BRAUGHING

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Location

City

Braughing (Parish)

Address

East Hertfordshire (District)

County

Hertfordshire

Region

Eastern

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

51.897218 / 0.018757139 / 74.5 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

926

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https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/926

Hoard name

BRAUGHING

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

4 Jul 1956

(to)

4 Jul 1956

Total number of coins

Summary

On the bank of the River Rib, near Braughing in Herts., a small earthenware pot which proved to contain 61 Roman denarii of the first and second centuries AD: Vespasian - Marcus Aurelius.

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Discovery method

Unknown
Land Use

Open fresh water
Finder(s)

F.R. Bower
Closing reign (earliest)

Trajan Decius
Terminal year (earliest)

170
Closing reign (latest)

Trajan Decius
Terminal year (latest)

171
Opening year (earliest)

69
Opening year (latest)

79
Coin-level data

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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Fair

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Rural

Context

Natural feature

Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

The type has a wide mouth which has been broken off on this specimen.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/885

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-676DBC

References

Reference

Robertson

Ref

291

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). Coin-level data (Trajan-Aurelius) added by M. Ball (July 2022). Updated by C. Gazdac (July 2025).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

BRAUGHING

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

The type has a wide mouth which has been broken off on this specimen.

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

BRAUGHING

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Ceramic vessel

The type has a wide mouth which has been broken off on this specimen.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire