FOREST WAY, ORPINGTON

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Location

Address

Bromley (District)

County

Greater London Authority

Region

London

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

51.383276 / 0.09665896 / 61 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

704

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/704

Hoard name

FOREST WAY, ORPINGTON

Alternative names

St. Mary Cray

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

Jul 1934

Total number of coins

376

Summary

A hoard of 376 denarii (Mark Antony to Severus Alexander), found in an earthenware pot while digging a trench on the O'Sullivan Building Estate, in Forest Way, Orpington in July 1934.

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Credit

Discovery method

Building work
Land Use

Built over
Disposition

Danson Park Museum, Bexleyheath (part)
Closing reign (earliest)

Severus Alexander
Terminal year (earliest)

226
Closing reign (latest)

Severus Alexander
Terminal year (latest)

235
Opening year (earliest)

-32
Opening year (latest)

-31
Coin-level data

Entered

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Good

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

Earthenware pot

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/665

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-91DAD9

References

Reference

Robertson, A. S. - 1935 - The St. Mary Cray hoard

Comment

with references to Cohen and some to RIC

Reference

Robertson

Ref

408

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). Coin level data: W.E. Metcalf dataset (Septimius Severus to Severus Alexander), R. Bennett (Mark Antony-Severus Alexander, September 2023)

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

FOREST WAY, ORPINGTON

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

Earthenware pot

Permalink in other online databases

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

FOREST WAY, ORPINGTON

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

Earthenware pot

Permalink in other online databases

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire