Record ID: SWYOR-B8F074
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and corroded silver Romn coin; a denarius of Trajan (AD 98 - 117) dating from AD 103 - 111 (Reece Period 5). COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC / PIET reverse type depicting Pietas, draped, veiled, standing left, with right hand dropping incense on lighted altar left, and holding sceptre in left. Mint of Rome. See RIC II Trajan 104 (http://numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric.2.tr.104). Thickness: 2.03mm Weight: 2.74g Diameter: 18.06mm
Created on: Monday 24th May 2021
Last updated: Sunday 20th June 2021
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Record ID: IARCH-78155F
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Sheffield
Workflow stage: Published
Robertson 2000, 23 no. 123: ""Five Roman coins found in January, 1931, at Middlewood Quarry, Oughtibridge, near Sheffield, appear to form part of a hoard that was accidentally scattered. Some surface soil and loose material near the quarry face had been thrown down to a ledge of rock several feet below. A workman engaged in removing the debris picked up four coins on January 28th. During a close search of the ledge another coin was found, but it is feared that others have been wheeled away to a huge tip and now lie buried, where the task of recovery is impracticable. The quarry own…
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oughtibridge', grid reference and parish protected.