English: CHETWYND ASTON AND WOODCOTE, SHROPSHIRE (2005 T70) Richard Abdy 40 AR/BI radiates to ad 274 Circumstances of Discovery Found by Mr I. Wild with the aid of a metal detector, 14^th November 2004. Find was made at a depth of 3-4" and in a straight line of about 25 yards. Discussion A small radiate hoard, it is slightly earlier than the most typical British debased radiate hoards with only one identifiable radiate of Tetricus and a good number of the earlier, more silvery coins of Postumus and the pre-260 Central Empire. The collapse in the silver content of the Gallic coinage - AD 268 - had seemingly yet to take its full effect at the time of abandonment (unless careful selection was made by the hoarder) and the very debased coins of Gallienus's sole reign and Claudius II had made little inroad. It should be noted that the high proportion of corroded illegible coins could distort this picture - they appear very base and it may have been the case that the fully debased coins present reacted more during burial than the more silvery coins. For a discussion on the highly variable content of radiate hoards ending around the time of the death of Victorinus see E. Besly on the Bassaleg (Gwent) hoard (one denarius and 904 radiates to AD 270) in CHRB IX, pp. 87-100; C. Cheesman on The Radiate Hoards in CHRB X, pp. 171-9; see also R. Abdy on the 'M1' hoard (207 denarii and 228 radiates to AD 270) in CHRB XII (forthcoming). Summary Caracalla (sole reign ad 211-7) 1 Gordian III (ad 238-44) 1 Valerian & Gallienus (ad 253-60) Valerian Rome 1 Gaul 1 Gallienus Gaul 1 Gallienus & Salonina (ad 260-8) Gallienus Rome 2 Siscia 1 Claudius II Rome 1 Postumus Principal Mint(s) 8 Milan 1 Victorinus mint I 5 mint uncertain 2 Tetricus I mint I 1 Emperor illegible 12 irregular 2 total 40 Disposition ??? No photographs were taken at the BritishMuseum CATALOGUE CARACALLA (1) Obv.:[ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GE]RM No Reverse Bust BMC RIC Qty 1. [P M TR P X]VIII CO[S IIII P P] (Jupiter stg. l.) D1 112var<a title="" href="#_ftn1">^[1]</a> 258a 1 (frag.) GORDIAN III (1) Obv.: IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG No Reverse Bust Cunetio RIC Qty 2. VIRTVS AVG (Virtus stg. l.) D2 - 63 1 VALERIAN & GALLIENUS (3) Rome (1) Valerian (1) Obv.: IMP C P LIC [VALERIANVS AV]G No. Rev. legend Rev. type Bust Cu. RIC Qty. 3. [SALV]S AVGG Salus 1 B1 446 121 1 Mint of Gaul (2) Valerian (1) Obv.: VALERIANVS•P•F•AVG No. Rev. legend Rev. type Bust Cu. Elmer Qty. 4. ORIENS AVGG Sol 3 D1 708 11 1 Gallienus (1) Obv.: IMP GALLIENVS AVG No. Rev. legend Rev. type Bust Cu. Elmer Qty. 5. IOVI VICTORI / IMP / CES Jupiter stg. l., on plinth B1 - 31 1 GALLIENUS & SALONINA (3) Rome (2) Fifth series (): GALLIENVS AVG No. Rev. legend Rev. type M.Bm. Bust RIC Cu. Qty. 6. FORTVNA REDVX Fortuna 2 - ς//- A1 cf. 193 1215 1 7. FORTVNA REDVX Fortuna 2 - ς//- B1 cf. 193 1216 1 Siscia (1) First & second series (): GALLIENVS AVG No. Rev. legend Rev. type M.Bm. Bust RIC Cu. Qty. 8. PROVIDEN AVG Providentia 2 - -//- A1 580 1804 1 CLAUDIUS II (1) Rome (1) Series III (1): IMP CLAVDIVS AVG No. Rev. legend Rev. type M.Bm. Bust RIC Nby. Qty. 9. VIRTVS AVG Virtus 4b - ε//- A1 110 850 1 GALLIC EMPIRE POSTUMUS (9) Principal mint(s) (8) First series, third phase (): IMP C POSTVMVS[•]P[•]F[•]AVG No. Rev. legend Rev. type Bust Elmer Cu. Qty. 10. HERC DEVSONIENSI Hercules 2b D1 131/87 2383 1 11. FIDES MILITVM Fides 1 D1 133/89 2386 1 12. P M TR P COS II P P Emperor 11 D1 129/85 2387 1 Second series, first phase (): IMP C POSTVMVS[•]P[•]F[•]AVG 13. MINER FAVTR Minerva 3a/b D1 313 2396/7 1 Third series (): IMP C POSTVMVS[•]P[•]F[•]AVG 14. MONETA AVG Moneta 1 D1 336 2413 1 15. FELICITAS AVG Felicitas 1 D1 335 2414 1(frag.) 16. PROVIDENTIA AVG Providentia 1 D1 337 2415 1 Fourth series (): IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG 17. SALVS AVG Aesculapius 2a D1 415 2435 1 Milan (1) Series IV (): IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG No. Rev. legend Rev. type m.-m. Bust Elmer Cu. Qty. 18. FIDES[•]EQVIT Fides 4 - -//P D1 615 2489/90 1 VICTORINUS (7) Mint I (5) Issues II-III (): [IMP C (PIAV)] VICTORINVS[•]P[•]F[•]AVG No. Rev. legend Rev. type M.-m. Bust Elmer Cu. Qty. 19. INVICTVS Sol 3b or c * -//- D1 653/83 2523/45 3 Issue III (): IMP C VICTORINVS[•]P[•]F[•]AVG 20. PAX AVG Pax 1 V *//- D1 682 2530/8 1 Issue V ():IMP C VICTORINVS[•]P[•]F[•]AVG 21. VIRTVS AVG Virtus 3a D1 699 2553/5 1 Mint uncertain (2) Obv. (): legend partly legible 22. - - Z - - 2 TETRICUS I (1) Mint I (1) Series V (): [IMP (C) TETRICVS P F AVG] No. Rev. legend Rev. type Bust Elmer Nby. Qty. 23. [SALVS AVGG] Salus 4 Z 779/88 1492/5 1 EMPEROR ILLEGIBLE (12) Obv.: illegible No. Rev. legend Rev. type Bust Cu. Qty. 24. - - Z - 12 IRREGULAR REDUCED MODULE (11mm) COPIES (2) Obv.: illegible No. Rev. legend Rev. type Bust Cu. Qty. 25. - - Z - 2
<a title="" href="#_ftnref1">[1]</a> As BMC 112 but with D1 bust