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SANQUHAR

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Location

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County

Dumfries and Galloway

Region

Country

Scotland, United Kingdom

Information

ID

555

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/555

Hoard name

SANQUHAR

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

(to)

1856

Total number of coins

0

Summary

A quantity of broad gold pieces were found near Sanguhar castle some years before 1856. Probably not Roman.

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Discovery method

Other chance find
Closing reign (earliest)

Uncertain
Closing reign (latest)

Uncertain
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site comment

Coins found near Sanquhar Castle (built in the 13th century).
Site class

Uncertain

Context

Uncertain

References

Reference

Bland, R. and Loriot, X. - 2010 - Roman and Early Byzantine Gold Coins found in Britain and Ireland

Ref

715

R. Bland dataset, updated by M. Spoerri (March 2020).