CLEEVE PRIOR

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Location

City

Cleeve Prior (Parish)

Address

Wychavon (District)

County

Worcestershire

Region

West Midlands

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

52.139253 / -1.8991353 / 26.6 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

2366

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/2366

Hoard name

CLEEVE PRIOR

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

22 Oct 1811

(to)

22 Oct 1811

Total number of coins

3600

Summary

c. 500-600 solidi and c. 3,000 siliquae, found in two earthen pots by a labourer while digging in a quarry at Prior's Cleeve. Coins seem to range from Constantius II to Honorius. The list given here follows O'Neil's account, in NC 1936. Among them, some counterfeits were discovered, being copper plated with gold. The gold coins are in the most perfect state of preservation. The silver coins are worn and appear to have been in circulation.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Mineral extraction
Closing reign (earliest)

Theodosius I
Terminal year (earliest)

393
Closing reign (latest)

Honorius (RIC X)
Terminal year (latest)

402

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Fair

Site comment

The pots stood upon stone of 8 inches in depth, in a stratum of clay of 18 inches: over the pots was placed a stone of 4 inches in depth and above that, the natural soil 16 inches in depth from the surface.

Context

Uncertain

Depositional context

Pit

Containers belonging to this hoard

Earthen pot

Red earthenware, about 18 inches wide. One pot seems to have contained the silver coins, the other one the gold coins.

Earthen pot

Red earthenware, about 18 inches wide. One pot seems to have contained the silver coins, the other one the gold coins.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/2274

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-60A943

References

Reference

St. J. O'Neil, B. H. - 1936 - The Cleeve Prior hoard of 1811

Comment

discussion of the previous accounts relating to this hoard, and also the information preserved in the Haverfield Mss. (now in the Haverfield Library, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford).

Reference

Robertson

Ref

1600

Reference

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

Ref

604

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).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

CLEEVE PRIOR

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Earthen pot

Red earthenware, about 18 inches wide. One pot seems to have contained the silver coins, the other one the gold coins.

Earthen pot

Red earthenware, about 18 inches wide. One pot seems to have contained the silver coins, the other one the gold coins.

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

CLEEVE PRIOR

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Earthen pot

Red earthenware, about 18 inches wide. One pot seems to have contained the silver coins, the other one the gold coins.

Earthen pot

Red earthenware, about 18 inches wide. One pot seems to have contained the silver coins, the other one the gold coins.

Permalink in other online databases

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire