HOARD
Unique ID: IARCH-31AE60
Workflow
status: Published 
Known as
Grimsargh, Near Ribchester
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Coin chronology
Last ruler: Uncertain
Date from: AD 43
Date to: AD 402
Terminal reason: No information (unavailable or hoard not studied)
Coin summary
Download as CSV| Period | Ruler | Denomination | Mint | From | To | Quantity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROMAN | Uncertain | Uncertain (silver) | - | - | - |
Coin data quality rating: Poor (Grade 1)
Description
Robertson 2000, 419 no. 1756:
""Mr. E. Kirk states that he remembers the discovery of a hoard of Roman silver coins, circa 1845, on the Elston Hall Estate, near Ribchester, in one of the fields on the river side: but Col. W. Assheton-Cross, the owner of the site, appears to know nothing whatever about them."
W.T. Watkins, Roman Lancashire (1886), 232
Undated"
Materials of coins and artefacts in the hoard
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st January 1845 - Wednesday 31st December 1845
Personal details
Other reference numbers
Legacy hoard number: 1149
SMR reference number: Pastscape 43766
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Preston (District)
To be known as: Grimsargh, Near Ribchester
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1000 metre square.
Archaeological context
No archaeological context available.
References cited
- Robertson, A.S., 2000 An Inventory of Romano-British Coin Hoards London: 419 no. 1756
- Shotter, D., 1990 Roman Coins from North-West England (original edition) Lancaster: 145
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