MYTHOLMROYD

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Location

Address

Calderdale (District)

County

Calderdale

Region

Yorkshire and the Humber

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

53.721407 / -1.9863239 / 152.9 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

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Hoard name

MYTHOLMROYD

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

19 Oct 1952

(to)

23 Oct 1952

Total number of coins

597

Summary

A find of 458 Roman coins was made at Scout Rocks, Scout Wood, Mytholmroyd, in the West Riding of Yorkshire. The find was reported to the police and a subsequent search of the site by a police officer and the Deputy Director of the Halifax Museum produced a further 139 coins and fragments of Roman pottery. The pot has been restored by the Halifax Museum who acquired it. The coins were 597 antoniniani (radiates): Gordian III - Tetricus I.

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Discovery method

Other chance find
Land Use

Woodland
Disposition

Bankfield Museum, Halifax
Closing reign (earliest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (earliest)

271
Closing reign (latest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (latest)

274
Opening year (earliest)

238
Opening year (latest)

244
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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

the surviving part stands 7¾ in. high, with a diam. at the rim of about 7 in. The outbent rim, flattened on the inside, and the fabric - a hard, gritty dark grey ware, with some red patches resulting from uneven firing - indicate that the pot was of "Dales Ware", as described by J.P. Gillam, in Ant. J., XXI (1951), 154-64.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/74

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-5C2D62

References

Reference

Robertson

Ref

592

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 (June 2025).

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