Davies, J. A. (1992). Barbarous radiate hoards: the interpretation of coin deposits in late third century Roman Britain. Oxford J Archaeol 11 (2). Vol 11(2), pp. 211-224.

Title:

Barbarous radiate hoards: the interpretation of coin deposits in late third century Roman Britain

Issue:

Oxford J Archaeol 11 (2)

Series:

Oxford Journal of Archaeology

Volume:

11 (2)

Page Start/End:

211 - 224

Biblio Note

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Publication Type:

Journal

Abstract:

The episode of prolific coin hoarding in Roman Britain between c 259 and 287 has never been fully explained. This paper looks at a major group of these hoards, those recognised as containing irregular antoniniani. Two distinct sub-groups are identified, which are shown to have non-random, almost mutually exclusive, distributions. An explanation for coin hoarding is considered which associates the location of certain deposits with the spread of coin use to new, marginal, areas of Britain. An appendix lists and itemises hoards from the two sub-groups.

Author:

John A Davies

Year of Publication:

1992

Subjects / Periods:

Late Third Century Roman (Auto Detected Temporal)

Roman (Auto Detected Temporal)

Coin (Auto Detected Subject)

Source:

BIAB (The British Archaeological Bibliography (BAB))

Created Date:

20 Jan 2002