The long awaited
Coin Hoards from
Roman Britain volume
XII is now available. The “blurb” below gives a rough pré
cis of the contents but for
London Mint enthusiasts, the inclusion of the Langtoft , Ravenstone and Prestwood B
Hoards is a real
selling point. The Langtoft
Hoard of almost 2,000 coins discovered by metal detectorists in 2000 was sold at
auction in 2002 by DNW in
London – only 54 coins were retained by the Yorkshire Museum or the finders. Some coins from the
hoard are
still available through the trade, having been sold in large groups. The
hoard included well over 500
London Mint coins and so the full report by
Craig Barclay is a valuable reference source.
The Ravenstone
hoard of 469 coins, 275 from the
London Mint included an extremely
rare S over star/P
mintmark CLARITAS similar to the one reported recently on this blog. This
hoard was returned to the finder and its ultimate disposition is unknown. So, maybe some of us have already got coins from this
hoard! If anyone knows where this
hoard ended up, please let me know ............
The Prestwood “B”
hoard of 735 coins included 438 examples from the
London Mint and again includes some very
scarce types, including two unlisted in
RIC. This
hoard was retained in its entirety by the Buckinghamshire County Museum.
All in all, this volume is thoroughly recommended and is available from
Moneta:
Coin hoards from
Roman Britain Vol.
XII edited by Richard
Abdy, Eleanor Ghey, Celine Hughes and
Ian Leins“The twelfth volume of
Coin Hoards from
Roman Britain presents 57
hoards with terminal dates from AD 244 to the end of the
Roman period. This is the companion volume to
CHRB XI, which contained the earlier
hoards discovered between 1997 and 2001.
CHRB XII also includes later
hoards found up to April 2003. More recent addenda to these
hoards have been included where possible.
The volume includes the
Chalgrove II hoard of 4,957 radiates, with its important find of the second known coin of
Domitian II. The recognition of an additional Gallic usurper has expanded our knowledge of this less well understood period of
Roman history. The latest
hoards included in the volume, Patching and Oxborough, are accompanied by discussion of the significance of these
hoards for the monetary
history of the late
Roman to early
Medieval transition.
Richard
Abdy, Eleanor Ghey and
Ian Leins are curators of
Roman coins in the Department of Coins and Medals at the British Museum. Celine Hughes is a former intern of the department.
