BLETCHLEY 1967

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Location

City

Bow Brickhill

County

Milton Keynes

Region

South East

Country

England, United Kingdom

Ancient place

Magiovinium

Lat/Long/Alt

51.988334 / -0.70533768 / 74 view

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Hoard name

BLETCHLEY 1967

Alternative names

BRICKHILL

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

20 May 1967

(to)

21 May 1967

Total number of coins

296

Summary

A hoard of 296 denarii up to Commodus found in a ditch dug by mechanical excavators in a field next to the Roman Watling Street south of Bletchley. - see http://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/49 for a possible addendum to this hoard, found in 1987.

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Discovery method

Other chance find
Disposition

British Museum (part); Bucks. County Museum, Aylesbury (part)
Closing reign (earliest)

Commodus
Terminal year (earliest)

183
Closing reign (latest)

Commodus
Terminal year (latest)

183
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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Good

Site class

Rural

Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel ?

A bronze container mentioned in Robertson but evidence unclear (assumed from presence of corrosion on coins, but this could have derived from coins themselves)

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Reference

PAS Iron Age and Roman Coin Hoards Database

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https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/45

References

Reference

Crawford, M. H. - 1969 - Bletchley Treasure Trove of Roman Imperial Denarii

Reference

Robertson

Ref

319

Roberston dataset, imported by J. Mairat. PAS Leicester - British Museum dataset, imported and edited by M. Spoerri (Spring 2019).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

BLETCHLEY 1967

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel ?

A bronze container mentioned in Robertson but evidence unclear (assumed from presence of corrosion on coins, but this could have derived from coins themselves)

Permalink in other online databases

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

BLETCHLEY 1967

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Vessel ?

A bronze container mentioned in Robertson but evidence unclear (assumed from presence of corrosion on coins, but this could have derived from coins themselves)

Permalink in other online databases

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire