| Description | Hoard of some five hundred Roman coins found May 22, 1838 on a farm at Wistance in Thurstonland by a labourer. The majority of the coins were in very poor condition and the hoard was soon dispersed throughout the district (Teasdill, 1961, pp. 17 22). J.K. Walker writing in the Gentlemans Magazine in 1938 stated that the hoard included coins of Julia Mamaea, Gallienus, Victorinus, Tetricus, Claudius, Gothicus, Tacitus, Probus, Carinus, Carausius, Constantine, Constantius and Licinus. This is the only authority for associating coins later than Carausius with the hoard and their attribution to it is extremely doubtful (Teasdill, 1961, p. 18).
In 1861 H. J. Morehouse published some particulars of the coins from this hoard in his possession, he added Salonina to Walker's list, but made no mention of Carinus, Constantine or Constantinius. According to Elgee (1933, p.158) the hoard was found near a Roman millstone but this is otherwise unsubstantiated. Find spot indicated on O.S. first edition 6 inch map (1855, Sheet 260) Sixty five of these coins are in the Tolson Museum; the present location of the remainder of the hoard is unknown. According to Canon Hulbert (1882, p.6) some of the coins were gold, but the source of this information is not stated. |