BLETCHLEY 1967

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Location

Address

Milton Keynes (District)

County

Milton Keynes

Region

South East

Country

England, United Kingdom

Ancient place

Magiovinium

Lat/Long/Alt

51.988334 / -0.70533768 / 74 view

Location details

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Hoard name

BLETCHLEY 1967

Alternative names

BRICKHILL

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

20 May 1967

(to)

21 May 1967

Total number of coins

296

Summary

A hoard of 296 denarii up to Commodus found in a ditch dug by mechanical excavators in a field next to the Roman Watling Street south of Bletchley. - see http://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/49 for a possible addendum to this hoard, found in 1987.

Discovery method

Other chance find
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

British Museum (part); Bucks. County Museum, Aylesbury (part)
Closing reign (earliest)

Commodus
Terminal year (earliest)

183
Closing reign (latest)

Commodus
Terminal year (latest)

183
Opening year (earliest)

-32
Opening year (latest)

-31
Coin-level data

Entered

Site class

Rural

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

BLETCHLEY 1967

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel ?

A bronze container mentioned in Robertson but evidence unclear (assumed from presence of corrosion on coins, but this could have derived from coins themselves)

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

BLETCHLEY 1967

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