coin;
jewellery
- Museum number
- 2011,4025.1
- Description
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Gold coin, with nine piercings around edge. (whole)
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Diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust of Severus III, right. (obverse)
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Crude Victory standing left, holding long cross. (reverse)
- Production date
- 5thC(late)
- Dimensions
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Die-axis: 5 o'clock
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Weight: 1.15 grammes (holed)
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- Curator's comments
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This gold tremissis has been pierced nine times at intervals all along edge. Piercings at 3 and 9 o’clock (viewed from obverse) have broken at the edge. Presumably the holes were made in order to fix to a textile or leather backing.
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Ornament made from a 5th century gold coin (tremissis)
Visigothic, found at Capel le Ferne, Kent, 2009
This coin has been pierced nine times all around the edge (presumably to fix to a textile or leather backing). Although made by the Visigoths (and probably modified by Anglo-Saxons) it is in the name of the Roman Emperor Severus III (AD 461-5)
- Location
- Not on display
- Acquisition date
- 2011
- Department
- Money and Medals
- Registration number
- 2011,4025.1
- Additional IDs
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Treasure/PAS number: 2009T307 (Treasure number)
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Treasure/PAS number: LON-1C22F5 (PAS Database Number)