Accession No

1958.118


Description

Coin - Coin of Trajan, A.D.98-117; " two fragments and illegible"


Place

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


Period

Roman Trajan


Source

City of Cambridge


Department

Arch


Reference Numbers

1958.118


Cultural Affliation


Material

Metal


Local Term


Measurements


Events

Context (CMS Context)
See PCAS 48; Found: From Arbury Road; Date: - 98-117 AD; Excavated by in 1953
Event Date 13/1/1993
Author: maa


Description (CMS Description)
Coin of Trajan, A.D.98-117; " two fragments and illegible"
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. 1953 On side of gas main trench on Rd. 4. in grey black earth from Pit. IMP. CAES NERVA TRAIAN AUG GERM PM TRP'. There is also illegible writing in pencil.
Event Date 4/4/2014
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson


Description (CMS Description)
A very corroded coin, broken into two pieces. Their combined weight is 1.7g.
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.
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:56467

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