DOWNSIDE

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Location

Address

Mendip (District)

County

Somerset

Region

South West

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

51.257081 / -2.5029383 / 192.9 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

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Information

1859

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/1859

Hoard name

DOWNSIDE

Alternative names

Downside Abbey

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

14 Aug 1987

(to)

14 Aug 1987

Total number of coins

542

Summary

A hoard of 538 bronze nummi ranging to AD 316 and discovered in a field to the north of Downside Abbey, Stratton on the Fosse. The site lies approximately 400 metres to the west of the Fosse Way in an area that has produced other Romano-British material. The list includes 4 coins "found in the close vicinity of the hoard".

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Discovery method

Metal detector
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Somerset County Museums Service (part)
Closing reign (earliest)

Constantine I (RIC VII)
Terminal year (earliest)

316
Closing reign (latest)

Constantine I (RIC VII)
Terminal year (latest)

316
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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Good

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

Only the base survives and the breaks were not fresh.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Spindle whorl
Lathe-turned shale spindle whorl. The finders reported that it lay within the body of the hoard.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/1779

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-3D8F01

References

Reference

Minnitt, S. - 1992 - Downside, Somerset

Reference

Robertson

Ref

1011A

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

DOWNSIDE

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

Only the base survives and the breaks were not fresh.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Spindle whorl
Lathe-turned shale spindle whorl. The finders reported that it lay within the body of the hoard.

Permalink in other online databases

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

DOWNSIDE

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

Only the base survives and the breaks were not fresh.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Spindle whorl Lathe-turned shale spindle whorl. The finders reported that it lay within the body of the hoard.

Permalink in other online databases

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Spindle whorl
Lathe-turned shale spindle whorl. The finders reported that it lay within the body of the hoard.