HOARD (ROMAN)

Gold coin of Antony and Octavia and silver coins of the Republic. Northamptonshire SMR 4785/0/1-MNN24779 `Possible R-B coin hoard: gold coin of Antony and Octavia and silver coins of the Republic.' E Pretty, Journ. British Archaeological Association 2, 1847, pp. 354-5 (`From Castlethorpe there is an extensive view along the valley southward as far as Leighton....A communication with the station at Lactodunum (Towcester) would be held by the intermediate post at Alderton, called the Bury, in which neighbourhood, some years since, a very fine gold coin was found, similar to No. 4, pl. 2, vol. I Pinkerton [Pinkerton, Essay on Medals, 2 vols., 1789]. It was purchased at Towcester from a labourer by the late Mr Hobson of this town, from which I obtained it, and passed eventually into the hands of the late Sir John Twysden, and was disposed of at the sale of his coins in London.') = [G N Wetton], Wetton's Guide-Book to Northampton and its Vicinity, Northampton and London, 1849, pp. 186-7 (`Alderton: Skeletons have been found near the road leading towards Hartwell; and, at the time of the enclosure, a very fine gold coin, with heads on the obverse and reverse of Antony and his wife Octavia. Several consular coins, in silver, were likewise found at the same time.') = VCH Northamptonshire I, 1902, p. 215 (`Alderton - Gold coin of Antony and Octavia (probably Cohen 1) and some silver Republican coins found about the end of the eighteenth century [Wetton, p. 186; Journal of the British Archaeological Association, ii.355]. Perhaps an early hoard, buried before AD 43.')

Parish: Restricted Access
District: South Northamptonshire
County: Northamptonshire
Region: East Midlands
Place known as: Alderton
Discovery method: Unknown
Notes: 
Possibly RRC 533? Possibly associated with human remains.