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Yesterdays finds.
We finished, just in time, about 90% of the scatter, & all of the main area. Sadly the field stuck to its track record of not producing a Silver Roman coin in the usual ratio. This field is closer to 120/1 (Correction 91/1) instead of about 60/1. Not complaining, I just wished for 1!
5.5 hours today;
28 Roman Bronze Coins - Reflects us moving out of the main area.
2 Tudor Buttons
Neolithic Flint
Roman Key Handle
Roman Ring Bezel
Roman Locking Pin Mechanism
Bits...
Over 100 coins in 2 days even without silver all helps the yearly totals.
UPDATE (From Cru'dad states the stats on the field);
''Some may wonder about why a poorer silver ratio for this site – the answer is that the site was most heavily used in the Constantine family era when very few silvers circulated. So you get a lot of AD310 to 340 coinage where in UK you get virtually no silvers.
We have found from the earlier occupation period of AD50-225 (8 denarii) and later C4th onwards AD364-400 (5 Siliqua) - periods where you get the more normal ratio of silver to bronze - while in Antoninianus period AD245-295 (only 2 silver) .
We have no silvers found for period AD 295-350 which is the norm. So in total to date (starting 2009) we have found 15 silver coins versus 1364 bronze on this site – a ratio of 1:91 (although over last 3 years only 1:339!)''
We finished, just in time, about 90% of the scatter, & all of the main area. Sadly the field stuck to its track record of not producing a Silver Roman coin in the usual ratio. This field is closer to 120/1 (Correction 91/1) instead of about 60/1. Not complaining, I just wished for 1!
5.5 hours today;
28 Roman Bronze Coins - Reflects us moving out of the main area.
2 Tudor Buttons
Neolithic Flint
Roman Key Handle
Roman Ring Bezel
Roman Locking Pin Mechanism
Bits...
Over 100 coins in 2 days even without silver all helps the yearly totals.
UPDATE (From Cru'dad states the stats on the field);
''Some may wonder about why a poorer silver ratio for this site – the answer is that the site was most heavily used in the Constantine family era when very few silvers circulated. So you get a lot of AD310 to 340 coinage where in UK you get virtually no silvers.
We have found from the earlier occupation period of AD50-225 (8 denarii) and later C4th onwards AD364-400 (5 Siliqua) - periods where you get the more normal ratio of silver to bronze - while in Antoninianus period AD245-295 (only 2 silver) .
We have no silvers found for period AD 295-350 which is the norm. So in total to date (starting 2009) we have found 15 silver coins versus 1364 bronze on this site – a ratio of 1:91 (although over last 3 years only 1:339!)''
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