ID
782
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Hoard name
WALMERSLEY
Alternative names
Throstle Hill
Data type
Group of single finds
Date of discovery (from)
27 Jun 1864
(to)
30 Jun 1864
Total number of coins
15
Summary
About four miles north-east of Bury, on some moorland, near an old Roman road which formerly crossed that way about 3/5 to 7 hundred coins, mostly, if not all, third brass of the late empire: Gallienus, Salonina, Postumus, Victorinus, Claudius II, Quintillius, Tetricus I, Tacitus, Probus, Carausius, Tetricus. The earthenware vessel which contained the hoard was covered by a small flag (!).
The following articles were deposited with the coins: silver bracelets, bracelet of massive silver, two armlets, two fragments of another armlet, three silver finger rings, several pieces of broken silver rings, a bronze spoon, an amber amulet
15 antoniniani (radiates) documented in Rochdale Museum: Postumus, Victorinus 7,
Claudius II 3, Tetricus I, Tetricus II 2, Diocletian
