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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Terence Cheesman, post: 7348042, member: 86498&quot;]Some years ago I purchased the book Le Tresor D&#039;Eauze which was a hoard found in the south of France. The last coins in the hoard were from the time of Valerian I, Gallienus as well as Postumus suggesting that the hoard might have been put in the ground sometime shortly after 260 AD. What struck me as being interesting is that while the earliest silver coin in the hoard was from the reign of Septimius Severus, there were a number of aes coins placed in the hoard as well. There was a well worn as of Augustus as well as one of Germanicus. There was an as of Domitian, a Sestertius,&nbsp; and two asses&nbsp; of Trajan as well as a medallion of Marcus Aurelius. What was striking about the third century assemblage is a bronze of Severus Alexander&nbsp; from Caesarea in Cappadocia of roughly 25 mm. The largest group was four asses and one dupondius of Gordian III and the most unusual was an as of Valerian II. Again what was striking is that except in one case there was no duplication of reverses.&nbsp; Was this simply small change? I am not sure, though I would certainly deem it to be extremely reckless to call it a collection. One of my coins that is similar to one found in the hoard</p><p>Trajan Ae As 98-99 AD Obv Head right laureate Rv. Victory advancing left holding shield. RIC 395var Woytek 61a 12.43 grms 27 mm Photo by W. Hansen[ATTACH=full]1281752[/ATTACH]Mine is a TR. P COS II I think the Eauze coin is likely to be a COS IIII[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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