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COIN
Unique ID: SUR-2A0E67
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Notes:
There has been much debate about when silver siliquae were clipped. However, analysis of the Terling Hoard suggests a date after AD 404. Some feel that it could have been slightly earlier, after 402, when the mint of Milan ceased to strike siliquae. It might have started in the reign of Constantine III, 407-11, when the Province of Britannia finally collapsed. The clippings were apparently used to make copies of siliquae – of the same quality silver. Over 100 silver siliquae have been recorded on the PAS database – this has been a crucial addition to our knowledge of late Roman Britain because prior to AD 2000 very few were known as site-finds. This suggests that siliquae circulated as normal currency, possibly for some time after the Roman administration ceased c. AD 410. When one considers that a very large number of bronze coins were found with clipped siliquae in the Bishops Cannings hoard, it is possible that bronze coins also continued to circulate in numbers after 410.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: AD 395
Date to: AD 402
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Weight: 0.98 g
Diameter: 14.86 mm
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 2007
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: 07.157
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Siliqua
Denomination qualifier: Certain
Ruler/issuer: Honorius (emperor)
Primary ruler qualifier: Certain
Reece period: Period 21 [388-402]
Obverse description: Diademed bust facing right
Obverse inscription: D N H[ONORI]VS PF AVG
Reverse description: Roma seated left holding Victory and spear
Reverse inscription: [VIRTVS ROM]ANOR[VM]
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine
Reverse mint mark: -//[MDPS]
Status: Clipped
Status qualifier: Certain
Coin references
No coin references available.
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Hampshire (County)
District: Hart (District)
Parish or ward: Greywell (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SU7149
Four figure Latitude: 51.235775
Four figure longitude: -0.984404
1:25K map: SU7149
1:10K map: SU74NW
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
References cited
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