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Description: | DescriptionForty of the forty-one coins are British Iron Age coins. Five of these are gold 'staters', one is a base-metal stater (struck on a flan of the same module as the gold staters), thirty-two are silver 'units', one is a smaller silver 'half-unit' and one is a silver 'minim' (or 'quarter-unit'). All of these coins belong to the local East Anglian coin series, traditionally attributed to the Iceni. The other coin (no. 7 on the list below) is a Continental Iron Age bronze coin imported from Belgic Gaul (modern north-western France).Information provided by the finder suggests that the assemblage comprised two discrete hoards: The first consisting of the staters (nos. 1-6) and perhaps the bronze unit (no. 7), which was found at the centre of this scatter. The second comprising the remaining (silver) coins. As the first hoard included only uninscribed coins, it could have been deposited anytime after c. AD 20. The second hoard included uninscribed and inscribed coins and was probably deposited at the time of, or soon after, the Roman invasion of southern Britain in AD 43.The finder's reference numbers [FR] are included in the catalogue below.CatalogueStaters1) British JB or Norfolk Wolf type (as ABC 1399: Cottam et al, Ancient British Coinage, 2010). Heavily debased example, 4.27g [FR 2011/5A]2) Freckenham BHB type (ABC 1447). 5.31g [FR 1]3) Freckenham BHB type (ABC 1447). 5.42g [FR 2]4) Freckenham BHB type (ABC 1447). 5.33g [FR 3]5) Freckenham BHB type (ABC 1447). 5.33g [FR 4]6) Freckenham BHB type (ABC 1447). 5.33g [FR 2011/1A]Bronze unit7) Continental bronze unit of Belgic Gaul (DT 467: Delestree & Tache, Nouvel Atlas des Monnaies Gauloises I, 2002)Obverse: Bull, bucranium above. Reverse: Horseman, left.2.39g [FR 2011/6A]Silver units8) Boar/horse type (ABC 1579). 1.17g [FR 2011/14A]9) Boar/horse type (ABC 1579). 1.27g [FR 2011/8A]10) Boar/horse type, plated copy (as ABC 1579). 0.90g [FR 2011/15A]11) Boar/horse type (ABC 1582). 1.05g [FR 10]12) Face/horse, late type (ABC 1567). 1.15g [FR 15]13) Face/horse, late type (ABC 1567). 1.02g [FR 2011/16A]14) Pattern/horse, 'Eyelash Crescents' type (ABC 1588). 1.07g [FR 2011/22A]15) Pattern/horse, Anted type (ABC 1645). 1.16g [FR 5]16) Pattern/horse, Anted type (ABC 1645). 0.88g [FR 6]17) Pattern/horse, Anted type (ABC 1645). 1.07g [FR 2011/3A]18) Pattern/horse, Anted type (ABC 1645). 1.04g [FR 2011/4A]19) Pattern/horse, Anted type (ABC 1645). 1.02g [FR 2011/12A]20) Pattern/horse, Anted type (ABC 1645). 0.87g [FR 2011/17A]21) Pattern/horse, Ecen type (ABC 1657). 1.06g [FR 2011/10A]22) Pattern/horse, Ecen type (cf. ABC 1657). 1.09g [FR 8]23) Pattern/horse, Ecen type (cf. ABC 1657). 1.10g [FR 11]24) Pattern/horse, Ecen type (cf. ABC 1657). 1.12g [FR 7]25) Pattern/horse, Ecen type (cf. ABC 1657). 1.18g [FR 16]26) Pattern/horse, Ecen type (cf. ABC 1657). 1.13g [FR 2011/2A]27) Pattern/horse, Ecen type (cf. ABC 1657). 1.12g [FR 2011/13A]28) Pattern/horse, Ecen type (cf. ABC 1657). 1.07g [FR 2011/21A]29) Pattern/horse, Ece A type (ABC 1660). 1.03g [FR 18]30) Pattern/horse, Ece B type (ABC 1663). 1.13g [FR 13]31) Pattern/horse, Ece B type (ABC 1663). 1.29g [FR 17]32) Pattern/horse, Ece B type (cf. ABC 1663). 1.09g [FR 14]33) Pattern/horse, Ecen left-facing horse (ABC 1669). 1.08g [FR 9]34) Pattern/horse, Ecen left-facing horse (ABC 1669). 1.09g [FR 2011/7A]35) Pattern/horse, Ecen left-facing horse (ABC 1669). 1.05g [FR 2011/23A]36) Pattern/horse, EDN type (ABC 1672). 1.03g [FR 2011/19A]37) Pattern/horse, possible EDN type (cf. ABC 1672). 1.20g [FR 2011/9A]38) Pattern/horse, possible EDN type (cf. ABC 1672). 0.89g [FR 2011/18A]39) Pattern/horse, possible EDN type (cf. ABC 1672). 1.04g [FR 2011/20A]Silver half unit40) Boar/horse type (ABC 1621). 0.44g [FR 12]Silver minim (or quarter unit)41) Unpublished type.Obverse: Geometric pattern with four pelleted arcs around a central pellet-in-ring. The design is similar to that on many silver minims of the Southern coin seriesReverse: Horse, left. The coin uses the same reverse die used on the larger East Anglian silver half-unit (ABC 1606).0.25g [FR 2011/11A]DiscussionThe reported circumstances of discovery and an assessment of the types of coins listed above, both support the idea that there are two discrete hoards included in the list above. Hoard 1 consists of nos. 1-6, and probably no. 7. Hoard 2 consists of nos. 8-41.Both groups clearly meet the criteria of the Treasure Act (1996) with regard to age and metal content.ConclusionThe above assemblage includes two discrete hoards. Together they should be considered a prima facie case of treasure under the terms of the Treasure Act (1996).
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