READING (MILMAN ROAD)

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Location

Address

Reading (District)

County

Reading

Region

South East

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

51.442552 / -0.97982487 / 37.4 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

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Information

1795

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/1795

Hoard name

READING (MILMAN ROAD)

Alternative names

Swainston Road; Reading museum hoard VIII

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

11 Dec 1895

(to)

11 Dec 1895

Total number of coins

Summary

One solidus and 49+ siliquae, found during building work in Whiltey (Reading). 50 coins are in Reading museum and some doubt has been cast on the number (47, 70?) said to be in other hands, or whether theses coins actually came from this hoard at all. The list given here lists only the coins in the Reading museum.

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Credit

Discovery method

Building work
Disposition

Reading Museum
Closing reign (earliest)

Honorius (RIC X)
Terminal year (earliest)

395
Closing reign (latest)

Honorius (RIC X)
Terminal year (latest)

402
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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Good

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

Indented beaker of New Forest ware, 5¼ in. high and 3½ in. wide; see T. May, The Pottery found at Silchester (1916), 124, fig. 89, and pl. LIII

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/1719

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-C58691

References

Reference

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

Ref

42-4

Comment

catalogue of the 50 coins in the Reading museum

Reference

Robertson

Ref

1516

Reference

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

Ref

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

READING (MILMAN ROAD)

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

Indented beaker of New Forest ware, 5¼ in. high and 3½ in. wide; see T. May, The Pottery found at Silchester (1916), 124, fig. 89, and pl. LIII

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

READING (MILMAN ROAD)

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

Indented beaker of New Forest ware, 5¼ in. high and 3½ in. wide; see T. May, The Pottery found at Silchester (1916), 124, fig. 89, and pl. LIII

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