HASTINGS 1989 BRONZE

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Location

Address

Hastings (District)

County

East Sussex

Region

South East

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

50.870163 / 0.57102218 / 43.4 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

2106

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/2106

Hoard name

HASTINGS 1989 BRONZE

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 May 1989

(to)

31 May 1989

Total number of coins

Summary

Two groups of coins, discovered in May 1989 while metal detecting on building ground at Elphinstone Road, Hastings. The first group of coins (92 bronze coins, Nero - Hadrian) were found with the remains of a pot and the second group (52 denarii found 'in a lump', with 7 later addenda, Republic - Hadrian) was about 40 to 50 feet away from the first. This may suggest successive deposits but they were treated as one find at the time. They have been split here. This record is for the bronze coins.

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Discovery method

Metal detector
Land Use

Unknown
Disposition

British Museum (part); Hastings Museum (part)
Closing reign (earliest)

Hadrian
Terminal year (earliest)

120
Closing reign (latest)

Hadrian
Terminal year (latest)

121
Opening year (earliest)

54
Opening year (latest)

68
Coin-level data

Entered

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Good
Rating comment

Some coins poorly preserved.
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Fair

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

A hand-made black grog and hand tempered vessel, a typical product of East Sussex of the late-first to mid-second century AD.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/2020

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-840690

References

Reference

Bland, R. and Carradice, I. - 1992 - Hastings, Sussex

Reference

Robertson

Ref

139A

Comment

only the bronze coins.

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). Brought up to coin level by R. Bennett (July 2022). Updated by C. Gazdac (May 2025).

Coin Hoards
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HASTINGS 1989 BRONZE

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

A hand-made black grog and hand tempered vessel, a typical product of East Sussex of the late-first to mid-second century AD.

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

HASTINGS 1989 BRONZE

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

A hand-made black grog and hand tempered vessel, a typical product of East Sussex of the late-first to mid-second century AD.

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