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Description: | An unidentified silver Roman denarius. Obverse: head right. Reverse: standing female figure with cornucopia.
This coin is part of a hoard of 5 Roman denarii coins, Object IDs ESS106093, ESS109370, ESS10C6B4, ESS10E334 and ESS10F9E3. The group would appear to represent at least part of an early denarius hoard of the mid-first century AD. Such hoards have been considered recently by Orna-Ornstein who notes a concentration in the eastern counties of England, especially Norfolk and Suffolk. It is generally believed that these hoards were deposited at the time of the Boudican revolt of AD 61/2. Given the proximity of Mersea Island to the colonia of Colchester sacked during the uprising it is certainly a possible explanation in this case. Orma-Ornstein, J. ?Early Hoards of Denarii from Britain?, in Coin Hoards from Roman Britain, Volume X, pages 23-9, figure 1. | Format: | text/html | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Publisher: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Rights holder: | The Portable Antiquities Scheme | Subjects: | archaeology | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://www.finds.org.uk/database/artefac... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | text/html | Go to resource |
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