![]() ![]() 214 he had held several important military commands during the reigns of Valerian I and Gallienus. The reverses will be of our choice, and there are a variety of reverse types available most with standing figures but a limited number available in this grade.īefore the Crisis of the Third Century, most cities in the Roman Empire did not have walls, dried fruit from Syria could be bought in Britain and copper from Cornwall was traded in Egypt! Sadly this did not last and continuing with our series we offer one of the harder major Emperors to get from the Crisis, Claudius II Gothicus. New plantations sprang up across Europe and there is mention in some records of Probus authorising the planting of vineyards in Britain too so we may still be enjoying the fruits of his labours today! These Antoninianus, or ‘Ants’ as we call them, are as good as they come, virtually as struck and with original lustre. He realised that the best way to keep his soldiers out of trouble was to keep them busy so, with the frontiers of the empire stabilised, he set his men to the task of rebuilding the shattered infrastructure of key provinces that had crumbled under previous emperors by building roads, bridges and fortifications, draining marshes, digging canals and, interestingly, planting extensive vineyards. In AD 277/8 his armies defeated the Goths, Alamanni, Longiones, Franks, and Burgundians. A native of the city of Sirmium in what is now Serbia, he rose to prominence and proved himself a capable administrator and commander and is recognised as an emperor who contributed to the revival of the Roman Empire at a time of severe turmoil and crisis. Probus became emperor in AD 276 after overthrowing the emperor Florianus. The selection of coins from this hoard will be of our choice, but if you order more than one coin, we will try to provide you with different coins featuring the portraits of different emperors. 253 and 287 and are mostly of the emperors Gallienus, Claudius, Victorinus, and Tetricus I and II and grade Very Fine. ![]() The coins were largely struck between A.D. We have been fortunate to acquire a small number of coins from this hoard. The hoard was immediately sold by the owner to a coin dealer and has been gradually dispersed in the trade. The hoard was delivered to the British Museum for cleaning and study and was the subject of a Treasure Inquest on, where it was found not to be Treasure Trove, in view of the low silver content of the coins, and consequently became the property of the land owner. It was discovered by a metal detectorist in December 1985 in the parish of Normanby, about twelve miles north of Lincoln. bronze Antoniniani is one of the largest ever found in Britain. The coins are billon Antoninianus of the emperors Victorinus and Tetricus and grade About Very Fine. These coins have been tucked away since then and we are able to offer you a very limited quantity that we were able to purchase. In 1975, the 4th Earl of Selborne decided to sell what he still had left of the hoard when it was auctioned by Christie’s on 9 December 1975. Close to the location of the main coin find several other items have been found including bronze swords, spearheads, axe-heads, pottery, and other articles in metal including more coins. The hoard could be the unrecovered pay chest for the defeated armies of Allectus. 296, the year of a battle near Woolmer, where the troops under the Emperor Constantius Chlorus defeated the army of the famous usurper Allectus to retake control of Britain. The hoard consisted of coins dating up to around A.D. The coins were closely packed and caked together with dirt so had to be carefully excavated, cleaned, and studied. On the 30th of October 1873, two large pear-shaped pots containing 29,802 Roman coins were dug up in Blackmoor Park in the parish of Selborne, Hampshire, halfway between Alton and Petersfield. ![]()
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