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Caerleon Myrtle Cottage coin hoard
Gold aureus of Nero. It represented a full month’s pay for a legionary soldier.
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Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
39.386/1.2
Find Information
Site Name: Myrtle Cottage Orchard, Caerleon
Grid Reference: ST 33 91
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1939
Notes: Five aurei found together in Trench II (section C-D) in the lowest Roman layer beneath the black occupation soil of the stone barracks. They were in a hollow in the soil on the side of the trench, 4ft 6in. below the modern surface.
Acquisition
donation, 20/7/1939
Measurements
weight / g:7.75
Material
Gold
Location
in collections
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