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Description: | Report for H M CoronerBottesford (addenda), LincolnshireRichard Abdy4 AR denarii to AD 207 - see also NLM-ADD973, NLM-ADA762, and NLM-28BC26 (with a fifth, stray coin at NLM-28CBD5).Circumstances of discoveryThese addenda were found whilst metal-detecting on a number of occasions between 1997 - 2013. The original find was a Severan denarius hoard (tpq AD 207) consisting of 165 coins (and eleven pottery sherds from a greyware globular jar). This was published by J. Williams and V. Rigby in CHRB XI, pp.139-146. Another Severan denarius hoard in the same general area has been recorded separately under a different findspot name: Holme, Lincolnshire (2003 T225), 408 AR denarii and a small grey ware jar or flagon to AD 209; hoard summary in NC 2006, pp.368-9.Stray coinAlso handed in from the same finder was a base silver radiate of Philip II as Caesar (AD 244-7), however as this forms a very obvious outlier to the denarius hoard group it is recorded below as a stray find.CatalogueNo. Obv. Rev. bust BMC RIC Qty. Wt. (g) 3. AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII FIL TR POT VIIII COS II (Minerva stg. l., holding owl and resting on round shield set on ground, with vertical spear resting against arm) A1+ 837 463a 1 3.48 Silver Coin. Denarius of Marcus Aurelius (139-180) as Caesar, issue of 153-154, Reece period 7, RIC volume 3 no. 459..Obverse description: Bare headed bust right, bearded, hair of tight curls.Obverse inscription: AVRELIVS CAE SAR PII FILReverse description: Minerva standing left holding owl, spear leaning on shield.Reverse inscription: TR POT VIIII COS IICliff Reeves kindly identified this coin citing Sear volume 2 no. 4791 (type)Diameter: 18.2mm, Weight: 3.48gms, die axis: 12
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