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English: The group consists of two silver Roman Republican coins of a denomination known as denarii and one denarius of Tiberius, four silver Iron Age staters and eight copper alloy sestertii and dupondii from the reign of Claudius I (AD 41-54). The Iron Age staters are uninscribed types usually associated with the Durotriges, a people thought to have inhabited an area covering the modern county of Dorset, parts of Somerset, Wiltshire and Hampshire and the Isle of Wight during the late Iron Age. They were produced in the mid to late first century BC (about 60 to 20 BC). In terms of date, the earliest coins are the Roman Republican ones dating to 119 BC and 100 BC respectively.

Summary of hoard:

Iron Age staters c. 60-20 BC 4
Roman Republic 2
M. Furius Philus (119 BC)
P. Servilius Rullus (100 BC)
Tiberius (AD 14-37) 1
Claudius (AD 41-54) 8
Total 15

Metal Content and Age The coins satisfy the terms of the Treasure Act with regard to age and metal content. They are certainly more than 300 years old and seven of them have a precious metal contents in excess of the 10% threshold (similar staters in the British Museum's collection have a silver content of between c. 30% to 70%).

Same find?

Roman Republican coins circulated for a long period in Britain due to their high silver content. It is certainly not unusual for them to occur in a hoard with Iron Age or Roman silver coins. Similarly, Iron Age coins do occur in first century AD hoards. The coins in this find could have all been in circulation at the time of deposition at some time in the early first century AD (the latest coin found in this hoard dates to 50 AD) and may represent a mixed hoard (one comparative example is the hoard found at Nunney, Somerset, in 1860, containing Iron Age and Roman gold, silver and bronze coins). Such a combination of denominations and metal types found together is unusual but is supported in this case by the close proximity within which they were found. Given the fact that the coins are of different denominations and metals, it is also possible that they may represent separate episodes of deposition as part of the same activity at the site (possibly with a ritual function).