CAERLEON TURRET 1

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Location

City

Caerleon

County

Newport

Region

Wales

Country

Wales, United Kingdom

Ancient place

Isca Silurum (Caerleon)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isca_Augusta

Lat/Long/Alt

51.604834 / -2.9688399 / 7.9 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

14704

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/14704

Hoard name

CAERLEON TURRET 1

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Jan 1927

(to)

31 Dec 1929

Total number of coins

Summary

12 denarii (Hadrian and Antoninus Pius) found among charcoal, animal bone, and other debris inside the furnace next to Turret 1.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Archaeological site
Disposition

National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon
Finder(s)

Caerleon Excavation Committee
Closing reign (earliest)

Antoninus Pius
Terminal year (earliest)

138
Closing reign (latest)

Antoninus Pius
Terminal year (latest)

161
Opening year (earliest)

117
Opening year (latest)

138
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Good

Date of excavation (from)

1927
Date of excavation (to)

1929
Site class

Military

Context

Fort, Rampart, Furnace

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/2990

References

Reference

Nash-Williams, V. E. and Mattingly, H. - 1931 - The Roman Legionary Fortress at Caerleon in Monmouthshire: Report on the Excavations Carried out on the Prysg Field, 1927-9. Part I

Ref

117

Reference

Guest, P. and Wells, N. - 2007 - Iron Age and Roman coins from Wales

Ref

197

PAS Leicester - British Museum dataset, imported and edited by M. Spoerri (June 2019). Record updated by M. Ball (Sept. 2023).

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