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Description: | Four objects were found whilst metal-detecting in late October 2014 and reported to PAS on 16th January 2015. Two of the objects were fragments of gold. They were discovered 5m apart, and 50m away from the other objects - a gold and a silver coin.Description:Gold-coloured bracelet fragments (2):The pieces fit together and a small toggle, oval in plan, forms the mechanism by which the bracelet was secured. This style of clasp was introduced in the 19th Century, and the bracelet is likely to date from that time.Coins:One of the coins is an Iron Age gold stater of "Gallo-Belgic E" type, produced in north-western France between about 60 and 50 BC. These coins were imported into south-eastern Britain in significant numbers. The other coin is a Roman Republican silver denarius issued in Rome by the Moneyer (magistrate) Mn Cordius Rufus in 46 BC. Coins of this type period and type are known from Britain, with some undoubtedly reaching these shores before the Roman invasion of AD 43. However, as Roman Republican coins continued to dominate the Roman currency pool well into the first century AD, a coin like this could have reached Britain in, or after, AD 43.Coin1Gallo-Belgic E stater (Cottam et al, Ancient British Coinage, Aylsham, 2010, no 16).Diameter 16.5mm and weight 6.26gCoin 2Roman Republican silver denarius (Crawford, Roman Republican Coinage, Cambridge, 1974, no 463/1a)Diameter 17mm and weight 3.28gDiscussion:Iron Age and Roman coins are often found together in hoards, and these two were probably struck within a few years of one another. But despite this, they do not represent a convincing hoard. The Roman coin is heavily worn, suggesting that it had circulated for a reasonable period of time before it was buried or lost - certainly several decades and perhaps even a hundred years or more after it was made. By stark contrast, the Iron Age coin shows no real sign of wear, suggesting that it was probably buried soon after its manufacture.It is possible that other finds in the future may suggest that this was a religious site with evidence of continuous deposition of coins during the late Iron Age and/or early Roman period. But without this evidence these two coins cannot be convincingly associated and considered as a single group.As the gold fragments do not appear to be of Iron Age or Roman date, there is no reason for them to be associated with either of these coins.The bracelet fragments are less than 300 years-old and so fail to qualify as Treasure in their own right.Ian Leins, Curator of Iron Age and Roman coinsJudy Rudoe, Curator of Modern CollectionsBritish Museum
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/rec | Go to resource |
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