STURMER

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Location

City

Sturmer

County

Essex

Region

Eastern

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

52.059298 / 0.47828932 / 77.6 view

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

612

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/612

Hoard name

STURMER

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

11 Feb 1793

(to)

11 Feb 1793

Total number of coins

Summary

A small urn found by a workman stubbing gravel. It contained 30 coins of the Lower Empire, one gold and twenty-nine silver, in very fine preservation.

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Discovery method

Other chance find
Closing reign (earliest)

Theodosius I
Terminal year (earliest)

393
Closing reign (latest)

Honorius (RIC X)
Terminal year (latest)

402

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Fair

Containers belonging to this hoard

Urn

The urn is made of light brown earth, slightly baked and its mouth was covered with part of a Roman brick

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/579

References

Reference

1803 - Archaeologia, Or, Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity

Ref

71-2

Comment

giving the list of coins per emperor, with 8 Honorius, 8 Arcadius and 4 uncertain.

Reference

Robertson

Ref

1527

Reference

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

Ref

184

Comment

gives the number of coins as 10 Honorius, and 10 Arcadius.

Roberston dataset, imported by J. Mairat. PAS Leicester - British Museum dataset, imported and edited by M. Spoerri (Spring 2019).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

STURMER

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Urn

The urn is made of light brown earth, slightly baked and its mouth was covered with part of a Roman brick

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

STURMER

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Urn

The urn is made of light brown earth, slightly baked and its mouth was covered with part of a Roman brick

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Coin Hoards
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