CAMERTON 1814

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Location

City

Camerton (Parish)

Address

Bath and North East Somerset (District)

County

Bath and North East Somerset

Region

South West

Country

England, United Kingdom

Ancient place

Camerton

Lat/Long/Alt

51.302215 / -2.4603989 / 142.9 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/17

Hoard name

CAMERTON 1814

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Jan 1814

(to)

31 Dec 1814

Total number of coins

Summary

At Camerton, three Roman villas were discovered in 1814 as well as 26 silver coins of Honorius, Arcadius, and the later Emperors, concealed between two Roman tiles.

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Discovery method

Unknown
Closing reign (earliest)

Theodosius I
Terminal year (earliest)

393
Closing reign (latest)

Honorius (RIC X)
Terminal year (latest)

402
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Context

Villa

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

Containers belonging to this hoard

Tile

The hoard was concealed between two Roman tiles.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/10

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-CB0ABA

References

Reference

Phelps, J. D. - 1836 - History and Antiquity of Somersetshire

Ref

I, 179

Comment

At Camerton, three Roman villas were discovered in 1814 as well as 26 silver coins of Honorius, Arcadius, and the later Emperors, concealed between two Roman tiles.

Reference

Archer, S. - 1979 - Late Roman gold and silver coin hoards in Britain: a gazetteer

Ref

p. 36, no. 8

Comment

dated the discovery wrongly, "after 1841".

Reference

Robertson

Ref

1579

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 (Dec. 2024).

Coin Hoards
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CAMERTON 1814

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Tile

The hoard was concealed between two Roman tiles.

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

CAMERTON 1814

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Tile

The hoard was concealed between two Roman tiles.

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Coin Hoards
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