KIRKHAM

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Location

City

Kirkham (Parish)

Address

Fylde (District)

County

Lancashire

Region

North West

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

53.781081 / -2.8816801 / 26.8 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

1151

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/1151

Hoard name

KIRKHAM

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Jan 1853

(to)

31 Dec 1853

Total number of coins

Summary

A hoard of 44 coins found in a Samian vessel. The coins ranged from Tiberius to Balbinus, except for a single coin belonging to Nero. 36 coins and the samian jar now in Harris Museum, Preston Examined, jar drawn and photographed, 1978 (ASR),

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Credit

Discovery method

Building work
Land Use

Built over
Disposition

Harris Museum, Preston (part)
Closing reign (earliest)

Balbinus and Pupienus
Terminal year (earliest)

238
Closing reign (latest)

Balbinus and Pupienus
Terminal year (latest)

238
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Good
Findspot rating

Good

Site class

Military

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Samian olla 3 in. high and 3 3/8 in. in diameter, of form D[e]chelette 67 (probably of Flavian date and South Gaulish origin)

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/1095

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-5298B1

References

Reference

Shotter, D. - 1990 - Roman Coins from North-West England

Ref

131

Reference

Robertson

Ref

433

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).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

KIRKHAM

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Samian olla 3 in. high and 3 3/8 in. in diameter, of form D[e]chelette 67 (probably of Flavian date and South Gaulish origin)

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

KIRKHAM

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Samian olla 3 in. high and 3 3/8 in. in diameter, of form D[e]chelette 67 (probably of Flavian date and South Gaulish origin)

Permalink in other online databases

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire