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COIN HOARD
Unique ID: NARC-156E74
Object type certainty: Certain
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status: Published 
16 silver denarii.
Report done by Richard Abdy, Curator fro roman Coins at the British Museum:
The coins are Roman silver coins of a denomination known as the denarius (plural denarii). The earliest was from the time of Vespasian (AD 69-79). The latest coin is of Diva Faustina I (deified after her death) which could have been produced up to the end of the reign of her husband Antoninus Pius in AD 161. The coins can be summarised as follows:
Vespasian (AD 69-79) 1
Titus Caesar 2
Domitian (AD 81-96) 2
Nerva (AD 96-8) 2
Trajan (AD 98-117) 6
Hadrian (AD 119-38) 2
Antoninus Pius (AD 138-61) -
Diva Faustina I 1
Date and Metal Content
The coins satisfy the terms of the Treasure Act with regard to age and metal content. They are certainly more than 300 years old and all have precious metal contents far in excess of the 10% threshold.
Of the same find?
It is unlikely that sixteen ancient precious metal coins could have come from the same findspot as a result of accidental individual deposition. This together with the close chronological grouping therefore suggests that these coins formed a hoard, by being buried together in the second century AD.
Conclusion
On the balance of probabilities, I conclude that this find constitutes a prima facie case of treasure under the terms of the Treasure Act (1996), by being a group of two or more precious metal coins of the same find.
NOTE: in 2013/4 two additional denarii were found and have been recorded as part of this hoard. See 2014T150 and NARC-350635
Notes:
REIGN OF VESPASIAN (3)
No.
Obverse legend
Reverse
Bust
BMC
RIC (II.1)
Wt.(g)
1.
IMP CAES VESP AVG CENS
PONTIF MAXIM (Vespasian seated right on curule chair, holding sceptre and branch)
A1*
98
546
3.06
2.
T CAESAR IMP VESP (laur. hd. of Titus)
PONTIF TR P COS III (winged caduceus)
A1*
152
692
2.92
3.
[T CAESAR IMP] VESPASIAN
PONTIF TR P COS IIII (Pax seated left, holding branch)
A1*
172
783
2.93
DOMITIAN (2)
No.
Obverse legend
Reverse
Bust
BMC
RIC (II.1)
Wt.(g)
4.
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P XI
IMP XXI COS XVI CENS P P P (Minerva advancing right, holding spear and shield)
A1*
187
728
3.20
5.
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM P M TR P XIII
IMP XXII COS XVI CENS P P P (Minerva standing right on capital of rostral column, holding spear and shield; to right, owl)
A1*
216
762
3.03
NERVA (2)
No.
Obverse legend
Reverse
Bust
BMC
RIC
Wt.(g)
6.
IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS II P P
CONCORDIA EXERCITVVM (Clasped hands, holding legionary eagle set on prow)
A1*
8
3
3.26
7.
IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P
FORTVNA P R (Fortuna, seated left, holding corn-ears and sceptre)
A1*
41
17
3.07
TRAJAN (6)
No.
Obverse legend
Reverse
Bust
BMC
RIC
Wt.(g)
8.
IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM
PONT MAX TR POT COS II (Female figure (Justitia?) seated left on chair with cornucopias as arms,holding sceptre)
A1*
9
11
2.94
9.
IM[P C]AES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM
P M TR P COS III P P (Female figure (Justitia?) seated left on chair with cornucopias as arms,holding sceptre)
A1*
68
32
2.76 (chipped)
10.
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P
COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC (Roma standing left, holding Victory and spear)
A3*
271
Cf. 115var
3.25 (chipped)
11.
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P
COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC (Felicitas, draped, standing left, holding caduceus and restingon column)
A3*
305
120
3.00
12.
IMP T[RAIANO AVG] GER DAC P M TR P
COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC // PAX (Pax standing left, setting fire to pile of arms with torch held and holding cornucopia)
A3*
401
102
3.06
13.
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P [COS VI P P]
S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI // ARAB ADQ (Arabia, draped, standing front, head left, holding branch over camel walking left before her and a bundle of cinnamon canes (?))
A3*
474
245
3.10
HADRIAN (2)
No.
Obverse legend
Reverse
Bust
BMC
RIC
Wt.(g)
14.
IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG
P M TR P COS II / PIETAS in field (Pietas standing left, raising her right hand)
A2*
-[1]
45
2.77
15.
IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG
P M TR P COS III (Pax standing left, holding branch and sceptre)
A2*
-[2]
94
3.02
REIGN OF ANTONINUS PIUS (1)
No.
Obverse legend
Reverse
Bust
BMC
RIC
Wt.(g)
16.
DIVA FAVSTINA
AVGVSTA (Ceres standing left, holding torch and sceptre)
E2*
399
356
3.39
[1] BM example = 1946,1004.105
[2] BM example with A3* bust = 1945,0104.45
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Declared Treasure but returned to Finder as Museum unable to acquire
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2011T688
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 69
Date to: Circa AD 161
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 16
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st October 2011 - Friday 7th October 2011
Personal details
Found by: This information is restricted for your login.
Recorded by: Ms Julie Cassidy
Identified by: Mr Richard Abdy
Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2011T688
Materials and construction
Spatial metadata
Region: East Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Northamptonshire (County)
District: East Northamptonshire (District)
To be known as: King's Cliffe
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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