ROCKBOURNE 1967

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Location

City

Rockbourne (Parish)

Address

New Forest (District)

County

Hampshire

Region

South East

Country

England, United Kingdom

Ancient place

Rockbourne

Lat/Long/Alt

50.952309 / -1.8305383 / 41 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

867

Permalink

https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/867

Hoard name

ROCKBOURNE 1967

Alternative names

West Park Roman Villa

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

26 Aug 1967

(to)

26 Aug 1967

Total number of coins

7717

Summary

7,717 coins mostly antoniniani (radiates), including 3 denarii where found in a storage jar outside the wall of room L of the villa: Trebonianus Gallus - Carausius.

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Coins Summary
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Objects
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Credit

Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Archaeological site
Disposition

West Park Roman Villa Museum (part)
Closing reign (earliest)

Carausius
Terminal year (earliest)

286
Closing reign (latest)

Carausius
Terminal year (latest)

293
Opening year (earliest)

251
Opening year (latest)

253
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Good

Site comment

In clearing the outside of the wall of Room L
Recovery method

Excavation
Site class

Rural

Context

Villa

Depositional context

Wall

Containers belonging to this hoard

Storage jar

A hard grey body two handled storage jar, 30 cm high.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Sprigs of spice
Some sprigs of spice

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/828

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-8AF78B

References

Reference

Robertson

Ref

880

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 (Feb. 2025).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

ROCKBOURNE 1967

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Storage jar

A hard grey body two handled storage jar, 30 cm high.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Sprigs of spice
Some sprigs of spice

Permalink in other online databases

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

ROCKBOURNE 1967

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Storage jar

A hard grey body two handled storage jar, 30 cm high.

Objects belonging to this hoard

Sprigs of spice Some sprigs of spice

Permalink in other online databases

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Sprigs of spice
Some sprigs of spice