COLCHESTER TOWN

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Location

City

Colchester

Address

Colchester (District)

County

Essex

Region

Eastern

Country

England, United Kingdom

Ancient place

Col. Camulodunum

Lat/Long/Alt

51.878687 / 0.90426158 / 28.4 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

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Information

584

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/584

Hoard name

COLCHESTER TOWN

Alternative names

Colchester Barracks

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

23 Feb 2011

Total number of coins

1247

Summary

1,247 antoniniani (radiates)found in a pot: Trebonianus Gallus - Victorinus. Found by Colchester Archaeological Trust during archaeological excavations at the former Hyderabad Barracks site in advance of redevelopment by Taylor Wimpey. The coins were packed into a greyware fl ask and then buried in the fill of the ditch of the Berechurch Dyke, close to the slope of the rampart. An empty flask of the same form as that containing the coins had been buried upright and intact close by. It may have held a recovered hoard, or been buried as a reserve container for additional coins. This therefore originally was, or could have developed into, a two container hoard.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Disposition

Colchester Museum
Finder(s)

Colchester Archaeological Trust
Closing reign (earliest)

Victorinus
Terminal year (earliest)

269
Closing reign (latest)

Victorinus
Terminal year (latest)

271
Opening year (earliest)

251
Opening year (latest)

253
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Fair

Site comment

The coins were packed into a greyware fl ask and then buried in the fill of the ditch of the Berechurch Dyke, close to the slope of the rampart. An empty flask of the same form as that containing the coins had been buried upright and intact close by.
Site class

Urban

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Greyware flask (of type Cam 281)

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/551

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-98C362

References

Reference (string)

BNJ 2012, 30

Record created 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

COLCHESTER TOWN

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Greyware flask (of type Cam 281)

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

COLCHESTER TOWN

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Greyware flask (of type Cam 281)

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire