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COIN HOARD
Unique ID: NMGW-082308
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Approximately 2,315 coins (plus a possible 51 addenda). This comprises 484 'radiate' coins from the period A.D. 260-96; 288 nummi of the first, second and third tetrarchies (Diocletian, Maximian, colleagues and successors, 294/5 - 307); 184 reduced-weight nummi, c.307-10; and 1,359 nummi spanning further reductions in weight after 310, the large majority in the name of Constantine I ('the Great', 306-37). The latest coins were struck at London and Arles, c.318. The hoard was buried in a jar of local South Wales grey ware, probably late third - early fourth century A.D.
Notes:
The hoard was found on the same site as another hoard of Roman coins (Wales 08.4; NMGW-085CE6).
Both related hoards comprise Roman coins produced in the quarter-century following Diocletian's reform of the Roman imperial coinage around A.D. 294-5. The coins are of copper alloys that contain small proportions of added silver, originally with silver-washed surfaces. As found, almost all coins are encrusted with copper corrosion products, mainly malachite.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: National Museum Wales
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2008W3
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 318
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 2315
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 7th April 2008
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Other reference numbers
Other reference: Wales Treasure 08.3
Treasure case number: 2008W3
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
District: the Vale of Glamorgan (Unitary Authority)
Parish or ward: Sully (Community)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: ST1667
Four figure Latitude: 51.395794
Four figure longitude: -3.208774
1:25K map: ST1667
1:10K map: ST16NE
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
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