WEST BAGBOROUGH

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Location

City

West Bagborough (Parish)

Address

Taunton Deane (District)

County

Somerset

Region

South West

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

51.081148 / -3.200553 / 101 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

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Information

1918

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/1918

Hoard name

WEST BAGBOROUGH

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

10 Oct 2001

(to)

30 Nov 2002

Total number of coins

681

Summary

2 denarii, 8 miliarenses and 671 siliquae to 367, together with 73 hack silver fragments, found in 2001 and 2002. The two denarii might have been included as bullion.

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Credit

Discovery method

Metal detector
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Somerset County Museum
Closing reign (earliest)

House of Valentinian
Terminal year (earliest)

364
Closing reign (latest)

House of Valentinian
Terminal year (latest)

367
Opening year (earliest)

101
Opening year (latest)

102
Coin-level data

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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Good

Site class

Rural

Depositional context

Ploughsoil

Objects belonging to this hoard

Metal fragment
73 hacksilver fragments. 64 fragments of silver had been melted down and cut up with a hammer and chisel, 722.29g in total and individually ranging from 1g to 163g. The largest piece is incised with the numerals XII and VIIII.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/1835

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-39DCDF

References

Reference

2002 - Coin Hoards 2002: Ancient Hoards

Ref

Reference

2003 - Treasure Annual Report 2001

Ref

196

Reference

Minnitt, S. - 2009 - West Bagborough, Somerset

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 (May 2025).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

WEST BAGBOROUGH

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Objects belonging to this hoard

Metal fragment
73 hacksilver fragments. 64 fragments of silver had been melted down and cut up with a hammer and chisel, 722.29g in total and individually ranging from 1g to 163g. The largest piece is incised with the numerals XII and VIIII.

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

WEST BAGBOROUGH

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Objects belonging to this hoard

Metal fragment 73 hacksilver fragments. 64 fragments of silver had been melted down and cut up with a hammer and chisel, 722.29g in total and individually ranging from 1g to 163g. The largest piece is incised with the numerals XII and VIIII.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Metal fragment
73 hacksilver fragments. 64 fragments of silver had been melted down and cut up with a hammer and chisel, 722.29g in total and individually ranging from 1g to 163g. The largest piece is incised with the numerals XII and VIIII.