LLANVACHES

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Location

City

Llanvaches (Parish/Community)

Address

Newport (District)

County

Newport

Region

Wales

Country

Wales, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

51.623815 / -2.8392325 / 76.4 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

1383

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/1383

Hoard name

LLANVACHES

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

19 Jun 2006

(to)

31 Oct 2006

Total number of coins

599

Summary

599 denarii to AD 157 and a pot found with the use of a metal detector. The find spot lies between the legionary fortress of Caerleon (Isca: 2nd Augustan Legion, 8 km to the west) and the Civitas capital and market centre of Caerwent (Venta Silurum, 5km to the south-east).

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Discovery method

Metal detector
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

National Museum of Wales
Finder(s)

B. Stephens
Closing reign (earliest)

Antoninus Pius
Terminal year (earliest)

156
Closing reign (latest)

Antoninus Pius
Terminal year (latest)

161
Opening year (earliest)

64
Opening year (latest)

65
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Recovery method

Metal detecting use
Site class

Rural

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Locally made grey-ware pot, fragmentary remains of lower half

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/1316

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-E72D65

References

Reference

2008 - Treasure Annual Report 2005-2006

Ref

1246

Reference

2011 - Coin Hoards 2011: Ancient Hoards. Britain

Ref

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). Coin-level data added by M. Ball (July 2022). Updated by C. Gazdac (Aug. 2025).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

LLANVACHES

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Locally made grey-ware pot, fragmentary remains of lower half

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References

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LLANVACHES

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Locally made grey-ware pot, fragmentary remains of lower half

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire