ASKERSWELL

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Location

City

Askerswell

County

Dorset

Region

South West

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

50.73267 / -2.66861 / 0 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid references)

Find spot comment

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Information

20585

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/20585

Hoard name

ASKERSWELL

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

2 Sep 2017

Total number of coins

628

Summary

A hoard of 628 denarii (Republic- Domitian, including one Juba I), found in a jar by metal-detector users at a commercial rally on ploughed land in the parish of Askerswell, West Dorset.

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Discovery method

Metal detector
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Dorset Museum
Comment

Found on a commercial metal-detecting rally.
Closing reign (earliest)

Domitian
Terminal year (earliest)

85
Closing reign (latest)

Domitian
Terminal year (latest)

85
Opening year (earliest)

-155
Opening year (latest)

-155
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Fair

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Jar

Black Burnished Ware vessel, probably a jar of East Dorset manufacture

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/863568

Comment

Hayward Trevarthen, C (2017) DOR-FC933A: A ROMAN COIN HOARD

References

Reference

2018 - Coin Hoards from the British Isles 2018

Ref

p. 211, no. 29

M. Spoerri (July 2023 / Oct. 2024). Updated by C. Gazdac (July 2024).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

ASKERSWELL

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Jar

Black Burnished Ware vessel, probably a jar of East Dorset manufacture

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

ASKERSWELL

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Jar

Black Burnished Ware vessel, probably a jar of East Dorset manufacture

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire