ALCESTER 1967

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Location

City

Alcester (Parish)

Address

Stratford-on-Avon (District)

County

Warwickshire

Region

West Midlands

Country

England, United Kingdom

Ancient place

Alauna?

Lat/Long/Alt

52.202173 / -1.8843612 / 37 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

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Information

2200

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/2200

Hoard name

ALCESTER 1967

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

13 Apr 1967

(to)

13 Apr 1967

Total number of coins

146

Summary

Two workmen digging a trench at the Oversley Mill caravan site, Alcester, unearthed the fragments of a pot and a quantity of antoniniani and sestertii. The find comprised ninety-five antoniniani of the period from Gordian III to Postumus and fifty-one sestertii of the period from Trajan down to Postumus.

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Discovery method

Building work
Land Use

Other
Disposition

Warwickshire County Museum
Closing reign (earliest)

Postumus
Terminal year (earliest)

260
Closing reign (latest)

Postumus
Terminal year (latest)

269
Opening year (earliest)

98
Opening year (latest)

117
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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Urban

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

The vessel was a narrow-necked jar, with rim broken off, at least 5 in. high, c. 5 in. in diameter with raised moulding on shoulder.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/2113

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-597CC0

References

Reference

Robertson

Ref

493

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). Updated by C. Gazdac (Oct. 2025).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

ALCESTER 1967

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

The vessel was a narrow-necked jar, with rim broken off, at least 5 in. high, c. 5 in. in diameter with raised moulding on shoulder.

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

ALCESTER 1967

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel

The vessel was a narrow-necked jar, with rim broken off, at least 5 in. high, c. 5 in. in diameter with raised moulding on shoulder.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire