ILCHESTER 1949 B

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Location

City

Ilchester (Parish)

Address

South Somerset (District)

County

Somerset

Region

South West

Country

England, United Kingdom

Ancient place

Ilchester Mead

Lat/Long/Alt

50.995382 / -2.6853464 / 11.5 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

1874

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/1874

Hoard name

ILCHESTER 1949 B

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

30 Oct 1949

(to)

30 Oct 1949

Total number of coins

Summary

Some workmen digging a trench for a water main in Church Street, Ilchester, found, at a depth of 2.5 feet, 33 small brass Roman coins, all lying together but not enclosed in any container. With the coins were two scraps of bone, stained green, and half of a crossbow brooch of bronze, with the hinged pin missing: House of Constantine - House of Theodosius.

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Coins Summary
Coins
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Credit

Discovery method

Building work
Land Use

Built over
Disposition

Unknown
Finder(s)

Workers
Closing reign (earliest)

House of Theodosius
Terminal year (earliest)

395
Closing reign (latest)

House of Theodosius
Terminal year (latest)

402
Opening year (earliest)

330
Opening year (latest)

337
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Urban

Objects belonging to this hoard

Brooch
Crossbow brooch, fragment

Scraps of bone
two scraps of bone, stained green

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/1793

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-CBB7FE

References

Reference

Robertson

Ref

1508

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

ILCHESTER 1949 B

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Objects belonging to this hoard

Brooch
Crossbow brooch, fragment

Scraps of bone
two scraps of bone, stained green

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

ILCHESTER 1949 B

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Objects belonging to this hoard

Brooch Crossbow brooch, fragment

Scraps of bone two scraps of bone, stained green

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Brooch
Crossbow brooch, fragment

Scraps of bone
two scraps of bone, stained green