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Carpow
Coin(S) (Roman)
Site Name Carpow
Classification Coin(S) (Roman)
Canmore ID 70102
Site Number NO21NW 84
NGR NO 206 181
NGR Description NO c. 206 181
Datum OSGB36 - NGR
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- Council Perth And Kinross
- Parish Abernethy (Perth And Kinross)
- Former Region Tayside
- Former District Perth And Kinross
- Former County Perthshire
NO21NW 84 c. 206 181
A gold aureus of AD 139, found in topsoil near the Roman vexillation fortress (NO21NW 24.00), is held in Dundee Art Galleries and Museum under accession number DMAG: 1990-210.
C A Zealand 1990.
NO 206 181. Two Roman silver denarii were found in a field to the N of Carpow legionary fortress (NO21NW 24.00):
(i) Vespasian, RIC 42, 72-3AD.
(ii) Julia Domna (fragment), RIC 572, 196-211AD.
Returned to finder.
M D King 1992.
The gold aureus found to the N of the fortress is in Dundee Museum (DMAG: 1990-210). The present whereabouts of the two silver denarii that were also found in a field to the N of the fort but which were returned to the finder, are not known.
Information from RCAHMS (JRS), 4 December 1996.
