TOWER OF LONDON

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Location

City

Tower Hamlets

County

Greater London Authority

Region

London

Country

England, United Kingdom

Ancient place

Londinium/Augusta
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Londinium

Lat/Long/Alt

51.503293 / -0.085155684 / 21 view

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Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

777

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Hoard name

TOWER OF LONDON

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Sep 1777

(to)

30 Sep 1777

Total number of coins

Summary

Three solidi (Honorius and Arcadius) and one silver ingot, found while digging the foundations for a new office in the Tower of London, in 1777.

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Discovery method

Building work
Disposition

British Museum
Closing reign (earliest)

Honorius (RIC X)
Terminal year (earliest)

404
Closing reign (latest)

Honorius (RIC X)
Terminal year (latest)

408

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Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Good

Objects belonging to this hoard

Ingot
Piece of silver, in form of a double wedge, is 4 inches long, 2 inches and ¾ broad in the broadest part. In the center of its area is impressed, in Roman letters, an inscription in two lines: EX OFFIC / HONORII

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/738

References

Reference

Evans, A. - 1915 - Notes on the coinage and silver currency in Roman Britain from Valentinian I to Constantine III

Ref

p. 509

Reference

Kent, J. and Painter, K.S. - 1977 - Wealth of the Roman world: AD 300-700

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p. 26, no. 14

Reference

Robertson

Ref

1565

Reference

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

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404

Roberston dataset, imported by J. Mairat. PAS Leicester - British Museum dataset, imported and edited by M. Spoerri (Spring 2019).

Coin Hoards
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TOWER OF LONDON

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Objects belonging to this hoard

Ingot
Piece of silver, in form of a double wedge, is 4 inches long, 2 inches and ¾ broad in the broadest part. In the center of its area is impressed, in Roman letters, an inscription in two lines: EX OFFIC / HONORII

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

TOWER OF LONDON

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Objects belonging to this hoard

Ingot Piece of silver, in form of a double wedge, is 4 inches long, 2 inches and ¾ broad in the broadest part. In the center of its area is impressed, in Roman letters, an inscription in two lines: EX OFFIC / HONORII

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Ingot
Piece of silver, in form of a double wedge, is 4 inches long, 2 inches and ¾ broad in the broadest part. In the center of its area is impressed, in Roman letters, an inscription in two lines: EX OFFIC / HONORII