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HOARD

Unique ID: IARCH-8103B3

Workflow status: Published Find published

Known as

Distington

Quantity summary

  • Coins in hoard: 67
  • Containers for the hoard: 1

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN

Coin chronology

Last ruler: House of Valentinian
Last Reece period: Period 19 Valentinianic (364-378)
Date from: AD 364
Date to: AD 375
Terminal reason: Date of latest coin

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Coin summary

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Period Ruler Denomination Mint From To Quantity
ROMAN Constantine I Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4) Thessalonica AD 330 AD 335 1
ROMAN Constantius II Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4) Aquileia AD 341 AD 346 1
ROMAN House of Constantine Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4) Perinthus/Heraclea AD 346 AD 361 1
ROMAN House of Constantine Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4) Nicomedia AD 346 AD 361 2
ROMAN House of Constantine Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4) Antioch (Antakya, Turkey) AD 346 AD 361 5
ROMAN Valentinian I Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4) - AD 364 AD 375 3
ROMAN Valens Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4) Aquileia AD 364 AD 367 1
ROMAN Valens Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4) Cyzicus AD 364 AD 365 1
ROMAN Gallienus (sole reign) Radiate (antoninianus) - AD 260 AD 268 2
ROMAN Radiate (Barbarous) Radiate (antoninianus) - - - 4
ROMAN Divus Claudius (Official) Radiate (antoninianus) - - - 1
ROMAN House of Constantine Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4) - AD 324 AD 330 3
ROMAN House of Constantine Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4) - AD 330 AD 335 1
ROMAN House of Constantine Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4) - AD 335 AD 341 2
ROMAN House of Constantine Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4) - AD 341 AD 346 4
ROMAN House of Constantine Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4) - AD 351 AD 354 1
ROMAN - Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4) - AD 355 AD 364 10
ROMAN Uncertain Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4) - - - 6
ROMAN House of Valentinian Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4) - AD 364 AD 378 17
ROMAN Valentinian II Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4) Constantinople AD 383 AD 392 1

Coin data quality rating: Fair (Grade 2)

Description

A group of copper alloy coins found in a garden, some of which were reported as having been in a leather wallet. Aspects of the find give cause to suspect that this may have been buried in modern times but it is included here as it has been published as a Roman hoard elsewhere.

Notes

R. Abdy was of the opinion that Groups 2 and 3 looked like a typical field scatter of site coins. This and the fact that there were few Theodosian issues as well as the composition of group 1 suggested that the hoard may not have been buried in Roman times. However it is also possible that the Theodosian issue was a stray find. I. Caruana and D. Shotter report that all the detected coins were in root-disturbed soil containing modern glass and pottery, although they suggest that the hoard may have been disturbed when the trees were first planted. The reconstructed 'wallet' group is here used for the tpq of the hoard. All coins are listed. NB LRBC was used by authors.

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Senhouse Roman Museum

Materials of coins and artefacts in the hoard

  • Copper alloy
  • Leather

Containers linked to this hoard

Record ID: IARCH-DF66BA
Object type: PURSE
Broad period: ROMAN

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 1st April 2001 - Saturday 9th June 2001

Personal details

Recorded by: Dr Eleanor Ghey

Other reference numbers

Legacy hoard number: 3014

Spatial metadata

Region: North West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Cumbria (County)
District: Copeland (District)
To be known as: Distington

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Gardening
General landuse: Inter-tidal
Specific landuse: Garden

Archaeological context

No archaeological context available.

References cited

Audit data

Recording Institution: IARCH
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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