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Coin Hoard
Unique ID: NMGW-082308
Object type certainty: Certain
Approximately 2,315 coins (plus a possible 51 addenda). This comprises 484 ‘radiate’ coins from the period A.D. 260-96; 288 nummi of the first, second and third tetrarchies (Diocletian, Maximian, colleagues and successors, 294/5 - 307); 184 reduced-weight nummi, c.307-10; and 1,359 nummi spanning further reductions in weight after 310, the large majority in the name of Constantine I (‘the Great’, 306-37). The latest coins were struck at London and Arles, c.318.
The hoard was buried in a jar of local South Wales grey ware, probably late third – early fourth century A.D.
Notes:
Both related hoards comprise Roman coins produced in the quarter-century following Diocletian’s reform of the Roman imperial coinage around A.D. 294-5. The coins are of copper alloys that contain small proportions of added silver, originally with silver-washed surfaces. As found, almost all coins are encrusted with copper corrosion products, mainly malachite.
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: Circa AD 318
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2315
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Secondary material: Silver [scope notes| view all attributed records]
Spatial data
Region: Wales
County: Vale Of Glamorgan
District: Vale Of Glamorgan
Parish: Sully
Restricted 4 Figure grid reference: ST1667
The map has been degraded and provides an approximate location with a degree of random obfuscation.
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 7th April 2008
Personal details
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Recorded by: Mr Mark Lodwick
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Identified by: Mr Edward Besly - [view all attributed records]
Other reference numbers
Other reference: Wales Treasure 08.3
References cited
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Created:
Friday 15th January 2010
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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