WENDLEBURY

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Location

City

Wendlebury (Parish)

Address

Cherwell (District)

County

Oxfordshire

Region

South East

Country

England, United Kingdom

Ancient place

Alchester

Lat/Long/Alt

51.875665 / -1.1734234 / 62.6 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

1742

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/1742

Hoard name

WENDLEBURY

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

14 Oct 2000

(to)

14 Oct 2000

Total number of coins

Summary

63 denarii and 26 copper-alloy coins to 138 and pottery found with a metal detector.

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Credit

Discovery method

Metal detector
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Oxfordshire Museums & Archives
Finder(s)

M. Whitford
Closing reign (earliest)

Hadrian
Terminal year (earliest)

128
Closing reign (latest)

Hadrian
Terminal year (latest)

138
Opening year (earliest)

68
Opening year (latest)

69
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Recovery method

Metal detecting use
Site class

Rural

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

The fine greyware from the Oxford region could be either a jar or a beaker. The base has a diameter of 40 mm, and the largest body fragment measures 92 mm in length. Incomplete: 11 fragments of a fine greyware pot with a round base.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/1671

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-A30304

References

Reference

2001 - Coin Hoards 2001: Ancient Hoards

Ref

Reference

2002 - Treasure Annual Report 2000

Ref

241

Reference

2003 - Coin Hoards 2003

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Reference

Abdy, R. et al. - 2012 - Coin hoards from the British Isles 2012

Ref

Record created 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

WENDLEBURY

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

The fine greyware from the Oxford region could be either a jar or a beaker. The base has a diameter of 40 mm, and the largest body fragment measures 92 mm in length. Incomplete: 11 fragments of a fine greyware pot with a round base.

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

WENDLEBURY

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

The fine greyware from the Oxford region could be either a jar or a beaker. The base has a diameter of 40 mm, and the largest body fragment measures 92 mm in length. Incomplete: 11 fragments of a fine greyware pot with a round base.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire