{"id":1963,"date":"2025-06-03T23:15:43","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T23:15:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/?p=1963"},"modified":"2025-06-04T18:52:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T18:52:11","slug":"roman-coins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/roman-coins\/","title":{"rendered":"Roman Coins"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Finds of Wirral<\/h1>\n<h3>Roman Coins<\/h3>\n<div>We have previously recovered a few Roman coins from our investigation sites but here are a few more recent ones . Only the left hand one is in good condition and able to be identified and closely dated.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Some of our previous Roman age coins are in very good condition and it is a source of amusement to us that you can often find modern coins that are in terrible condition after only a few years in the ground while some ancient coins survive much better.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-attachment-id=\"1964\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/roman-coins\/coin3_-id_lvpl-375cbf\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/COIN3_-ID_LVPL-375CBF-e1749063103253.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"1200,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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data-large-file=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/COIN1_ID_LVPL-375CBF-1024x682.jpeg\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1930\" src=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/COIN1_ID_LVPL-375CBF-300x200.jpeg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/COIN1_ID_LVPL-375CBF-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/COIN1_ID_LVPL-375CBF-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/COIN1_ID_LVPL-375CBF-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/COIN1_ID_LVPL-375CBF-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/COIN1_ID_LVPL-375CBF-1800x1200.jpeg 1800w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/COIN1_ID_LVPL-375CBF-1200x800.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/wirralarchaeology.org\/pages\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/COIN1_ID_LVPL-375CBF.jpeg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">All have been assessed by the experts at the Portable Antiquities Scheme and the links to the individual assessments are below.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">From left we have a coin from the reign of Licnius I dating from AD319<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">And the other three are all listed as Roman Nummus or Radiate AD260-410.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">Below are the links to the Portable Antiquities Schemes verified entries.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/1149400\">https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/1149400<\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/1149497\">https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/1149497<\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/1149497\">https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/1149497<\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/1149414\">https:\/\/finds.org.uk\/database\/artefacts\/record\/id\/1149414<\/a><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">It is important to record all Roman coins as their pattern of distribution has previously led the discovery of settlements in other parts of the country.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"ltr\">We must state that we are not claiming that we have found a Roman settlement but we are pleased that we are able to add more to the picture of the history of Wirral.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Finds of Wirral Roman Coins We have previously recovered a few Roman coins from our investigation sites but here are a few more recent ones . Only the left hand one is in good condition and able to be identified and closely dated. 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Roman Coin Unlike the beautifully preserved Roman coins pictured on other posrts this is much more like the majority that are recovered. 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