Table 2    Table 3    Geographical Distribution/Maps

TABLE 1. Comparison of Roman coin finds reported in the "Treasure Annual Reports" 1997-2001
Closing dates up to 180 A.D.

Brief notes on each find are in the Appendix on this page
REPORT 1 A=1997-98, B=1998-99, C=2000, D=2001.     FIND No. 2 ID number of find, in the Report.
CLOSING DATE (A.D.) 3 The earliest the hoard could have been deposited, usually the date of the latest coin.
RANGE 4 Years between earliest date of first coin and the closing date.
UNCERTAIN 5 unattributable coins, and/or coins from the same hoard, found prior to 1997 and not listed in the Reports.
Metal:- Gold or Gold+Silver:     Silver:     Bronze (Sestertius, Dupondius, Ass):     De-based silver/copper.
REPORT (1)
FIND No. (2)
CLOSING DATE (3)
RANGE (4)
Republic
Mark Antony
Augustus
Tiberius
Caligula
Caligula
Claudius
Claudius
Nero
Nero
Galba
Galba
Otho
Vitellius
Vespasian
Vespasian
Titus
Titus
Domitian
Domitian
Nerva
Nerva
Trajan
Trajan
Hadrian
Hadrian
Antoninus Pius
Antoninus Pius
Marcus Aurelius
Marcus Aurelius
UNCERTAIN (5)
TOTALS 		----------------
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-----------A.D.
-------YEARS
Before 31 BC
31 BC
27 BC -14 AD
14-37
37-41
Bronze
41-54
Bronze
54-68
Bronze
68-69
Bronze
69
69
69-79
Bronze
79-81
Bronze
81-96
Bronze
96-98
Bronze
98-117
Bronze
117-138
Bronze
138-161
Bronze
161-180
Bronze
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181
37
68
3

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5 		C
238
47
78
12
7
5
12


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37 		B
280
50
81
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5 		B
281
50
81
6
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10 		D
182
50
81
12

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24
55 		A
117
68
99
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14 		A
118
71
102
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4 		D
183
75
106
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4 		B
283
79
65
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67

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2
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22

15

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127 		C
240
87
118
56
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144 		D
184
90
121
44
15
6
6
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92 		A
120
125
156
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30 		B
284
128
159
9
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18 		B
285
138
69
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4
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14 		C
241
138
101
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17
1
5

12
4

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18
10
8
9
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89 		C
242
140
59
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35

1
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88 		C
243
145
91
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1
2
17

2

11

3

27

29

8
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103 		C
14
148
79
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4

2
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11 		D
185
152
54
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2

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7 		C
244
156
88
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18

4

15

6

50

44

20

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161 		D
187
160
191
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15

44

45

3

66

56

13

1
204
464 		C
26
161
92
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9

3
1
6
4
3
4
26
17
14
12
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4
104 		C
245
161
63
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3 		B
287
163
109
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3

15

11

7

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44 		C
246
164
95
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24
35 		A
122
170
201
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11

1

4

2

25

24

12

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84 		D
186
170
101
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9

3

7
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23 		C
248
170
32
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3 		C
249
174
120
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10

15

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43 		B
286
175
106
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15 		A
123
180
211
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21
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123 		C
250
180
139
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Table 2    Table 3    Geographical Distribution/Maps

Appendix: Notes to Table 1

Each note below refers to an entry in the "Treasure Annual Report". Suffix A=1997-98, B=1998-99, C=2000, D=2001.
The number following the prefix is the find number in the appropriate report.

  • D181: Winchester, Hampshire. Closing date after 37 A.D., 5 silver denarii. 37 AD is the "terminal date", i.e. the date of the last coin, but the actual date of deposit is in the early years of the Roman occupation: 44-64 A.D.

  • C238: Woodbridge, Suffolk. Closing date after 47 A.D., 37 silver denarii plus 1 pre-Roman gold coin.

  • B280: Mersea Island, Essex, Closing date c. 50 A.D., 5 early denarii.

  • B281: Great Packington, West Midlands, Closing date c. 50 A.D., 10 early denarii.

  • B282: Llanhamlach, Powys, Wales, -is included in D182.

  • C239: Llanhamlach, Powys, Wales, -is included in D182.

  • D182: Llanhamlach, Powys, Wales. Closing date 50-60 AD? Total 17 early denarii, 38 early bronze (including 2 Claudius I irregular).

  • A117: Selby, North Yorkshire, Closing date after 68 A.D., 8 denarii and 6 early bronze.

  • A118: Hoveringham, Nottinghamshire, Closing date c. 71 A.D., 4 denarii.

  • D183: Ipswich, Suffolk. Closing date c. 75 A.D., 3 silver denarii, one a plated denarius.

  • B283: Shillington A, Bedfordshire, Closing date c. 79 A.D., 127 gold aurei. May be part of B284 or may be a separate hoard.

  • A119: Howe, Norfolk, -is included in C240.

  • C240: Howe, Norfolk, Closing date c. 87 A.D., Total now 15 gold coins and 129 silver Denarii, found in parcels over several years.

  • D184: Tamworth, Staffordshire. Closing date c. 90 A.D., 92 silver denarii and 2 gold aurei.

  • A120: Middlewich, Cheshire, Closing date c. 125 A.D., 30 denarii.

  • B284: Shillington B, Bedfordshire, Closing date c. 128 A.D., 18 silver denarii. May be part of B283 or may be a separate hoard.

  • B285: Lathom, Lancashire, Closing date c. 138 A.D., 13 silver denarii, 1 bronze.

  • C241: Wendlebury, Oxfordshire. Closing date c. 138 A.D., 89 copper-alloy coins.

  • C242: Climping, West Sussex. Closing date c. 140 A.D., 88 silver denarii.. Found during a metal detector rally and total is likely to be much larger than declared.

  • C243: Monknash, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales. Closing date c. 145 A.D., 103 silver denarii. Coins contained in pot.

  • C14: Little Grimsby, Lincolnshire. Closing date after 148 A.D., 11 silver denarii and 2 medieval coins. Also non-coin Roman material.

  • D185: Manston, Dorset. Closing date c. 152 A.D., 7 silver denarii.

  • C244: Wanborough, Wiltshire. Closing date c. 156 A.D., 161 silver denarii.

  • B286: Frensham, Surrey, -is included in D187.

  • D187: Frensham, Surrey. Closing date 1st to 2nd century AD (before 160 AD). Totals now 8 silver Denarii, 456 base metal coins and 5 pre-Roman British coins. These finds "comprise a series of (ritual?) deposits".

  • C26: Itteringham, Norfolk. Closing date 2nd century A.D., 62 silver denarii, 42 copper-alloy coins. Found with cosmetic objects and jewellery. Sherds of pots found.

  • C245: Foxley, Norfolk. Closing date c. 161 A.D., 3 silver denarii.

  • B287: Osgodby, Lincolnshire, Closing date c. 163 A.D., 44 silver denarii, artefacts and container.

  • C246: St Ishmael, Carmarthenshire, Wales. Closing date c. 164 A.D., 35 base metal sestertii, dupondii and asses. Found on a beach.

  • A122: Long Whatton, Leicestershire, Closing date c. 170 A.D., 84 denarii, 1 bronze.

  • C247: Egmanton, Nottinghamshire, -is included in D186

  • D186: Egmanton, Nottinghamshire. Closing date c. 160/170 A.D., Total 23 denarii.

  • C248: Tiddington, Warwickshire. Closing date c. 170 A.D., 3 silver denarii.

  • C249: Plantation Place, City of London. Closing date c. 174 A.D., 43 gold Aurei. Coins originally in bag or purse.

  • B288: Sandfields, Staffordshire, Closing date c. 175 A.D., 15 silver denarii.

  • A123: Hamstead Marshall, Berkshire, Closing date c. 180 A.D., 84 denarii, 13 bronzes of 1st-2nd century + 35 Bronzes of 3rd-4th century and copper artefacts. The 35 late bronzes "must be stray losses".

  • C250: Wilburton, Cambridgeshire. Closing date Late 2nd Century A.D., 18 copper-alloy Dupondii and asses, scattered (due to ploughing?)