The Holme (Lincolnshire) Hoard of Roman Silver Denari
This hoard, discovered with the aid of a metal detector on ploughed land at Holme, Lincolnshire by Messrs. J. Robinson and J. Sparks on 25 November 2003, comprised 408 silver denarii and sherds from the lower part of a small grey ware jar or flagon.
A typical early Severan hoard, the coins in it date from very worn examples of the triumvir Mark Antony, issued for his legion just prior to the Battle of Actium in 31 BC, to those minted for Septimius Severus, the latest dated to AD 209. A total of 115 coins were acquired by the British Museum and the balance, offered here in its entirety, returned to the landowner.
Saleroom Notice
On the instructions of the vendor, the Holme (Lincolnshire) Hoard was sold as one lot
Collection Information
This collection was sold on 16 March 2005.
Other Collections Sold in 2005
- The Collection of Medals to the Leicester Regiment and Yeomanry formed by the late Trevor Harris
- The Brian Ritchie Collection of H.E.I.C. and British India Medals
- The Collection of Medals formed by the late Alan Wolfe
- Medals for Services at Sea from the Collection of the Late Oliver Stirling Lee
- British Medals from the Collection of James Spencer
- The Collection of Short Cross Coins formed by the late Professor Jeffrey P. Mass
- The Tony Abramson Collection of Celtic Coins
- The Joanna Tansley Collection of Patterns, Proofs and Coining Trials
- The Prestbury Civil War Hoard, 2004
- British Coins from the Collection of Ernest Danson
- The Collection of 18th Century Tokens formed by Dr David L Spence
- The George Barker Collection of Irish Banknotes
- The Collection of 17th Century Tokens of Kent formed by the late Robert Hogarth
- 18th Century Tokens from the Collection formed by David Litrenta
- The Carol Benton Collection of Miniature Medals
- The Tony Abramson Collection of Henry VI Groats
- British Coins from the Collection of Michael Sherman
- The Collection of Irish Coins formed by the late Peter Coles
- Hammered Silver Crowns from the Warwick Collection
- The Tood Collection of British Milled Sovereigns
- A Group of Bradbury Wilinson Colour Trials
- A Group of Medals Associated with the Artist Sir George Frampton
- A Collection of Karl Goetz Medals
- Staffordshire 17th Century Tokens from the Geoffrey Kay Collection
- Victorian Sovereigns Collected by Die Number, the Property of a Gentleman
- The Holme (Lincolnshire) Hoard of Roman Silver Denari
- Unofficial Farthings from the Geoffrey Kay Collection
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