Accession No

1958.95


Description

Brass; coin - Third brass of Constantius II.; Obv. (FL.IVL.CO)NSTANT.NOB.(CAES.) Rev. GLORIA EXERCITVS One standard


Place

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


Period

Roman Constantius II 4th Century 333-337 AD


Source

City of Cambridge


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1958.95


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Brass


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
See PCAS 48, p.40, no.22; Date: 4 Century AD - 333-7 AD; Excavated by in 1953: From destruction layer in Room la, Roman house, Arbury Road
Event Date 13/1/1993
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Third brass of Constantius II.; Obv. (FL.IVL.CO)NSTANT.NOB.(CAES.) Rev. GLORIA EXERCITVS One standard
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. Destruction layer above west room. House of Constantine FL. IVL. CONSTANT NUB C. GLORIA EXERCITVS (Constantius II) C.A.S. 22'.
Event Date 4/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (CMS Description)
A small Roman coin that has a large area missing at one side, though the obverse is well preserved the reverse is worn. The obverse depicts the head of Constantius II. The coin weighs 1.0g.
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. 41 no. 22.
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:56445

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