ACTON 1899

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Location

Address

Ealing (District)

County

Greater London Authority

Region

London

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

51.515188 / -0.27202046 / 32.3 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

2912

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/2912

Hoard name

ACTON 1899

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Jan 1899

(to)

31 Dec 1899

Total number of coins

Summary

R.E.M. (Sir Mortimer) Wheeler, London in Roman Times (1930), 68, 190, fig. of lamp, 7 coins and lamp in London Museum (now in Museum of London).

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Credit

Discovery method

Other chance find
Disposition

Museum of London
Closing reign (earliest)

Septimius Severus
Terminal year (earliest)

193
Closing reign (latest)

Septimius Severus
Terminal year (latest)

193
Opening year (earliest)

69
Opening year (latest)

79
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site comment

Found with a lamp
Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Rural

Containers belonging to this hoard

Lamp

The lamp is of buff clay with a chocolate slip, with a round body, 3½ in. in diam., a handle ¾ in. long and a short projecting nozzle, ¾ in. long (cp. Walters Type IV). It is not clear whether the coins were found in the lamp or with the lamp.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Clay lamp
The lamp is of buff clay with a chocolate slip, with a round body, 3 1/2 in. in diameter, a handle 3/4 in. long and a short projecting nozzle, 3/4 in. long (cf. Walters Type IV)

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/709

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-E1AD66

References

Reference

Robertson

Ref

no. 365

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 (Nov. 2025).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

ACTON 1899

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Lamp

The lamp is of buff clay with a chocolate slip, with a round body, 3½ in. in diam., a handle ¾ in. long and a short projecting nozzle, ¾ in. long (cp. Walters Type IV). It is not clear whether the coins were found in the lamp or with the lamp.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Clay lamp
The lamp is of buff clay with a chocolate slip, with a round body, 3 1/2 in. in diameter, a handle 3/4 in. long and a short projecting nozzle, 3/4 in. long (cf. Walters Type IV)

Permalink in other online databases

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

ACTON 1899

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Lamp

The lamp is of buff clay with a chocolate slip, with a round body, 3½ in. in diam., a handle ¾ in. long and a short projecting nozzle, ¾ in. long (cp. Walters Type IV). It is not clear whether the coins were found in the lamp or with the lamp.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Clay lamp The lamp is of buff clay with a chocolate slip, with a round body, 3 1/2 in. in diameter, a handle 3/4 in. long and a short projecting nozzle, 3/4 in. long (cf. Walters Type IV)

Permalink in other online databases

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Clay lamp
The lamp is of buff clay with a chocolate slip, with a round body, 3 1/2 in. in diameter, a handle 3/4 in. long and a short projecting nozzle, 3/4 in. long (cf. Walters Type IV)