HOARD 792
Description: Robertson 2000, 290 no. 1229:
""In June 1983, workmen digging the footings trenches for an extension to 'Oakley', Southampton Road, Cadnam, discovered the coin hoard described in this report. Initially they removed the coins from the site, an action which resulted in the loss of an unspecified number, but subsequently surrendered the great majority of them to the owner, Mrs. H. Marsh. Mrs. Marsh submitted them, together with the sherds of the pot which once contained them, to the Hampshire County Museum Service for identification.
The sherds form part of a New Forest grey ware jar or jug, with decoration in the form of vertical and horizontal grooves, and with saltire crosses scored on its body. This is a known type, catalogued by Fulford (BAR 17 (1975), fig. 33, 20.1). This form had a terminal date of c. AD 350, which is in close agreement with the termination date of the hoard. The sherds recovered constitute only part of the vessel; the rim and base are missing. While the base and body sherds exhibit fresh breaks, the neck is abraded and worn, presumably as a result of plough or cultivation damage. As it was not possible to view the find 'in situ', nor recover details of its discovery, this is the only clue to the manner of deposition. Two other small Roman sherds collected from the area of the find were also submitted for identification. They are from different vessels but both are also of New Forest type. After they had been identified, the coins were retained by the owner, but the pottery sherds were donated to the Museum Service, where they are housed as A1984.29."
The hoard comprised AE coins - 484 regular issues of AD 320-48 and 126 irregular copies of types of AD 330-48 - making a total of 610.
The 484 regular coins were:
Trier Lyons Arles Rome Aq. Sis. Thess. Her.
0Con. 1Nic. 2Uncertain 3TOTAL
Constantine I, Aug. 13 4 9 1 2 0
11 23 333
Constantine I, 0 1 2 3
(deified) 1 1 0 1 23 35
Constantine II, Caes. 14 17 3 1 0
1 2 335
Constantine II, 0 1 2 3
Caes. or Aug. 0 1 21 31
Constantine II, 0 1 2 3
or Constans, Caes. 1 0 1 2 31
Constantius II, Caes. 6 3 1 1 0
1 2 311
Constans, Caes. 1 1 1 1 0 1 2 34
Delmatius 2 1 0 1 2 33
Constantinopolis 27 8 2 01 1
21 339
Urbs Roma 32 4 5 2 1 0 1 23 347
reign of Constantine I, 0 1 2 3
GLORIA EXERCITVS 2 stand. 1 0 1 22 33
GLORIA EXERCITVS 1 stand. 1 1 1 0 1 211 314
Helena 13 0 1 2 313
Theodora 16 0 1 21 317
Constantine II, Aug. 4 1 1 0 1
2 36
Constantius II, Aug. 30 8 8 1 0 1
24 351
Constans, Aug. 173 7 6 1 0 1
26 3193
Constantius II, 0 1 2 3
or Constans, Aug. 2 1 0 1
21 34
uncertain 0 1 24 34
RULE 0RULE
1RULE 2RULE 3RULE
332 56 38 4 2 4 5 1 01 11 240 3484
The 126 irregular copies were:
Trier Lyons Arles Rome Siscia Uncertain TOTAL
Constantine I, Aug.
GLORIA EXERCITVS,
2 stand. 4 1 1 6
1 stand. 1 1 Constantine II, Caes.
GLORIA EXERCITVS,
2 stand. 1 2 3
1 stand. 2 2
Constantius II, Caes.
GLORIA EXERCITVS,
2 stand. 1 1
1 stand. 2 2 4
GLORIA EXERCITVS,
2 stand. 5 5
Constantinopolis 6 1 1 1 1 10
Urbs Roma 3 1 1 1 6
Constans, Caes.
GLORIA EXERCITVS,
1 stand. 12 1 2 9 24
GLORIA EXERCITVS,
1 stand. 18 4 2 17 41
Helena 11 1
Constantine II, Aug. 1 1
Constantius II, Aug. 1 1 2
Constans, Aug. 4 2 1 4 11
Constantius II, or
Constans, Aug. 5 1 1 7
uncertain 1 1.
59 9 5 3 3 47 126
(after AD 337)
The latest prototypes copied had rev. VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN
J.A. Davies and D. Allen, in CHRB VII, BM Occas. Paper 59 (1987), 131-45, types, mints, tables, fig. of pot
There appear to be slight discrepancies between the totals of regular and irregular coins, as given, and the numbers of coins catalogued."
Object type: HOARD
Last import: September 22, 2022