WANTAGE 1850

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Location

City

Wantage (Parish)

Address

Vale of White Horse (District)

County

Oxfordshire

Region

South East

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

51.580518 / -1.4385606 / 94.1 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

1739

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/1739

Hoard name

WANTAGE 1850

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Jan 1850

(to)

31 Dec 1860

Total number of coins

Summary

Mr. Akerman exhibited two silver coins of Valens and Julianus, found some years ago, with many other coins, in an urn, near Wantage. Possible, a silver ring was part of the hoard.

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Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Unknown
Closing reign (earliest)

Valens
Terminal year (earliest)

364
Closing reign (latest)

Valens
Terminal year (latest)

378
Opening year (earliest)

361
Opening year (latest)

363
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Poor

Objects belonging to this hoard

Ring
7/8 in. in diameter with a square bezel. The design on the signet represents two sea-lions, regardant, placed feet to feet each with a rudder on the shoulder, and holding a circle between the forefeet of the pair.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/1668

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-786FEE

References

Reference

Robertson

Ref

1389

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 (May 2025).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

WANTAGE 1850

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Objects belonging to this hoard

Ring
7/8 in. in diameter with a square bezel. The design on the signet represents two sea-lions, regardant, placed feet to feet each with a rudder on the shoulder, and holding a circle between the forefeet of the pair.

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

WANTAGE 1850

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Objects belonging to this hoard

Ring 7/8 in. in diameter with a square bezel. The design on the signet represents two sea-lions, regardant, placed feet to feet each with a rudder on the shoulder, and holding a circle between the forefeet of the pair.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Ring
7/8 in. in diameter with a square bezel. The design on the signet represents two sea-lions, regardant, placed feet to feet each with a rudder on the shoulder, and holding a circle between the forefeet of the pair.