{"id":224,"date":"2025-01-28T12:47:21","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T12:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/hoards\/?p=224"},"modified":"2025-02-03T14:37:13","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T14:37:13","slug":"a-hoard-from-worlington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/hoards\/2025\/01\/28\/a-hoard-from-worlington\/","title":{"rendered":"The Worlington coin hoard"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kelly recently visited Mildenhall Museum<\/a> in Suffolk to examine the contents of the Worlington hoard. The hoard is an example of a scattered hoard – hoards that have been dispersed from their original burial place – and was discovered in six parts by metal detectorists over a 10 year period. <\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Two clipped siliquae<\/em> (photo: \u00a9 Trustees of the British Museum)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Most of the 96 <\/span>coins from the hoard are heavily clipped <\/span>leaving only the bust and small or no traces of the legend. <\/span>In the image<\/span>s<\/span> above you<\/span> can see just how much of <\/span>a coin is lost by clipping. The coin on the left is a <\/span>lightly clipped coin of Honorius minted in 395<\/span>\u2013<\/span>402 at Milan.<\/span> The coin on the right is a heavily clipped siliqua<\/em> of <\/span>Valens dating to 364\u2013367 and all of the obverse legend has been removed<\/span>.<\/span> The severe levels of clipping coupled with the high number of coins<\/span> minted during the period 395-402 under the emperors Arcadius and Honorius<\/span>\u00a0s<\/span>trongly suggest<\/span> that the <\/span>hoard <\/span>was deposited later in the fifth century. <\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

An irregular gold solidus<\/em> was also discovered along with the silver coins and is an unusua<\/span>l feature of the hoard. <\/span>There is an error in the spelling of Arcadius<\/span> (<\/span>AAC\u039bDI\u039bS)<\/span><\/span> on the obverse of the coin and the<\/span> reverse legend reads <\/span>\u2018<\/span><\/span>CONCOADIA AVCC\u0404\u2019<\/span><\/span> rather than CONCORDIA AVGGG which appears on genuine issues.<\/span> The gold content of the coin ranges between 79-86% which suggests that the coi<\/span>n was intended to be used in the same way as genuine gold coinage.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>In the top left corner of the obverse of the coin (at 11 o\u2019clock), there is a small<\/span>\u00a0indent in the edge of the coin \u2013 could this perhaps be<\/span>\u00a0evidence<\/span> of a metal test?\u00a0 <\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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An irregular solidus (photo: \u00a9 Trustees of the British Museum)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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