BRIDGEND

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Location

Address

Bridgend (District)

County

Bridgend

Region

Wales

Country

Wales, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

51.5386 / -3.5568 / 145 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/39

Hoard name

BRIDGEND

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Apr 1994

(to)

31 May 1994

Total number of coins

1424

Summary

1,424 Tetrarchic nummi (c. AD 295-310) inside a broken greyware container found during the archaeological monitoring of the installation of a gas pipeline.

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Credit

Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

National Museums Wales
Finder(s)

Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust
Closing reign (earliest)

Tetrarchy (RIC VI)
Terminal year (earliest)

310
Closing reign (latest)

Tetrarchy (RIC VI)
Terminal year (latest)

311
Opening year (earliest)

294
Opening year (latest)

295
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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Good

Date of excavation (from)

1994
Date of excavation (to)

1994
Recovery method

Watching brief
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Period

Uncertain
End period

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Jar

A South Wales Reduced Ware burnished greyware jar; neck and upper section broken off and lost.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/32

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-F772F5

References

Reference

Besly, E. - 2002 - A Hoard of Tetrarchic nummi from Bridgend, South Wales

Comment

Discussion with catalogue

Reference

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

Ref

285

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). Record updated by M. Ball (Nov. 2023). Updated by C. Gazdac (Sep. 2025).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

BRIDGEND

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Jar

A South Wales Reduced Ware burnished greyware jar; neck and upper section broken off and lost.

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

BRIDGEND

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Jar

A South Wales Reduced Ware burnished greyware jar; neck and upper section broken off and lost.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire