CORBRIDGE (SITE XXIX)

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Location

City

Corbridge (Parish)

Address

Northumberland (District)

County

Northumberland

Region

North East

Country

England, United Kingdom

Ancient place

Coriosopitum
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coria_(Corbridge)

Lat/Long/Alt

54.970615 / -2.0327732 / 29 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

1598

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/1598

Hoard name

CORBRIDGE (SITE XXIX)

Alternative names

Corbridge site 29

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

14 Sep 1911

(to)

14 Sep 1911

Total number of coins

162

Summary

A bronze jug containing 160 aurei, found on site 29 in Corbridge. Two bronze coins were found filling the narrow neck of the jug, where they had been placed, to act as a stopper to the narrow neck.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Disposition

British Museum (coins); Corbridge Museum (jug)
Closing reign (earliest)

Antoninus Pius
Terminal year (earliest)

158
Closing reign (latest)

Antoninus Pius
Terminal year (latest)

159
Opening year (earliest)

64
Opening year (latest)

65

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Good

Site comment

(Sir) George Macdonald, in JRS, II (1912), 1-20, discussed the findspot of the hoard, and concluded that it was found within a building of some kind, probably under the floor.
Site class

Military

Depositional context

Floor

Containers belonging to this hoard

Jug

Bronze jug, 6 in. high, 4¾ in. in greatest diam. and 1¼ in. wide at the mouth. It had one handle.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/1529

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-12B3C0

References

Reference

Craster, H.H.E. and Haverfield, F. - 1912 - Hoards of Roman Gold coins found in Britain I. Second and fourth century hoards found at Corbridge, 1908-1911.

Ref

265-312

Reference

Forster, R. H. and Knowles, W. H., with Craster, H. H. E. (coins) - 1912 - Corstopitum: report on the excavations in 1911: the coins

Reference

Forster, R. H. and Knowles, W. H., with Craster, H. H. E. (coins) - 1912 - Corstopitum: report on the excavations in 1911: the coins

Ref

210sqq., and fig. 2, p. 155 for the jug

Reference

Robertson

Ref

203

Reference

Bland, R. and Loriot, X. - 2010 - Roman and Early Byzantine Gold Coins found in Britain and Ireland

Ref

478

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). Coin level data: G. Green (May 2017)

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

CORBRIDGE (SITE XXIX)

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Jug

Bronze jug, 6 in. high, 4¾ in. in greatest diam. and 1¼ in. wide at the mouth. It had one handle.

Permalink in other online databases

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

CORBRIDGE (SITE XXIX)

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Jug

Bronze jug, 6 in. high, 4¾ in. in greatest diam. and 1¼ in. wide at the mouth. It had one handle.

Permalink in other online databases

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