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COIN HOARD
Unique ID: LVPL-376CA1
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Five copper alloy Roman and Byzantine Coins.
1. Alexandrain tetradrachm of Maximiamus AD286-7
Obverse: ]IMAIANOC CEB; laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right.
Reverse: Elpis walking left holding flower and raising skirt. Star in right field above.
6.6g, 18mm in diameter.
2. 12 nummi of Alexandria under Maurice Tiberius 582-602
Obverse: Pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust. M O - blundered legend
Reverse: Uncertain as heavily corroded but probably as nos 3-5.
4.9g, 16mm in diameter.
3. 12 nummi of Alexandria under Maurice Tiberius 582-602.
Obverse: Pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of emperor right. M O - blundered legend.
Reverse: Large I B either side of a cross.
In exergue: AΛEZ
4.8g, oval flan 15-16mm in diameter.
4. 12 nummi of Alexandria under Maurice Tiberius 582-602.
Obverse: DN ION?[; Pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of emperor right.
Reverse: Large I B either side of a cross.
In exergue: [A]ΛEZ
5.6g, 16.5mm in diameter.
5. 12 nummi of Alexandria under Maurice Tiberius 582-602.
Obverse: illegible; Pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of emperor right.
Reverse: Large I B either side of a cross.
In exergue: [A]ΛE[Z]
4.1g, 15-16mm in diameter.
Irregular flan with striking flaw.
Late 6th - early 7th centuries.
Notes:
These coins were found while digging a post hole for a fence within inches of each other. They have similar corrosion products and appear to have been buried in the same conditions. Found aproximately 20 years ago.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: BYZANTINE
Date from: Circa AD 286
Date to: Circa AD 602
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 5
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 1994
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Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: West Lancashire (District)
To be known as: Halsall
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Centred on parish
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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