HOARD
Unique ID: IARCH-D7BDD3
Workflow
status: Published 
Known as
Mersea Island
Quantity summary
- Coins in hoard: 5
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Coin chronology
Last ruler: Tiberius
Last Reece period: Period 1 Pre-Claudian and Iron Age (Pre AD 41)
Date from: AD 14
Date to: AD 37
Terminal reason: Date of latest ruler/issuer
Coin summary
Download as CSV| Period | Ruler | Denomination | Mint | From | To | Quantity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROMAN | Republic | Denarius (Roman Republic) | - | 32 BC | 31 BC | 1 | |
| ROMAN | Augustus | Denarius (Empire) | Rome | 13 BC | 13 BC | 1 | |
| ROMAN | Tiberius | Denarius (Empire) | Lugdunum | AD 14 | AD 37 | 1 | |
| ROMAN | Tiberius | Denarius (Empire) | Lugdunum | AD 14 | AD 37 | 1 | |
| ROMAN | Uncertain | Denarius (Empire) | - | - | - | 1 |
Coin data quality rating: Good (Grade 3)
Description
5 denarii to Tiberius. TAR 1998-99, 280; NC 2000, 19.
Other PAS records associated with this hoard: ESS-10F9E3; ESS-10E334; ESS-10C6B4; ESS-109370; ESS-106093
Notes
Images in BM file. There is only an image of the reverse of the unidentified coin. Acc no COLEM 2000.45-49 Coins have individual PAS numbers.
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service
Materials of coins and artefacts in the hoard
Coins linked to this hoard
Unique ID:
ESS-106093
Object type:
COIN
Broad period:
ROMAN
Unique ID:
ESS-109370
Object type:
COIN
Broad period:
ROMAN
Unique ID:
ESS-10C6B4
Object type:
COIN
Broad period:
ROMAN
Unique ID:
ESS-10E334
Object type:
COIN
Broad period:
ROMAN
Unique ID:
ESS-10F9E3
Object type:
COIN
Broad period:
ROMAN
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Monday 1st January 1990 - Thursday 1st July 1999
Personal details
Other reference numbers
Legacy hoard number: 586
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Colchester (District)
To be known as: Mersea Island
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Archaeological context
No archaeological context available.
References cited
- Wise, P., 2002 Recent finds from Essex reported to Colchester Museums 1998-2000 388
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