BUC-6877F8: Iron age coins

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COIN HOARD

Unique ID: BUC-6877F8

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published Find published

The hoard consists of 17 gold staters and 9 silver units. These are of types originating in the Northern area [this territory is thought to have been inhabited by people known as the Trinovantes]They are issued under the ruler Cunobelin and date to the period between 10 and 40AD. These coins satisfy the various criteria of the Treasuer Act 1996. They are more than 300 years old, the find comprises of more than two coins with prescious metal content in excess of 10% . It is probable they a single group at the time of their burial. [text by Eleanor Ghey & Ian Leins]

1. Northern gold stater of Cunobelin, 'Linear type'
Weight: 5.42g VA 1925-1= BMC 1772
Registered as CCI 08.6601
2. Northern gold stater of Cunobelin, 'Linear type'
Weight: 5.41g VA 1925-1= BMC 1772
Registered as CCI 08.6602
3. Northern gold stater of Cunobelin, 'Wild series A'
Weight: 5.44g VA 1931-5= BMC 1798
Registered as CCI 08.6603
4. Northern gold stater of Cunobelin, 'Wild series A'
Weight: 5.57g VA 1931-5= BMC 1798
Registered as CCI 08.6604
5. Northern gold stater of Cunobelin, 'Wild series B'
Weight: 5.41g VA 1933= BMC 1804
Registered as CCI 08.6605
6. Northern gold stater of Cunobelin, 'Wild series B'
Weight: 5.43g VA 1933= BMC 1804
Registered as CCI 08.6606
7. Northern gold stater of Cunobelin, 'Wild series B'
Weight: 5.28g VA 1933= BMC 1804
Registered as CCI 08.6607
8. Northern gold stater of Cunobelin, 'Wild series B'
Weight: 5.35g VA 1933= BMC 1804
Registered as CCI 08.6608
9. Northern gold stater of Cunobelin, 'Wild series B'
Weight: 5.47g VA 1933= BMC 1804
Registered as CCI 08.6609
10. Northern gold stater of Cunobelin, 'Plastic series A'
Weight: 5.41g VA 2010
Registered as CCI 08.6610
11. Northern gold stater of Cunobelin, 'Plastic series A'
Weight: 5.42g VA 2010
Registered as CCI 08.6611
12. Northern gold stater of Cunobelin, 'Plastic series A'
Weight: 5.45g VA 2010
Registered as CCI 08.6612
13. Northern gold stater of Cunobelin, 'Plastic series A'
Weight: 5.48g VA 2010-7 = BMC 1813
Registered as CCI 08.6613
14. Northern gold stater of Cunobelin, 'Plastic series A'
Weight: 5.44g VA 2010-5 = BMC 1815
Registered as CCI 08.6614
15. Northern gold stater of Cunobelin, 'Plastic series B'
Weight: 5.49g VA 2020 = BMC 1825
Registered as CCI 08.6615
16. Northern gold stater of Cunobelin, 'Classic series A'
Weight: 5.43g VA 2027 = BMC 1827
Registered as CCI 08.6616
17. Northern gold stater of Cunobelin, 'Classic series B'
Weight: 5.38g VA 2029 = BMC 1834
Registered as CCI 08.6617
18. Northern silver unit of Cunobelin, inscribed 'TASCIIOVA'
Weight: 1.35g VA 2061 = BMC 1884
Registered as CCI 08.6618
19. Northern silver unit of Cunobelin, inscribed 'TASCIIOVA'
Weight: 1.37g VA 2061 = BMC 1884
Registered as CCI 08.6619
20. Northern silver unit of Cunobelin, inscribed 'TASCIIOVA'
Weight: 1.37g VA 2061 = BMC 1884
Registered as CCI 08.6620
21. Northern silver unit of Cunobelin, inscribed 'TASCIIOVA'
Weight: 1.41g VA 2061 = BMC 1884
Registered as CCI 08.6621
22. Northern silver unit of Cunobelin, inscribed 'TASCIIOVA'
Weight: 1.40g VA 2061 = BMC 1884
Registered as CCI 08.6622
23. Northern silver unit of Cunobelin, inscribed 'TASCIIOVA'
Weight: 1.30g VA 2061 = BMC 1884
Registered as CCI 08.6623
24. Northern silver unit of Cunobelin, inscribed 'TASCIIOVA'
Weight: 1.37g VA 2061 = BMC 1884
Registered as CCI 08.6624
25. Northern silver unit of Cunobelin, inscribed 'TASCIIOVA'
Weight: 1.31g VA 2061 = BMC 1884
Registered as CCI 08.6625
26. Northern silver unit of Cunobelin, inscribed '[TASCIO]VANTIS'
Weight: 1.31g VA 2063 = BMC 1886
Registered as CCI 08.6626


VA = Van Arsdell, Celtic Coinage of Britain, London, 1989
BMC = Hobbs, British Iron Age Coins in the British Museum 1996
CCI = Celtic Coin Index, Oxford & London

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: 2008T570

Chronology

Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Date from: Circa AD 10
Date to: AD 40

Dimensions and weight

Quantity: 26

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 28th September 2008

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Other reference numbers

Treasure case number: 2008T570
Museum accession number: AYBCM 2009.241.1-26.

Materials and construction

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

Spatial metadata

Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Aylesbury Vale (District)
To be known as: South of Winslow

Spatial coordinates


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

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Metal detector
Current location: Bucks County Museum
General landuse: Cultivated land

References cited

No references cited so far.

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