More local finds
By Sarah, Curator of West Exe and Oliver Blackmore, Assistant Curator of Antiquities
These three Roman coins were found in St Thomas, Exeter. They were found deep below the property of the Freehold Land Society in 1874. They are part of a hoard of thirty-three coins. Only these few were donated to RAMM. The museum doesn't know what happened to the other thirty coins in the group.
The photograph shows both the heads and tails of each coin. Can you see the Emperor's head? He was called Constans, the son of Constantine the Great. This dates the coins to AD 337 to 350. This is late on in the Roman Empire.
Please see another Roman coin that was found by the River Exe.
Please see another Roman coin that was found by the Alphington Road.
Three Roman coins of Constans (showing heads and tails). Scale in millimeters
From the collections at RAMM, Accession No. A1372-5