LETCOMBE REGIS

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Location

City

Letcombe Regis (Parish)

Address

Vale of White Horse (District)

County

Oxfordshire

Region

South East

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

51.571595 / -1.4530994 / 113.5 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

1712

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/1712

Hoard name

LETCOMBE REGIS

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Jan 1750

(to)

31 Dec 1750

Total number of coins

Summary

About 1750, a 'parcel' of coins was dug up in a field, both gold and silver, of the 'lower' emperors. No further details known.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Closing reign (earliest)

Uncertain
Terminal year (earliest)

260
Closing reign (latest)

Uncertain
Terminal year (latest)

402
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessels

Three or four vessels one within the other, in the shape of the crown of a hat, with an edge to it of about 3 inches wide. It was full of holes like a cullenda. One of these vessels was possibly brass.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/1641

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-732F30

References

Reference

Robertson

Ref

1656

Reference

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

Ref

498

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 Hoards
of the Roman Empire

LETCOMBE REGIS

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessels

Three or four vessels one within the other, in the shape of the crown of a hat, with an edge to it of about 3 inches wide. It was full of holes like a cullenda. One of these vessels was possibly brass.

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

LETCOMBE REGIS

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessels

Three or four vessels one within the other, in the shape of the crown of a hat, with an edge to it of about 3 inches wide. It was full of holes like a cullenda. One of these vessels was possibly brass.

Permalink in other online databases

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire