The Portable Antiquities Scheme
ROMAN COIN
272
Copper alloy Coin. Radiate of Tetricus II (272-274), cf. RIC volume 5 part 2 no. 132, Reece period 13. A possible mule: the obverse appears a regular portrait but the reverse may be a made with a barbarous dieObverse description: Beardless radiate bust draped right.Obverse inscription: C[-]TETRICVS CAESReverse description: Blundered stick figure representing female standing left with right arm extended and lifting skirt.Reverse inscription: reversed S in right field [?SPES AVGG]Cliff Reeves kindly identified this coin.Diameter: 16.9mm, Weight: 1.87gms, die axis: 12
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