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The Latest Roman Coin from Hadrian's Wall: a Small Fifth-century Purse Group

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 March 2010

Rob Collins
Rob Collins
Affiliation:
Museum of Antiquities, Newcastle University, robert.collins@ncl.ac.uk
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Abstract

Eight Roman coins were reported in 2007 to the Portable Antiquities Scheme. All the coins were late Roman issues, with the latest identified as a Gloria Romanorum type dating to A.D. 406–408. This coin is only the second of its type to be identified in Britain, and it was found outside the normal area of fifth-century coins in southern Britain, in the Hadrian's Wall corridor. The finding of the group with its late coin begs the question of how many more fifth-century Roman issues may be as yet undiscovered or misidentified in Britain.

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ROMAN COINSHADRIAN'S WALLHALTON CHESTERSFIFTH-CENTURY PURSEPORTABLE ANTIQUITIES SCHEME

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Britannia , Volume 39 , November 2008 , pp. 256 - 261
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Copyright © Rob Collins 2008. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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