WOMERSLEY 1967

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Location

City

Womersley (Parish)

Address

Selby (District)

County

North Yorkshire

Region

Yorkshire and the Humber

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

53.682978 / -1.22931 / 33 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

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Information

2500

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/2500

Hoard name

WOMERSLEY 1967

Alternative names

Womersley I

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

8 Oct 1967

(to)

8 Oct 1967

Total number of coins

3247

Summary

3,247 bronze coins found near Cridling Stubbs, in Womersley parish. The hoard was located on 8 Oct. 1967 by Mr. W. Frost, an employee of Mr. W.R. Marsh of Lodge Farm, who is a tenant of the Earl of Rosse. On 16 Oct. R.M. Butler and J. Radley of RCHM, York, excavated the area and recovered the bulk of the coins and their container. The coins were enclosed in a fourth-century jar. Underlying the coins at the bottom of the pot was a quantity of creamy yellow powder which has been analysed by Dr. M. Kapel, Leeds University, and which proved to have a powdered limestone base with traces of silicates, chloride, phosphate, and iron which probably gives the colouring. Thirty-seven of the coins which were encrusted with this powder have been left as they are, without it being possible to identify and classify them. 3247 coins: 1 antoninianus (radiate), 3246 nummi: Tetricus I - Constantius II.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Other
Closing reign (earliest)

House of Constantine (RIC VIII)
Terminal year (earliest)

347
Closing reign (latest)

House of Constantine (RIC VIII)
Terminal year (latest)

348
Opening year (earliest)

271
Opening year (latest)

274
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Fair

Site comment

The hoard appears to have been inserted into a bank adjacent to a yard, represented by a black horizon full of bone, sherds and charcoal at a depth of 9-12 ins. The yard was presumably adjacent to a settlement which, situated on the Magnesian Limestone, would have been on a well-drained arable area overlooking the Vale of York.
Site class

Rural

Context

Settlement

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

A black calcite-gritted fabric, 9½ ins. high. The jar was upright and protected by part of an inverted large gre-ware jar and a capstone 18 x 11 x 3 ins.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/2406

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-575ADD

References

Reference

Robertson

Ref

1241

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 (June 2025).

Coin Hoards
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WOMERSLEY 1967

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

A black calcite-gritted fabric, 9½ ins. high. The jar was upright and protected by part of an inverted large gre-ware jar and a capstone 18 x 11 x 3 ins.

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

WOMERSLEY 1967

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

A black calcite-gritted fabric, 9½ ins. high. The jar was upright and protected by part of an inverted large gre-ware jar and a capstone 18 x 11 x 3 ins.

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Coin Hoards
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