I received an email from Silbury coins as I am a repeat customer. The email advertised the hoard described below. See their website for more on the hoard. It is a good read. I saw this coin and bought it immediately. It is not a rare coin and that is a rarity for me LOL. Even tough it is a very common type the hoard provenance made it very desirable to me. I like coins with stories. Plus I did not have one of this type. In addition the portrait spoke to me, I find it quite attractive. Please post your coins from hoards or known find spots. “This coin is part of the Westbury Sub Mendip hoard of 188 Roman silver denari, found during 2016 by a metal detectorist, the hoard was subject of an archaeological excavation and was declared Treasure under The Treasure Act. With no museum wishing to acquire the coins they were returned to the finder and made available to private collectors by us.” Domitian as Caesar AR Denarius 80-81 CE (18mm 3.06g) Obv: Head laureate right; CAESAR DIVI F DOMITIANVS COS VII Rev: Minerva advancing right with spear and shield; PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS RIC 268 [TITUS] This coin is part of the Westbury Sub Mendip hoard of 188 Roman silver denari, found during 2016 by a metal detectorist. Purchased July 1 2020 from Silbury Coins
Nice looking @Orfew .... You can't get better provenence than knowing where the coin was dug up from...I remember reading about this find a couple of years back, what an amazing 'ping' for the guy!...There were some nice coins in the hoard this one included....I collect AP coins and I've been looking at couple from this find.. Congrats on another cool coin to add to your impressive collection.....Paul
Over the years I have had coins from quite a few different hoards, I currently have several from the Bishop's Wood hoard of 1895. These I leave in the slab. They were discovered in a jar along an old wall in England by workers building a road. It totaled 17,550 coins, mostly Constantinian. It seems that the hoard was likely newly imported into England, as none of the coins are from London, rather all are from mainly Trier, Lyons and Arles. The hoard was probably meant to be used to pay troops in the area. Through the years the hoard was scattered and many examples were given to museums. In 2010, Baldwins auctioned off the remaining 1,661 coins along with the repaired jar that had stayed with the original landowner. these coins still fairly frequently turn up for sale. The hoard was written about in the 1896 Numismatic Chronicle-- link below https://books.google.com/books?id=QPEEAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA3-PA209&lpg=RA3-PA209&dq=Bishop's+Wood+Hoard&source=bl&ots=HCIsdJUweU&sig=EPE02P2em2CdqnEJNz9bJbVa-DI&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjV5eH8_-3cAhXq7YMKHVVbAdE4ChDoATAJegQIAxAB#v=onepage&q=Bishop's Wood Hoard&f=false
QUINTILLUS AE Follis OBVERSE: IMP CM AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG , radiate, draped, cuirassed bust right REVERSE: MARTI PACIL, Mars walking left, holding olive branch, reversed spear and shield. X in left field Struck at Rome, 270 AD 2.8g, 19mm RIC V-1 Rome 25 corr Llanedeyrn Hoard CRISPUS AE Follis OBVERSE: CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, cuirassed bust right REVERSE: SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing left, chlamys across left shoulder, holding globe and raising right hand. Crescent in left field. Mintmark PLN. Toone 194; Bourton-on-the-Water hoard 1464-1466 Struck at London 318 AD 3.2, 21mm RIC VII 144
Very nice, Orfew, and what a remarkable portrait! I just went to your Vcoins store because I thought I might like to buy one but they're all spoken for .
@TIF, one 19th century hoard from which plenty of coins are still available is the 1887 East Harptree Hoard, which was found 16 miles southwest of Bath, and contained approximately 1,500 Roman coins. 53 different coins from that hoard are curently for sale on VCoins. I bought this one a couple of years ago: Valens, AR Siliqua, 364-367, Rome Mint. Obv. DN VALEN-S PF AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right / Rev. VOT- V- MV•LT- X in four lines within wreath. In exergue: Mintmark RB. RIC IX Rome 10c (p. 118), RSC V 91(h) (ill.), Sear RCV V 19687. 17 mm., 2.00 g. From 1887 East Harptree hoard. This coin was found along with a number of others in Wiltshire in 2014 (I don't know exactly where) by someone who was metal detecting; I bought it from the finder: Constantine I, Billon reduced Centenionalis, Trier Mint 330-331 AD. Obv. VRBS ROMA, helmeted bust of Roma left/ Rev. She-wolf stg. left suckling twins (Romulus & Remus), 2 stars above; TRP• [Trier, First officina] in exergue. RIC VII 529, Sear RCV IV 16487. 17 mm., 2.4 g. (Found by metal detecting in Wiltshire, England, 2014).
I got one from the same hoard. I don't think they'd even finished publishing them properly . Now I have a fair few London mint Roman coins I'm getting into hoard coins from other emperors. Not as pretty as yours (and with 12 years more wear ) but my only Galba (RIC#167, I believe):
@John Conduitt That is a nice one. I saw that one in the sold list. Yes the coin is worn but that portrait is full of character and the reverse has clear lettering. I would take that coin anyday over an ef without the nice portrait or clear lettering or with other problems. That coin was well bought imho.
I also ordered one coin from this hoard back in July 9 but the tracking is showing 'The item has left england' and has not been updated since July 10. Is that normal? I am worried the coin is lost or stolen. How long usually takes to get to Canada from england?
I expect it may take as long as 2 months if there are still COVID delays. Usually, the wait time is no longer than 2 weeks or so. Do not worry about it until the first week of September. If it arrives before hand that would be great. I am hoping mine will get to me before the end of August.
I got mine today. Nice coins. Feel so good to have these in hand knowing they were used 1900 years ago!