BLACKMOOR 1875

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Location

Address

East Hampshire (District)

County

Hampshire

Region

South East

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

51.091018 / -0.88762234 / 106.6 view

Location details

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Information

874

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/874

Hoard name

BLACKMOOR 1875

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Jan 1875

(to)

31 Dec 1875

Total number of coins

Summary

The Curtis Museum, Alton, possessed a hoard of forty-six Roman coins. The museum records are incomplete, and merely stated that the coins were found at Blackmoor in 1875, contained in the base portion of a small cooking-pot, or beaker, of coarse grey ware. The coins were all antoniniani: Gallienus (sole) - Tetricus I. The portion of the pot in which the coins were found was also in Curtis Museum, Alton. It was Examined, and pot drawn, 1947 (ASR)

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Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Unknown
Disposition

Curtis Museum, Alton
Closing reign (earliest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (earliest)

272
Closing reign (latest)

Tetricus I
Terminal year (latest)

274
Opening year (earliest)

260
Opening year (latest)

268
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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Poor

Site class

Rural

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Part of a barrel-shaped vessel of hard creamy clay, burned grey at the core. The surviving portion was 1¾ in. by 3¾ in.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/835

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-140AC1

References

Reference

Askew, G. - 1935 - A third-century hoard from Blackmoor, Hants

Ref

55-56

Reference

Robertson

Ref

631

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

BLACKMOOR 1875

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Part of a barrel-shaped vessel of hard creamy clay, burned grey at the core. The surviving portion was 1¾ in. by 3¾ in.

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

BLACKMOOR 1875

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

Part of a barrel-shaped vessel of hard creamy clay, burned grey at the core. The surviving portion was 1¾ in. by 3¾ in.

Permalink in other online databases

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire