TREASURE ANNU AL REPORT 2005/6 - Portable Antiquities Scheme

1069. barton bendish, Norfolk (addenda):
20 Roman base-metal coins (2005 T368)
Date: AD 125
Discovery: Found by Mr S Brown while metal-detecting
in January 2005.
Description: 20 asses / dupondii:
Claudius (AD 41–54), 1
?Vespasian (AD 69–79), 4
Vespasian (AD 69–79), 1
Flavian dynasty (AD 69–96), 3
Titus or Domitian (AD 79–96), 1
Domitian (AD 81–96), 1
Nerva (AD 96–98), 1
Uncertain emperor or empress, probably no later
than Hadrian, 8
Note: For the original hoard and further discussion, see
Treasure Annual Report 2004, no. 428.
Disposition: Generously donated by finder and
landowner to Norwich Castle Museum.
A MARSDEN
1070. Eckington, Derbyshire: 9 Roman coins
(2005 T387)
Date: AD 138
Discovery: Found by Mr A Shimwell while metaldetecting
in March 2005.
Description: Small mixed denarius and sestertius
hoard:
Silver denarii:
Vespasian (AD 69–79), 1
Domitian (AD 81–96), 1
Hadrian (AD 117–138), 1
Brass sestertii:
Trajan (AD 98–117), 1
Hadrian (AD 117–138), 4
Brass dupondus:
Illegible emperor, 1
Disposition: Disclaimed, returned to finder.
R ABDY
1071. West Wycombe I, buckinghamshire:
18 Roman silver denarii (2005 T121)
Date: AD 153
Discovery: Found by Mr P Barry, Mr A Blackman, Mr G
Gray, Mr J Newton, Mr D Waxman & Mr P Willis while
metal-detecting in March 2005.
Description:
Vespasian (AD 69–79), 3
Nerva (AD 96–98), 1
Trajan (AD 98–117), 2
Hadrian (AD 117–138), 6
Sabina, 1
Antoninus Pius (AD 138–61), 3
Diva Faustina I, 1
Marcus Caesar, 1
Note: Working on the assumption that the Deified
Faustina I coins were produced nearer to the beginning
of the reign of Antoninus Pius, the closing coin (of
Marcus Caesar, TR POT VII) is dated to AD 152/3.
Disposition: Buckinghamshire County Museum.
R ABDY
1072. Winchester area II, hampshire:
6 Roman silver denarii (2005 T200b)
Date: AD 161
Discovery: Found by Mr K Halls (deceased) while
metal-detecting before 2004, reported by Mrs Halls.
Description:
Domitian (AD 81–96), 1
Trajan (AD 98–117), 1
Hadrian (AD 117–138), 2
Antoninus Pius (AD 138–161), 1
Deified Faustina I (under Pius, AD 141–161), 1
Disposition: Winchester Museums Service.
I LEINS
1073. pocklington area, East Riding of yorkshire:
15 Roman silver denarii (2006 T148)
Date: AD 161
Discovery: Found by Mr D Crowe while metaldetecting
in March & September 2006.
Description:
Galba (AD 68–69), 1
Vespasian (AD 69–79), 2
Domitian (AD 81–96), 1
Trajan (AD 98–117), 3
Hadrian (AD 117–138), 4
Antoninus Pius (AD 138–161), 2
Diva Faustina I, 1
Reign of Marcus Aurelius:
Divus Antoninus, 1
Disposition: East Riding Museum Service.
S HOLMES & I LEINS
1074. Alrewas and Fradley, staffordshire: 38 Roman
copper-alloy sestertii and associated pottery
(2006 T141)
Date: AD 169
Discovery: Found by Mr P Phillips while metaldetecting
in January 2006.
Description: This Antonine sestertius hoard contains
worn coins stretching back to Flavian times but is
typically dominated by issues of Trajan and Hadrian.
The absence of any other coins of the reign of Marcus
Aurelius is interesting, making the author suspect the
hoard was closed very early in that emperor’s reign,
and the single early issue of Lucilla was perhaps being
struck even before her marriage to Lucius Verus (in AD
164). However, Lucilla’s regnal dates of AD 164–169 are
used to provide the above date of deposition.
Flavian (Vespasian or Titus) (AD 69–81), 1
Domitian (AD 81–96), 4
Nerva (AD 96–98), 1
Trajan (AD 98–117), 14
Hadrian (AD 117–138), 10
Antoninus Pius (AD 138–161), 4
Faustina I, 1
Marcus Aurelius (AD 161–180), –
Lucilla (wife of Lucius Verus (AD 164–169), 1
Uncertain emperor, 2
Pottery: Unusual for a pot found with a coin hoard,
the associated sherds are from a Colour Coat beaker, a
fine serving or table ware, and at a comparatively early
date, Colour Coat fine ware being a type very common
in the 3rd and 4th centuries AD. However, Colour Coat
wares started to be made as early as the 120s–140s AD
in some parts of Britain, and this vessel is probably one
of these early products.
Disposition: Potteries Museum & Art Gallery had
hoped to acquire but withdrew; return of objects to
be decided.
R ABDY
1075. Kingston Deverill, Wiltshire (addenda):
17 Roman silver coins (2005 T10).
Date: After AD 169.
Discovery: Found by Ms V Macrae & Mr B Read while
metal-detecting in August 2005.
Description:
Domitian (AD 81–96), 1
Trajan (AD 98–117), 7
Hadrian (AD 117–138), 4
Sabina, 1
Antoninus Pius (AD 138–161), 2
Marcus Caesar, 1
Diva Faustina I, 1
Discussion: For original hoard see Treasure Annual
Report 2003, fig. 190.
Disposition: Disclaimed, returned to finder.
R ABDY
1076. bridgnorth area, shropshire:
7 Roman silver denarii (2006 T452)
Date: AD 173
Discovery: Found by Mr F Taylor while metal-detecting
in September 2006.
Description:
Republic (46 BC), 1
Domitian (AD 81–96), 1
Trajan (AD 98–117), 1
Antoninus Pius (AD 138–161), 3
Marcus Aurelius (AD 161–180), 1 (TR P XVII)
Note: A small Antonine denarius hoard but it is unusual
for a post-Hadrianic hoard to contain a Republican
denarius.
Disposition: Shropshire County Museums Service
hopes to acquire.
R ABDY
1077. East Winch, Norfolk: 10 Roman base-metal
coins and two copper-alloy bracelets (2005 T233)
Date: AD 180
Discovery: Found by Mr S Brown while metal-detecting
in May 2005.
Description: 9 base-silver sestertii and one copper
alloy dupondius:
Illegible, possibly Flavian, 1 (dupondius)
Illegible, possibly Trajan (AD 98–117), 1
Illegible, possibly Antoninus Pius (AD 138–161), 1
Illegible, possibly Marcus Aurelius (AD 161–180), 1
Illegible, possibly Antonine, 1
Illegible, possibly Antonine empress, 1
Completely illegible, 4
Bracelets:
1. A simple copper-alloy bracelet with oval penannular
hoop which tapers towards terminals which are simply
decorated, with tapered bead-and-ring mouldings.
Dimensions: 60mm x 57.4mm; weight: 16.7g.
2. An elaborate and finely-crafted oval penannular
copper-alloy bracelet with symmetrical serpentiform
terminals with incised features and chevron decoration
to the snouts and back of the heads, extending so that
only the central 25mm is undecorated. Dimensions:
71.2mm x 60.1mm; weight: 33.3g. Both bracelets
belong to long-lived types introduced into Britain in
the 1st century AD.
Discussion: Those coins, whose condition at deposition
can be ascertained, were all heavily worn, suggesting
a mid-3rd century date, which is acceptable for the
bracelets. This suggests that both bracelets and coins
were intended for melting down to produce radiate
imitations, a theory made more likely by the fact that
one sestertius appears to have had pieces cut from it.
Disposition: Norwich Castle Museum had hoped to
acquire but withdrew; returned to finder.
A MARSDEN & R JACKSON
1078. Doncaster, south yorkshire:
310 Roman silver denarii (2005 T418)
Date: c. AD 180s
Discovery: Found by Mr T Brand & Mr S Brown while
metal-detecting in September 2005.
Description: From the legible portion of the heavily
corroded hoard the composition appears typical of
Roman denarius hoards found in Britain terminating
with coins of the Antonine dynasty, reflecting the
mix of older and newer coin in the population at that
moment in time.
Mark Antony (32–31 BC), 1
Galba (AD 68–69), 1
Flavian (AD 69–81):
Vespasian, 1
Vespasian or Titus, 3
Domitian Caesar, 1
Domitian (AD 81–96), 7
Trajan (AD 98–117), 24
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