STANCHESTER

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Location

Address

Wiltshire (District)

County

Wiltshire

Region

South West

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

51.356902 / -1.8003296 / 128.8 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

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Information

2349

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/2349

Hoard name

STANCHESTER

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

25 Jul 2000

(to)

25 Jul 2000

Total number of coins

1206

Summary

A hoard of 3 solidi (Honorius), 33 miliarenses, 1166 siliquae and 1 nummus, found close to the Roman villa of Stanchester. A denarius of Hadrian (0.99g fragment) was found at the same time but it is uncertain whether it is part of the hoard.

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Discovery method

Metal detector
Disposition

Wiltshire Heritage Museum (part); British Museum (part)
Closing reign (earliest)

Honorius (RIC X)
Terminal year (earliest)

402
Closing reign (latest)

Honorius (RIC X)
Terminal year (latest)

406
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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Good

Site comment

The findspot is close to the late-Roman villa of Stanchester.
Site class

Rural

Context

Villa

Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

A large part of the lower body of a fine Alice Holty grey ware single handled flagon was recovered with the hoard.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Ring
bronze ring fragment

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/2257

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-29BE38

References

Reference

2001 - Coin Hoards 2001: Ancient Hoards

Ref

Reference

2002 - Treasure Annual Report 2000

Ref

268

Reference

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

Ref

1576

Reference

Abdy, R. and Robinson, P. - 2009 - Stanchester, Wiltshire

Comment

full publication of the hoard

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).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

STANCHESTER

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

A large part of the lower body of a fine Alice Holty grey ware single handled flagon was recovered with the hoard.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Ring
bronze ring fragment

Permalink in other online databases

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

STANCHESTER

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

A large part of the lower body of a fine Alice Holty grey ware single handled flagon was recovered with the hoard.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Ring bronze ring fragment

Permalink in other online databases

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Ring
bronze ring fragment