COINS FROM THE CENTRE OF ROME (original) (raw)
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This paper gathers together previously published parts and a new section on the Historia Augusta. It is mainly a list of references from texts with short discussion.
Identifying and Research Roman coin finds. Part 2: 4th century Roman coins
Treasure Hunting, 2023
In the first part of this series featured in the December 2023 issue of Treasure Hunting, I introduced 4th century coins and some of the hints and tips I have learnt over the years which I use in coin training to help in identification. This month I want to look a little further into some of the quirkier finds you might get in assemblages and explore what they can tell us about 4th century Roman Britain.
Roman coins from a rural settlement in central Italy
Pecunia Omnes Vincit. The coins as an evidence of propaganda, reorganization and forgery, 2017
The excavations at San Vincenzo al Volturno (trench SS4, on the other bank of the river) brought to light a Republican vicus. It was replaced by a rural villa of Imperial Age, which was abandoned in the second half of the 4th century AD. The 70 coins which were found during the researches allowed the dating of the settlement’s phases. The aim of my paper is to submit a catalogue of a group of these coins. It shows what kind of currency circulated in a rural area of Roman Age and how the Imperial propaganda used it.
A hoard of bronze coins of the 3rd century BC found at Pratica di mare (Rome)
The excavations at Pratica di Mare (ancient Lavinium) have yielded 118 coins altogether; 36 of these coins were found near the Sanctuary of the XIII altars. 2 This short paper aims at illustrating a small hoard published in 1990 with a description of the context of retrieval, namely a large building inside the Forum 'with rooms opening onto a central courtyard with a porch shaded by a wooden veranda'. 3 This building was probably razed by a fi re in the third century BC and never rebuilt. Actually, during the third century BC the town experienced a moment of severe decline, before being abandoned in the following century. 4 . The building where the hoard was found.
Identifying and Research Roman coin finds. Part 1: 4th century Roman coins (proof)
Treasure Hunting, 2023
Every find tells us a story about the past, each Roman coin contributes to our knowledge of the Roman world. As well as being datable in their own right, coins can tell us so much about the sites you are detecting. The challenge is that you see perfect coins illustrated in books and websites, whereas many you will find are worn, broken or corroded. But don’t let this put you off as often their secrets can still be revealed. In this new series, I’ll be looking at a variety of 4th century objects – for this first article I wanted to start with coins. They are found in vast numbers on sites across Britain (almost 300,000 are recorded in my recent corpus of Roman coins) and there is a logic to them. This makes it very easy to learn the basics. In a short space of time, you can often narrow down even a very worn coin to a few years based on the reverse.