Roma Numismatics Ltd
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Hadrian AR Denarius. Rome, AD 130-133. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate head to right / NILVS, Nilus reclining to right, holding reed and cornucopiae, hippopotamus to right. RIC II.3 1543; BMCRE 862; RSC 991. 3.07g, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the Londonthorpe II Hoard, found in Lincolnshire, March 2018. Submitted for consideration as Treasure and returned to the finders. PAS ID: LANCUM-F93E5B. BM Ref: 2018 T178;
From the collection of a Romanophile;
Acquired from Tayler & Fletcher, Two Day Auction of Antiques, Fine Art and Objects, 21 October 2021.
Found on 16th March 2018 while metal detecting on cultivated land, this was the second such find in the parish, after 'Londonthorpe I' was unearthed in 1976. The hoard was reportedly located in a crude cist inside a Roman greyware vessel (complete but broken, with interior staining from coins). A further three coins were handed in in April 2018 and a further six coins were reported by a second finder in July 2018, taking the total to 522 coins in all. Originally covered in green corrosion products and not legible, the coins were sent to the metal conservation laboratory in the British Museum where they were cleaned for identification purposes. The coins in the hoard are all silver denarii, the earliest coins in the hoard being Imperatorial denarii issued in 32-1 BC by Mark Antony and the latest being those issued during the reign of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161).
The majority of the Hadrianic silver from this collection originates from the hoard.
Good Very Fine.
From the Londonthorpe II Hoard, found in Lincolnshire, March 2018. Submitted for consideration as Treasure and returned to the finders. PAS ID: LANCUM-F93E5B. BM Ref: 2018 T178;
From the collection of a Romanophile;
Acquired from Tayler & Fletcher, Two Day Auction of Antiques, Fine Art and Objects, 21 October 2021.
Found on 16th March 2018 while metal detecting on cultivated land, this was the second such find in the parish, after 'Londonthorpe I' was unearthed in 1976. The hoard was reportedly located in a crude cist inside a Roman greyware vessel (complete but broken, with interior staining from coins). A further three coins were handed in in April 2018 and a further six coins were reported by a second finder in July 2018, taking the total to 522 coins in all. Originally covered in green corrosion products and not legible, the coins were sent to the metal conservation laboratory in the British Museum where they were cleaned for identification purposes. The coins in the hoard are all silver denarii, the earliest coins in the hoard being Imperatorial denarii issued in 32-1 BC by Mark Antony and the latest being those issued during the reign of Antoninus Pius (AD 138-161).
The majority of the Hadrianic silver from this collection originates from the hoard.