BISHOPS CANNINGS

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Location

City

Bishops Cannings (Parish)

Address

Wiltshire (District)

County

Wiltshire

Region

South West

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

51.375048 / -1.9582868 / 154.7 view

Location details

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Information

2267

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/2267

Hoard name

BISHOPS CANNINGS

Alternative names

Blagan Hill

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Feb 1992

(to)

1 Sep 1994

Total number of coins

7403

Summary

1 solidus, 7 miliarenses, 1561 siliquae, 1 half-siliqua and 5837 bronze coins, found over several years in a rescue excavation. Coins range up to Honorius, AD 402.

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Discovery method

Fieldwalking
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Wiltshire Heritage Museum, Devizes
Closing reign (earliest)

Honorius (RIC X)
Terminal year (earliest)

395
Closing reign (latest)

Honorius (RIC X)
Terminal year (latest)

402
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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Good

Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Depositional context

Ploughsoil

Objects belonging to this hoard

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/2176

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-C1B49E

References

Reference

Guest, P., Bland, R., Orna-Ornstein, J. and Robinson P. - 1997 - Bishop Cannings (Blagan Hill), Wiltshire

Ref

426-462

Reference

Hobbs, R. - 2006 - Late Roman precious metal deposits, c. AD 200-700 : changes over time and space

Ref

1478

Reference

Bland, R. and Loriot, X. - 2010 - Roman and Early Byzantine Gold Coins found in Britain and Ireland

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598

Record created 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 (Jules 2024).

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