Record ID: DENO-D74EC7 - ROMAN hoard

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Hoard

Unique ID: DENO-D74EC7

Object type certainty: Certain

A resized image of Roman coin hoard; 24 denarii, earliest Mark Anthony, latest Hadrian

Roman coin hoard; hoard of 24 silver denarii, from Mark Anthony to Hadrian.

All of the present coins are Roman silver coins of a denomination known as the denarius (plural denarii). The earliest was a coin of Mark Antony struck for his Actium campaign. The latest are of Hadrian; which also includes an example in the name of his empress Sabina which were only struck over the course of the second half of the reign. In terms of composition this group of coins is consistent with other hoards of this period. The coins can be summarised as follows:

Summary:
Mark Antony (32-31 BC) 1
Vespasian (AD 69-79) 3
Titus Caesar 1
Domitian Caesar 1
Titus (AD 79-81) 2
Uncertain Flavian 1
Domitian (AD 81-96) 2
Trajan (AD 98-117) 7
Hadrian (AD 117-38) 5
Sabina 1

Date and Metal Content
The coins satisfy the terms of the Treasure Act with regard to age and metal content. They are certainly more than 300 years old and (with the possible exception of the plated forgery) all have precious metal contents far in excess of the 10% threshold.

Notes:

Of the same find?
These Roman coins could plausibly have circulated together in the second century AD and it is unlikely that twenty-four such precious metal coins could have come from the same findspot as a result of accidental individual deposition. Composition and the circumstances of discovery, as reported, would therefore suggest that these coins formed a hoard buried together for safekeeping in antiquity.

Conclusion
On the balance of probabilities, I conclude that this find constitutes a prima facie case of treasure under the terms of the Treasure Act (1996), by being a group of two or more precious metal coins of the same find.

Richard Abdy

Subsequent actions

Subsequent action after recording: Undergoing further examination at a museum

Treasure details

Treasure case tracking number: 2009T669

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 24

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [scope notes | view all attributed records]

Spatial data

Region: East Midlands
County: Nottinghamshire
District: Ashfield
To be known as: Hucknall

Method of discovery: Metal detector [scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Specific landuse: Character undetermined [scope notes]

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st October 2009

Personal details

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Recorded by: Ms Rachel Atherton - [ view all attributed records]
Identified by: Ms Rachel Atherton - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: Mr Richard Abdy - [view all attributed records]

Other reference numbers

Other reference: Derby E6800 ; Treasure ref no 2009 T669
Treasure case number: 2009T669

References cited

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