English: A Roman coin hoard of 621 Allectus and Carausius coins, to be identified by Richard Abdy at the British Museum under the Treasure Act. The full find and excavation report is held at BM and Suffolk SMR, see provisional shorter report below. 621 BI radiates to AD 296 Found with the aid of a metal detector, 11.10.2005. This large Carausius and Allectus hoard belongs to the class 'which virtually exclude Allectan 'quinarii', the unmarked antoniniani of Carausius...and antoniniani struck before Aurelian's reform' . In this provisional examination prior to cleaning the hoard appears to contain one, three and none of these types respectively.

PROVISIONAL CATALOGUE SUMMARY

Probus (Ticinum, RIC 550) 1 Carausius (258): No mintmark 3 London m.-m. (144) qty. 'C' mint m.-m. (107) qty. ML 1 C 4 L -//ML 2 MC 1 F O//ML 6 SMC - B E//MLXXI 41 CXXI; MCXXI 1 S C//MLXXI 1 S C/C; SC; SP 6; 21; 31 S P//MLXXI 79 S P/C 43 S P//ML 14 mintmark illegible: - -//[ ] 1 mintmark illegible: S P//[ ] 3 mintmark illegible 8 obverse brockage 1 Carausius for Diocletian (9): London m.-m. qty. 'C' mint m.-m. qty. S P//MLXXI 3 S P//C 1 Carausius for Maximian (6): London m.-m. qty. 'C' mint m.-m. qty. S P//MLXXI 3 S P//C 2 mintmark illegible 1 Allectus (347): London m.-m. (230) qty. 'C' mint m.-m. (100) qty. S P//ML 49 S P//C 98 ML 1 SPC 1 S A//ML 141 QC 1 S [A or P]//ML 25 S A//MSL 14 mintmark illegible (S P//[ ]) 13 fused by the reverse 2 obverse brockage 2 Total 621