Hadrianic denarius hoard

[mauseus]

Hi,

In the late 1990's I was given the opportunity to clean and record a small Hadrianic denarius hoard from northern England. I wrote it up at the time but never got around to publishing it. So, in orderto make the data available I have published my original notes on my website HERE.

I have kept the exact location secret, but can reveal that it was found a couple of miles outside Wakefield.

The latest coin in the find was a rather splendid denarius of Aelius.

Regards,

Mauseus

[slokind]

Thank you for your splendid work, and for sharing the coins.  That Aelius is really beautiful.
Pat L.

[Will Hooton]

How interesting! I find the Vespasian denarii particularly noteworthy. When this hoard was deposited these coins had been circulating well over 60 years, as is attested to by the wear pattern, in contrast to the later issues.

[*Alex]

How interesting! I find the Vespasian denarii particularly noteworthy. When this hoard was deposited these coins had been circulating well over 60 years, as is attested to by the wear pattern, in contrast to the later issues.

Here in Britain, before decimalisation, it was not uncommon to find coins circulating which were easily in excess of 60 years old, even some over 100 years old. These were for the most part Victorian bun head pennies and half-pennies but it was not all that uncommon for the odd well worn Victorian shilling or sixpence to make its appearance.

Alex.

[commodus]

I still occasionally come across five cent pieces from the 1940s and 1950s in my change. Not frequently, but at least every couple of months. Less commonly I still find wheat cents from the 40s and 50s, though as a kid in the 1970s I would pull lots of them, often dating back to the 1910s, out of my parents' and grandparents' change. Buffalo nickels as well. Finding 50, 60, 70 year old coins that way is what got me started in numismatics.
It doesn't surprise me that denarii would have circulated for many decades, even for more than a century.

[Potator II]

I think I have already written in a former post that my grand parents, as children at the begining of the 20th century, had from time to time roman asses in their change as 10 centimes coins (10 cts were 10 grams of copper at the time in continental europe)

Regards
Potator

[rexesq]

That Aelius sure is nice. Great work mauseus.

Potator - wow Roman asses in change..... thats quite amazing.

[Randygeki(h2)]

indeed

[Robert_Brenchley]

I remember getting quite excited when I was little, and I got the occasional Victoria penny. She'd been dead fifty-odd years then, and older people remembered her, but it seemed a terribly long time to me!

[SRukke]

I think I have already written in a former post that my grand parents, as children at the begining of the 20th century, had from time to time roman asses in their change as 10 centimes coins (10 cts were 10 grams of copper at the time in continental europe)

Regards
Potator

There have been a couple stories fairly recently of Roman coins found in North America. The last one I read was on Forvm about an excavator finding one in Oregon.
So is it possible some were carried here by Europeans when they were first settling, trading. The Hudsons Bay company was very active in the area.
This was my first thought when I read the stories. It was either discount the stories completely or try to logically ask how Roman coins could be found in America. 

[commodus]

I think I have already written in a former post that my grand parents, as children at the begining of the 20th century, had from time to time roman asses in their change as 10 centimes coins (10 cts were 10 grams of copper at the time in continental europe)

Regards
Potator

There have been a couple stories fairly recently of Roman coins found in North America. The last one I read was on Forvm about an excavator finding one in Oregon.
So is it possible some were carried here by Europeans when they were first settling, trading. The Hudsons Bay company was very active in the area.
This was my first thought when I read the stories. It was either discount the stories completely or try to logically ask how Roman coins could be found in America. 

Actually, there's one even more recent -- found in Maryland: https://www.forumancientcoins.com/board/index.php?topic=65779.0