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Actions Displays	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Object number COLEM:COL50.106 Institution name Colchester Collections Object name coin Description A bronze perforated Roman coin. The coin is quite small so may also have been worn excessively around the edge. This may be through use in circulation as currency, or as it was used as an apotropaic (magically protective) amulet.This coin was selected for the Wicked Spirits exhibition as it relates to magical protection. Pierced coins have been worn as a form of magical protection since the Roman period. Production period Post-Medieval Material metal Location In Store Tags Comments Add tag(s) Add comment

Object number

COLEM:COL50.106
Institution name

Colchester Collections
Object name

coin
Description

A bronze perforated Roman coin. The coin is quite small so may also have been worn excessively around the edge. This may be through use in circulation as currency, or as it was used as an apotropaic (magically protective) amulet.This coin was selected for the Wicked Spirits exhibition as it relates to magical protection. Pierced coins have been worn as a form of magical protection since the Roman period.
Production period

Post-Medieval
Material

metal
Location

In Store

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