BOURNE VALLEY

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Location

City

Salisbury

Address

Wiltshire (District)

County

Wiltshire

Region

South West

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

51.074266783929 / -1.7785471008084 / 0 view

Location details

Unknown / uncertain find spot

Find spot comment

Bourne Valley, near Salisbury, ploughing field

Information

21615

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/21615

Hoard name

BOURNE VALLEY

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

19 Aug 2018

Total number of coins

1851

Summary

1,850 antoniniani (radiates) and 1 denarius to AD 286.

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Credit

Discovery method

Metal detector
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Salisbury Museum
Closing reign (earliest)

Diocletian (RIC V)
Terminal year (earliest)

286
Closing reign (latest)

Diocletian (RIC V)
Terminal year (latest)

286
Opening year (earliest)

253
Opening year (latest)

260
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Rating comment

A complete catalogue of the contents of the hoard by Andrew Brown is 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

Ceramic vessel

A complete Roman grey ware pottery vessel measuring 151 mm in height. The vessel has a flat base of 64 mm diameter, expanding to c.160 mm in diameter at the widest point of the body, and with an everted rim that measures 86 mm in diameter.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/915176

References

Uploaded by C. Gazdac (Jan. 2026).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

BOURNE VALLEY

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

A complete Roman grey ware pottery vessel measuring 151 mm in height. The vessel has a flat base of 64 mm diameter, expanding to c.160 mm in diameter at the widest point of the body, and with an everted rim that measures 86 mm in diameter.

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

BOURNE VALLEY

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

A complete Roman grey ware pottery vessel measuring 151 mm in height. The vessel has a flat base of 64 mm diameter, expanding to c.160 mm in diameter at the widest point of the body, and with an everted rim that measures 86 mm in diameter.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire