EAST HOLME

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Location

City

East Holme (Parish)

Address

Purbeck (District)

County

Dorset

Region

South West

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

50.664565 / -2.1570015 / 13.1 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference. A field on the south-west side of the village.

Information

513

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/513

Hoard name

EAST HOLME

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

25 Sep 1988

(to)

26 Sep 1988

Total number of coins

151

Summary

151 nummi minted between c. 295 and 310. Forty per cent were minted between 295 and 305, c. 22.4% between 305 and 307 and c. 36% between 307 and 310. The dominant mint is London with 37% of the total, but Trier produced 31% and Lyon c. 18% while the central mints produced c. 12% and the Eastern mints less than 1%. Two coins were illegible.

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Discovery method

Metal detector
Land Use

Other
Disposition

Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
Finder(s)

S.J. Dereham
Closing reign (earliest)

Tetrarchy (RIC VI)
Terminal year (earliest)

307
Closing reign (latest)

Tetrarchy (RIC VI)
Terminal year (latest)

310
Opening year (earliest)

295
Opening year (latest)

305
Coin-level data

Available to enter

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Numismatic rating

Good

Containers belonging to this hoard

Cooking pot

Black burnished ware produced locally between the first and fourth centuries AD.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/487

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-67DEF3

References

Reference (string)

Robertson 2000, 992A; CHRB IX

Reference

King, C.E. - 1992 - East Holme, Dorset

Ref

217-221

Reference

Robertson

Ref

992A

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 (Feb. 2025).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

EAST HOLME

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Cooking pot

Black burnished ware produced locally between the first and fourth centuries AD.

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

EAST HOLME

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Cooking pot

Black burnished ware produced locally between the first and fourth centuries AD.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire