© The Collection: Art and Archaeology in Lincolnshire
Late Roman coins
Artist: Roman
Location: The Collection: Art and Archaeology in Lincolnshire
Date: 378-392
Materials: gold
Dimensions: each 2.1cm diameter
Grant:
Amount Paid: £1,000 (Total: £1,400)
Vendor: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Review number: 5730 (2006)
Provenance:
Discovered near Lincoln by a metal detector user in 2005 and declared Treasure in 2006.
Description:
These three Late Roman gold solidi coins were made at the mint of Treveri (Trier) in Germany between AD 378 - 392 and bear portraits of the Emperors Gratian, Theodosius I and Valentinian II. They represent the last offical Roman coinage to enter Britain, and have a very high gold content, evidence of the wealth present in Lincoln in the Late Roman period. They were probably buried as a hoard in the AD 390s, which may have been the only sure way of keeping such valuable objects secure in a time of strife and uncertainty.
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