Roma Numismatics Ltd
E-Sale 47 28 Jun 2018
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Late Roman Hoard of 12 AR Miliarenses and 28 AR Siliquae. Found in Hampshire over several days in August 2014 (PAS ref.: GLO-9D7F36), with further finds being made in the same area between September and November 2016 (PAS ref.: GLO-794BD4).
Many of the coins are buckled or fragmentary; probably damaged during ploughing. The latest coin is not fully legible but takes the hoard just into the joint reign of Honorius and Arcadius. If so, this sole specimen would place this hoard near the beginning of the sizeable body of British siliqua hoards, which end with the period AD 395-402. Furthermore, the siliquae in this hoard are virtually unclipped ('clipping factor 1' just possible on one specimen) and this, together with the presence of miliarenses alongside the siliquae, supports an earlier date for the deposition of the hoard, before the AD 395-402 coinage had much chance to spread into circulation.
The hoard comprises as follows:
Miliarenses:
4x Valentinian II, 4x Valens, 2x Magnus Maximus, 1x Gratian, 1x Theodosius I.
Siliquae:
9x Valens, 6x Gratian, 5x Valentinian II, 2x Arcadius, 2x Valentinian I, 1x Eugenius, 1x Magnus Maximus, 1x Theodosius I.
and 31 assorted fragments.
Lot sold as seen - no returns.
Many of the coins are buckled or fragmentary; probably damaged during ploughing. The latest coin is not fully legible but takes the hoard just into the joint reign of Honorius and Arcadius. If so, this sole specimen would place this hoard near the beginning of the sizeable body of British siliqua hoards, which end with the period AD 395-402. Furthermore, the siliquae in this hoard are virtually unclipped ('clipping factor 1' just possible on one specimen) and this, together with the presence of miliarenses alongside the siliquae, supports an earlier date for the deposition of the hoard, before the AD 395-402 coinage had much chance to spread into circulation.
The hoard comprises as follows:
Miliarenses:
4x Valentinian II, 4x Valens, 2x Magnus Maximus, 1x Gratian, 1x Theodosius I.
Siliquae:
9x Valens, 6x Gratian, 5x Valentinian II, 2x Arcadius, 2x Valentinian I, 1x Eugenius, 1x Magnus Maximus, 1x Theodosius I.
and 31 assorted fragments.
Lot sold as seen - no returns.