2024-03-29T06:22:02+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/rsshttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/atomhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/kmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/search/results1045120finds-11377801137780NMGW-3AB07ACOINIRON AGEGreek copper alloy coin minted by the Kings of Numidia
MICISPA (c. 148 -118BC) bronze
Head facing left / prancing horse facing left
Diameter – 25.1mm - 26.2; thickness – 3.9mm; weight – 13.65g1616-148-11814NMGWNMWPA 2012.130.22023-11-14T17:14:47Z2023-11-14T17:17:46Z13.65PAS6553AB07001A9726.23.917142141424258312211625831WrexhamWrexhamGresfordSJ365453.07937191-2.95684205bands.shops.handy10NMGW-3AB6FA13Head facing leftprancing horse facing left41OtherCopper alloy10627Struck or hammeredCompleteIRON AGEx13992IRON AGEx13992x13992Metal detectorReturned to finder1137780_6553abaed6b44.jpg1249410images/gwhatley/NumidiaWalesCertain12023-11-14T17:17:48ZMonmouthshire10Unitary AuthorityMEDIEVAL1Metal detectorCOINHOARDPIC288480.jpg25489201822519501117282018T05MDUnitary AuthorityCertain4NMGW254891377Grosmontx14221Monmouthshire108922022-07-06T13:16:04ZAcquired by museum after being declared TreasureWalesCirca
Description of find
Five medieval gold and silver coins, all of the reign of Edward III of England (1327-77), from the London mint:
1. Penny, ‘Florin coinage, 1344-51;
2. Groat, Series C, c.1351-2;
3. Groat, Series E, c.1354-5;
4. Gold Quarter Noble, Series B/E ‘mule’, c.1354-5;
5. Gold Noble, Treaty Period, 1361-9.
Treasure Act considerations
The coins reported comprise two or more coins of the requisite fineness, and all are over three hundred years old. Were they originally associated? Given the general rarity of gold coins of the period as single, chance finds, the discovery of two near-contemporary examples in a single field is suggestive. Of the five coins, all apart from the noble (the latest coin) demonstrate signs of wear through use, so a group dating around 1365-70 or perhaps later, to judge from the quarter-noble in particular, is feasible (the noble would have circulated less intensively, so might be expected to be unworn relative to the others). The scattering over a distance of 300m would represent an extreme example, but viewed as 150m either side of an original point of deposition is feasible: dispersal up to 196m has been recorded elsewhere (Ian Leins, British Museum, pers comm 2012).
It is not known whether the five coins reported form the whole of the original deposit.
Adelle Bricking123-2.94595737NMGW-A820D31034402118.05MEDIEVALCOIN HOARDSO3522finds-1034402118NMGW-1143B1Complete1327x14221images/dellbricking/11152261PAS6111143B0010C742021-08-09T12:40:43ZCertainx142212018-03-01T00:00:00Z2951.89274398MEDIEVALGold41424MD1Circa29http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/MEDIEVALCertainSilverCommunity2022-07-14T07:16:12.375ZLateWest Sussex100CountyStruck or hammeredIRON AGE1CertainLateMetal detector2015343.jpg16417Epaticcus1164871CatuvellauniIA1.4DistrictCertain4147NMGW1644414.1Hartingx139921.262294.0Chichester11728Unit (silver)2021-02-04T15:49:56ZReturned to finder3South EastCirca
Iron Age silver coin
North of Thames: Catuvellauni silver unit of Epaticcus
EPAT; boar facing right / V – CIO; Victory standing facing right
BMCIA 2294; late 1st century BC – Early 1st century AD
Weight: 1.26g; diameter – 10.5mm – 14.1mm; depth: 2.2mm; thickness: 0.5mm – 1.4mm
George WhatleyEpaticcus223-0.93396046NMGW-C1790A102143911NMWPA 2015.34.3IRON AGECOINSU7516finds-1021439116NMGW-C14E4BCompletex13992images/gwhatley/111311911PAS601C14E4001BA742021-02-04T15:38:12ZCertainx13992266Regular1650.9385764IRON AGESilver41421IA1Circa16http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/IRON AGECertainCivil Parish2022-07-14T07:16:04.463ZLate4Monmouthshire10Unitary AuthorityStruck or hammeredEARLY MEDIEVAL1CertainLate2643743Metal detector2016192.jpg25489Æthelred_the_Unready131117404EM
Early medieval coins are rare finds in Wales and this is the first of its type recorded by the PAS from the country.
Unitary AuthorityCertain219140NMGW25489991Rogietx410220.57Monmouthshire11728Cut halfpenny2022-03-07T11:58:07ZReturned to finder3WalesExactly
An early medieval silver cut halfpenny of Æthelred II (978–1016), 'Second Hand' type (c.AD 985-91; North 768; BMC iid), moneyer: Beornulf, mint: London (probably). Ref: North 1994: 158.
The coin is missing a small fragment from one end.
weight: 0.57g
John NaylorÆthelred the Unready223-2.78068525407NMGW-ECAC131020444Right facing bust[+]BEORNVL[F ]11NMWPA 2016.192EARLY MEDIEVALCOINST4687finds-102044441N 768 (Second Hand) (Hild. B2)26352940London81NMGW-EC9AAB10Incomplete985x41022images/gwhatley/111291551PAS600EC9AA001B5B32021-01-25T13:37:46ZHand of providence flanked by alpha and omegaCertainx410222Regular147Regional importanceCertain51.57926156EARLY MEDIEVALSilver41424x17731EM1Exactly47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCoin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066Certain+ÆÐEL[REDREXAN]GLORX (ORX ligated)Community32022-07-14T07:16:03.853ZLate4the Vale of Glamorgan10Unitary AuthorityStruck or hammeredEARLY MEDIEVAL1CertainLate2637487Metal detector20161761.jpg25502Æthelred_the_Unready1981190644EMUnitary AuthorityCertain419142NMGW25502979Llancarfanx410221.49the Vale of Glamorgan11728Penny2021-01-21T16:21:42ZReturned to finder3WalesExactly
Early Medieval silver coin
PENNY OF ÆTHELRÆD II (978 – 1016)
Obv. +ÆÐELRED REX ANGL·ER; diademed bust l., four pellets to front, linked to shoulder by curved lines
Rev. +ÆÐELVEARD MO NA; small cross pattée
Weight: 1.49g; Die-axis: 0º
First Small Cross type, c.978-9; BMC i; Hildebrand A; North 764.
EMC 2016.0222
For initial discussion of this coin, see http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=51373 , which covers much useful ground. It is also worth noting that the only ‘Aethelweard’ recorded for Aethelraed II in First Small Cross is a moneyer at the ‘North/Southampton’ mint. In the following issue (First Hand), the mint signature for Aethelweard is ‘Hamwi(c)’, so specifically Southampton (SCBI 7, 411 and 20, 820).
The spacings in the transcriptions above are editorial, both legends reading continuously. Taken at face value, the mint signature, if there is one, appears to be ‘NA’; according to North this is found on ‘reform’ coins of Edgar and Edward Martyr, and has been interpreted as Northampton or Southampton (i.e., ‘HA’).
With one exception, the other Aethelweards of Aethelraed’s coinage do not appear before the Crux type of the 990s; the exception is at Winchester, in the Second Hand type, a suggestive geographical proximity to Southampton: the same man ?
I would suggest that the new find be read as giving both moneyer and mint. The evidence is not conclusive, but does appear to be suggestive of an attribution to Southampton.
E.M.B. 5.x.16
George WhatleyÆthelred the Unready223-3.33915072Anglo-Saxon style400NMGW-9AA0351020251diademed bust l., four pellets to front, linked to shoulder by curved lines+ÆÐELVEARD MO NA11NMWPA 2016.176.1EARLY MEDIEVALCOINST0771finds-1020251x41012411N 764 (First Small Cross) (Hild. A)26724187Southampton81NMGW-9A7E1112Complete978x41022images/gwhatley/111287551PAS6009A7E100108A42021-01-21T16:12:17Zsmall cross pattéeCertainx410222Regular147Regional importanceCertain51.43034443EARLY MEDIEVALSilver41424x26533EM1Exactly47http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/EARLY MEDIEVALCoin of the kings of All England 924/5-1066Certain+ÆÐELRED REX ANGL·ERCommunity32022-07-14T07:16:03.698ZPembrokeshire1Unitary AuthorityPOST MEDIEVAL1Certain2657782Metal detector20161422.jpg25490Charles_I_of_England21241104PMUnitary AuthorityCertain422480NMGW254901642St. David's and the Cathedral Closex410470.86Pembrokeshire11728Halfgroat (silver)2021-06-21T21:12:59ZReturned to finderWalesExactly
Post medieval silver coin
Charles I (1625-49) half groat, Aberystwyth (1639-42)
Privy mark: Book
North 2342
Helen GeakeCharles I of England22-5.269673912474NMGW-59C9E2101998511NMWPA 2016.142.2POST MEDIEVALCOINSM7524finds-101998541Civil War: Thomas Bushell's Mints, Aberystwyth and Dovey (N 2325-2357)10293Aberystwyth101NMGW-59B9CBComplete1639x41047images/gwhatley/111279881PAS60059B9C001BB342021-01-18T14:30:52ZCertainx41047Regular36Certain51.86907763POST MEDIEVALSilver41424x25742PM1Exactly36http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/POST MEDIEVALEnglish coin early Modern 1489 - 1660CertainCommunity172022-07-14T07:16:03.481Zthe Vale of Glamorgan10Unitary AuthorityStruck or hammered7ROMAN1Certain3169070Metal detector20161091.jpg25502Antoninus_Pius1801denarius19058628338904ROUnitary AuthorityCertain426325antoninus_piusNMGW25502139Penllynx412182.81romethe Vale of Glamorgan11728Denarius (Empire)2021-01-12T16:23:42ZReturned to finderWalesExactlyCertain
Roman silver coin
Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161) denarius, Rome
IMP T AEL CAES HADR ANTONINVS
AVG PIVS PM TR P COS II; Victory facing right
RIC 25 (AD 139)
2.81g, slightly worn
Alastair WillisAntoninus Pius42302522-3.48411224NMGW-C6A6571019462Head of Antoninus Pius, bare, right.AVG PIVS PM TR P COS II11ric.3.ant.25NMWPA 2016.109.1ROMANCOINSS9775finds-10194624112843585Rome81NMGW-C697186Complete139x41218images/gwhatley/111270311PAS5FFC69710018D042021-01-11T15:06:25ZVictory, draped, advancing right, holding wreath in raised right hand and palm in left hand over left shoulder right.Certainx412182Regular21Certain51.4645671ROMANSilver41424x25706RO1Exactly21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ROMANCertainIMPT AEL CAES HADR ANTONINVSCommunity12022-07-14T07:16:03.179ZPowys1Unitary Authority1POST MEDIEVAL1Metal detector88482copy.jpg254915894412018TW09PMUnitary AuthorityCertain4NMGW254911583Llywelx41047Powys117282020-04-27T14:41:34ZAcquired by museum after being declared TreasureWalesCirca
Description
Four silver sixpences of Elizabeth I of England (1558-1603), dated 1567, 1574 and 1583 (found by Mr Small) and 1567 (found by Mr Williams). The coins display moderate amounts of wear through use, consistent with their having been lost or deposited at around the same time. Elizabeth’s silver coinage was of a consistently high fineness, in excess of 90% Ag.
Discussion
Silver coins of Elizabeth are found fairly regularly and the sixpence is a commonly-encountered denomination, playing a significant part in most coin hoards from the later sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The finding of four such coins in comparable condition and in close proximity suggests strongly that they originally formed part or all of an associated group. While it is uncertain whether the four coins form the complete original grouping, the four coins reported form a sufficient group to qualify as Treasure under the terms of the 1996 Act.
Adelle Bricking122-3.66006995NMGW-6C9C7110019741DAL 88481POST MEDIEVALCOINSN8629finds-10019744110NMGW-6C945BComplete1567x41047images/dellbricking/11101619PAS5EA6C945001C2442020-04-27T13:00:05ZCertainx410473651.94777627POST MEDIEVALSilver41424PM4Exactly36http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/POST MEDIEVALBrecknock MuseumCertainCommunity2022-07-14T07:15:51.959Z4Wrexham100Unitary AuthorityStruck or hammeredROMAN1Metal detector83040.jpg258312017From finderCorroded512018TW03ROUnitary AuthorityCertain4NMGW25831x41218Wrexham117282019-09-30T14:35:06ZAcquired by museum after being declared TreasureCirca
Description of find
Six Roman silver denarii: all are to a degree encrusted or corroded.
Hadrian (117-38), 2 coins [9, 23]; Antoninus Pius (138-61, 1 coin [15]; Diva Faustina I (wife of Antoninus Pius, d,141), 1 coin [4]; uncertain (?Trajan (98-117) or Hadrian), 1 coin [24]; uncertain, probably 2nd century, 1 coin [22]. (Numbered as image, from wider group of finds)
Discussion
Roman denarii of the second century A.D. were coins of fairly fine silver, well above 50% Ag. The four that can be positively identified cover a relatively short period and are of types that circulated and were hoarded together. In the absence of the customary scatter of base-metal coins of the 2nd - 4th centuries usually to be found on Romano-British settlement sites, the six silver coins are best explained as a small associated group, subsequently scattered by agricultural activities, rather than casual losses.
Mark Lodwick122-2.91092618NMGW-9A7CB59656711ROMANCOIN HOARDSJ3948finds-965671116NMGW-9A73B3Completex41218images/mlodwick/11074954PAS5D49A73B00138E32019-08-06T17:13:47ZCertainx4121822017-07-31T23:00:00Z121Regional importance2017-08-30T23:00:00Z53.025795954ROMANSilverRO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ROMANWrexham County Borough MuseumCertain2022-07-14T07:15:26.372Z4Merthyr Tydfil100Unitary AuthorityStruck or hammeredROMAN1Metal detector83038.jpg254972017From finder512017TW28ROUnitary AuthorityCertain4NMGW25497x41218Merthyr Tydfil117282019-09-30T14:19:41ZAcquired by museum after being declared TreasureCirca
Description of find
Five Roman silver denarii, as follows (with identities of finders):
1. Republic, denarius of moneyer L PROCILI F.; 3.57g. Rome, c.80 BC; Crawford 379/1. Found by Karl Francis.
2. Republic, denarius of Mark Antony, with M. Barbatius Pollo; 3.52g. Mint moving with Antony, c.41 BC; Crawford 517/2. Found by Michael J Francis.
3. Empire, denarius of Galba, AD 68-9; 2.88g. Rome, cf RIC 2nd Edn, 215. Found by Darren Deeman.
4. Empire, denarius of Vespasian, 69-79; 2.75g. Rome, RIC 75 (AD 74). Found by Karl Francis.
5. Empire, denarius of Nerva, 96-8; 2.96g. Rome, RIC 34 (97). Found by Carl Davies Waite.
Discussion
Roman Republican and early Imperial denarii are of silver of high fineness. The coins appear to form an associated group, deposited around the end of the first century AD. At this time, Republican issues still accounted for a significant proportion of the circulating medium (in a recent parallel but slightly earlier deposit (Esclusham, Wrexham, 80s AD; Treasure Wales 16.13) Republican coins accounted for 45 out of a total of 82 coins), before they were withdrawn under Trajan early in the second century. The composition on the group and the relative states of wear on the coins are consistent with their having formed an associated group.
Mark Lodwick122-3.37876415NMGW-9A1A5E9656661ROMANCOIN HOARDSO0511finds-965666116NMGW-9A12ACCompletex41218images/mlodwick/11074949PAS5D49A12A001CD232019-08-06T16:47:54ZCertainx4121822017-05-20T23:00:00Z121Regional importance2017-05-21T23:00:00Z51.78956058ROMANSilverRO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ROMANCyfarthfa Castle Museum and Art GalleryCertain2022-07-14T07:07:22.181ZLate3Isle of Anglesey100Unitary AuthorityStruck or hammeredROMAN1LateMetal detector86487.jpg254822017From finderFair751106272017TW17RO
Reference
J. Kenney and D. Hopewell 2018. Excavation and Survey on the site of the Penhwnllys hoard, Llanddona Anglesey. Gwynedd Archaeological Trust Report No 1433.
Unitary AuthorityCertain4NMGW25482300x41218Isle of Anglesey117282019-09-30T14:15:18ZAcquired by museum after being declared Treasure3Circa
Description of find
Ninety-seven Roman coins, dating to the third century A.D.: seven denarii and ninety 'radiates' (double-denarii). A summary list is appended. There are no associated objects.
Metal content
The coins, in principle silver issues, span a period of debasement during which the silver content dropped from around fifty per cent Ag to issues which to all intents and purposes are of copper alloys (typical silver contents are indicated on the list of coins).
Discussion
The coins were found within a limited area and therefore it is more likely than not that they were originally associated in the ground. The latest issues are irregular issues from the time of Carausius (usurper in Britain, 286/7-93) adding the hoard to the many recorded from Wales that were buried during this reign. Late third-century hoards typically include only the highly-debased issues from around 260 onwards. This new find is therefore unusual in having a significant content of the earlier coins and thereby a value as bullion; the continued availability of 'silver' coins in the late third century may relate to the relatively remote location in Roman Britain.
Mark Lodwick1223-4.11715414NMGW-98D2359656481ROMANCOIN HOARDSH5980finds-965648116NMGW-98C9D8Complete200x41218images/mlodwick/11073073PAS5D498C9D00187532019-08-06T15:20:13ZCertainx4121822017-10-03T23:00:00Z121National importance53.298135541ROMANSilverRO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ROMANOriel Ynys MonCertainCopper alloy2022-07-14T07:15:26.35ZMiddle4Gwynedd100Unitary AuthorityStruck or hammeredMEDIEVAL2MiddleMetal detectorPAS20161502rev.jpg254832016From finderFair512016TW36MD
Reference
J.J. North, 1991. English Hammered Coinage. Vol.2: Edward I to Charles II 1272- 1662. London.
Unitary AuthorityProbably4NMGW25483x14221Gwynedd117282019-09-30T14:12:02ZAcquired by museum after being declared Treasure2Circa
Two silver coins of Edward III of England (1327-77):
1. Groat, London, Series D, c.1352-3, North 1152; weight: 4.36g (67.2 grains);
2. Groat, London, Series E, c.1354-5, North 1163; weight: 4.25g (65.6 gr), a small chip of metal missing.
The first of the coins shows some signs of wear; the second is fairly fresh. Both are of fairly full weight. The finding of two contemporary coins of relatively high value in close proximity suggests that it is likely that they were originally associated in the ground and therefore treasure.
Mark Lodwick1222-4.17345832NMGW-84CEBA9655291MEDIEVALCOINSH5439finds-965529116NMGW-84C8DACompletex14221images/mlodwick/21073113PAS5D484C8D001A8932019-08-05T16:34:37ZProbablyx1422122016-11-14T00:00:00Z29Regional importance52.928499641MEDIEVALSilverMD1Circa29http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/MEDIEVALGwynedd Museum Service - Storiel Museum, BangorCertain2022-07-14T07:15:26.203ZWiltshire10Unitary AuthorityStruck or hammeredMEDIEVAL12974992Metal detector2016383.jpg43925From a paper map14611167884MDUnitary AuthorityCertain4214651NMGW439251366Coombe Bissettx142211.25Wiltshire11728Penny2019-08-23T23:11:09ZReturned to finderSouth WestExactly
A medieval silver Edwardian 'sterling' imitiation penny of Valéran of Ligny (1304-1353; 1364-1366). Crowned obverse, Gualer legend (Mayhew 223), dating to 1304-1366. Mint of Serain. Mayhew (1983, 89).
It weighs 1.25 g
Robert WebleyValéran II count of Ligny 1304-1353 and 1364-136622-1.85876562705NMGW-88A3E7887118Crowned bust facingMON/ETA/ SER/ENE11NMWPA 2016.38.3MEDIEVALCOINSU1026finds-88711841Edw. Imit: Valéran II count of Ligny at Serain (M 220-232)12722566Serain 81NMGW-888E23Complete1304x14221images/eanagnostou/11000500PAS5A7888E200136E32018-02-05T16:40:02ZLong cross patty dividing the field into quarters; three pellets in each quarterCertainx142212Regular29Certain51.03327714MEDIEVALSilver41427x52333MD1Exactly29http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/MEDIEVALCertainG[VA]LER' DE [LVSE]NB'Civil Parish232022-07-14T07:14:31.809ZCarmarthenshire100Unitary AuthorityStruck or hammered7ROMAN1PossiblyMetal detector142.jpg25486From a paper mapMarcus_Aurelius1sestertius237661028950661ROUnitary AuthorityCertain226519marcus_aureliusNMGW25486161Kidwellyx4121814.35Carmarthenshire10627Sestertius2020-04-23T15:39:51ZReturned to finderWalesCircaCertain
A copper alloy Roman possible contemporary copy of a sestertius of of Marcus Aurelius as Caesar under Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161), dating to the period AD 139-161 (Reece Period 7). Uncertain reverse type. Unclear mint.
Crude style and fabric and also light for a sestetius (but heavy for an as or dupondius)
14.35g, corroded
Alastair WillisMarcus Aurelius (as Caesar)7-4.3182023NMGW-746676884868Head of Marcus Aurelius, bare, right.Illegible21NMWPA 2016.14.2ROMANCOINSN4006finds-8848681161NMGW-744FB9Incomplete139x41218images/eanagnostou/16459083PAS5A6744FB00194742018-01-23T14:21:47ZIndiscernible.Certainx412182Contemporary copy21Certain51.72981971ROMANCopper alloy41424RO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ROMANCertainIllegibleCommunity12022-07-14T07:14:30.317ZMerthyr Tydfil10Unitary AuthorityStruck or hammeredROMAN1CertainMetal detector2016101.jpg25497From a paper map1denarius62061ROUnitary AuthorityCertain425NMGW2549779Pantx412182.66Merthyr Tydfil11728Denarius (Empire)2018-01-22T16:14:17ZReturned to finderWalesCircaCertain
Roman silver coin
Vespasian (AD 69-79) denarius, Rome
IMP XIX; Modius with grain ears
RIC 110 (obverse head facing right) AD77
Eirini Anagnostou22-3.37821612NMGW-5FD61D88458711NMWPA 2016.10.1ROMANCOINSO0509finds-8845871181NMGW-5FC137Complete69x41218images/eanagnostou/36456861PAS5A65FC130017F642018-01-22T14:58:27ZPossiblyx412182Regular21Certain51.77158373ROMANSilver41424RO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ROMANCertainCommunity12022-07-14T07:14:30.188Zthe Vale of Glamorgan100Unitary AuthorityStruck or hammered18ROMAN1CertainMetal detector201651.jpg25502Constantius_II1nummus19060352478111ROUnitary AuthorityCertain410820constantius_iiNMGW25502361St. Donatsx412181.28the Vale of Glamorgan10627Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4)2020-04-23T16:13:03ZReturned to finderWalesCircaCertain
A copper alloy contemporary copy of a Roman nummus (maiorina) of Constantius II (AD 323-361), dating to the period AD 353-361 (Reece Period 18). FEL TEMP REPARATIO reverse type, depicting a soldier advancing left, spearing a fallen horseman. Copying unclear mint.
1.28g, corroded
Alastair WillisConstantius II7-3.5392528NMGW-5D11FE884465Bust of Constantius II, pearl-diademed, right.[FEL TEMP RE]PARATIO21NMWPA 2016.5.1ROMANCOINSS9367finds-8844655011161NMGW-5CEEADComplete353x41218images/eanagnostou/FEL TEMP REPARATIO16456141PAS5A65CEEA001D9942018-01-22T11:45:46ZSoldier advancing left, spearing fallen horseman.Certainx412182Contemporary copy21Certain51.39191763ROMANCopper alloy41424RO1Circa21http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ROMANCertain[... CONSTAN]TIVS P F AVGCommunity12022-07-14T07:14:30.137ZMiddleGwynedd10Unitary AuthorityStruck or hammeredMEDIEVAL1MiddleMetal detectorPAS20161501rev.jpg254832016From finderGood172068912016TRW36MDUnitary AuthorityCertain4NMGW254831355Porthmadogx14221Gwynedd117282017-08-24T15:05:16ZUndergoing further examination at a museum2WalesCirca
Two silver coins of Edward III of England (1327-77):
1. Groat, London, Series D, c.1352-3, North 1152; weight: 4.36g (67.2 grains);
2. Groat, London, Series E, c.1354-5, North 1163; weight: 4.25g (65.6 gr), a small chip of metal missing.
The first of the coins shows some signs of wear; the second is fairly fresh. Both are of fairly full weight.
Matthew Knight1222-4.17345832NMGW-EDBFF7862262Hoard1MEDIEVALHOARDSH5439finds-862262118NMGW-EDBBA3Complete1352x14221images/mknight21/1627406PAS599EDBBA00130632017-08-24T14:59:22ZCertainx1422122016-11-11T00:00:00Z2952.928499642MEDIEVALSilver41424MD2Circa29MEDIEVALCertainCommunity2022-07-14T07:14:17.334ZLatePembrokeshire100Unitary AuthorityROMAN1LateMetal detectorobv152.jpg254902015From finderPoor5323240961106262015TRW02RO
The coins are typical examples of the Roman currency of the mid-late third century A.D. Numerous coin hoards are known from the period; the reigns represented and their relative numbers are similar to those of other late-third century British hoards.
The objects found in the same general area were initially thought by the finder, in part, to represent the remains of a container. The subsequent discovery of the inverted copper-alloy vessel and the fact they derive from several different objects makes this unlikely. Items 1-4 could represent items of scrap metal associated with the coins in a single deposit covered by the vessel. It is also possible that the coins themselves represented copper-alloy scrap metal by the time they were deposited. Other explanations are possible, however: for instance that the metal fragments derive from an occupation site, perhaps deposited over a considerable period of time. A late 1st-early 2nd century copper-alloy brooch and a single fourth-century coin have also been found in the general area, underlining the possibility of an extended period of settlement here. However, the metal items would form an unusual assemblage from a settlement site and their association in a single deposit appears to be more likely.
The site of the discovery forms raised ground overlooking the Milford Haven Estuary.
AD
Salonina (Joint reign)
253-60
1
Gallienus (Sole reign)
260-68
10
Salonina (Sole reign)
1
Claudius II
268-70
9
Quintillus
270
4
Aurelian
270-75
1
Severina
274-75
1
Tacitus
275-76
2
Probus
276-82
8
Diocletian
284-305
1
Maximian
286-305
1
In Gaul
Postumus
260-69
3
Marius
269
1
Victorinus
269-71
16
Tetricus I
271-74
15
Tetricus II
273-74
6
Uncertain, mostly late Gallic
25
Total
105
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One hundred and five Roman coins of the third century A.D., with a date range c. 255-286. The coins have not been cleaned: for the most part they are corroded and cannot be catalogued in full detail. The coins are all of the type known today as 'radiates' (from the form of headgear of the imperial portraits). A summary list by reign can be seen below.
Several other objects submitted by the finder were all found in the same general area. These have been examined by Mr Evan Chapman of AC-NMW. The copper-alloy vessel appears to have been placed in the ground upside-down, surviving only as the rim and upper body, the bulk of its body having presumably been removed by subsequent agricultural activity.
Copper alloy vessel
Top part of a copper alloy bowl or dish with a simple, outward projecting, D-shaped rim. The rim is complete but little if the body of the vessel survives. What does is decorated by incised decoration and has traces of silvering on the outside. Running round the vessel below the rim are two pairs of parallel grooves, between which is a band decorated by a row of upward pointing semicircles, resting on the upper groove of the lower pair. Where the vessel survives below this there are the remains of a leaf-tendril scroll-pattern. Diameter 175mm; maximum surviving depth 29mm; thickness 1mm; width of rim 6mm.
A Roman date for the vessel is entirely possible but it is difficult to parallel in either form or decoration. There is a slightly larger vessel (220mm diameter) with a similar rim form from near Nijmegen, but the profile of the vessel appears to be more rounded (den Boesterd 1956, 60 no.201). Similar incised decoration can be seen on vessel repair patches in the vessel hoard from Burwell (Gregory 1976, 77 nos.17-18) and a similar floral scroll-pattern, picked out in small punched dots, on a fragment from Lydney (Wheeler 1932, 86 no.103). The manufacture of the Nijmegen vessel is dated to the late first century AD; the deposition of the Burwell hoard to the third century or later; the Lydney piece is undated.
Other reported objects
1. Copper alloy spoon with pear shaped bowl and a stepped shoulder between bowl and handle. Handle tapers to a point. Traces of a silvered or tinned surface. Probably first half of second century AD.
2. Fragment of an everted rim of a small, probably jar shaped, copper alloy vessel. Rim diameter 65mm. Probably the remains of the type of Roman vessel referred to as an ointment pot or incense pot.
3. Rim fragment of a straight sided vessel with a traces of silvering/tinning both inside and out. Probably the remains of a Roman saucepan.
4. Three fragments of copper alloy sheet, at least two with traces of silvering on at least one face. Possibly fragments of a vessel but with no definite connection to either of the rim fragments.
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The twenty-one radiates form a group, the composition of which is consistent with its having formed an original single deposit in the years after A.D. 270, a period which has produced numerous hoards of such coins in Roman Britain. The rare survival of traces of a woollen textile support the idea that the coins were contained within a bag or wrapped in cloth. The two other coins, from the 1st - 2nd centuries (probably) and the second quarter of the fourth are unlikely to belong to the group; they are perhaps best interpreted as stray finds relating to Roman activity on the site over an extended period.
Unitary AuthorityCertain2NMGW25489Llanarthx41218Monmouthshire106272017-08-24T13:03:13ZAcquired by museum after being declared Treasure2WalesCirca
The find comprises twenty-one 'radiates' (double-denarii) of Roman emperors of the middle of the third century A.D., a total that includes six irregular copies and two uncertain coins. These are summarised in the table below.
Two further coins were submitted, having been found in the same locality: an uncertain coin, probably an as/dupondius of the 1st-2nd centuries and a fourth-century nummus.
Associated finds
Attached to one coin was a small mass of iron-rich material, within which could be discerned the mineralised traces of a fragmentary textile.
AD
No
Valerian I
253-60
1
Gallienus, Sole Reign
260-68
3
In Gaul
Postumus
260-69
2
Victorinus
269-71
2
Tetricus I
271-74
4
Tetricus II
273-74
1
Irregular
After 270
6
Uncertain, probably irregular
2
Total
21
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Treasure case: Wales 16.37
The finding of two Roman silver coins was reported to the Portable Antiquities Scheme (Vanessa Oakden) and to H.M. Coroner, North-East Wales District. This report is based on photographs supplied by P.A.S. and consultation with the local Museum (Wrexham).
Description of find
The silver coins are Roman denarii, one of which is of the emperor Hadrian (AD 117-138); the other cannot be identified. The two coins are fused together.
Metal content and Treasure Act considerations
Silver coins of Hadrian are typically of high fineness (80 per cent Ag or more); the second coin appears to be of similar metal. The coins are clearly associated and therefore qualify as Treasure under Section 1 (1) (a) (ii) of the Treasure Act 1996.
No museum has expressed interest in acquisition. I therefore recommend that the find be disclaimed by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport.
E.M. Besly
Numismatist
Amgueddfa Cymru - National Museum Wales
19 December 2016.
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