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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;jamesicus, post: 2885243, member: 14873&quot;]<font face="Times New Roman">Some if you may have read about the Wold Newton Hoard discovered by an amateur metal detectorist in Yorkshire in 2014. It is the largest Roman coin Hoard from the Tetrarchic historical period to be unearthed in northern England, consisting of 1857 copper/bronze coins (circa 307 AD est. by the British Museum) well preserved in a buried ceramic vessel. The discoverer submitted the find to the appropriate British Government Agency in accordance with the Portable Antiquities Scheme protocol and was eventually awarded ownership of the coins (?). An extensive donation appeal campaign was launched in order to purchase the entire hoard for public display in the Yorkshire Museum. The appeal was successful and the coins are now on display. The write-up accompanying the article at .....</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><a href="https://www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk/wold-newton-hoard./" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk/wold-newton-hoard./" rel="nofollow"><font face="Times New Roman">https://www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk/wold-newton-hoard./</font></a></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">..... is an interesting read and includes a very good video of the actual hoard discovery and excavation plus an excellent, well detailed, visual explanation of the recording and documenting process (be sure to read the Blog). Several Constantius/Constantine coins from the hoard are depicted. Some of you may have seen this previously but it is well worth&nbsp; a repeat viewing.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">The historical significance of this find for Yorkshire is the association of the coins with Constantius (Chlorus) and his son, Constantinus (Constantine) - they campaigned against the Picts in Yorkshire (and to the north) during this period and Constantius died at Eboracum (York) in 306. It has a significant historical association for me personally because my family has extensive roots in this part of Yorkshire, one of the reasons for my emphasis on London Mint Tetrarchic coins.</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">RIC VI, Londinium, No. 47, Constantius as Augustus of the West:</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/lon47o.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/lon47r.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">IMP CONSTANTIVS PIVS FEL AVG ........................ GENIO POPVLI ROMANI</font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><b><font face="Times New Roman">RIC VI, Londinium, No. 89b, Constantine as Caesar of the West (after the death of his father, Constantius, who conferred Imperium on him):</font></b></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman"><img src="http://jp29.org/lon89bo.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /><img src="http://jp29.org/lon89br.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></font></p><p><font face="Times New Roman">FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB C ............................. GENIO POP ROM ..... PLN</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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