COIN HOARD
Unique ID: BUC-607604
Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Published
A small Antonine period denarius hoard. Working on the assumption that the Deified Faustina I coins
were produced nearer to the beginning of the reign of Antoninus Pius,[1] the closing coin (of Marcus
Caesar, TR POT VII) is dated to AD 152/3.
AD 69 - 79 3
Nerva
AD 96 - 98 1
Trajan
AD 98-117 2
Hadrian
AD 117-138 6
Sabina
AD 117-137 1
Antonius Pius
AD 138-161 3
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Vespasian
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Summary:
Diva Faustina I AD 138-141 1
Total:
18
Disposition
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Marcus Caesar AD 161-180 1
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Many of the coins in fragmentary coindition, no photographs were taken at BM.
CATALOGUE
VESPASIAN (3)
Bust
BMC RIC Qty Wt g
Obv.: [IMP CAES VESP AVG]P M COS IIII CE[N]
No Reverse
1. S P Q R in wreath
A1* 86 57 1
1.18 (frag.)
A1* 98 65 1
2.43 (frag.)
Obv.: IMP CAES VESP AVG CENS
2. PONTIF MAXIM (emperor std. r.)
Obv.: IMP CAESAR VES[PASIANVS AVG]
3
NERVA (1)
Bust
BMC RIC Qty Wt g
Obv.: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P
No Reverse
1. SALVS PVBLICA (Salus std. l.)
A1* 48 20 1
2.90
TRAJAN (2)
Bust
BMC RIC Qty Wt g
Obv.: IMP NERVA TRAIANVS AVG GER DACICVS
No Reverse
1. P M TR P COS V P P (Dacian std. r.)
A1* 150 88 1
2.45
2. PARTHICO P M TR P COS [VI P P S P Q R] (Felicitas stg. l.) C2* 626 332 1
2.20
Obv.: IMP CAES NER TRAIAN[OPTIM AVG GERM DAC]
(frag.)
REIGN OF HADRIAN (7)
BMC RIC
Obv.: IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG
No Reverse
Qty Wt g
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Bust
Z
cf. 119 69 1
2. P M TR P COS III (Roma std. l.)
A3* 139
77 1
2.48 (frag.)
3. P M TR P COS III (Aequitas stg. l.)
A2* 154
80 1
2.11 (frag.)
4. P M TR P COS III / SAL AVG in ex. (Salus std. l.) A3* 315
137 1
2.25 (frag.)
A2* 426
183 1
2.23 (frag.)
Z
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0.88 (frag.)
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1. P M TR P COS III (Minerva fighting r.)
1.90 (2 frags.)
Obv.: [IMP] CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIA[NVS AVG]
5. COS III (Victory std. l.)
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Obv.: HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS
Obv.: ...]NVS[... (head of Hadrian)
6. illegible
Obv.: SABINA AVGVSTA
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7. IVNONI REGINAE (Juno stg. l.)
?
E2* 940
1
395 1
2.69
REIGN OF ANTONINVS PIVS (5)
Bust
BMC RIC Qty Wt g
Obv.: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P
No Reverse
1. TR POT COS II (modius)
A1+ 116 58 1
2.97
A1* 180 62 1
2.36
E1* 345 344 1
2.54
A1* 657 175 1
2.38
Obv.: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III
2. ANNONA AVG (modius)
Obv.: DIVA FAVSTINA
3. AETERNITAS (Juno stg. l.)
Obv.: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XII
4. COS IIII (Annona stg. l.)
Obv.: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII FIL
5. TR POT VII COS II (Genius Exercitus stg. l.) A1+ 804 458 1
2.51 (frag)
[1] However, Mattingly does not exclude the possibility that they were struck throughout the reign
(BMC vol. IV, p.xlii). See also Wanborough 2000 - a larger Antonine denarius hoard with similar tpq.
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Find of note status
This is a find of note and has been designated: Regional importance
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Bucks County Museum
Subsequent action after recording: Acquired by museum after being declared Treasure
Treasure details
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Treasure case tracking number: 2005T121
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Date from: Circa AD 69
Date to: Circa AD 161
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Dimensions and weight
Quantity: 18
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Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Sunday 27th March 2005
Personal details
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Found by: This information is restricted for your login.
Recorded by: Ms Ros Tyrrell
Identified by: Mr Richard Abdy
Secondary identifier: Ms Ros Tyrrell
Other reference numbers
Treasure case number: 2005T121
Museum accession number: AYBCM 2006.196.1-18
Materials and construction
Primary material: Silver
Manufacture method: Struck or hammered
Completeness: Complete
Spatial metadata
Region: South East (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Buckinghamshire (County)
District: Wycombe (District)
To be known as: West Wycombe area
Spatial coordinates
Grid reference source: From a paper map
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 10 metre square.
Discovery metadata
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Method of discovery: Metal detector
Discovery circumstances: as part of a S.Bucks Metal Detector Club dig
Current location: Bucks County Museum
General landuse: Cultivated land