CANTERBURY 1868

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Location

City

Canterbury

Address

Canterbury (District)

County

Kent

Region

South East

Country

England, United Kingdom

Ancient place

Durovernum Cantiacorum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durovernum_Cantiacorum

Lat/Long/Alt

51.27195 / 1.0665648 / 16.9 view

Location details

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Find spot comment

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Information

1048

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/1048

Hoard name

CANTERBURY 1868

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Jan 1868

(to)

31 Dec 1868

Total number of coins

Summary

Further up High Street, opposite the west corner of St. Mary Bredin's church, was found a portion of a foundation, a heavy flat stone bedded on buff-coloured Roman tiles; and opposite the eastern corner of the same church was found, at a depth of 10 feet, a large amphora, 2 feet 2 inches high and 17 inches in diameter, in its broken state. It was nearly filled with earth, but contained in addition 41 Roman coins, mostly illegible and firmly corroded to the bottom of the amphora, those that could be deciphered being nearly all of Carausius.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Built over
Closing reign (earliest)

Carausius
Terminal year (earliest)

286
Closing reign (latest)

Carausius
Terminal year (latest)

293
Opening year (earliest)

286
Opening year (latest)

293
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Good

Site comment

Further up High Street, opposite the west corner of St. Mary Bredin's church, was found a portion of a foundation, a heavy flat stone bedded on buff-coloured Roman tiles
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Urban

Depositional context

Foundation

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

A heavy globular urn with small handles and was preserved in the Worthing Museum.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/1005

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-B9B381

References

Reference

Robertson

Ref

881

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 (Mar. 2025).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

CANTERBURY 1868

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

A heavy globular urn with small handles and was preserved in the Worthing Museum.

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

CANTERBURY 1868

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

A heavy globular urn with small handles and was preserved in the Worthing Museum.

Permalink in other online databases

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire