STANDISH 1675

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Location

Address

Wigan (District)

County

Wigan

Region

North West

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

53.566837 / -2.6507274 / 67.2 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

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Information

790

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Hoard name

STANDISH 1675

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Jan 1675

(to)

1 Jan 1700

Total number of coins

Summary

A signet found near Standish in Lancashire in a copper urceolus, with two hundred Roman coins, and two gold rings of Roman knights. It was found by a farmer while ploughing.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Closing reign (earliest)

Gordian III
Terminal year (earliest)

240
Closing reign (latest)

Gordian III
Terminal year (latest)

244
Opening year (earliest)

81
Opening year (latest)

96
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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Rural

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Objects belonging to this hoard

Signet
Probably Achilles standing right, wearing a chlamys (misunderstood in the drawing), holding a spear in his left hand and a helmet in his right. A shield lies at his feet in front of him. 17 x 13 mm. Oval."

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/751

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-1D4BD5

References

Reference

Leigh, Ch. - 1700 - The Natural History of Lancashire, Cheshire, and the Peak, in Derbyshire: With an Account of the British, Phoenician, Armenian, Gr. and Rom. Antiquities in Those Parts

Ref

92-110

Comment

drawings of types

Reference

Shotter, D. - 1990 - Roman Coins from North-West England

Ref

145

Reference

Robertson

Ref

442

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 (July 2025).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

STANDISH 1675

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Objects belonging to this hoard

Signet
Probably Achilles standing right, wearing a chlamys (misunderstood in the drawing), holding a spear in his left hand and a helmet in his right. A shield lies at his feet in front of him. 17 x 13 mm. Oval."

Two golden rings

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

STANDISH 1675

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Objects belonging to this hoard

Signet Probably Achilles standing right, wearing a chlamys (misunderstood in the drawing), holding a spear in his left hand and a helmet in his right. A shield lies at his feet in front of him. 17 x 13 mm. Oval."

Two golden rings

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Signet
Probably Achilles standing right, wearing a chlamys (misunderstood in the drawing), holding a spear in his left hand and a helmet in his right. A shield lies at his feet in front of him. 17 x 13 mm. Oval."