COLEFORD 1848

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Location

City

Coleford (Parish)

Address

Forest of Dean (District)

County

Gloucestershire

Region

South West

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

51.778005 / -2.6246691 / 154.3 view

Location details

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649

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/649

Hoard name

COLEFORD 1848

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Jan 1848

(to)

1 Jul 1849

Total number of coins

3000

Summary

While raising blocks of siliceous gritstone from an edge of rock in a small oak copse called Perry Grove, about a mile from Coleford, in Dean Forest, the workmen discovered in a cavity of the rock, three globular earthen jars containing upwards of 3000 Roman coins. The cavity occurring in the face of the escarpment of the rock against which rested two projecting blocks, a few feet apart, it was capable of being converted into a rude hut by laying trunks of trees across, covered with brushwood and turf. A considerable number of these coins are of the usurper Postumus and some appear to be cast of a mixed metal, strongly plated with silver. The coins of Valerian and his empress appear to have been cast, but those of Gallienus and his Empress are stamped by a die, and while some of his dies are well executed, especially those of mixt metal, others of copper are of the rudest and most barbarous style: a few of the coins are plated with tin. 186 antoniniani (radiates) documented out 0f 3,000: Valerian I Probus

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Discovery method

Other chance find
Land Use

Woodland
Disposition

collection of Mr. Fryer's son (in 1882)
Finder(s)

Workers
Closing reign (earliest)

Probus
Terminal year (earliest)

276
Closing reign (latest)

Probus
Terminal year (latest)

282
Opening year (earliest)

253
Opening year (latest)

259
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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Good

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Rural

Context

Natural feature

Containers belonging to this hoard

Three ceramic vessels

Globular shape. The earthen jars were without ornament, two of them being of coarse red ware and the other made of a greyish clay, washed with a dark coloured glaze.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

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https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/610

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-AE9FB2

References

Reference

Robertson

Ref

768

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). Updated by C. Gazdac (July 2025).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

COLEFORD 1848

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Three ceramic vessels

Globular shape. The earthen jars were without ornament, two of them being of coarse red ware and the other made of a greyish clay, washed with a dark coloured glaze.

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

COLEFORD 1848

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Three ceramic vessels

Globular shape. The earthen jars were without ornament, two of them being of coarse red ware and the other made of a greyish clay, washed with a dark coloured glaze.

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