HOARD (ROMAN)

Robertson 2000, 3 no. 11: " "About a month ago [i.e. in April 1851] some workmen employed in widening a ride in Prior's Wood, close to Ayott, came upon an urn of dark- coloured earthenware containing about 200 Roman silver coins. The urn was unfortunately broken, and some of the coins dispersed; but they are now, I believe, nearly all in the possession of Lionel Ames, Esq., who has claimed them for the lord of the manor. I have had an opportunity of examining twenty of them, which I found to consist of 12 family and 8 imperial denarii.":

Den.

Republic 10

Julius Caesar 1

Mark Antony 1

Augustus 6

Tiberius 2 (PONTIF MAXIM)


20

"The majority of the coins are in fair, though but very few in fine, condition."

(Sir) John Evans, in NC, 1852, 83f., types

J.G. Lowe, in JBAA, VII (1852), 176f., types, stated that the pot was found about 6 in. from the surface, and contained about 230 Roman silver coins."

Parish: Restricted Access
District: North Hertfordshire
County: Hertfordshire
Region: Eastern
Place known as: Ayot St. Lawrence
Discovery method: Agricultural or drainage work
Notes: 
Latest coins PONTIF MAXIM series of Tiberius. Descriptions in Lowe 1852 and Evans 1852.