Lead pig ingot
- Description
- The Romans took control of lead mining on the Mendip Hills shortly after the conquest in AD 43. Once smelted, the lead was cast into rectangular blocks, now known as pigs, ready to be transported.The stamp IMP VESPASIAN AVG on this lead pig shows that it was made during the reign of the emperor Vespasian (AD 69-79).
- Accession Loan No.
- TTNCM : 144/1992
- Collection Class
- Roman
- Common Name
- lead pig ingot
- Simple Name
- ingot
- Period Classification
- Roman (AD 43-410)
- Production Date
- 69-79
- Production County
- Somerset
- Production Country
- England
- Production Continent
- Europe
- Material
- metal, lead
- Collector / Excavator
- D Clothier
- Collection Site Name
- Green Ore and Rookery Farm
- Collection Parish
- Chewton Mendip
- Collection Town
- Chewton Mendip
- Collection County
- Somerset
- Collection Country
- England
- Collection Continent
- Europe
- Inscription / Transcription
- top: IMP VESPASIAN AVG; side: BRIT EX ARG VEB; side: TI CL TRIB; end: (L)RAD
