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Record ID: IARCH-619A32
Object type: HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Trafford
Workflow stage: Published
Robertson 2000, 337 no. 1380: ""Mr. W. Charlton, J.P., exhibited forty-six Roman bronze coins found at Sale in October 1907. They were discovered when digging a drain for some new buildings near the highway, the old Roman road from Manchester to Chester. They consisted of examples of the coinage from the reign of Nerva, AD 96-98, to that of Valens, AD 364-378." Then came a list of 3 "middle brass", 15 ant., and 28 small AE: Ant. AE Nerva 1 Faustina II 1 Gallienus 2 Claudius II 2 Tetricus I 10 Aurelian 1 Constantine I 6 Crispus 1 Constantinopolis 1 Urbs Roma 2 Helena (af…
Created on: Tuesday 13th January 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sale', grid reference and parish protected.