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Unique ID: IARCH-5CFA5D

Workflow status: Published Find published

Known as

Ribchester

Quantity summary

  • Coins in hoard: 5

Chronology

Broad period: ROMAN

Coin chronology

Last ruler: Titus
Last Reece period: Period 4 Flavian (69-96)
Date from: AD 79
Date to: AD 81
Terminal reason: Date of latest ruler/issuer

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Coin summary

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Period Ruler Denomination Mint From To Quantity
ROMAN Flavian (uncertain) Denarius (Empire) - AD 69 AD 81 5

Coin data quality rating: Fair (Grade 2)

Description

Robertson 2000, 17 no. 89:

""A group of five silver denarii [was] found by the roadside north of the [Roman] fort in 1920."
J.H. Hopkinson ed. The Roman Fort at Ribchester, 3 ed. by D. Atkinson (1928), 10
A "Brief Description of the Contents of the Museum at Ribchester" noted that Case V contained the series of coins from the site (Ibid., 34):
"Among others the group of five silver denarii, belonging to the reigns of Vespasian and Titus (AD 69-81), may be noticed. These were found on the edge of the Roman road about forty yards north of the North Gate of the fort. The silver coins, as is usually the case, are well preserved.""

Subsequent actions

Current location of find: Ribchester Museum

Materials of coins and artefacts in the hoard

  • Silver

Discovery dates

Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 1920 - Friday 31st December 1920

Personal details

Recorded by: Dr Eleanor Ghey

Other reference numbers

Legacy hoard number: 1174

Spatial metadata

Region: North West (European Region)
County or Unitary authority: Lancashire (County)
District: Ribble Valley (District)
To be known as: Ribchester

Spatial coordinates


Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.

Discovery metadata

Method of discovery: Controlled archaeological investigation
General landuse: Other
Specific landuse: Recreational usage

Archaeological information

Background

This hoard comes from a known archaeological site.

Site details

Site class: Extramural
Site type: Road

Site chronology

Broad period: ROMAN

References cited

Audit data

Recording Institution: IARCH
Created: 9 years ago
Updated: 8 years ago

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