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Reverse: Owl standing to right with head facing, olive sprig and crescent behind, ΑΘΕ before; all within incuse square
Die Orientation: 7 H
Weight: 17.24 g
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Reverse: Athena Alkidemos advancing to right, brandishing spear and holding shield; AΛEΞANΔPOY to left, ΘE in inner left field, Corinthian helmet above ΔI and eagle on thunderbolt in right field
Die Orientation: 1 H
Weight: 15.75 g
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Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt; monogram to left
Die Orientation: 1 H
Weight: 14.25 g
Ex Dr. G.W Collection (Roma Numismatics E-Sale 73; Lot 520)
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Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle with closed wings standing to left on thunderbolt; P above monogram to left
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 14.36 g
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Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt with wings spread; Π above club to left
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 3.69 g
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Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, wings closed; XP monogram between legs, filleted cornucopiae in left field
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 35.59 g
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Reverse: ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ, eagle with closed wings standing left on thunderbolt, harpē to left
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 4 g
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Reverse: Jupiter, holding sceptre and brandishing thunderbolt, in quadriga driven to right by Victory; ROMA incuse on tablet below
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 6.57 g
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Reverse: ΠΤΟΛΕMAIOY ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt; filleted cornucopia to left, ΔI between legs
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 36.46 g
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Reverse: Eagle standing to left on thunderbolt; ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ ΠΤΟΛΕΜΑΙΟΥ around, monogram to left
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 16.03 g
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Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΠTOΛEMAIOY EYEPΓETOY, eagle standing right on thunderbolt, wings spread; Φ to right
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 38.36 g
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Reverse: Zeus Nikephoros seated to left, holding sceptre; BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY to right, ΘEOΠATOPOΣ EYEPΓETOY to left, monogram in exergue
Die Orientation: 1 H
Weight: 16.8 g
Ex Roma Numismatics Auction XXI (Day 1); Lot 303. Ex Leu Numismatik Auction 7; Lot 1366 and Auction 2; Lot 155
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Reverse: The Dioscuri, each holding spear, riding right; L•SEMP below, ROMA in linear frame in exergue
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 4.54 g
CNG Feature Auction 114; Lot 554. Ex. Spink Auction 19004 (27.03.2019); Lot 159 (hammer £850). Previously purchased from Baldwin’s on 29th August 1968 (£60).
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Reverse: The Dioscuri on horseback rearing in opposing directions, heads facing one another, each holding couched spear; stars above, C•SERVEILI•M•F in exergue
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 4.04 g
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Reverse: Marsyas standing left, raising hand and holding wineskin over shoulder, beside column to right, surmounted by statue of Minerva(?) standing right; L•CENSOR downward to left
Die Orientation: 7 H
Weight: 3.72 g
Ex Andrew McCabe Collection; Ex Numismatica Ars Classica AG (Auction 106; Lot 407); Ex Elvira Eliza Clain-Stefanelli (1914-2001) Collection.
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Reverse: Calydonian boar standing right, pierced by spear and harried by hound below; C HOSIDI C F in exergue
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.89 g
Ex. Andrew McCabe Collection (CNG Electronic Auction 472; Lot 259); Ex. Numismatica Ars Classica 114 (Part 2; Lot 1326); Ex. Gorny & Mosch 186 (Lot 1798). Notes from Andrew McCabe: "I purchased this coin due to the really exceptional speared boar and dog on the reverse and the very large flan, but later found an example from the collection of Benjamin Nightingale, a well-known 19th century antiquarian. My new coin has a less cute boar, but I had to choose between provenance and art." Andrew's loss is my gain!
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Reverse: Aqueduct on which stands equestrian statue, flower at horse’s feet; PHILIPPVS to left, AQVA MAR ligate within arches of aqueduct
Die Orientation: 3 H
Weight: 4.07 g
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Reverse: Emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, securis (surmounted by wolf's head), and apex
Die Orientation: 10 H
Weight: 4.12 g
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Reverse: VESTA, Vesta seated left on ornamental throne, holding patera and sceptre; S-C across field
Die Orientation: 7 H
Weight: 10.67 g
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Reverse: VICTORIA AVGVSTI, Victory flying left, holding round shield inscribed S P/Q R
Die Orientation: 7 H
Weight: 3.45 g
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Reverse: PON MAX TR POT P P COS V CENS, winged caduceus between crossed cornucopiae
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 14.2 g
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Reverse: COS IIII, Pegasus standing right, front left leg raised
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.47 g
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Reverse: IMP T CAES AVG RESTITVIT S C, eagle standing facing on globe, head right, wings open
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 9.5 g
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Reverse: TR P IX IMP XV COS VIII P P, elephant, wearing armour, walking left
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.23 g
Reverse: IMP T CAES DIVI VESP F AVG P M TR P P P COS VIII around large S C
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 24.59 g
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Reverse: PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS, crested Corinthian helmet on draped pulvinar
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.53 g
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Reverse: Cuirass; S-C across fields
Die Orientation: 7 H
Weight: 2.74 g
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Reverse: ΔHMAPX ЄΞ YΠATO ς, camel walking left
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.78 g
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Reverse: MONETA AVGVSTI, Moneta standing left holding scales and cornucopiae
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 24.01 g
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Reverse: P M TR P COS III, Hadrian seated left on platform, writing at desk with pen; behind him attendant standing left, in the background stands statue of Liberalitas holding up coin scoop, to left citizen ascends front steps of platform, holding up fold of toga
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.09 g
A rare reverse variant showing four rather than just two participants in the distribution: only one specimen in Reka Devnia hoard. Purchased from Den Of Antiquity on 25/01/2016.
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Reverse: CONSECRATIO, peacock walking right, head left
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 3.54 g
Beloved wife of the emperor Antoninus Pius, Annia Galeria Faustina was Augusta for just two years before she died in AD 141. Evidently distraught, Pius had her deified on an extensive series of commemorative coins, unprecedented in it’s scale and duration (at least a decade). In addition to the coinage, a temple was built in her honour in the Roman Forum. The legend on the obverse of this beautiful silver denarius reads ‘Diva Faustina’ and indicates her deification (Diva = ‘Divine’). On the reverse is a peacock; a bird associated to the Romans with the goddess Juno. Together with Jupiter and Minerva, Juno was worshipped in Rome as part of the Capitoline Triad of supreme deities. Goddess of marriage and childbirth, she was the protector and special counsellor of the state, and took a further role in safeguarding the women of Rome. That the peacock is specifically linked to Juno is affirmed in myth by Ovid in his Metamophoses, Book 1, where he relates the story of Jupiter, his lover Io, and his jilted wife Juno. Ovid tells us that after Jupiter was caught by his lover, she was turned into a pure white heifer by his enraged wife and set under the guard of Argus, the hundred-eyed watchman. Sent by Jupiter to free Io, Mercury distracted Argus by playing the pan-pipes and telling stories, eventually slaying the giant and freeing Io. To honour her faithful watchman, Ovid tells us that Juno transferred Argus’ eyes to the tail feathers of the peacock so as to preserve them forever. The peacock’s tail, circular like the vault of heaven when spread and jewelled as with stars, made the bird a natural symbol of the sky to which the dead ascend and hence of apotheosis and immortality. A fitting reverse therefore, to highlight Faustina’s place amongst the divine. Ex. Roma Numismatics E-Sale 74; Lot 914; Ex. Jesus Vico S.A. (2 March 1989); Lot 143.
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Reverse: PROV DEOR TR P COS II, Providentia standing left, holding globe and cornucopiae.
Die Orientation: 8 H
Weight: 3.32 g
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Reverse: VENVS, Venus standing facing, head left, holding apple and rudder
Die Orientation: 4 H
Weight: 3.28 g
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Reverse: CONSECRATIO, peacock standing right
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.99 g
Ex Leu Numismatik Web Auction 15; Lot 1833
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Reverse: VICT AETERN, Victory hovering left, holding open wreath with both hands over shield set on base
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 3.77 g
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Reverse: RESTITVTOR VRBIS, Severus in military dress, standing left, sacrificing with patera over tripod, holding spear
Die Orientation: 1 H
Weight: 3.1 g
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Reverse: PONTIF COS II, Genius standing left, holding corn ears and sacrificing from patera over lighted and garlanded altar to left
Die Orientation: 7 H
Weight: 3.16 g
Ex. Brian Henry Grover Collection (Roma Numismatics E-Sale 72; Lot 1159)
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Reverse: P M TR P XVII COS III P P, river god (Tyne?) reclining right, holding shell and rudder; seahorse at feet
Die Orientation: 1 H
Weight: 3.17 g
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Reverse: P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P, radiate lion, walking left with thunderbolt in its jaws
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 4.98 g
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Reverse: LVNA LVCIFERA, Luna, with fold of drapery floating around and above her, driving biga to left
Die Orientation: 1 H
Weight: 2.84 g
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Reverse: MARS VICTOR, Mars advancing right, holding spear and trophy
Die Orientation: 7 H
Weight: 4.44 g
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Reverse: IVNO CONSERVATRIX, diademed and veiled figure of Juno standing left, holding patera and sceptre; at her feet, peacock
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 2.79 g
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Reverse: P M TR P VI COS II P P, Mars walking right carrying spear and trophy
Die Orientation: 1 H
Weight: 2.79 g
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Reverse: PIETAS MVTVA AVGG, clasped hands
Die Orientation: 7 H
Weight: 4.75 g
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Reverse: CARITAS MVTVA AVGG, clasped hands
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 5.42 g
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Reverse: LAET FVNDATA, Laetitia standing left, holding wreath and rudder set on globe
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 18.45 g
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Reverse: MAPKIANOΠOΛEITΩN, bearded serpent coiled left; E (mark of value) to right
Die Orientation: 1 H
Weight: 12.42 g
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Reverse: SAECVLARES AVGG, lion walking right; I in exergue
Die Orientation: 1 H
Weight: 4 g
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Reverse: Mars standing left, holding shield and spear; S C across field
Die Orientation: 1 H
Weight: 2.39 g
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Reverse: PACI AVG, Pax standing left, holding olive branch and transverse sceptre, with legs crossed, leaning on column
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 3.79 g
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Reverse: COHH PRAET VI P VI F, radiate lion advancing right
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 2.9 g
Ex. Roma Numismatics E-Sale 77; Lot 1222. Ex. Tony Hardy Collection (CNG Electronic Auction 116; Lot 314)
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Reverse: NEPTVNO CONS AVG, hippocamp right; N in exergue
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 3.52 g
Purchased from Mike Vosper on 07/06/2016
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Reverse: P M TR P VIIII COS IIII P P, bow, club and Skythian quiver
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 3.38 g
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Reverse: VICTORIA AVG, Victory standing left, holding wreath and palm
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.99 g
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Reverse: PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing left, holding rod and cornucopiae, globe at feet
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 2.11 g
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Reverse: AETERNITAS AVG, Aeternitas standing left, holding globe and rudder; IIII in exergue
Die Orientation: 7 H
Weight: 3.87 g
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Reverse: LAETIT AVG, Laetitia standing facing, head left, holding wreath and anchor; C in exergue
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.53 g
Leu notes that this interesting coin is struck in good silver, which is very unusual for the radiates of Carausius; typically they are of a much baser metal. They suggest that it may have functioned as a trial strike for the very rare denarii from the ‘C’ mint.
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Reverse: PAX AVG, Pax standing left, holding olive branch and vertical sceptre; F-O across fields, ML in exergue
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 5.07 g
Ex. Roma Numismatics E-Sale 72; Lot 1329; Ex. Brian Henry Grover Collection; Ex. British Museum Collection (duplicate; exchanged for an antoninianus of Gallienus in 1969); Ex. Linchmere Hoard (1925)
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Reverse: ADVENTVS AVG, emperor on horseback riding left, with right hand raised and holding sceptre, trampling captive seated left below hoof
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 4.51 g
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Reverse: LEG IIXX PRIMIG, Capricorn left; ML in exergue
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 4.12 g
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Reverse: PAX AVGGG, Pax standing left, holding olive branch and sceptre; S-P across fields, MLXXI in exergue
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 4.78 g
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Reverse: PROVIDE AV, Providentia standing left, holding spear and cornucopiae; C in exergue
Die Orientation: 7 H
Weight: 4.82 g
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Reverse: PROVID AVG, Providentia standing left, holding globe and cornucopia; S-P across fields, C in exergue
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.19 g
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Reverse: VIRTVS AVG, galley left, with mast and five oars; QL in exergue
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.58 g
Roma Numismatics Auction XIX; Lot 910, Ex. Frank Reinhardt Collection; Bt. Marc Walter Ancient Coins, 2017; Ex. H.D. Rauch Auction 102 (2016); Lot 513, Ex. Bankhaus Aufhäuser Auktion 11 (1995); Lot 420
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Reverse: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 10.23 g
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Reverse: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 9.85 g
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Reverse: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing left, holding patera and corncopiae
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 10.38 g
A very unusual style of bust on this wonderful medallic coin from the London mint. After consulting with Lee Toone i'm going with CT 2.01.003 (8), but there are so many subtle variations in style during this period. "A fine example of this coarser style probably engraved by an Allectan engraver learning how to adapt to the larger canvas of the new (for Britannia) nummi" (Lee Toone - 20.07.20). Ex. Brian Henry Grover Collection (Roma Numismatics E-Sale 72; Lot 1394)
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Reverse: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae
Die Orientation: 7 H
Weight: 9.14 g
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Reverse: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 10.09 g
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Reverse: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae
Die Orientation: 7 H
Weight: 9.31 g
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Reverse: GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 9.57 g
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Reverse: PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG, Providentia standing right, extending right hand to Quies who stands to left holding branch and sceptre
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 11.02 g
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Reverse: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, naked Genius standing left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopiӕ
Die Orientation: 7 H
Weight: 8.07 g
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Reverse: PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS, Constantine standing facing, head left, in military dress, holding signum in each hand; PLN in exergue
Die Orientation: 7 H
Weight: 7.19 g
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Reverse: MARTI PATRI PROPVG, Mars advancing right, holding transverse spear and shield
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 6.86 g
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Reverse: VIRTS EX-ERCITVS, Virtus advancing right, holding transverse spear and trophy over shoulder, shield on left arm; S in right field, ANT in exergue
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 7.42 g
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Reverse: VENERI VICTRICI, Venus standing facing, head left, holding apple and raising drapery over shoulder; star in left field, Δ in right field, •SM•TS• in exergue
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 7.63 g
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Reverse: PRINCIPI IV-VENTVTIS, Prince standing left, cloak hanging from left shoulder, right hand holding globe, left reversed spear; star in right field, PLN in exergue
Die Orientation: 7 H
Weight: 4.8 g
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Reverse: ADVEN-TVS AVG, emperor, with right hand raised, holding spear over shoulder with left, on horse pawing seated captive to left; star in right field, PLN in exergue
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 4.69 g
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Reverse: COMITI AVGG NN, Sol standing left, chlamys falling from left shoulder, right hand holding up globe, left whip; star in right field, PLN in exergue
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 4.12 g
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Reverse: GENIO POU ROM, Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae; star in right field, PLN in exergue
Die Orientation: 7 H
Weight: 3.87 g
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Reverse: SECVRITAS AVGG, Securitas standing facing, head left, legs crossed, with right hand on head and left arm leaning on column; star in left field, PLN in exergue
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.61 g
Ex. Roma Numismatics E-Sale 69; Lot 1204. This coin was part of a hoard of 3,442 coins discovered on the 22nd March 1970 by a detectorist just south of the village of Bourton-on-the-Water in Gloucestershire, England. Archaeological evidence indicates the presence of a Roman settlement nearby; the village was located on a major Roman road, the Fosse way linking Cirencester to Leicester, and would have been an ideal location for a posting station. The main hoard, containing 2,707 coins, was found in a field adjoining the Fosse Way and hidden 45cm below ground level. It was beneath flat stones and in a spherical mass that suggested their owner had buried them inside a bag. A further 735 coins were found scattered in the vicinity. The hoard consisted mainly of coins of Constantine I, and over half of the coins in the hoard (1,882) were struck at the London mint. The coin types present suggest that the hoard was assembled early in the reign of Constantine I, sometime between AD 317 and 319. This particular coin is rare, and the only one of it’s type in the BoW hoard. For another example, struck from the same dies, see CNG Mail Bid Sale 75; Lot 1139.
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Reverse: MARTI CONSERVATORI, Mars standing right, holding spear and shield; star in left field, PLN in exergue
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.33 g
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Reverse: SOLI INVICTO COMITI, Sol standing left with chlamys across left shoulder, right hand raised, left hand holding globe; S in left field, F in right field, PLN in exergue
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.83 g
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Reverse: SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing left, chlamys across left shoulder, right hand raised, left hand holding up globe; S-P across fields, PLN in exergue
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.32 g
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Reverse: VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories standing facing each other, holding between them shield, inscribed VOT PR in two lines, resting on altar ornamented with diamond pattern; five dots within, PLN in exergue
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.47 g
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Reverse: VIRTVS EXERCIT, standard inscribed VOT XX with captive seated on ground to either side; PLN in exergue
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 3.25 g
Ex. Brian Henry Grover Collection (Roma Numismatics E-Sale 72; Lot 1612)
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Reverse: BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, globe on altar inscribed VOTIS XX; three stars above; PTR• in exergue
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 2.71 g
A very rare and fine example of this bust type with the Medusa shield decoration. Ex. Roma Numismatics E-Sale 77; Lot 1381
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Reverse: BEAT TRA-NQLITAS, globe set upon altar inscribed VOT/IS/XX; three stars above, PLON in exergue
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 2.96 g
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Reverse: BEAT TRANQLITAS, globe on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above, PLON in exergue
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 3.82 g
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Reverse: PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp gate with two turrets; star above, pellet in doorway, PLON in exergue
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.99 g
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Reverse: SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing left, lowering branch and raising robe with right hand; SMTSΓ in exergue
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 3.35 g
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Reverse: GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS, Two soldiers standing facing each other, each resting on spear and shield, two standards between them; CONSΓ in exergue
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 2.4 g
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Reverse: Constantine driving galloping quadriga heavenward, holding reins with left hand and raising right hand upwards to grasp Manus Dei, which reaches down from above; star in upper left field, SMANE in exergue
Die Orientation: 5 H
Weight: 1.73 g
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Reverse: VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAES, two Victories holding wreath inscribed VOT V MVLT X in four lines; TRP in exergue
Die Orientation: 11 H
Weight: 4.9 g
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Reverse: VRBS ROMA, Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and resting on reverse spear
Die Orientation: 6 H
Weight: 1.93 g
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Reverse: VICTORIA AVGG, Valentinian II and Theodosius seated facing on throne, holding globe between them; palm between legs, figure of Victory with wings spread above; T-R across fields, COM in exergue
Die Orientation: 1 H
Weight: 4.45 g
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Reverse: BAΣIΛEΩΣ AΛEΞANΔPOY, eagle with closed wings standing left, palm frond behind; ςΞP in left field, ΣΙΔΩ above aphlaston in right field
Die Orientation: 1 H
Weight: 14.21 g
Ex Roma Numismatics Auction XXI (Day 1); Lot 304. Ex Kleinkunst Collection (Leu Numismatik Auction 6; Lot 276). Ex Dr. Busso Peus Nachfolger Auction 328 (2-4 May 1990); Lot 258.
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Reverse: CONCORDIA AVGG, Concordia seated to left, holding patera and double cornucopiae; SC in exergue
Die Orientation: 12 H
Weight: 20.19 g
Reverse: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae; LON in exergue
Die Orientation: 7 H
Weight: 9.79 g
This coin came from the ‘Rauceby hoard’ that was uncovered on 9th July 2017 by two metal detectorists in Lincolnshire, UK. Interestingly, the pot that the coins were found in was buried in the centre of a large oval pit that had been lined with quarried limestone. The pot appeared to have been carefully placed onto the limestone base, and then packed all around with additional pieces of limestone all the way to the top of the pit. The Finds Liaison Officer (FLO) in Lincolnshire at the time (Dr Adam Daubney) has described this as being evidence of so-called ‘ritual’ hoarding, where the coins were used as part of a ceremonial or votive offering. The majority of the coins in the hoard cover the rule of the first tetrarchy of Diocletian/Maximian as Augusti and Constantius/Galerius as Caesars. The hoard ends with the second and third tetrarchies and does not contain any coins of Constantine I issued after he was elevated to the rank of Augustus in December 307. Therefore this would date the burial of the hoard to around AD 307. There are similarities between the Rauceby hoard and the Wold Newton hoard that was discovered near York and was deposited at a similar time. It has been said that both hoards could possibly be tied to the ascension of Constantine as Emperor in York around 307. The British Museum catalogued the coins and disclaimed 2,734 of these in January 2020. This coin was one of 14 LON coins in the hoard (of which the British Museum kept three) and one of five Diocletian LON coins. It weighed 10.77g prior to being cleaned. It is hoped that the British Museum will publish a catalogue of the coins in the near future. For further details & images of the hoard in situ go to: http://www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/55136