HANDLEY

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Location

Address

East Dorset (District)

County

Dorset

Region

South West

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

50.961423 / -2.0156118 / 102.1 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

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533

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/533

Hoard name

HANDLEY

Alternative names

Upwood Farm

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

7 Aug 1877

Total number of coins

639

Summary

A hoard of ca. 639 Roman denarii, found in a 'crock' at Upwood Farm, near Handley, while digging up an allotment garden in 1877. A list of 571 coins (by emperor only, see NC 1950, pp. 311-312) was made by Dr. Blackmore who himself received 464 coins of the hoard. What remains of these 464 coins is now preserved in the Dorchester Museum, but only 440 coins were catalogued by Roberston (NC 1950). These are all denarii (Mark Antony - Julia Domna), except for one Lycian drachm of Trajan.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

County Museum, Dorchester (part)
Closing reign (earliest)

Septimius Severus
Terminal year (earliest)

194
Closing reign (latest)

Septimius Severus
Terminal year (latest)

196
Opening year (earliest)

-32
Opening year (latest)

-31
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Fair

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

'Crock'

The top of the vessel had been broken away.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/507

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-4FB6DC

References

Reference

Robertson, A. S. - 1950 - A hoard of denarii from Handley, Dorset

Comment

Publishing the 440 denarii now in the Dorchester Museum (with RIC references): Mark Antony to Julia Domna.

Reference

Robertson

Ref

380

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). Coin level data: W.E. Metcalf dataset, K. Huber for data up to and including Nero, for the rest R. Bennett (Dec 2022). Updated by C. Gazdac (July 2024).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

HANDLEY

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Containers belonging to this hoard

'Crock'

The top of the vessel had been broken away.

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

HANDLEY

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

'Crock'

The top of the vessel had been broken away.

Permalink in other online databases

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire