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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;RichardT, post: 8215961, member: 100005&quot;]I think the provenance is important or noteworthy when it adds information to the coin.</p><p><br /></p><p>This example below for example. It can be traced back to the find spot, you can read more info from the PAS here: <a href="https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/748247" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/748247" rel="nofollow">https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/748247</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The coin is even imaged on the PAS site, it&#039;s in the lower left hand corner. The PAS ID is NMS-102704.</p><p><br /></p><p>Some info extracted from the PAS site:</p><p><b>Discussion: </b>The coins were found in the same area as a hoard found previously which had been scattered by agricultural activity (NMS-102704, 2015T884) and an addendum found in 2017 (NMS-1A6962, 2017T442). As with the two previous groups of coins discovered, the present group consists largely of siliquae struck during the reigns of Constantius II and Julian, with the solidus of Valentinian I representing the latest coin in the group. The coins have little wear and the condition of the solidus is best described as mint, supporting the previously proposed deposition date as no later than the mid-360s. As such, the coins from this addendum sit well within the dates and types of coins established by the original find and the first addendum and clearly represent further coins from the same group.</p><p><br /></p><p>This hoard would bring the total number of reported coins from the hoard to 13 solidi and 196 siliquae. Mixed gold and silver of this date are relatively unusual; for example the larger East Harptree and West Bagborough hoards from Somerset (IARCH-4096EB and IARCH-39DCDF) contained only silver coins. A comparable hoard is the slightly later Little Smeaton, North Yorkshire hoard (IARCH-5C2B05) of 1 solidus of Valentinian I, 8 miliarenses and 175 siliquae to 367-375.</p><p>&nbsp;[ATTACH=full]1442203[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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