AMESBURY

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Location

City

Amesbury (Parish)

Address

Wiltshire (District)

County

Wiltshire

Region

South West

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

51.159031 / -1.7725844 / 104.5 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

2260

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/2260

Hoard name

AMESBURY

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Feb 1843

(to)

28 Feb 1843

Total number of coins

Summary

Workers engaged in trenching for planting found a ceramic vessel containing Roman coins and three silver finger rings. The coins ranged from Postumus and Tetricus I to Theodosius I and Arcadius.

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Coins Summary
Coins
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Archaeological context
Containers
Objects
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Credit

Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Closing reign (earliest)

Theodosius I
Terminal year (earliest)

379
Closing reign (latest)

Theodosius I
Terminal year (latest)

395
Opening year (earliest)

260
Opening year (latest)

269
Coin-level data

Not available

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Rural

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Objects belonging to this hoard

Silver finger-ring
Intaglio: Griffin walking left and looking over its shoulder. Beaded border. Square bezel. c. 10 x 10 mm.

Silver finger-ring
Intaglio: A stag seated left, looking over its shoulder right at a bird. Beaded border. Square bezel. c. 9 x 9 mm.

Silver finger-ring
Intaglio: Four very stylised, helmeted heads. Beaded border. Square bezel. c. 10 x 10 mm.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/2169

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-483E81

References

Reference

Robertson

Ref

1463

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

AMESBURY

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Objects belonging to this hoard

Silver finger-ring
Intaglio: Griffin walking left and looking over its shoulder. Beaded border. Square bezel. c. 10 x 10 mm.

Silver finger-ring
Intaglio: A stag seated left, looking over its shoulder right at a bird. Beaded border. Square bezel. c. 9 x 9 mm.

Silver finger-ring
Intaglio: Four very stylised, helmeted heads. Beaded border. Square bezel. c. 10 x 10 mm.

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

AMESBURY

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Objects belonging to this hoard

Silver finger-ring Intaglio: Griffin walking left and looking over its shoulder. Beaded border. Square bezel. c. 10 x 10 mm.

Silver finger-ring Intaglio: A stag seated left, looking over its shoulder right at a bird. Beaded border. Square bezel. c. 9 x 9 mm.

Silver finger-ring Intaglio: Four very stylised, helmeted heads. Beaded border. Square bezel. c. 10 x 10 mm.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Silver finger-ring
Intaglio: Griffin walking left and looking over its shoulder. Beaded border. Square bezel. c. 10 x 10 mm.

Silver finger-ring
Intaglio: A stag seated left, looking over its shoulder right at a bird. Beaded border. Square bezel. c. 9 x 9 mm.

Silver finger-ring
Intaglio: Four very stylised, helmeted heads. Beaded border. Square bezel. c. 10 x 10 mm.