HOARD
Unique ID: IARCH-7D7ED1
Workflow
status: Published 
Known as
Ribchester
Quantity summary
- Coins in hoard: 9
- Containers for the hoard: 1
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Coin chronology
Last ruler: Lucius Verus
Last Reece period: Period 8 Antonine II (161-180)
Date from: AD 161
Date to: AD 169
Terminal reason: Date of latest coin
Coin summary
Download as CSV| Period | Ruler | Denomination | Mint | From | To | Quantity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROMAN | Republic | Denarius (Roman Republic) | - | 32 BC | 31 BC | 1 | |
| ROMAN | Vespasian | Denarius (Empire) | - | - | - | 1 | |
| ROMAN | Titus | Denarius (Empire) | - | AD 80 | AD 81 | 1 | |
| ROMAN | Trajan | Denarius (Empire) | - | AD 100 | AD 100 | 1 | |
| ROMAN | Trajan | Denarius (Empire) | - | AD 112 | AD 117 | 1 | |
| ROMAN | Antoninus Pius | Denarius (Empire) | - | AD 153 | AD 154 | 1 | |
| ROMAN | Marcus Aurelius (as Caesar) | Denarius (Empire) | - | AD 153 | AD 154 | 1 | |
| ROMAN | Faustina II under Antoninus Pius | Denarius (Empire) | - | AD 145 | AD 161 | 1 | |
| ROMAN | Marcus Aurelius (as Augustus) | Denarius (Empire) | - | AD 161 | AD 169 | 1 |
Coin data quality rating: Good (Grade 3)
Description
Robertson 2000, 48 no. 231:
"During excavation in 1978 of a barrack-block in the Retentura of the fort at Ribchester, nine denarii were found apparently in a 'column', as if originally wrapped in cloth. There was no sign of a container or of a place of concealment, the coins apparently lying in rubble make-up for the fourth-century levels. A Coroner's inquest adjudged from the circumstances that the coins had not been hoarded; however, like the Birdoswald collection of denarii of 1949, the possibility of deliberate deposition remains; it is possible that the coins had in fact been disturbed in the Roman period from an original place of concealment. They consist of:"
Den.
Mark Antony 1
Vespasian 2
Trajan 2
Antoninus Pius 3
Marcus 1
9
(1 deified) (of c. AD 165)
-D.C.A. Shotter, in CH VII (1985), 182, types"
Notes
The latest coin is dated to RIC 443 (AD 161-9). Types given in Shotter 1985, 182 (by reign not authority).
Materials of coins and artefacts in the hoard
Containers linked to this hoard
Record ID:
IARCH-1A114E
Object type:
TEXTILE
Broad period:
ROMAN
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st January 1978 - Sunday 31st December 1978
Personal details
Other reference numbers
Legacy hoard number: 1171
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Ribble Valley (District)
To be known as: Ribchester
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Archaeological information
Background
This hoard comes from a known archaeological site.
The site has been excavated.
Site details
Site class: Military
Site type: Fort
References cited
- Robertson, A.S., 2000 An Inventory of Romano-British Coin Hoards London: 48 no. 231
- Shotter, D., 1990 Roman Coins from North-West England (original edition) Lancaster: 144
- Shotter, D.C.A., 1985 Five Roman coin hoards from Lancashire
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