BENTLEY 1781

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Location

County

Greater London Authority

Region

London

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

51.624078 / -0.34012109 / 142.9 view

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

757

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/757

Hoard name

BENTLEY 1781

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Jan 1781

(to)

8 Nov 1781

Total number of coins

Summary

ca. 40-50 solidi (40 of which listed by emperor), silver coins (the coins were badly preserved, and some might have been bronze coins), 2 gold rings' gold bracelet and a silver ingot (?) found in 1781 while cleaning a ditch.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Grassland, Heathland
Closing reign (earliest)

Constantine III
Terminal year (earliest)

407
Closing reign (latest)

Constantine III
Terminal year (latest)

411

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Good

Context

Uncertain

Objects belonging to this hoard

Bracelet
The bracelet is composed of two bars of gold, closely interwoven. One extremity is beaten flat, and perforated, so as to admit a small Fibula or Button, which is annexed to the other.

Ring
Plain gold, very broad, without any stone; thicker and flatter on the upper part, on which are engraved two heads, apparently of different sexes. It has no Inscription.

Ring
Gold, enclosing a dark blue Pebble, on which are engraved a large eagle, supporting two smaller ones on her back, disembowling a hare.

Ingot or plate
A plate or piece of silver inscribed HONOR, set in a triangular frame of metal.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/718

References

Reference

Robertson

Ref

1619

Reference

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

Ref

409

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

BENTLEY 1781

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Objects belonging to this hoard

Bracelet
The bracelet is composed of two bars of gold, closely interwoven. One extremity is beaten flat, and perforated, so as to admit a small Fibula or Button, which is annexed to the other.

Ring
Plain gold, very broad, without any stone; thicker and flatter on the upper part, on which are engraved two heads, apparently of different sexes. It has no Inscription.

Ring
Gold, enclosing a dark blue Pebble, on which are engraved a large eagle, supporting two smaller ones on her back, disembowling a hare.

Ingot or plate
A plate or piece of silver inscribed HONOR, set in a triangular frame of metal.

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

BENTLEY 1781

Data not added to the map

Objects belonging to this hoard

Bracelet The bracelet is composed of two bars of gold, closely interwoven. One extremity is beaten flat, and perforated, so as to admit a small Fibula or Button, which is annexed to the other.

Ring Plain gold, very broad, without any stone; thicker and flatter on the upper part, on which are engraved two heads, apparently of different sexes. It has no Inscription.

Ring Gold, enclosing a dark blue Pebble, on which are engraved a large eagle, supporting two smaller ones on her back, disembowling a hare.

Ingot or plate A plate or piece of silver inscribed HONOR, set in a triangular frame of metal.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Bracelet
The bracelet is composed of two bars of gold, closely interwoven. One extremity is beaten flat, and perforated, so as to admit a small Fibula or Button, which is annexed to the other.

Ring
Plain gold, very broad, without any stone; thicker and flatter on the upper part, on which are engraved two heads, apparently of different sexes. It has no Inscription.

Ring
Gold, enclosing a dark blue Pebble, on which are engraved a large eagle, supporting two smaller ones on her back, disembowling a hare.

Ingot or plate
A plate or piece of silver inscribed HONOR, set in a triangular frame of metal.