BEACHAMWELL

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Location

City

Beachamwell (Parish)

Address

Breckland (District)

County

Norfolk

Region

Eastern

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

52.623231 / 0.59869188 / 14.1 view

Location details

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Information

1388

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/1388

Hoard name

BEACHAMWELL

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Jan 1846

Total number of coins

Summary

A boy was digging in a sandpit; he struck his spade, about two feet from the surface, against an earthen urn or jar. This jar was covered over by another, the upper one being of superior manufacture. The place where these relics of antiquity were found is on a heath situated very near a plantation called Wellmere. The exact number of coins discovered cannot be ascertained, but it is believed to have amounted to fifty. 37 denarii documented: Mark Antony - Marcus Aurelius.

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Discovery method

Other chance find
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Closing reign (earliest)

Marcus Aurelius
Terminal year (earliest)

175
Closing reign (latest)

Marcus Aurelius
Terminal year (latest)

176
Opening year (earliest)

-32
Opening year (latest)

-31
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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

A Samian cup, form 33, stamped with the name SOSIMI M. Broken on recovery.

Cermic vessel as a lid

A vessel inverted to form a lid . It was described as a "smaller jar or dish of much finer ware than the larger one," which was a Samian cup.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/1321

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-EB5FBE

References

Reference

Robertson

Ref

313

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

BEACHAMWELL

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

A Samian cup, form 33, stamped with the name SOSIMI M. Broken on recovery.

Cermic vessel as a lid

A vessel inverted to form a lid . It was described as a "smaller jar or dish of much finer ware than the larger one," which was a Samian cup.

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

BEACHAMWELL

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

A Samian cup, form 33, stamped with the name SOSIMI M. Broken on recovery.

Cermic vessel as a lid

A vessel inverted to form a lid . It was described as a "smaller jar or dish of much finer ware than the larger one," which was a Samian cup.

Permalink in other online databases

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