Open AccessRoman Antiquities, Fifeshire
Author(s) -
Daniel Wilson
Publication year - 1852
Publication title -
proceedings of the society of antiquaries of scotland
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2056-743X
pISSN - 0081-1564
DOI - 10.9750/psas.001.60.67
Subject(s) - hoard , ancient history , art , period (music) , history , archaeology , classics , aesthetics
Dr. Daniel Wilson shared news of a remarkable Roman coin hoard in Portmoak, in a farm field that was once a deep bog. The coins were found just below the surface by a farm hand as he reaped that year's crop. The hoard comprised coins that covered an unbroken century-plus of emporers from Nero to Severus. Dr. Wilson remarks that this shows that dating inferences on the basis of coins is a rather dubious practice. He proceeds to give a numismatic description of a number of the coins.
Following this are the meeting minutes of March 30, 1852, when the third conversazione of the season was held.