DISTINGTON

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Location

City

Distington (Parish)

Address

Copeland (District)

County

Cumbria

Region

North West

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

54.592258 / -3.5491452 / 67.7 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

14936

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/14936

Hoard name

DISTINGTON

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Apr 2001

(to)

9 Jun 2001

Total number of coins

Summary

A group of copper alloy coins found in a garden, some of which were reported as having been in a leather wallet. Aspects of the find give cause to suspect that this may have been buried in modern times but it is included here as it has been published as a Roman hoard elsewhere.

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Credit

Discovery method

Gardening
Land Use

Garden
Closing reign (earliest)

Valentinian II
Terminal year (earliest)

375
Closing reign (latest)

Valentinian II
Terminal year (latest)

392
Opening year (earliest)

260
Opening year (latest)

268
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Rural

Containers belonging to this hoard

Leather purse?

folded leather container described as a wallet contained 15 coins (group 1). It was fastened with a thong and was discarded before it could be examined due to deterioration. However there was some mixing of the coins post discovery. May not be ancient.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/2904

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-8103B3

References

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 (Nov. 2025).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

DISTINGTON

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Leather purse?

folded leather container described as a wallet contained 15 coins (group 1). It was fastened with a thong and was discarded before it could be examined due to deterioration. However there was some mixing of the coins post discovery. May not be ancient.

Permalink in other online databases

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

DISTINGTON

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Leather purse?

folded leather container described as a wallet contained 15 coins (group 1). It was fastened with a thong and was discarded before it could be examined due to deterioration. However there was some mixing of the coins post discovery. May not be ancient.

Permalink in other online databases

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire