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COIN HOARD
Unique ID: NMGW-9A12AC
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow
status: Published 
Description of find
Five Roman silver denarii, as follows (with identities of finders):
1. Republic, denarius of moneyer L PROCILI F.; 3.57g. Rome, c.80 BC; Crawford 379/1. Found by Karl Francis.
2. Republic, denarius of Mark Antony, with M. Barbatius Pollo; 3.52g. Mint moving with Antony, c.41 BC; Crawford 517/2. Found by Michael J Francis.
3. Empire, denarius of Galba, AD 68-9; 2.88g. Rome, cf RIC 2nd Edn, 215. Found by Darren Deeman.
4. Empire, denarius of Vespasian, 69-79; 2.75g. Rome, RIC 75 (AD 74). Found by Karl Francis.
5. Empire, denarius of Nerva, 96-8; 2.96g. Rome, RIC 34 (97). Found by Carl Davies Waite.
Discussion
Roman Republican and early Imperial denarii are of silver of high fineness. The coins appear to form an associated group, deposited around the end of the first century AD. At this time, Republican issues still accounted for a significant proportion of the circulating medium (in a recent parallel but slightly earlier deposit (Esclusham, Wrexham, 80s AD; Treasure Wales 16.13) Republican coins accounted for 45 out of a total of 82 coins), before they were withdrawn under Trajan early in the second century. The composition on the group and the relative states of wear on the coins are consistent with their having formed an associated group.
Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: Regional importance
This find is a hoard container.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Cyfarthfa Castle Museum and Art Gallery
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure
Treasure details
Treasure case tracking number: 2017TW28
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Period from: ROMAN
Period to: ROMAN
Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 1
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 21st May 2017 - Monday 22nd May 2017
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Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2017TW28
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
County or Unitary authority: Merthyr Tydfil (Unitary Authority)
District: Merthyr Tydfil (Unitary Authority)
Spatial coordinates
4 Figure: SO0511
Four figure Latitude: 51.78956058
Four figure longitude: -3.37876415
1:25K map: SO0511
1:10K map: SO01SE
Grid reference source: From finder
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
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