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Coin
Unique ID: HAMP-CC27E5
Object type certainty: Certain
A 1st-century Roman gold aureus of Tiberius (14-37 AD), 'PONTIF MAXIM', struck at Lugdunum (Lyon), AD 14-37 (R.I.C. 27)
Notes:
This coin is part of a group of twenty-four Roman Republican and early imperial coins reported to the Portable Antiquities Scheme together with other groups of Iron Age and Roman coins in 2005. The majority of the gold and silver coins spanned a period from the mid first century BC until the mid 2nd century AD.
The group of twenty-four coins appear to represent addenda to the earlier 'Winchester Hoard', discovered by the same finder (published in TAR 2001, no.181). The current coins are consistent with the earlier hoard in terms of their type and condition, and the possibility that they originated at the same site is supported by the fact that the finder was known to have revisited the site on occasions after the discovery of the hoard.
The original hoard comprised three Roman Republican period silver denarii, one denarius of Augustus (27 BC-AD 14) and one denarius of Tiberius (AD 14-37). The twenty-four coins belong to the same periods: The earliest is a Republican coin of 113 or 112 BC and the latest are this gold aureus and a silver denarius of Tiberius, both struck between AD 14 and 37. The hoard has gone through the Treasure process as case 2006 T163.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Winchester Museums Service
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2006 T163
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 36
Date to: AD 37
Dimensions and weight
Weight: 7.71 g
Diameter: 19 mm
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Gold [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Completeness: Complete [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Aureus (Republic/Empire) [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Ruler/issuer: Tiberius [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Reece period: Period 1 [Pre AD 41] [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Mint or issue place: Lyon (Lugdunum) [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Obverse description: Bust laureate facing right
Obverse inscription: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS (retrograde)
Reverse description: Female figure seated right, holding inverted spear in right hand, branch in left, on chair with ornamented legs above triple line
Reverse inscription: PONTIF MAXIM (retrograde)
Degree of wear: Worn: fine [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Coin references
- RIC : I 27 (p. 95)
Spatial data
Region: South East And London
County: Hampshire
District: Winchester
To be known as: Winchester
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st September 2004
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mr Robert Webley
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Identified by: Mr Ian Leins - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: Mr Sam Moorhead - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: 2006 T163
Treasure case number: 2006 T163
Museum accession number: WINCM: C6489
References cited
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Audit data
Created:
Monday 22nd October 2007
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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