Record ID: NMS-C917A7
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Two copper alloy nummi fund very close together and from a point very close in time to one another. They are surely part of a purse loss or hoard and thus went into the ground together. However, as they are of copper alloy and there are ess than ten of them they do not constitute a case of Treasure. One might speculate that they were lost in the first years of the fourth century, probably c.AD300-10. 1) Copper alloy nummus of Galerius as Caesar, London, reverse GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, mintmark -/-//-, Cloke, Toone & Marsden 1.02.004, die axis 6, weight 6.72g, c.AD296. 2) Copper…
Created on: Tuesday 21st November 2023
Last updated: Saturday 2nd December 2023
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: SOM-8B34CA
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
This record is for a hoard of ten copper alloy Roman nummi from the Withycombe, Somerset hoard, and is the first batch of finds reported as 2016 T726, with four coins reported earlier as single finds: SOM-8B678B, SOM-76EB43, SOM-756787 and SOM-279895). Subsequent addenda from 2017 and 2019 are recorded on separate records. The coins are all base metal nummi (sing. nummus) dating to between AD 294 and 305. This was the era of a collegiate system of imperial rule (usually 4 official rulers and thus known as Tetrarchy) set up by the great reforming emperor Diocletian (AD 284-3…
Created on: Monday 8th February 2016
Last updated: Friday 26th March 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Withycombe', grid reference and parish protected.