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FENNY STRATFORD 1962

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Location

County

Milton Keynes

Region

South East

Country

England, United Kingdom

Ancient place

Magiovinium

Lat/Long/Alt

51.988493 / -0.71989634 / 77.2 view

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

ID

50

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/50

Hoard name

FENNY STRATFORD 1962

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

9 Jul 1962

(to)

9 Jul 1962

Total number of coins

306

Summary

On 9 July 1962 a hoard of 4th century coins was found during excavations in a 4th century building site which ran along and to the South of Watling Street adjacent to Magiovinium. The coins were probably originally contained in a bag. There were approximately 251 loose coins and a conglomerate of perhaps 400 more. The general condition of the coins was very poor - many were totally illegible. It was suggested that the coins may have been originally fused together as a result of fire. This hoard is composed almost entirely of ancient copies to which a few of the very common coins of 330 to 348 were added. All the coins are of the lowest possible value. 306 AE coins were catalogued.

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Credit

Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Disposition

Buckinghamshire County Museum, Aylesbury
Closing reign (earliest)

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

355
Closing reign (latest)

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

361
Coin-level data

Available to enter

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Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Good

Site class

Urban

Context

Uncertain structure

Containers belonging to this hoard

Bag

The coins were probably originally contained in a bag as a metal clasp was found in conjunction with them.

Objects belonging to this hoard

arrowhead
Barbed arrowhead made of iron, found in the same spot

Permalink in other online databases

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/43

References

Reference

King, C. E. - 1987 - The Fenny Stratford hoard (Bucks)

Reference

Ref

1272

Roberston dataset, imported by J. Mairat. PAS Leicester - British Museum dataset, imported and edited by M. Spoerri (Spring 2019).