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Coin
Unique ID: SWYOR-7A7BE0
Object type certainty: Certain
Clipped silver siliqua of Valens, 364-78, VRBS ROMA, Mint or Trier, 367-75. RIC IX 27e/45b
Notes:
There has been much debate about when silver siliquae were clipped. However, analysis of the Terling Hoard suggests a date after AD 404. Some feel that it could have been slightly earlier, after 402, when the mint of Milan ceased to strike siliquae. It might have started in the reign of Constantine III, 407-11, when the Province of Britannia finally collapsed. The clippings were apparently used to make copies of siliquae – of the same quality silver. Over 100 silver siliquae have been recorded on the PAS database – this has been a crucial addition to our knowledge of late Roman Britain because prior to AD 2000 very few were known as site-finds. This suggests that siliquae circulated as normal currency, possibly for some time after the Roman administration ceased c. AD 410. When one considers that a very large number of bronze coins were found with clipped siliquae in the Bishops Cannings hoard, it is possible that bronze coins also continued to circulate in numbers after 410.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Date from: AD 367
Date to: AD 375
Dimensions and weight
Weight: 1.34 g
Diameter: 15 mm
Quantity: 1
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered [scope notes | view all attributed records]
Coin data (numismatics)
Denomination: Siliqua (reduced weight) [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Ruler/issuer: Valens [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Reece period: Period 19 [364-378] [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Mint or issue place: Treveri (Trier, Germany) [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Obverse description: Bust right, draped and cuirassed with pearl diadem.
Obverse inscription: D N VALENS P F AVG
Reverse description: Roma seated left, holding Victory and sceptre.
Reverse inscription: VRBS ROMA
Degree of wear: Hardly worn: extremely fine [scope notes | View all attributed records]
Reverse mintmark: -//TRPS
Status: Clipped
Coin references
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Spatial data
Region: Yorkshire And The Humber
County: East Riding Of Yorkshire
District: East Riding Of Yorkshire
Parish: Market Weighton
Method of discovery: Metal detector
[scope notes]
General landuse: Cultivated land [scope notes]
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 1st June 2004
Personal details
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Recorded by: Ms Anna Marshall
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Identified by: Ms Anna Marshall - [view all attributed records]
Secondary identifier: Mr Sam Moorhead - [view all attributed records]
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Created:
Wednesday 28th July 2004
Updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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