CLAPTON-IN-GORDANO

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Location

City

Clapton-in-Gordano (Parish)

Address

North Somerset (District)

County

North Somerset

Region

South West

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

51.453488 / -2.7641455 / 140.5 view

Location details

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Information

1524

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/1524

Hoard name

CLAPTON-IN-GORDANO

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Sep 1922

(to)

1 Jul 1924

Total number of coins

3438

Summary

In the autumn of 1922, during ploughing, twenty-eight Roman coins dating from AD 260-273 were unearthed near Clevedon, Somerset. No further search was made until July, 1924, when Mr. R. E. Godwin, to whose notice the find had been brought, returned to the locality. Here Mr. Godwin searched without success, but at some little distance found twelve more coins scattered on the surface within a radius of several yards. Digging with a spade yielded occasional coins, and then Mr. Godwin came upon earth full of coins, and finally to the bulk of the hoard at about a foot below the surface. Appear to have been buried in a wooden vessel, which was hooped with iron at the base, portions of which I found. Also directly under the coins were two fragments of wood, which evidently were a part of the bottom of the vessel. The coins appear to have been first wrapped in skin, as I found pieces of this on which were impressions of the coins. The whole stood on two flat pieces of sandstone. Broken pieces of a shallow black earthenware dish I also found, which I concluded was put on the whole upside down to form the lid. Further digging within a few yards of the site of the hoard revealed a rough stone floor with quantities of broken pieces of pottery, coins, bones of animals, two bronze brooches, and spindle whorls lying amongst the stones. The coins were 1 as, 3,437 antoniniani (radiates): Claudius I - Diocletian/Maximian

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Somerset County Museum, Taunton (109 coins); Hull City Museum (118 coins); the bulk of the hoard remained in the hands of the finder
Closing reign (earliest)

Maximian (RIC V)
Terminal year (earliest)

285
Closing reign (latest)

Maximian (RIC V)
Terminal year (latest)

285
Opening year (earliest)

41
Opening year (latest)

54
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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Bag

They had been put in a leather bag and that in a black urn devoid of a base but bound by an iron hoop and resting on a piece of wood supported by two stones.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/1457

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-1AB39C

References

Reference

Salisbury, F. S. - 1927 - A find of Roman coins at Clapton-in-Gordano

Ref

209-218

Reference

Robertson

Ref

837

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 (May 2025).

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Bag

They had been put in a leather bag and that in a black urn devoid of a base but bound by an iron hoop and resting on a piece of wood supported by two stones.

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

CLAPTON-IN-GORDANO

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Bag

They had been put in a leather bag and that in a black urn devoid of a base but bound by an iron hoop and resting on a piece of wood supported by two stones.

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