FOREST OF DEAN

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Location

Address

Forest of Dean (District)

County

Gloucestershire

Region

South West

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

51.7906 / -2.4533 / 0 view

Location details

Unknown / uncertain find spot

Information

697

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/697

Hoard name

FOREST OF DEAN

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Jan 1847

(to)

1 Jan 1849

Total number of coins

Summary

A year or two back, some hundred coins of the same date, were found near an ancient line of road, running parallel to the road from Coleford to St. Briavels, on the opposite side of the Forest of Dean, bordering on the Severn. They were contained in an ampulla of thin brass plate

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Discovery method

Unknown
Closing reign (earliest)

Uncertain
Terminal year (earliest)

270
Closing reign (latest)

Uncertain
Terminal year (latest)

270
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Containers belonging to this hoard

Bronze ampulla

Thin brass plate. The mouth of the ampulla was moulded in a form resembling the leaf of the shamrock.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/658

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-76913C

References

Reference

Robertson

Ref

552

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 (Feb. 2025).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

FOREST OF DEAN

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Bronze ampulla

Thin brass plate. The mouth of the ampulla was moulded in a form resembling the leaf of the shamrock.

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

FOREST OF DEAN

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Bronze ampulla

Thin brass plate. The mouth of the ampulla was moulded in a form resembling the leaf of the shamrock.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire