CHALGROVE 2003

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Location

City

Chalgrove (Parish)

Address

South Oxfordshire (District)

County

Oxfordshire

Region

South East

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

51.659263 / -1.0906235 / 72.2 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

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1681

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/1681

Hoard name

CHALGROVE 2003

Alternative names

CHALGROVE II

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

5 Apr 2003

(to)

5 Apr 2003

Total number of coins

4957

Summary

4,957 radiates to Probus (AD 279), found in a jar, 10 miles south of Oxford. The hoard contained a second specimen of a coin of Domitianus (Domitian II), a Gallic usurper under Aurelian.

Discovery method

Metal detector
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Comment

The coins are now online on the collection's website of the Heberden Coin Room: https://hcr.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/coin
Closing reign (earliest)

Probus
Terminal year (earliest)

278
Closing reign (latest)

Probus
Terminal year (latest)

279
Opening year (earliest)

251
Opening year (latest)

251
Coin-level data

Available to enter

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

CHALGROVE 2003

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

A fine reduced (grey ware) fabric, likely to have been produced locally.

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