LLANARMON DYFFRYN CEIRIOG

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Location

City

Llansantffraid Glyn Ceiriog

Address

Wrexham (District)

County

Wrexham

Region

Wales

Country

Wales, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

52.887552 / -3.2795883 / 450.1 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

2387

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/2387

Hoard name

LLANARMON DYFFRYN CEIRIOG

Alternative names

Ceiriog Ucha; Denbighshire

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

19 Mar 1918

(to)

19 Mar 1918

Total number of coins

551

Summary

A hoard of 551 coins, found in a drainage ditch on farmland half a mile from Llanarmon Dyffryn Geiriog, Denbighshire. Of these, 507 coins (502 denarii and 5 antoninianii, ranging from Mark Antony to Severus Alexander) are now in the British Museum. Three further coins were reported in 1929, but the remaining ones are lost.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Discovery depth (m)

0.9
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

British Museum (part)
Closing reign (earliest)

Severus Alexander
Terminal year (earliest)

226
Closing reign (latest)

Severus Alexander
Terminal year (latest)

235
Opening year (earliest)

-32
Opening year (latest)

-31
Coin-level data

Entered

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Period

Uncertain
End period

Uncertain

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/2295

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-C62385

References

Reference

Mattingly, H. - 1923 - Find of Roman Denarii in Denbighshire

Comment

publication of the 507 coins that reached the BM, with references to Cohen

Reference

Davies, E. C. - 1929 - The prehistoric and Roman remains of Denbighshire

Ref

162

Comment

adding 3 denarii: Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, and Lucius Verus

Reference

Robertson

Ref

426

Reference

Guest, P. and Wells, N. - 2007 - Iron Age and Roman coins from Wales

Ref

1164

Comment

with catalogue of the 510 coins

Roberston dataset, imported by J. Mairat. IARCH dataset, AHRC funded University of Leicester and British Museum project, imported and edited by M. Spoerri (Spring 2019). Coin level data: W.E. Metcalf dataset, K. Huber for data up to and including Nero, R. Bennett (Dec 2023) for Vespasian to Severus Alexander. Record updated by M. Ball (Sept. 2023). Updated by C. Gazdac (Aug. 2025).

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