Follis - Imitating VRBS ROMA (Commemorative Series)
Issuer Uncertain barbarous city
Type Standard circulation coins
Obverse
Helmeted and mantled bust of Roma left
Lettering: VRBS ROMA
Reverse
She-wolf standing left, head right, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; two stars above
Lettering: PLG
Technical Details
Obverse Lettering
VRBS ROMA
Reverse Lettering
PLG
Comments
Imitating the Urbs Roma type, commemorating the founding of Rome. Barbarous coins were common in Britain at this time, but mostly produced in Gaul and Spain. Some, like this one, are shown by hoard evidence to have been produced in large numbers in Britain (e.g. 1989 Nether Compton (Dorset) Hoard), and in this case, East Anglia.
