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ROMAN MANCHESTER RE-STUDIED.
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General List of Roman Coins found at various time.

From Castlefield (Mayer Collection, Liverpool, found 1849, inside the station, when making the railway line):—

Vespasianus a.d. 67–79
Domitianus 81-96
Nerva 96–98
Trajanus 98–117
Antoninus Pius 138–161
Claudius Gothicus 268-270
Valentinianus 364-375

From Birchfields, Rusholme (in the brook, found 1896, now in Owens College), a hoard:—

Gallienus a.d. 253–268
Saloninus 253–259
Valerianus Junior 254–260
Claudius Gothicus 268–270
Aurelianus 270–275
Postumus 258–267
Victorinus 265–268
Tetricus Pater 267–283
Tetricus Filius 267–273

From Higher Broughton (found about 1850 in a hedge near to the Ribchester Road; in possession of Mr. Geo. C. Yates):—

Honorious a.d. 395–423 Third brass.
Gratianus 375–383
[1]Anastasius 491–518   First brass. Latest date.

From Ordsall Lane East, at a point near Islington Street, found 1880, while making the viaduct for the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway (in possession of Mr. John Rogers, Davyhulme): a Gallienus (third brass), 253–268, and a Constantinus II. (third brass), 337–340.


  1. Figured by Noel Humphreys in his second volume.