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COIN HOARD
Unique ID: LVPL-E332C6
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Awaiting validation 
Peover Superior, Cheshire
A coin hoard of 6956 Roman radiates and one Roman sestertius with ceramic vessel, Treasure Case: 2015 T46.
Description of Find
Apart from a single very worn sestertius of Commodus (AD 180-92) the coins range in date from AD 251-274 and the assemblage is broadly similar in composition to the many Romano-British coin hoards buried in the aftermath of the breakaway 'Gallic Empire'. Although the coins were carefully removed in layers (BM conservation by Katarzyna Weglowska), a visual check of the bags showed no noticeable compositional differences.
The coins of Aurelian (AD 270-5) present here are issues from the earlier years of his reign (up to fourth series of Milan; possibly as late as early AD 274 according to LV), leaving the latest coins as those of Tetricus I, AD 271-4 (and his young son Tetricus II).
Summary:
Commodus (AD 180-92), 1
Trebonianus Gallus (AD 251-3), 2
Valerian I (AD 253-60), 27
Diva Mariniana, 1
Gallienus (joint reign), 20
Salonina (joint reign), 34
Divus Valerian II, 8
Saloninus Caesar, 5
Gallienus (sole reign, AD 260-8), 937
Salonina (sole reign), 80
Claudius II (AD 268-70), 618
Divus Claudius II, 39
Quintillus (AD 270), 63
Aurelian (AD 270-5), 9
Gallic Empire:
Postumus (AD 260-9), 394
Laelian (AD 269), 5
Marius (AD 269), 22
Victorinus (AD 269-71), 1722
Divus Victorinus, 7
Tetricus I (AD 271-4), 1974
Tetricus II, 769
Victorinus or Tetricus I (brockage), 2
Irregular (ancient forgeries), 217
total 6956
Notes:
Full catalogue on file at BM (by Gregory Edmund, Richard Abdy, Vincent Drost and Aisling Byrne)
Pottery note:
The base of a large ceramic vessel survived as a container for the hoard. It was probably truncated by the plough as the breaks appear fresh and the upper part of the vessel has not survived. The base and lower part is partially intact and accompanied by 6 to 7 joining body sherds and 20 bags of loose body sherds of varying size. The surviving height of the vessel is 173mm and the maximum external diameter 245mm. The base diameter is 115mm and the body sherds are on average about 8mm thick. The body widens from the flat base and begins to narrow where the pot has been truncated.
Staining from the coins is visible on the interior of the pot. There are some horizontal striations on the exterior but no other decoration. The base is crudely finished and still covered in sandy soil. The vessel is wheel made in a pinkish red oxidised fabric with a grey core. Small quartz inclusions are visible and occasional voids left by organic temper. It is tentatively identified as a Severn Valley oxidised ware storage jar, dated from the second to the fourth century, but requires further examination by a local pottery expert.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: Regional importance
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Congleton Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Submitted for consideration as Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2015T46
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 251
Date to: Circa AD 274
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 6960
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Tuesday 13th January 2015
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2015T46
Materials and construction
Primary material: Copper alloy
Secondary material: Ceramic
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Incomplete
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
District: Cheshire East (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Peover Superior
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: Generated from computer mapping software
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
References cited
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