1. ‘ Drawing lines in the sand: continuity and change in the Marches during the Iron Age / Roman transition ’ An archaeological investigation based on the material culture Peter Reavill : Finds Liaison Officer
2. The Portable Antiquities Scheme in Herefordshire and Shropshire is supported by the following institutions
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5. Reconstruction of Hen Gaer Iron Age hillfort, Bow Street, near Aberystwyth
14. Gold ¼ Stater Inscribed COR[IO] of the Dubonnni (Herefordshire)
15. Silver unit of Dubonnic Tribe – Weston Under Penyard HESH-544227
16. Iron Age Coins Material only from Celtic Coin Index and PAS Dataset This chart shows the material the coin is made from. The blue shows Shropshire, purple: Wroxeter This chart shows the Source / ‘Tribe’ The blue shows Dobunni (Western), purple: Other
17. Reece Period Analysis of the Data This analysis shows considerable activity in the period R1 pre Claudian / Iron Age (pre 41 AD) - R10 Severus (238 AD) specifically R1 (pre 41 ) –R7 (138 AD) This material is taken from Phillipa Walton PhD at UCL – completion date 2010
18. Herefordshire compared with the British mean 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 1 3 5 7 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 Reece periods Coins per mill Per Mill Britain Per Mill
26. When encounter coins like this then care should be taken Denarius of M Antonius 32-31 BC From Rossett, Wrexham HESH-B3BB24
27. Roman Denarii Left: Domitian AD 89 (HESH 927906) Right: Marcus Aurelius AD170-171 (HESH BC7744)
28. Roman coin known as a Barbarous radiate (contemporary copy or forgery) dated between 260 – 290 AD. Found in North Herefordshire. HESH-F1B8F6
29. Reece Period Analysis of the Data This analysis shows considerable activity in the period R1 pre Claudian / Iron Age (pre 41 AD) - R10 Severus (238 AD) specifically R1 (pre 41 ) –R7 (138 AD) This material is taken from Phillipa Walton PhD at UCL – completion date 2010
88. Peter Reavill; Finds Liaison Officer Ludlow Museum Resource Centre 7-9, Parkway. Ludlow. Shropshire. SY8 2PG Telephone: 01584 813 641 Email: [email_address] Website: www.finds.org.uk. or visit me at one of my regular finds ID days
Editor's Notes
CCI includes some of the early wroxter material
Reece – out of date – only used site finds which are now not representative for nation. New Reece periodisation is forthcoming from Philipa Walton and so this will not be as marked However does show considerable activity none the less Other factors: detectorists selection of recording finds – shiny Long use of the earlier silver coinage (especially republican)
shows a unusual peak post Flavian Period 69 – Antonine 180 AD Does not have the 1 st century AD activity that can be seen in Shropshire
Casey also sees the peak in the pre Claudian period however Wroxeter then tracks the national average Also note that Casey larger dataset of coins for study over 5K whereas PAS under 500 findspots.
69 denari of which 51 repub and 18 imperial Oldest 140 BC Newest: Tiberius 37 AD
Contains a single republican denari (46 BC) Depositied in AD 173 (denarius of Marcus Aurielius) bulk of coins = Ant. Pius
Hoard of 97 and 23 coins Again bulk are Hadrianic and A P Although distinct number are early – including coins of M antoni / Nero and Otho. Deposited AD 176 28 1 st century coins
Reece – out of date – only used site finds which are now not representative for nation. New Reece periodisation is forthcoming from Philipa Walton and so this will not be as marked However does show considerable activity none the less Other factors: detectorists selection of recording finds – shiny Long use of the earlier silver coinage (especially republican)
