2024-03-28T14:36:08+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/596102/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/596102/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/596102/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/596102/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/596102/format/pdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/596102/format/rdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/596102596102SOM-D3F786PAS52DD3F78001B10COIN26.125.36.752.526.11SCC receipt 2240612013T73BROMAN50100A corroded Roman copper-alloy dupondius or as of uncertain ruler dating to the period c. AD 50-100 (Reece period 3 or 4). Unclear reverse type depicting a standing figure. Probably Mint of Rome.Found at the same time as a hoard of 138 Roman bronze coins placed under a stone (Treasure case 2013 T73a). These coins, found scattered from the rest of the field, appear to be a mixture of Roman copper-alloy denominations dating from across most of the four centuries of Roman rule over Britain.
Age
All are of Roman date and therefore over 300 years old.
Metal content
They are all essentially base metal in composition (copper alloy).
From the same find?
This group of coins has the appearance of an accumulation of losses from different periods over the course of the second to fourth centuries AD. It spans a wider period than is likely for a hoard deposited in, say, the late fourth century and contains a mixture of denominations. The coins were therefore probably not deposited together as a hoard but instead form a series of technically separate finds as a result of random deposition over a period of time. As such, these coins do not appear to constitute Treasure under the stipulations of the Treasure Act 1996 which require that coins must be from the same find.2014-01-20 15:23:362014-01-20 15:26:36412013-02-1016Certain1121PAS52DD3F78001B107242SOMCopper alloy10627Struck or hammeredCompleteCorrodedROMANROx41218p0gjgrs69wsMetal detectorCircaCirca57502610578104981049541427Restricted AccessST5026ST52NWSomerton CP263522076100320160Bust facing rightIllegibleStanding figureIllegible16756111221360Dupondius or asUncertain - 1st/2nd Century ADExtremely worn: poorextremely_worn6 o'clock170RegularSouth WestDisturbedGrassland, HeathlandEuropean RegionCountySomersetDistrictSouth SomersetCivil Parish51.0616-2.75489Restricted AccessReturned to finder after being declared not Treasure608995423