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BUC-607604: Roman silver coin hoard

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COIN HOARD

Unique ID: BUC-607604

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

A small Antonine period denarius hoard. Working on the assumption that the Deified Faustina I coins were produced nearer to the beginning of the reign of Antoninus Pius,[1] the closing coin (of Marcus Caesar, TR POT VII) is dated to AD 152/3.

Summary:

Vespasian

AD 69 - 79

3

Nerva

AD 96 - 98

1

Trajan

AD 98-117

2

Hadrian

AD 117-138

6

Sabina

AD 117-137

1

Antonius Pius

AD 138-161

3

Diva Faustina I

AD 138-141

1

Marcus Caesar

AD 161-180

1

Total:

18


Disposition

Many of the coins in fragmentary coindition, no photographs were taken at BM.

CATALOGUE

VESPASIAN (3)

Bust

BMC

RIC

Qty

Wt g

Obv.: [IMP CAES VESP AVG]P M COS IIII CE[N]

No Reverse

1. S P Q R in wreath

A1*

86

57

1

1.18 (frag.)

Obv.: IMP CAES VESP AVG CENS

2. PONTIF MAXIM (emperor std. r.)

A1*

98

65

1

2.43 (frag.)

Obv.: IMP CAESAR VES[PASIANVS AVG]

3

NERVA (1)

Bust

BMC

RIC

Qty

Wt g

Obv.: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P

No Reverse

1. SALVS PVBLICA (Salus std. l.)

A1*

48

20

1

2.90

TRAJAN (2)

Bust

BMC

RIC

Qty

Wt g

Obv.: IMP NERVA TRAIANVS AVG GER DACICVS

No Reverse

1. P M TR P COS V P P (Dacian std. r.)

A1*

150

88

1

2.45

Obv.: IMP CAES NER TRAIAN[OPTIM AVG GERM DAC]

2. PARTHICO P M TR P COS [VI P P S P Q R] (Felicitas stg. l.)

C2*

626

332

1

2.20

(frag.)

REIGN OF HADRIAN (7)

Bust

BMC

RIC

Qty

Wt g

Obv.: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG

No Reverse

1. P M TR P COS III (Minerva fighting r.)

Z

cf. 119

69

1

1.90 (2 frags.)

2. P M TR P COS III (Roma std. l.)

A3*

139

77

1

2.48 (frag.)

3. P M TR P COS III (Aequitas stg. l.)

A2*

154

80

1

2.11 (frag.)

Obv.: [IMP] CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIA[NVS AVG]

4. P M TR P COS III / SAL AVG in ex. (Salus std. l.)

A3*

315

137

1

2.25 (frag.)

Obv.: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS

5. COS III (Victory std. l.)

A2*

426

183

1

2.23 (frag.)

Obv.: ...]NVS[... (head of Hadrian)

6. illegible

Z

?

?

1

0.88 (frag.)

Obv.: SABINA AVGVSTA

7. IVNONI REGINAE (Juno stg. l.)

E2*

940

395

1

2.69

REIGN OF ANTONINVS PIVS (5)

Bust

BMC

RIC

Qty

Wt g

Obv.: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P

No Reverse

1. TR POT COS II (modius)

A1+

116

58

1

2.97

Obv.: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III

2. ANNONA AVG (modius)

A1*

180

62

1

2.36

Obv.: DIVA FAVSTINA

3. AETERNITAS (Juno stg. l.)

E1*

345

344

1

2.54

Obv.: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XII

4. COS IIII (Annona stg. l.)

A1*

657

175

1

2.38

Obv.: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII FIL

5. TR POT VII COS II (Genius Exercitus stg. l.)

A1+

804

458

1

2.51 (frag)

[1] However, Mattingly does not exclude the possibility that they were struck throughout the reign (BMC vol. IV, p.xlii). See also Wanborough 2000 - a larger Antonine denarius hoard with similar tpq. (ad 156)

Find of note status

This is a find of note and has been designated: Regional importance

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Bucks County Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure

Treasure details

Treasure case tracking number: 2005T121

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 69
Date to: Circa AD 161

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 18

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 27th March 2005

Personal details

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Other reference numbers

Treasure case number: 2005T121
Museum accession number: AYBCM 2006.196.1-18

Materials and construction

Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Wycombe (District)
To be known as: West Wycombe area

Spatial coordinates


Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: as part of a S.Bucks Metal Detector Club dig
Current location: Bucks County Museum
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

No references cited so far.

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