CAISTER BY YARMOUTH 1946

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Location

City

Caister On Sea

County

Norfolk

Region

Eastern

Country

England, United Kingdom

Ancient place

Caister-on-Sea
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caister_Roman_Site

Lat/Long/Alt

52.647607 / 1.7091097 / 12 view

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

1424

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/1424

Hoard name

CAISTER BY YARMOUTH 1946

Alternative names

CAISTER ON SEA

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

28 Nov 1946

Total number of coins

846

Summary

A hoard of Roman denarii and antoniniani from Caister (Norfolk), consisting of at least 846 coins Republic - Gallienus, with some coins of Postumus. Of these, 628 are known to have been discovered on 28 November 1946 during the excavation of a trench for water-mains on a new housing site at Belstead Avenue, East Caister (Caister-by-Yarmouth). Later, another finder produced 200 more coins from the same hoard and the authorities reported a further 19 coins as coming from the same find. Moreover Jenkins suspected that even more coins from the hoard remained in private hands. The hoard was published by Jenkins (NC 1947), with the following summary: 847 coins (664 denarii and 183 antoniniani). There are several inconsistencies between Jenkins' catalogue and his summary. The first is that the total number of the coins in the catalogue is 846, not 847. The summary lists three denarii for Nerva, but catalogue records only one. For Septimius Severus, the summary lists 290 coins, but the catalogue includes only 286. The summary lists 78 denarii for Caracalla, the catalogue only has 75. Finally the summary lists no antoniniani for Severus Alexander, but one is recorded in the appendix listing coins not examined by the BM. According to the catalogue, the hoard contained therefore 846 (653 denarii and 193 antoniniani). The list given in the catalogue has been followed here.

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Discovery method

Building work
Land Use

Built over
Disposition

Norwich Castle Museum (part); British Museum (part, 34 specimens )
Finder(s)

Mr. D.C. Ball of 5 West Avenue, Gorleston-on-Sea, while digging a trench
Comment

The terminal year information is the one provided by the PAS database, based on coins of Postumus (4th series, Cunetio 2421 ff.)
Closing reign (earliest)

Postumus
Terminal year (earliest)

266
Closing reign (latest)

Postumus
Terminal year (latest)

267
Opening year (earliest)

-32
Opening year (latest)

-31
Coin-level data

Entered

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Fair

Site comment

Caister-on-Sea is the site of a third century A.D. Roman coastal fort. The hoard was found outside of the perimeter of the fort.
Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Military

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Earthenware pot

A hard grey earthen ware pot, 6.5 inches (16.5 cm) high with a burnished surface, round neck, burnished band around the shoulder and narrow burnished bands around the body.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/1357

References

Reference

Jenkins, G. K. - 1947 - The Caister-by-Yarmouth hoard

Comment

Coin references given according to RIC (until Balbinus) and then according to Cohen.

Reference

Robertson

Ref

488

Roberston dataset, imported by J. Mairat. PAS Leicester - British Museum dataset, imported and edited by M. Spoerri (Spring 2019). Coin level data: W.E. Metcalf dataset, K. Huber for data up to and including Nero, the rest by R. Bennett (Nov 2022).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

CAISTER BY YARMOUTH 1946

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Earthenware pot

A hard grey earthen ware pot, 6.5 inches (16.5 cm) high with a burnished surface, round neck, burnished band around the shoulder and narrow burnished bands around the body.

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

CAISTER BY YARMOUTH 1946

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Earthenware pot

A hard grey earthen ware pot, 6.5 inches (16.5 cm) high with a burnished surface, round neck, burnished band around the shoulder and narrow burnished bands around the body.

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