HAWKESBURY

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Location

City

Hawkesbury (Parish)

Address

South Gloucestershire (District)

County

South Gloucestershire

Region

South West

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

51.563361 / -2.3476228 / 107.6 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

1936

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/1936

Hoard name

HAWKESBURY

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

23 Sep 2007

(to)

23 Sep 2007

Total number of coins

Summary

1 antoninianus (radiate), 41 nummi to 402; a forger's coin mould; a copper alloy brooch; and a pendant found with a metal detector.

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Discovery method

Metal detector
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Finder(s)

Tony Brown, Vic Francis, Nick Keeler, Robert Moyle, David Thorne and David Whailey
Closing reign (earliest)

House of Theodosius
Terminal year (earliest)

388
Closing reign (latest)

House of Theodosius
Terminal year (latest)

402
Opening year (earliest)

276
Opening year (latest)

292
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

Objects belonging to this hoard

Coin forger’s mould
Coin forger’s mould for a mid-Constantinian or Valentinianic nummus-sized coin, which might have been used in the production of a poor-quality cast coin in the find. Weight: 11.2 g.

Brooch
Brooch fragment from a copper-alloy Hod Hill Type hinged brooch of the 1st century AD (Bayley and Butcher 2004: 119).

Copper alloy disc
A copper-alloy disc, elliptical in section, with a hole drilled near the edge which does not pass all the way through. It might be an unfinished weight or pendant.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/1853

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-E89B72

References

Reference

2008 - Coin Hoards 2008, Ancient Hoards

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Reference

PATAR 2007

Ref

520

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

HAWKESBURY

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Objects belonging to this hoard

Coin forger’s mould
Coin forger’s mould for a mid-Constantinian or Valentinianic nummus-sized coin, which might have been used in the production of a poor-quality cast coin in the find. Weight: 11.2 g.

Brooch
Brooch fragment from a copper-alloy Hod Hill Type hinged brooch of the 1st century AD (Bayley and Butcher 2004: 119).

Copper alloy disc
A copper-alloy disc, elliptical in section, with a hole drilled near the edge which does not pass all the way through. It might be an unfinished weight or pendant.

Permalink in other online databases

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

HAWKESBURY

Data not added to the map

Objects belonging to this hoard

Coin forger’s mould Coin forger’s mould for a mid-Constantinian or Valentinianic nummus-sized coin, which might have been used in the production of a poor-quality cast coin in the find. Weight: 11.2 g.

Brooch Brooch fragment from a copper-alloy Hod Hill Type hinged brooch of the 1st century AD (Bayley and Butcher 2004: 119).

Copper alloy disc A copper-alloy disc, elliptical in section, with a hole drilled near the edge which does not pass all the way through. It might be an unfinished weight or pendant.

Permalink in other online databases

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Coin forger’s mould
Coin forger’s mould for a mid-Constantinian or Valentinianic nummus-sized coin, which might have been used in the production of a poor-quality cast coin in the find. Weight: 11.2 g.

Brooch
Brooch fragment from a copper-alloy Hod Hill Type hinged brooch of the 1st century AD (Bayley and Butcher 2004: 119).

Copper alloy disc
A copper-alloy disc, elliptical in section, with a hole drilled near the edge which does not pass all the way through. It might be an unfinished weight or pendant.