CAMBRIDGE

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Location

Address

Cambridge (District)

County

Cambridgeshire

Region

Eastern

Country

England, United Kingdom

Ancient place

Arbury Road

Lat/Long/Alt

52.219132 / 0.12116499 / 15.9 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/84

Hoard name

CAMBRIDGE

Alternative names

Humphreys Road

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Jan 1953

Total number of coins

Summary

In 1953, at Arbury Road, Cambridge, during the excavation of a small building of fourth-century date in a Romano-British settlement site, "a small hoard of seventeen bronze coins, half a bronze ring, and a bead of green clay composition were brought to light. They had evidently been contained in a small iron-bound box, for fragments of three coins were found embedded in the corroded iron of one side and corner. The group was found 2 ft. 10 in. below the surface, embedded in a layer of clay 2 in. thick which at this point overlay the chalk foundations of the south wall of the building. They were scattered over an area about 9 in. square. The section in the rubble immediately above the hoard showed no sign of a break, and the chalk foundations of an outside wall do not offer much scope for concealment of valuables. It is possible that it may have been lost when the building was still in use, though we could not establish whether the clay deposit at this point was contemporary with it, or an accumulation subsequent to its destruction."

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Discovery depth (m)

-0.87
Disposition

Cambridge University Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology (part)
Closing reign (earliest)

House of Constantine (RIC VIII)
Terminal year (earliest)

355
Closing reign (latest)

House of Constantine (RIC VIII)
Terminal year (latest)

361
Opening year (earliest)

306
Opening year (latest)

361
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Good
Findspot rating

Good

Date of context (from)

300
Date of context (to)

400
Site class

Uncertain

Context

Uncertain structure

Objects belonging to this hoard

Bronze finger
The surviving part of it showed traces of incised dots and vertical lines.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/77

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-869F9C

References

Reference

Robertson

Ref

1318

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 (Dec. 2024).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

CAMBRIDGE

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Objects belonging to this hoard

Bronze finger
The surviving part of it showed traces of incised dots and vertical lines.

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

CAMBRIDGE

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Objects belonging to this hoard

Bronze finger The surviving part of it showed traces of incised dots and vertical lines.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Bronze finger
The surviving part of it showed traces of incised dots and vertical lines.