LLANSAMLET

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Location

City

Llansamlet (Parish/Community)

Address

Swansea (District)

County

Swansea

Region

Wales

Country

Wales, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

51.656242 / -3.9096229 / 16.2 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

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Information

2154

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/2154

Hoard name

LLANSAMLET

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Jun 1835

(to)

1 Jun 1835

Total number of coins

500

Summary

At the Gwindy, after a thunderstorm, a girl picked up some coins. The rumours spread, and a lot of people went to that place and removed a ceramic vessel with coins. A small excavation at the place revealed fragments of bone and shells. 249 coins were documented out of around 500. They are all antoniniani (radiates): Gallienus - Tetricus I.

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Discovery method

Other chance find
Land Use

Unknown
Finder(s)

girl, locals
Closing reign (earliest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (earliest)

272
Closing reign (latest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (latest)

274
Opening year (earliest)

260
Opening year (latest)

268
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Rural

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

The shape of the vessel was very like a modern oval tureen, 8 inches by 5 and about 4 inches high, with a large mouth and no cover, but there was a groove for one.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/2068

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-82A606

References

Reference

Robertson

Ref

734

Reference

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

Ref

386

Roberston dataset, imported by J. Mairat. IARCH dataset, AHRC funded University of Leicester and British Museum project, imported and edited by M. Spoerri (Spring 2019) and edited (May 2025). Updated by C. Gazdac (Sep. 2025).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

LLANSAMLET

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

The shape of the vessel was very like a modern oval tureen, 8 inches by 5 and about 4 inches high, with a large mouth and no cover, but there was a groove for one.

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

LLANSAMLET

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

The shape of the vessel was very like a modern oval tureen, 8 inches by 5 and about 4 inches high, with a large mouth and no cover, but there was a groove for one.

Permalink in other online databases

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