COVESEA

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Location

City

Covesea

County

Moray

Region

Country

Scotland, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

57.7193 / -3.3846 / 12.6 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

1371

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/1371

Hoard name

COVESEA

Alternative names

Sculptor's Cave

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1929

(to)

1930

Total number of coins

229

Summary

In 1929-30, during the excavation of the Sculptor's Cave, Covesea, about 230 Roman bronze coins were found, 9 being official issues (AD 337-54, Constantine II Caesar - Constantius Gallus, FEL TEMP REPARATIO, falling horseman), and the remainder irregular imitations of deplorable condition. Of the barbarian coins, it seems possible to discuss seventy-nine out of some two hundred and twenty. The irregular coins ranged from about .6 to .35 in. in diam., and had been stamped out of a plate of metal. Those which could be identified were of the following reverse types: DIVO CONSTANTINO, GLORIA EXERCITVS, VRBS ROMA, VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN and FEL TEMP REPARATIO, falling horseman. At least 54 of the last-named were identified.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Cave
Disposition

National Museums of Scotland
Closing reign (earliest)

Constantius II
Terminal year (earliest)

351
Closing reign (latest)

Constantius II
Terminal year (latest)

354
Opening year (earliest)

313
Opening year (latest)

337
Coin-level data

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Excellent

Natural features

Cave
Site comment

The Sculptor’s Cave was excavated in 1928-30 by Sylvia Benton and again in 1979 by Ian and Alexandra Shepherd, and yielded significant assemblages of Late Bronze Age metalwork, Roman Iron Age artefacts and human bone.
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

References

Reference

Benton, S. - 1931 - The Excavation of the Sculptor’s Cave, Covesea, Morayshire

Ref

209-16

Comment

with 2 plates, and full description of the 9 official coins and 34 imitations

Reference

Brickstock, R. J. - 1987 - Copies of the fel temp reparatio coinage in Britain : a study of their chronology and archaeological significance including gazetteers of hoards and site finds

Ref

331

Comment

coin list with mints and LRBC references, though the list of coins given is slightly different from the one provided in Roberston (which was followed here).

Reference

Robertson

Ref

1359

Roberston dataset, imported by J. Mairat. Edited by M. Spoerri (Spring 2019, Dec. 2021).

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