HOARD

Robertson 2000, 375 no. 1532:

""On 17 January 1978 a hoard of 543 fourth century Roman silver coins together with the fragments of a pottery container was discovered near a footpath on the south side of Poles Lane, Otterbourne, Hants. and was declared a Treasure Trove by a Coroner's Inquest. Examination showed that the find was composed of 7 miliarenses and 536 siliquae..
The latest coins in the hoard are the siliquae of Honorius from the Milan mint. These appear to be issues after the death of Theodosius I in 395, so that the closing of the hoard can be placed about 400."
There followed a catalogue of the 543 coins, according to mints.
R.A.G. Carson, in CHRB, I, BM Occas. Paper 5 (1979), 106-9, mints, types, wts.
Rearranged according to emperors the coins were:
Trier Lyons Arles Milan Rome Aquileia 0 1Sisc. 2Const. 3Nic. 4TOTAL
Mil. Sil. Sil. Sil. Sil. Mil. Sil. Mil. 0Sil. 1Sil. 2Sil. 3Sil. 4
Constantius II, Aug. 4 2 0 1 2 32 48
Julian II, Caes. 2 0 1 2 3 42
Julian II, Aug. 2 11 13 0 1 2 3 426
Valentinian I 9 1 6 0 1 21 3 417
Valens 3 127 8 05 11 2 3 4144
Gratian 1 105 3 8 1 010 11 2 3 4129
Valentinian II 1 42 1 010 1 2 3 454
Theodosius 19 1 2 04 1 2 3 426
Magnus Maximus 125 1 0 1 2 3 4126
Flavius Victor 1 2 01 1 2 3 44
Arcadius 3 1 0 1 2 3 44
Honorius 3 0 1 2 3 43
RULE 0RULE 1RULE 2RULE 3RULE 4RULE 5 + 430 20 17 9 1 + 25 1 + 030 12 21 32 4543
1 sil. of Gratian, minted at Trier, was irregular; 1 sil. of Magnus Maximus, minted at Trier, was clipped.
In a note, 1978, R.A.G. Carson added to ASR:
"Though over 30 fragments of the vessel are present, many are extremely small, and there are few joins. It is therefore not possible to reconstruct the form of the pot with any degree of certainty. Most of the footring is present; it is rounded in section, and has a diameter of about 6 cm. The wall of the vessel rises at a fairly steep angle to a surviving height of c. 8 cm. The point of greatest diameter would have been above this. The most likely form would have been a simple cooking-pot shape.
The fabric is light pink, with sparse but quite large brick-red and cream inclusions. Traces remain of the slip, which is thin, matt, and a bright orange in colour. Over it is a layer of dark discoloration, which could be due to burning.
The vessel is presumably a local fourth-century type; it does not have distinctive features which would assign it to any well-known group with a wide distribution."
7 coins from this hoard acquired by Dept. of Coins and Medals, BM (BM Register of Coin Accessions, Sept. 1979 (6 sil. only?))
3 coins in Winchester City Museum"