2010-01-15 15:06:27 Mark Lodwick mlodwick 2011-02-24 12:19:17 Daniel Pett dpett NMGW-082308 Coin Hoard 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. 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 span... 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. Copper alloy ROMAN ROMAN 318 2010-01-15 15:06:27 VALE OF GLAMORGAN Vale of Glamorgan Sully POINT( ) ST16NE ST3116 29.06.2003 Metal detector 2315 NMGW Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike - The Portable Antiquities Scheme 2010 These records can be reproduced in a non commercial enviroment as long as the original recorder is cited. The Portable Antiquities Scheme info@finds.org.uk No fees are applicable.