BALGREGGAN

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Location

City

Stoneykirk

County

Dumfries and Galloway

Region

Country

Scotland, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

54.8146 / -4.9729 / 20.7 view

Location details

Centred on field

Information

2254

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/2254

Hoard name

BALGREGGAN

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

29 Oct 1913

Total number of coins

125

Summary

At Balgreggan Quarry, in the parish of Stoneykirk, 125 Roman bronze coins (Constantine I - Magnentius) were found in an earthenware jug.

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Credit

Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Mineral extraction
Disposition

National Museums Scotland (Frags. of pot and 119 coins); Glasgow (1); Wigtown museum (1)
Closing reign (earliest)

Magnentius
Terminal year (earliest)

351
Closing reign (latest)

Magnentius
Terminal year (latest)

353
Opening year (earliest)

307
Opening year (latest)

327
Coin-level data

Not available

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Good

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Earthenware jug

The pot is a small bulbous vessel, 3½ in. high and 3¼ in. wide, with a constriction low down on the body. The fragments of pottery showed that the jug had been made of whitish material, covered with a black or dark-brown slip. No part of the bottom remains.

References

Reference

MacDonald, G. - 1914 - Notes on Three Hoards of Coins recently discovered in the South of Scotland

Ref

395-398

Comment

with list of coins by rulers and fig. of pot

Reference

Roman coins found in Scotland 1

Ref

272

Reference

Roman coins found in Scotland 5

Ref

151

Reference

Roman coins found in Scotland 7

Ref

130

Reference

Robertson

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1345

Comment

with list of the 119 coins now in NMS, which has been followed here. The publication of an updated list is also announced.

Roberston dataset, imported by J. Mairat. Edited by M. Spoerri (Spring 2019, Dec. 2021).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

BALGREGGAN

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Earthenware jug

The pot is a small bulbous vessel, 3½ in. high and 3¼ in. wide, with a constriction low down on the body. The fragments of pottery showed that the jug had been made of whitish material, covered with a black or dark-brown slip. No part of the bottom remains.

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

BALGREGGAN

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Earthenware jug

The pot is a small bulbous vessel, 3½ in. high and 3¼ in. wide, with a constriction low down on the body. The fragments of pottery showed that the jug had been made of whitish material, covered with a black or dark-brown slip. No part of the bottom remains.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire