HOARD
Unique ID: IARCH-4B4539
Workflow
status: Published 
Known as
Llanddewi Velfrey
Quantity summary
- Containers for the hoard: 2
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Coin chronology
Last ruler: Vespasian
Last Reece period: Period 4 Flavian (69-96)
Date from: AD 69
Date to: AD 79
Terminal reason: Incomplete information
Coin summary
Download as CSV| Period | Ruler | Denomination | Mint | From | To | Quantity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROMAN | Republic | Denarius (Roman Republic) | - | - | - | ||
| ROMAN | Augustus | Denarius (Empire) | - | - | - | ||
| ROMAN | Vespasian | Denarius (Empire) | - | - | - |
Coin data quality rating: Poor (Grade 1)
Description
Robertson 2000, 15 no. 76:
""In a letter of the year 1693, addressed to Edward Lhuyd (MS. Ashmole. 1815,f. 307) mention is made of the discovery in this parish of two pots of coins of 'Julius Caesar, Augustus, Vespasian and some others'."
RCHM Pembrokeshire (1925), 155, 430A
The coins of Julius Caesar, at least, were probably of silver. In a letter, Jan. 1953, Dr. J.N.L. Myres, when Bodley's Librarian, stated that the reference to MS. Ashmole 1815 must be wrong, as fol. 307 does not record the above-mentioned find of Roman coins.
Cp. S. Lewis, Topog. Dict. of Wales (1833), s.v. Henllan:
"A pot of silver coins was dug up on a farm in the hamlet, but being sold immediately on their discovery, no account of the coins has been preserved.""
Materials of coins and artefacts in the hoard
Coins linked to this hoard
Unique ID:
IARCW-63DAF1F35
Object type:
COIN
Broad period:
ROMAN
Unique ID:
IARCW-63DAF1F37
Object type:
COIN
Broad period:
ROMAN
Unique ID:
IARCW-63DAF1F3A
Object type:
COIN
Broad period:
ROMAN
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 1693 - Thursday 31st December 1693
Personal details
Other reference numbers
Legacy hoard number: 1756
Spatial metadata
Region: Wales (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Pembrokeshire (Unitary Authority)
District: Pembrokeshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Llanddewi Velfrey
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Archaeological context
No archaeological context available.
References cited
- Guest, P. and Wells, N., 2007 Iron Age & Roman Coins from Wales Moneta: Wetteren no. 733
- Robertson, A.S., 2000 An Inventory of Romano-British Coin Hoards London: 15 no. 76
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