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Description: | Summary of the Shrewsbury hoard18 radiates and 9297 nummi to AD 335The 9,315 coins were contained in a broken 'Severn Valley' ware jar. The subsequent archaeological excavation recovered a scatter of coins in the immediate area and some associated pottery sherds (from the jar). The pot had originally been placed in a pit and was covered by a large flat stone.The majority of the coins present were nummi minted between AD 307 and 335. Eighteen radiates were also present. The latest dated coins in the hoard can be dated to AD 333-335. The internal stratigraphy of the pot suggests that the latest coins were added in a later deposition event. Within the lower layers of the pot were several fragments of a linen textile and an iron nail.A summary of the hoard is given below. (The radiates are listed by emperor's reign and the nummi in groupings by the dates of the reverse designs). The 277 coins from the archaeological excavation are included in this summary as they are likely to have come from the hoard. A full catalogue is to be published shortly.Summary Radiates:Emperor Quantity Total 18 Gallienus (sole reign: AD 260-8) 3 Claudius II (AD 268-70) 3 Divus Claudius 2 Victorinus (AD 269-271) 3 Tetricus I (ad 271-4) 1 Probus (AD 276-282) 1 Carausius (ad 287-93) 3 Uncertain emperor 1 'Barbarous' radiate 1 Nummi (by date and mint)Issuer London Trier Lyon Arles Rome Ticinum Aquileia Siscia Other Eastern Uncertain Total 307-313 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 313-317 4 3 8 5 1 1 0 0 4 1 27 317-324 1480 1792 434 186 73 130 49 168 81 158 4551 324-330 383 1098 49 106 15 9 0 11 41 83 1795 330-335 0 1793 470 205 9 0 6 31 10 285 2809 Illegible 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 12 Irregular 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 102 102 Total 1868 4686 961 502 98 140 55 210 1 641 9297 A full report will be published in Coin Hoards of Roman Britain
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