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Summary: 1 silver miliarensis of Valentinian I 364-375 AD, struck at Rome, part of a hoard of 7,407 late Roman coins (1 gold, 1,569 silver and 5,837 bronze) found alongside gold and silver jewellery and copper artefacts at Blagan Hill, Bishops Cannings, Wiltshire; the site was excavated by Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Society’s Field Group between 1992-1994

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part of a hoard of Roman coins found at Blagan Hill, Bishops Cannings near Devizes, Wiltshire, 1992-1994

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