HUNTINGDON DISTRICT 2018

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Location

Address

Huntingdon (district)

County

Cambridgeshire

Region

Eastern

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

52.394381699136 / -0.2117558008097 / 0 view

Location details

Unknown / uncertain find spot

Information

21578

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/21578

Hoard name

HUNTINGDON DISTRICT 2018

Alternative names

The Muddy Hoard

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

30 Apr 2018

(to)

15 May 2018

Total number of coins

9274

Summary

9,274 coins: 9,271 antoniniani (radiates) and 3 denarii from AD 251 to 274. A partially disturbed hoard of Roman coins discovered whilst the finder was metal-detecting on cultivated land. The initial discovery of a scatter of coins was thought to be a hoard and so it was left in-situ (following good practice). The hoard was contained within at least two Roman ceramic vessels, one inside the other and had been partly disturbed by the action of roots and agricultural machinery but was mostly still in situ. No surviving archaeological feature containing the hoard was detected. A larger, coarser grey ware vessel was on the outside and within it was a finer, dark grey vessel that contained the coins.

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Discovery method

Metal detector
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Closing reign (earliest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (earliest)

271
Closing reign (latest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (latest)

274
Opening year (earliest)

251
Opening year (latest)

253
Coin-level data

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Rating comment

full catalogue by E. Ghey on file at the British Museum
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Recovery method

Metal detecting use
Site class

Rural

Depositional context

Ploughsoil

Containers belonging to this hoard

Two ceramic vessels

A larger, coarser grey ware vessel was on the outside and within it was a finer, dark grey vessel that contained the coins. The coins were removed from the pot in three main layers

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/901810

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Uploaded by C. Gazdac (Jan. 2026).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

HUNTINGDON DISTRICT 2018

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Two ceramic vessels

A larger, coarser grey ware vessel was on the outside and within it was a finer, dark grey vessel that contained the coins. The coins were removed from the pot in three main layers

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

HUNTINGDON DISTRICT 2018

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Two ceramic vessels

A larger, coarser grey ware vessel was on the outside and within it was a finer, dark grey vessel that contained the coins. The coins were removed from the pot in three main layers

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire