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English: This report will consider these coins with respect to the criteria laid down in the Treasure act (1996): Namely, their age, precious metal content and whether the coins can be said to come from the same find.

Description of the coins

The majority (16) of the coins are of a denomination commonly known as the nummus, produced from the reign of Constantine I (AD 306-337) and that of his sons; the earliest of these is thought to date to the period AD 318-330 but it is very worn and cannot be identified with certainty. The latest eight coins were issued under the house of Valentinian (AD 364-378). One of the coins is of an earlier denomination known as a 'radiate', and is likely to have been in circulation since the later part of the third century AD. It could be a stray find, but it is equally likely that it was still in circulation at the time of the deposition of the group, due to its similar size.

Summary by mint / period (with reverse type)

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Arles	Rome	Siscia	Thessalonica	Nicomedia	Uncertain	Total
Radiate AD 268-270	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Early nummus AD 318-330	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Gloria Exercitus (2) etc. AD 330-5	-	-	1	-	-	1	2
Two Victories etc AD 341-347	-	1	-	-	-	2	3
Fel Temp Reparatio AD 348-350	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Post Magnentian AD 354-361	-	-	-	-	-	1	1
Valentinianic AD 364-378	1	3	2	1	1	8
Total	1	1	4	2	1	8	17

From the same find?
The composition of this group of coins is typical of what one might expect to have been circulating in Britain towards the middle of the fourth century AD.

Conclusion
On the balance of probabilities, therefore, I conclude that these coins belong together as a hoard and constitute a prima facie case of treasure by being bronze coins of an antiquity greater than 300 years and are of one find of ten or more pieces.

Dr. Eleanor Ghey

Catalogue

The following abbreviations are used for the obverses:

Cs Constantius II Cn Constans

V I Valentinian I Vn Valens G Gratian

RADIATE (1)

Claudius II (1)

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No.	Obverse	Reverse	Bust	Qty.
IMP C CLAVDIVS [AVG]	Illegible	Z	1

NUMMI (16)

c. AD 318-330 (1)

Uncertain mint (1)

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No.	Obv.	Rev.	Rev. type	m. -m.	RIC viii	Qty.
Unc.<a>[1]</a>	Illegible	Uncertain	[...]	?	1

AD 330-335 (2)

Siscia (1)

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No.	Obv.	Rev.	Rev. type	m. -m.	RIC vii	Qty.
Cs	GLORIA EXERCITVS	Two standards	•ΓSIS•	237	1

Uncertain mint (1)

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No.	Obv.	Rev.	Rev. type	m. -m.	RIC vii	Qty.
Cs	GLORIA EXERCITVS	Two standards	[...]	?	1

AD 343-348 (3)

Rome (1)

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No.	Obv.	Rev.	Rev. type	m. -m.	RIC viii	Qty.
Cs/Cn	VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN	Two victories	R wreath P	87/8	1

Uncertain mint (2)

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No.	Obv.	Rev.	Rev. type	m. -m.	RIC viii	Qty.
Unc.	VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN	Two victories	[...]	?	1
Cs/Cn<a>[2]</a>	VOT [XX] MVLT XXX	Wreath	[...]	?	1

AD 348-350 (1)

Uncertain mint (1)

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No.	Obv.	Rev.	Rev. type	m. -m.	RIC viii	Qty.
Unc.<a>[3]</a>	[FEL TEMP REPARATIO]	Hut	[...]	?	1

AD 355-361 (1)

Uncertain mint (1)

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No.	Obv.	Rev.	Rev. type	m. -m.	RIC viii	Qty.
Cs<a>[4]</a>	SPES REI[PVBLICE]	Emperor stg. l. with globe	[...]	?	1

AD 364-367 (3)

Arles (1)

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No.	Obv.	Rev.	Rev. type	m. -m.	RIC ix	LRBC	Qty.
V I	SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE	Victory adv. l.	OF III//CON[P]	9a	485	1

Siscia (1)

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No.	Obv.	Rev.	Rev. type	m. -m.	RIC ix	LRBC	Qty.
Vn	SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE	Victory adv. l.	*A - // [...]	Cf 7b	Cf 1285 ff	1

Thessalonica (1)

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No.	Obv.	Rev.	Rev. type	m. -m.	RIC ix	LRBC	Qty.
Vn	GLORIA ROMANORVM	Emperor dragging captive r.	TESB	16b	1705	1

AD 364-375 (1)

Nicomedia (1)

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No.	Obv.	Rev.	Rev. type	m. -m.	RIC ix	LRBC	Qty.
Vn	GLORIA ROMANORVM	Emperor dragging captive r.	[..]NΔ	Cf 9c	2327/2335	1

AD 367-375 (3)

Siscia (2)

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No.	Obv.	Rev.	Rev. type	m. -m.	RIC ix	LRBC	Qty.
V I	SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE	Victory adv. l.	[R] - // [.SIS..]	Cf 15a	Cf 1302 ff	1
G	GLORIA ROMANORVM	Emperor dragging captive r.	M *F//ΓSISC	14c	1328	1

Thessalonica (1)

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No.	Obv.	Rev.	Rev. type	m. -m.	RIC ix	LRBC	Qty.
Vn	SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE	Victory adv. l.	*Δ * // ΤΕS	27b	1753	1

AD 364-378 (1)

Uncertain mint (1)

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No.	Obv.	Rev.	Rev. type	m. -m.	RIC ix	LRBC	Qty.
?	GLORIA ROMANORVM	Emperor dragging captive r.	Illegible	1

[1] DN CON[...]?

[2] DN CON[...]

[3] Left facing bust with globe.

[4] Illegible (diademed bust).