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COIN HOARD
Unique ID: SWYOR-4A3012
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
"DUNNINGTON", York
Curatorial Report by Eleanor Ghey
7 silver denarii to AD 2017 T919 PAS ID: SWYOR-4A3012
Circumstances of discovery:
Found by seven finders [names redacted] on a Yorkshire Searchers Club outing on 10th August 2017. The coins were found on cultivated land and were scattered along about 30 meters of a hedgerow. The coins were submitted individually, the first being received at the British Museum on 27th November 2017 and the remainder submitted by the rally organiser, Stuart Littlewood, on 22nd Jan 2018. An eighth coin initially reported to the FLO was found to be a fourth century Roman base metal coin ('nummus') and was not brought to the Museum as it is considered to be a later stray find.
The coins:
The seven silver coins are all Roman Imperial denarii and range in date from AD 75 to c. AD 194. The group can reasonably be expected to have circulated together before deposition at the end of the second century AD or later.
Summary:
Vespasian (AD 69-79) 1
Trajan (AD 98-117) 3
Hadrian (AD 117-138) 2
Septimius Severus (AD 193-211) 1
Total 7
Disposition:
Tbc
Recommendation:
As a group of seven precious metal coins of the same find and over 300 years old, these coins are to be considered Treasure under the Treasure Act 1996.
Dr Eleanor Ghey
Curator: Iron Age and Roman Coin Hoards
The British Museum
19.6.18
CATALOGUE
DENARII (7)
VESPASIAN (1)
|
No. |
Obv.. |
Rev. |
BMC |
RIC II.2 |
Qty |
Wt.(g) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG Head of Vespasian, laureate, r. |
PON MAX TR P COS VI Pax std. l. with branch |
161 |
772 |
1 |
2.61 (e) |
TRAJAN (3)
|
No. |
Obv.. |
Rev. |
BMC |
RIC II |
Qty |
Wt.(g) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS [VI P P] Bust of Trajan, laureate and draped, r. |
S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI Trajan's column |
452 |
292 |
1 |
2.56 (a) |
|
|
[] Bust of Trajan, laureate and draped, r. |
[P M] TR P COS VI P P [S P Q R // FORT RED] Fortuna std. l.? |
Cf 578 ff |
Cf 317ff |
1 |
2.37 (b) |
|
|
IMP CAES NER TRAIAN OPTIM AVG GER DAC PARTHICO Bust of Trajan, laureate and draped, r. |
P M TR P COS VI P P [S P Q R] Felicitas stg. l. with caduceus and cornucopiae |
594 var.[1] |
345 |
1 |
2.29 (f) |
HADRIAN (2)
|
No. |
Obv.. |
Rev. |
BMC |
RIC II |
Qty |
Wt.(g) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
HADRIANVS [AVG COS III P P] Head of Hadrian, laureate, r. |
FELICITAS AVG Felicitas stg. l. with caduceus and ? |
605 ff |
233/4 |
1 |
2.21 (g) |
|
|
HADRIANVS [AVG] COS III P P Head of Hadrian, laureate, r. |
TELLVS STABIL Tellus stg. l. |
737/741 |
276ff |
1 |
2.77 (d) |
SEPTIMIUS SEVERUS (1)
Eastern mint
|
No. |
Obv.. |
Rev. |
BMC |
RIC IV |
Qty |
Wt.(g) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
[]L SEP SEV[] Head of Septimius Severus, r. |
[] VICTOR Figure (Mars?) stg. l. |
Cf 378 var. |
Cf 406a |
1 |
1.79[2] (c) |
[1] BM 1989,1117.3
[2] Part of the surface of the coin has been lost. Cf BM 1997,1203.127
Notes:
As a group of seven precious metal coins of the same find and over 300 years old, these coins are to be considered Treasure under the Treasure Act 1996.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder after being disclaimed as Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2017T919
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 194
Date to: Circa AD 250
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 7
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 10th August 2017 - Thursday 10th August 2017
Personal details
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2017T919
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: York (Unitary Authority)
District: York (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Dunnington
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
References cited
No references cited so far.
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