WENTWOOD MILL

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Location

Address

Monmouthshire (District)

County

Monmouthshire

Region

Wales

Country

Wales, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

51.659879 / -2.8254417 / 236.3 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

1360

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/1360

Hoard name

WENTWOOD MILL

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Jan 1860

(to)

31 Dec 1860

Total number of coins

1051

Summary

1,051 antoniniani (radiates) of the later third century (Valerian to Tetricus I) found at a quarry. According to Lee (1862), the coins were in a "covered pot or pan of common black ware which was unfortunately broken."

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Coins Summary
Coins
Rating
Archaeological context
Containers
Objects
References
Reports
Images
Credit

Discovery method

Other chance find
Land Use

Mineral extraction
Disposition

National Roman Army Museum, Caerleon
Finder(s)

Mr Moses Shields
Closing reign (earliest)

Carausius
Terminal year (earliest)

286
Closing reign (latest)

Carausius
Terminal year (latest)

293
Opening year (earliest)

253
Opening year (latest)

260
Coin-level data

Entered

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Date of excavation (from)

1860
Date of excavation (to)

1860
Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Rural

Context

Quarry

Period

Uncertain
End period

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot or pan

The coins were in a covered pot or pan of common black ware which was unfortunately broken

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/1299

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-E49D5F

References

Reference

Lee, J E. - 1862 - Delineations of Roman Antiquities found at Caerleon (the ancient Isca Silurum) and the neighbourhood

Ref

Comment

Contemporary description of the circumstances of the find, quantities of coins per reign, description of the identifiable Carausian coins, and the hoard's subsequent disposition.

Reference

Bagnall-Oakeley, M. E. - 1890 - Coins found at Caerwent and Caerleon

Ref

266

Reference

Nash-Williams, V. E. - 1929 - Topographical list of Roman remains found in South Wales

Ref

266

Comment

Quantities per reign

Reference

Boon, G. C. - 1967 - The Pennard Roman Imperial Hoard: An Interim Report and a List of Roman Hoards in Wales

Ref

306, no. 63

Reference

Robertson

Ref

903

Reference

Guest, P. and Wells, N. - 2007 - Iron Age and Roman coins from Wales

Ref

177

Roberston dataset, imported by J. Mairat. IARCH dataset, AHRC funded University of Leicester and British Museum project, imported and edited by M. Spoerri (Spring 2019). Record updated and coin-level data added by M. Ball (Nov. 2023). Updated by C. Gazdac (Sep. 2025).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

WENTWOOD MILL

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot or pan

The coins were in a covered pot or pan of common black ware which was unfortunately broken

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

WENTWOOD MILL

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot or pan

The coins were in a covered pot or pan of common black ware which was unfortunately broken

Permalink in other online databases

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