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COIN HOARD
Unique ID: LIN-3F6B5B
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Treasure ref: 2003 T76: hoard of 60 copper-alloy sestertii and associated pottery found scattered over an area of 4 x 4m. This worn sestertius hoard is unusual in having one or two later/post-Severan issues. This is a feature one would expect only in the largest examples such as the Gare hoard (RBCH 530), the supply of new aes apparently drying up c. AD 197. In general it seems that the extremely worn bronze coinage from the first and second centuries formed the overwhelming bulk of the aes in circulation in Britain well into the third century (until such denominations disappear from circulation c. AD 270). Cowbit contains an as of Gordian III, thus narrowing down the potentially wide discrepancy between the date of the last coin and the possible deposition date which applies to most later sestertius hoards.
32 additional coins were found in December 2004 (see Treasure ref. 2005 T49).
| Uncertain, but reign of Vespasian or Titus | 1 |
| Trajan | 1 |
| Hadrian | 2 |
| Antoninus Pius | 1 |
| Faustina I | 1 |
| Marcus Aurelius | 1 |
| Faustina II | 2 (addenda) |
| Commodus | 1 |
| Crispina | 1 |
| Uncertain Antonine Emperor | 1 (addenda) |
| Septimius Severus | 1 |
| Caracalla | 1 |
| Uncertain later Several Empress | 1 |
| Gordian III | 1 |
| Uncertain Emperor | 47+29 (in addenda) |
| Total | 60 |
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2003T76
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 43
Date to: Circa AD 270
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 60
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st February 2003
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2003T76
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lincolnshire (County)
District: South Holland (District)
Parish or ward: Cowbit (Civil Parish)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: TF2616
Four figure Latitude: 52.72697598
Four figure longitude: -0.13564988
1:25K map: TF2616
1:10K map: TF21NE
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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