Richard Abdy

45 AE to c. AD 161 (+ later strays) BM ref.: 2012 T765

PAS ID: SOMDOR-A78F58 & SOMDOR-E394B4

Circumstances of discovery

Found over a period of several years by Mr John Hinchcliffe whilst using a metal-detector on cultivated land. The find was first reported to the FLO in October 2010, with a further 10 coin addenda (9 illegible dp/as + one uncertain Antonine Emperor dp/as) subsequently brought in under the second PAS ID but added together in this catalogue. Of the five late Roman coins found at the same time, the three legible coins date from the second half of the fourth century and are probably stray intruders to the main Antonine hoard of dupondii and asses.

Disposition

The coins were extremely worn and corroded and no images were taken at the BM

Summary:

Hadrian (AD 117-38) 3

Antoninus Pius (AD 138-61) 4

Uncertain Antonine emperor 4

Uncertain Antonine empress 3

Illegible 31

Total 45

Stray 3rdC / 4thC coins 5

CATALOGUE

REIGN OF HADRIAN (3)

No Den. Obv. Rev. Bust BMC RIC Qty Wt

i) dp/as (Illegible but bust of Hadrian) (Illegible) Z ? ? 3 4.78, 5.66, 7.55

REIGN OF ANTONINUS PIUS (4)

No Den. Obv. Rev. Bust BMC RIC Qty Wt

ii) dp [ANTON]INVS AVG PIVS P[... ]COS III[ (worn blank) A1 ? ? 1 10.28

iii) as (Illegible but head of Pius) [BRITANNIA COS IIII S C in field] Britannia seated on rocks, l., with shield and vexillum Z ? ? 1 6.15

iv) dp/as (Illegible but head of Pius) (Illegible standing fig. flanked by S C) Z ? ? 1 8.09

v) dp/as (Illegible but head of Pius) (Illegible) Z ? ? 1 3.38

UNCERTAIN ANTONINE EMPEROR (4)

No Den. Obv. Rev. Bust BMC RIC Qty Wt

vi) dp/as illegible illegible Z ? ? 4 4.74, 4.82, 5.95, 7.83

UNCERTAIN ANTONINE EMPRESS (3)

No Den. Obv. Rev. Bust BMC RIC Qty Wt

vii) dp/as illegible illegible Z ? ? 3 4.12, 5.62, 6.73

UNCERTAIN EMPEROR (31)

No Den. Obv. Rev. Bust BMC RIC Qty

viii) dp/as illegible illegible Z ? ? 31

Wt - 2.60, 2.94, 3.08, 3.19, 3.39, 3.44, 3.47, 3.54, 3.63, 3.75, 3.86, 3.88, 4.17, 4.24, 4.33, 4.34, 4.40, 4.46, 4.55, 4.71, 5.12, 5.15, 5.34, 5.84, 5.93, 6.01, 6.19, 6.34, 6.67, 6.75, 6.89

STRAY COINS (5)

4thC nummi (3)

FEL TEMP coinage (small module) (2)

irregular (2)

No Obv. Rev. Bust m.-m. RIC Qty Wt

ix) Illegible emperor [FEL TEMP REPARATIO] (falling horseman) Z ? ? 2 0.81, 1.88

Valentinianic (1)

?Arles (1)

No Obv. Rev. Bust m.-m. RIC Qty Wt

x) Illegible emperor [GLORIA ROMANORVM] Z OF III//[ ] ? 1 1.03

illegible radiates or nummi (2)

No Obv. Rev. Bust m.-m. RIC Qty Wt

xi) Illegible emperor illegible Z ? ? 2 1.09, 1.34