USK 1971 EAST RAMPART I

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Location

City

Usk

County

Monmouthshire

Region

Wales

Country

Wales, United Kingdom

Ancient place

‘Burrio’

Lat/Long/Alt

51.695309 / -2.8984286 / 14 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

1365

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/1365

Hoard name

USK 1971 EAST RAMPART I

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Jan 1971

(to)

31 Dec 1971

Total number of coins

Summary

35 mostly Constantinian nummi (c. AD 310-35) found during excavation of the fort's eastern rampart. It is likely that the hoard was contained in three ceramic jars, bases of which were found in fragmentary condition along with the coins. Boon (1982) suggests that the bodies of these containers, along with many more coins, were lost to plough action long ago.

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Rating
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Objects
References
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Credit

Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Unknown
Disposition

National Museum Wales
Finder(s)

W. H. Manning (lead excavator)
Closing reign (earliest)

Constantine I (RIC VII)
Terminal year (earliest)

330
Closing reign (latest)

Constantine I (RIC VII)
Terminal year (latest)

335
Opening year (earliest)

310
Opening year (latest)

310
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Date of excavation (from)

1971
Date of excavation (to)

1971
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Military

Context

Fort, Rampart

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic jars

Fragmentary remains of the bases of three ceramic jars, among which the coins were found.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/1304

References

Reference

Boon, G.C. and Hassall, M. - 1982 - Report on the excavations at Usk, 1965 - 1976. The coins. Inscriptions and graffiti

Ref

17-18

Comment

Hoard D

Reference

Robertson

Ref

1177

Reference

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

Ref

155

Roberston dataset, imported by J. Mairat. PAS Leicester - British Museum dataset, imported and edited by M. Spoerri (Spring 2019). Record updated and coin-level data added by M. Ball (Nov. 2023).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

USK 1971 EAST RAMPART I

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic jars

Fragmentary remains of the bases of three ceramic jars, among which the coins were found.

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

USK 1971 EAST RAMPART I

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic jars

Fragmentary remains of the bases of three ceramic jars, among which the coins were found.

Permalink in other online databases

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire