MEMBURY 1823

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Location

Address

East Devon (District)

County

Devon

Region

South West

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

50.82217 / -3.009335 / 141.4 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

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Information

478

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/478

Hoard name

MEMBURY 1823

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Jan 1823

(to)

31 Dec 1823

Total number of coins

Summary

On Beacon Hill, a labourer, taking away an irregular heap of stones of about twenty feet diameter, found, in the centre of the tumulus, a conical heap of rounded pebbles from the sea beach; on removing which, a stroke of his pickaxe broke an urn which contained a number of Roman coins, with a quantity of black ashes, having among them some minute pieces of charcoal and burnt bones. In addition to the coins within the urn were several others dispersed around it, amounting in the whole to about thirty, of various sizes, in brass and copper. Some few of them, which have been traced, appear to be of the lower empire, but the whole were much defaced. A large brass of Faustina I and another of Marcus Aurelius.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Closing reign (earliest)

Marcus Aurelius
Terminal year (earliest)

161
Closing reign (latest)

Marcus Aurelius
Terminal year (latest)

180
Opening year (earliest)

138
Opening year (latest)

161
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Fair

Site class

Rural

Context

Burial

Depositional context

Barrow

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

The urn was about seven inches in height, composed of a reddish earth, of coarse manufacture, unglazed, and without ornament.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/453

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-C1112F

References

Reference

Robertson

Ref

249

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
of the Roman Empire

MEMBURY 1823

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

The urn was about seven inches in height, composed of a reddish earth, of coarse manufacture, unglazed, and without ornament.

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

MEMBURY 1823

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

The urn was about seven inches in height, composed of a reddish earth, of coarse manufacture, unglazed, and without ornament.

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Coin Hoards
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