MOLD - BAILEY HILL

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Location

City

Mold

County

Flintshire

Region

Wales

Country

Wales, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

53.1705 / -3.1454 / 124 view

Location details

Centred on field

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

19455

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Hoard name

MOLD - BAILEY HILL

Data type

Single gold coin

Date of discovery (from)

(to)

1784

Total number of coins

Summary

Aureus of Vespasian.

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Discovery method

Unknown
Discovery depth (m)

Unknown
Land Use

Waste ground
Disposition

Unknown
Finder(s)

Unknown
Comment

Found in the area of the castle mound (Bailey Hill). Reckoned by Guest and Wells (2007) to be intrusive; no further information is available.
Closing reign (earliest)

Vespasian
Terminal year (earliest)

69
Closing reign (latest)

Vespasian
Terminal year (latest)

79
Opening year (earliest)

69
Opening year (latest)

79
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Fair

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Uncertain

Context

Uncertain

Period

Uncertain
End period

Uncertain

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/379238

Comment

IARCW-63DAFCD80

References

Reference

Taylor, M. V. - 1922 - Roman Flintshire

Ref

Reference

Guest, P. and Wells, N. - 2007 - Iron Age and Roman coins from Wales

Ref

1023

Reference

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

Ref

672

Dataset based on Guest and Wells, kindly provided by R. Bland and imported by M. Spoerri (July 2022). Record updated by M. Ball (July 2023). Updated by C. Gazdac (May 2026).

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