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Description: | With the exception of one (very battered) coin from the first century AD, the coins range in date from AD 260-c290 and is broadly similar in composition to the many Romano-British coin hoards (at least 200 so far recorded) buried in the aftermath of the breakaway 'Gallic Empire'. The Gallic empire, whose capital was at the city of Trier but which had held dominion over Britain, was established in AD 260 and reconquered by the legitimate ('central') Empire in AD 274. In addition there are some coins of the 'Britannic Empire' initiated by Carausius (AD 286-93) who separated the British provinces (and briefly northern France) until it was reabsorbed by the legitimate Emperors in AD 296.Summary by reign:Central EmpireVespasian (AD 69-79) 1Gallienus (sole reign, AD 260-8) 9 161Claudius II (AD 268-70) 16Divus Claudius II 2Gallic EmpirePostumus (AD 260-9) 1Victorinus (AD 269-71) 23Tetricus I & II (AD 271-4) 53uncertain Victorinus or Tetricus I 17Britannic EmpireCarausius (AD 287-93) 8irregular (ancient forgery) 1emperor illegible 44Total 175Metal ContentAll but two coins are all of the denomination known as radiates, originally a silver multiple of the denarius, but by this time had become debased to the point of being essentially bronze (c.1% silver). One older silver denarius is present as is one completely bronze lower denomination (sestertius).Pottery reported with the coins byRichard Hobbs10 sherds of Roman pottery found with a hoard of 175 coins with latest date of c AD290. Six of the sherds come from the same vessel, and consist of five body and one rim sherd of a vessel, probably a small jar. The fabric is brown-orange with irregular black grit inclusions. The other four sherds consist of two fragments larger thicker fragments of cermic with an orange fabric with a grey core, and two small undiagnostic fragments of ceramic, heavily rolled and abraded.Although the six sherds might conceivably be fragments of a hoard container there is no means of establishing this for certain without a direct association with the coins or circumstantial evidence such as staining.
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