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Treasure case 2010 T272: acquired by Museum of Somerset<\/p>
A hoard of 52,498 copper alloy Roman radiates and 5 silver denarii. Found within a complete, but cracked, black burnished ware vessel. This vessel is decorated with a crude pattern of crossed grooves. A further smaller, upturned, dish-like vessel, was found on top, which appeared to fit perfectly.<\/p>
The current hoard summary is below.<\/p>
Status Quantity Contemporary copies 314 Identifiable coins 44,245 Illegible coins 8,258 Total 52,503<\/p>
Valerian & Gallienus (joint reign) 253-60 46
Gallienus (sole reign) 260-8 6,091
Salonina (wife of Gallienus) 260-8 404
Claudius II 268-70 5,421
Divus Claudius 270-1 1,227
Quintillus 270 333
Aurelian 270-5 266
Severina (wife of Aurelian) 270-5 13
Tacitus 275-6 252
Florian 276 10
Probus 276-82 619
Carus 282-3 8
Divus Carus 283 5
Magnia Urbica (wife of Carus) 283-5 2
Numerian 282-4 12
Carinus 283-5 19
Diocletian 284-305 38
Maximian 286-305 22
Total, Central Empire 14,788
Gallic Empire
Postumus 260-9 256
Laelian 269 4
Marius 269 35
Victorinus 269-71 7490
Divus Victorinus 271 14
Tetricus I 271-4 12416
Tetricus II 272-4 5203
Gallic Empire, uncertain 2954
Total, Gallic Empire 28,377
British Empire
Carausius 286-93 766
Contemporary copies 314
Total, identifiable coins 44,245
Illegible coins 8,258
Total 52,503<\/p>",
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A discussion of the hoard and its excavation is published in Sam Moorhead, Anna Booth and Roger Bland, The Frome Hoard (British Museum 2012)<\/p>\n\n
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