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Description: | A forger's hoard. This record and the associated records linked to this one are for 121 coins or blanks which were found in around 1994. The finder also found a fragment of copper alloy rod, a sherd of courseware pottery and a brooch. Some coins (not included in the above total) were given to the farmer. From a study of the material it is most likely that this constitutes a forgers' hoard which consisted mainly of metal blanks, destined to be struck into coins. Given that the two identifiable coins are 'barbarous radiates' of the period c. 275-85, it is reasonable to assume that the hoard was buried at around this time. The piece of copper-alloy rod and brooch (not seen by the author) might have also been scrap metal destined for melting down to make more flans. It is possible, but by no means certain that the hoard was secreted in a pot, but the surviving rim comes from a vessel much larger than was needed to contain the coins and other objects.This record is for a Fragment a Ceramic vessel:The sherd is a piece of rim from a wheel-turned courseware pot with micaceous inclusions. It has a rim diameter of 75mm.
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