Accession No

1958.100


Description

Brass; coin - Third brass of Valentinian I.; Obv. D.N.VALENTINIANVS P.F.AVG Rev. SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE Mint: Arles ?(P)CON


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

1958.100


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal; Brass


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
See PCAS 48, p.40, no.27; Date: 4 Century AD - 364-75 AD; Excavated by in 1953: Found resting on yellow mortar at junction of N. wall and remains of partition wall with room lb -" room 2, Roman house, Arbury Road,
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: Arles ?(P)CON
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. 28/8/53. TRENCH 23 LEVEL 3 FLOOR D.N.VALENTINIANUS P.F. AUG. SECURITAS REIPUBLICAE SCON (VALENTINIAN I) 364/375. C.A.S. 27'.
Event Date 4/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (CMS Description)
A well preserved Roman coin with some chips to the circumference. There is the head of Valentinian I on the obverse and Victory holding a wreath and palm branch on the reverse. The coin weighs 2.4g.
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. 42 no. 27.
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:56450

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