HOARD
Unique ID: IARCH-FBB046
Workflow
status: Published 
Known as
Longton Moss
Quantity summary
- Coins in hoard: 28
- Containers for the hoard: 1
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Coin chronology
Last ruler: Marcus Aurelius (as Augustus)
Last Reece period: Period 8 Antonine II (161-180)
Date from: AD 161
Date to: AD 176
Terminal reason: Date of latest ruler/issuer
Coin summary
Download as CSV| Period | Ruler | Denomination | Mint | From | To | Quantity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROMAN | Trajan | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| ROMAN | Hadrian | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| ROMAN | Antoninus Pius | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| ROMAN | Faustina II | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| ROMAN | Nerva | - | - | - | - | 0 | |
| ROMAN | Uncertain | Denarius (Empire) | - | - | - | 11 | |
| ROMAN | Uncertain | Sestertius, dupondius or as | - | - | - | 17 |
Coin data quality rating: Fair (Grade 2)
Description
Robertson 2000, 55 no. 272:
""Twenty-eight Roman coins, some silver, and the others brass, were discovered a few weeks ago inclosed in a small oaken box, on Longton Moss, in Lancashire, by a man employed in cutting turf. Those which are legible are coins of Trajan, Adrian, Antonine, and Faustina, the wife of Marcus Aurelius."
-Gent. Mag., 1819, II, 63f.
P. Whittle, Hist. of Preston (1837), I, 14, gave the date of discovery as 8 May 1819, and the nos. of coins as 11 silver and 17 copper, and added Narva [sic] to the emperors included.
C. Hardwick, Hist. of Preston (1857), 49, dated the discovery, wrongly, to 1820, and added, "five of which [i.e. the 28 coins] are in the collection of Miss Farington.""
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Unknown
Materials of coins and artefacts in the hoard
Containers linked to this hoard
Record ID:
IARCH-1B1CF4
Object type:
BOX
Broad period:
ROMAN
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 8th May 1819 - Saturday 8th May 1819
Personal details
Other reference numbers
Legacy hoard number: 1169
SMR reference number: Pastscape 42628
Spatial metadata
Region: North West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: South Ribble (District)
To be known as: Longton Moss
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: 55 no. 272
- Shotter, D., 1990 Roman Coins from North-West England (original edition) Lancaster: 158
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