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Description: | This hoard, which consists of fifty radiate coins, was found by a metal-detectorist in 2009; although the coins were spread over a small area, there is little doubt from the homogeneity of their dates, types and physical condition that they did indeed constitute a hoard. There was no sign of any kind of container.On a preliminary examination, the coins ranged in date from the reign of Victorinus to that of Allectus; as such it is the only hoard from north-west England to terminate with coins of that Emperor, and only the second (I think!) from anywhere in northern Britain. The late Professor Anne Robertson, in her Inventory of Romano-British Coin Hoards (2000), listed more than 1,900 Roman hoards; of these just forty-four terminated with coins of Allectus. The dates of the coins and their findspot, precise details of which are being withheld at present (although they will appear the data-base of the Portable Antiquities Scheme), offer support for the proposition that, in the late-third and early-fourth centuries, efforts were being made to strengthen the defence of the west coast of Roman Britain, presumably against the threat of raiders from across the Irish Sea (Mason 2003).The present hoard may point to the existence of perhaps a coastal watchtower in north Lancashire/south Cumbria, which will have worked with the new fort of the Saxon-Shore type that was constructed at Lancaster in the early-fourth century. Further, the evidence of coin-loss is suggesting the possibility of another fourth-century coastal site of some kind in the vicinity of Barrow-in-Furness.The condition of many of the present coins precludes precise and certain identification, although hopefully (depending on the final destination of the coins) cleaning will become possible at a later stage. A preliminary examination suggests the following distribution between issuers:Victorinus 1Claudius Tacitus 2Probus 6Carausius 20Carausius or Allectus 1Allectus 16Illegible 4The CoinsVictorinus (1)1. Radiate head of Victorinus (?); legends illegibleClaudius Tacitus (2)2. IMP CL TACITVS AVGSALVS PVBLICA RIC 5 (Tacitus), 583. Radiate head of Claudius Tacitus (?)Probus (6)4. IMP C PROBVS P F AVGTEMPORVM FELICITAS RIC 5 (Probus), 535. IMP C PROBVS P F AVGTEMPOR FELICI RIC 5 (Probus), 1046. IMP C PROBVS P F AVGPAX AVG RIC 5 (Probus), 5157. IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG VIRTVS AVG RIC 5 (Probus), 8018. Radiate head of Probus (?)9. Radiate head of Probus (?)Carausius (20)10. Carausius FIDES MILITVM (?) RIC 5 (Carausius), 33 (?)11. IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVGPAX AVG RIC 5 (Carausius), 9812. IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVGPAX AVG RIC 5 (Carausius), 9813. IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVGPAX AVG RIC 5 (Carausius), 98 (?) 14. CarausiusPAX AVG (?) RIC 5 (Carausius), 101ff15. CarausiusPAX AVG RIC 5 (Carausius), 101 (?)16. Carausius[PAX AVG] (?)17. CarausiusPAX AVG (?)18. IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVGPAX AVG RIC 5 (Carausius), 11819. IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVGPAX AVG RIC 5 (Carausius), 11820. IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVGSALVS AVG RIC 5 (Carausius), 16121. CarausiusVIRTVS AVG RIC 5 (Carausius), 17922. CarausiusPAX AVG RIC 5 (Carausius), 30023. CarausiusVIRTVS AVG RIC 5 (Carausius), 44024. Carausius(?)25. Carausius (?)26. Carausius27. Carausius28. Carausius29. Carausius (?)Carausius/Allectus (1)30. Carausius or Allectus (?)Allectus (16)31. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG[HILARITAS AVG] (?) RIC 5 (Allectus), 20 (?)32. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVGPAX AVG RIC 5 (Allectus), 28/86 (?)33. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVGPROVID AVG RIC 5 (Allectus), 3534. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVGPROVID AVG RIC 5 (Allectus), 3535. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVGSPES PVBLICA RIC 5 (Allectus), 4636. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVGVIRTVS AVG RIC 5 (Allectus), 5537. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVGMONETA AVG RIC 5 (Allectus), 8338. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVGPAX AVG RIC 5 (Allectus), 8639. Allectus[PAX AVG} (?)40. AllectusPAX AVG RIC 5 (Allectus), 90/9141. AllectusPax (?)42. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVGIllegible43. Allectus (?)44. Allectus45. Allectus (?)46. Allectus (?)Illegible (4)47-50. | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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