WOODCOTE

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Location

Address

South Oxfordshire (District)

County

Oxfordshire

Region

South East

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

51.52441 / -1.0933116 / 151.5 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

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Information

1716

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/1716

Hoard name

WOODCOTE

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Jun 1939

(to)

30 Jun 1939

Total number of coins

Summary

The hoard of 1 denarius and 77 antoniniani (radiates) ranging from Julia Soaemias to Postumus was found when the foundations of a bungalow were being dug at Woodcote, near Reading. The site of discovery was some 500 feet northwest of Newbarn Farm. The coins were in a pot lying at a depth of about 2 feet. The pot was smashed, and only seven fragments of it were saved.

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Credit

Discovery method

Building work
Land Use

Built over
Disposition

Reading Museum
Finder(s)

L.A. Smith
Closing reign (earliest)

Postumus
Terminal year (earliest)

263
Closing reign (latest)

Postumus
Terminal year (latest)

265
Opening year (earliest)

218
Opening year (latest)

224
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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Rural

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Grey-brown ware. Smashed at the time of discovery.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/1645

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-184E6A

References

Reference

Boon, G. C. - 1954 - Hoards of Roman coins in the Reading Museum and Art Gallery

Ref

40-41

Reference

Robertson

Ref

491

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 (Aug. 2025).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

WOODCOTE

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Grey-brown ware. Smashed at the time of discovery.

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

WOODCOTE

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Grey-brown ware. Smashed at the time of discovery.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire