2004-07-28 14:20:30 Anna Marshall amarshall 2011-02-24 13:52:42 Daniel Pett dpett SWYOR-7A7BE0 coin Clipped silver siliqua of Valens, 364-78, VRBS ROMA, Mint or Trier, 367-75. RIC IX 27e/45b Clipped silver siliqua of Valens, 364-78, VRBS ROMA, Mint or Trier, 367-75. RIC IX 27e/45b 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. Silver Struck or hammered ROMAN ROMAN 367 375 15 Good 2004-07-28 14:20:30 EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE EAST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE MARKET WEIGHTON POINT( ) 29.06.2003 Metal detector 1 SWYOR Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike - The Portable Antiquities Scheme 2004 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.