CAMERTON 1817 A

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Location

City

Camerton (Parish)

Address

Bath and North East Somerset (District)

County

Bath and North East Somerset

Region

South West

Country

England, United Kingdom

Ancient place

Camerton

Lat/Long/Alt

51.302215 / -2.4603989 / 142.9 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/14

Hoard name

CAMERTON 1817 A

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

27 May 1817

(to)

27 May 1817

Total number of coins

Summary

One of three coin hoards found in a villa on Eighteen Acre Field, all buried just before the end of the 3rd c. AD (see Robertson nos. 649 and 888). 67 coins, ranging from Valerian I to Allectus, placed in a cist dug in the earth together with animal bones, pieces of coarse pottery, and a blue bead, nearly the size of a walnut.

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Credit

Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Archaeological site
Closing reign (earliest)

Allectus
Terminal year (earliest)

293
Closing reign (latest)

Allectus
Terminal year (latest)

296
Opening year (earliest)

253
Opening year (latest)

260
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Associated features

The coins had been placed in a cist dug in the earth together with animal bones, pieces of coarse pottery, and a blue bead, nearly the size of a walnut.
Site class

Rural

Context

Villa

Objects belonging to this hoard

Bead
blue bead, nearly the size of a walnut

Pottery
pieces of coarse pottery

Animal bone
Animal bones

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/7

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-57E5AD

References

Reference

Robertson

Ref

926

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 (Dec. 2024).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

CAMERTON 1817 A

Data not added to the map

Objects belonging to this hoard

Bead
blue bead, nearly the size of a walnut

Pottery
pieces of coarse pottery

Animal bone
Animal bones

Permalink in other online databases

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

CAMERTON 1817 A

Data not added to the map

Objects belonging to this hoard

Bead blue bead, nearly the size of a walnut

Pottery pieces of coarse pottery

Animal bone Animal bones

Permalink in other online databases

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Bead
blue bead, nearly the size of a walnut

Pottery
pieces of coarse pottery

Animal bone
Animal bones