Third brass of Helen (wife of Constantius I). 325-8; Obv. FL.IVL.HE(LENAE) AVG Rev. PAX PVBLICA Mint: TR(S) (?)
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. 31 May 1953. ROMAN HOUSE. TRENCH 'A' found in brown earth and debris west of foundations at 2 ft 6. FL. IVL. HELENAE AVG PAX PVBLICA TRS (?) C.A.S. 21'.
Event Date 4/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (CMS Description)
A small slightly chipped but fairly well preserved Roman coin. On the obverse is the head of the Empress Helen, wife of Consantius Chlorus, and on the reverse is a standing Pax holding an olive branch. The coin weighs 1.2g.
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. 21.
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:56444

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