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English: The group consists of three silver Roman Republican coins of a denomination known as denarii (sing. denarius).

The latest fully legible coin dates to many years before the establishment of Roman Britain. However, we know from larger coin hoard groups that Republican denarii, which had been produced over the previous two centuries, formed a substantial portion of the coin circulation throughout the first century AD. Thus these three coins cannot provide evidence on their own of Roman coins in Britain prior to the Roman annexation of AD 43.

Metal Content and Age

The coins satisfy the terms of the Treasure Act with regard to age and metal content. They are certainly more than 300 years old and have a precious metal contents in well in excess of the 10% threshold.

Same find?

Roman Republican coins circulated for a long period after the invasion of Britain due to their high silver content. It is certainly not unusual for them to occur in a hoard with Iron Age or later Roman silver coins produced during the empire. These three coins could certainly have been deposited together at some point in the first century AD.