BROMLEY

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Location

City

Bromley

Address

Bromley (District)

County

Greater London Authority

Region

London

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

51.384539 / 0.024857084 / 60.1 view

Location details

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Information

1044

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/1044

Hoard name

BROMLEY

Alternative names

Hayesford Raglan Secondary School

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

27 Jan 1955

(to)

27 Jan 1955

Total number of coins

300

Summary

Boys of Hayesford Raglan Secondary School at Bromley, while digging a long-jump pit in the sports field, dug up a pot containing Roman coins, and subsequent digging produced more coins which brought the total to 300. The find consisted exclusively of tin- or silver-washed bronze coins, the so-called folles. The coins range from about AD 295 to the reign of Constantine I. The mints represented are those of the Western Empire except for Antioch which is represented by only one coin. Two sherds from pots other than that containing the coins were associated with the find; one of these is of indeterminate coarse ware, the other is of coarse grey Roman fabric. The coins were all nummi: Diocletian - Constantine I.

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Discovery method

Other chance find
Land Use

Recreational usage
Disposition

Bromley Central Library
Finder(s)

Children
Closing reign (earliest)

Tetrarchy (RIC VI)
Terminal year (earliest)

308
Closing reign (latest)

Tetrarchy (RIC VI)
Terminal year (latest)

309
Opening year (earliest)

295
Opening year (latest)

305
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Numismatic rating

Good
Findspot rating

Good

Site class

Rural

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

The pot in which the Bromley coin-hoard was found is 6.9 inches high. The ware is moderately fine, fairly hard and brown to grey in colour. The vessel is roughly made, apparently by hand except for the rim which was probably finished on the wheel. There are smoothed zones above the base and below the rim; the intervening part of the surface is matt.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

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https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/1001

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-E7C10D

References

Reference

Robertson

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994

Roberston dataset, imported by J. Mairat. IARCH dataset, AHRC funded University of Leicester and British Museum project. Imported and edited by M. Spoerri (June 2019 / Nov. 2024). Updated by C. Gazdac (July 2025).

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