MUSWELL HILL

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Location

City

Muswell Hill

County

Greater London Authority

Region

London

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

51.5851 / -0.13945755 / 60.7 view

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

755

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/755

Hoard name

MUSWELL HILL

Alternative names

Cranley Garden

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

6 Sep 1928

(to)

6 Sep 1928

Total number of coins

654

Summary

A hoard of 653 denarii (Mark Antony – Geta) and 1 drachm of Caesarea in Cappadocia (Trajan), found in a garden at Muswell Hill in 1928, together with a silver spoon and a bronze ring, and pieces of the earthenware pot which had contained them.

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Discovery method

Gardening
Discovery depth (m)

1 - 1.5
Land Use

Garden
Disposition

British Museum (part)
Closing reign (earliest)

Septimius Severus
Terminal year (earliest)

209
Closing reign (latest)

Septimius Severus
Terminal year (latest)

211
Opening year (earliest)

-32
Opening year (latest)

-31
Coin-level data

Entered

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Good

Associated features

Embedded in clay.
Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

Pieces of the earthenware pot which had contained the coins.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Spoon
Silver spoon, with a narrow, pointed stem and its round bowl has a grooved lip.

Ring
Broken bronze ring

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/716

References

Reference

Pearce, J. W. E. and Mattingly, H. - 1929 - Hoards of Roman coins

Ref

315-318

Comment

with references to Cohen, 2nd edition

Reference

Neuburg, C. - 1972 - The Cranley Gardens hoard

Comment

discussion of the associated finds (pot, spoon and ring).

Reference

Robertson

Ref

387

Roberston dataset, imported by J. Mairat. PAS Leicester - British Museum dataset, imported and edited by M. Spoerri (Spring 2019). Coin level data: W.E. Metcalf dataset, K. Huber for data up to and including Nero, the rest R. Bennett (May 2023). Updated by C. Gazdac (July 2024).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

MUSWELL HILL

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

Pieces of the earthenware pot which had contained the coins.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Spoon
Silver spoon, with a narrow, pointed stem and its round bowl has a grooved lip.

Ring
Broken bronze ring

Permalink in other online databases

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

MUSWELL HILL

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Pot

Pieces of the earthenware pot which had contained the coins.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Spoon Silver spoon, with a narrow, pointed stem and its round bowl has a grooved lip.

Ring Broken bronze ring

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References

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Spoon
Silver spoon, with a narrow, pointed stem and its round bowl has a grooved lip.

Ring
Broken bronze ring