HOARD
Unique ID: IARCH-BB20A9
Workflow
status: Published 
Known as
Gowerton
Quantity summary
- Coins in hoard: 30
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Coin chronology
Last ruler: Antoninus Pius
Last Reece period: Period 7 Antonine I (138-161)
Date from: AD 138
Date to: AD 161
Terminal reason: Incomplete information
Coin summary
Download as CSV| Period | Ruler | Denomination | Mint | From | To | Quantity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROMAN | Vespasian | Sestertius | - | - | - | 1 | |
| ROMAN | Domitian | Sestertius, dupondius or as | - | - | - | 2 | |
| ROMAN | Trajan | Sestertius, dupondius or as | - | - | - | 5 | |
| ROMAN | Hadrian | Sestertius, dupondius or as | - | - | - | 3 | |
| ROMAN | Antoninus Pius | Sestertius, dupondius or as | - | - | - | 2 |
Coin data quality rating: Fair (Grade 2)
Description
Robertson 2000, 36 no. 183:
""A hoard of possibly thirty coins was found in building Gowerton County School for Girls, Dunvant Road; thirteen have been traced by Mrs. Williams and are 1 AE and 2 AE of
Vespasian 1
Domitian 2
Trajan 5
Hadrian 3
Pius 2."
(Footnote: "Information from Mrs. Williams, Royal Institute of South Wales, Swansea.")
JRS, XXIX (1939), 200
1 coin said to be in Swansea Museum was not seen in 1948 (ASR)"
Materials of coins and artefacts in the hoard
Coins linked to this hoard
Unique ID:
IARCW-63DAE342A8
Object type:
COIN
Broad period:
ROMAN
Unique ID:
IARCW-63DAE342B1
Object type:
COIN
Broad period:
ROMAN
Unique ID:
IARCW-63DAE342BA
Object type:
COIN
Broad period:
ROMAN
Unique ID:
IARCW-63DAE342C4
Object type:
COIN
Broad period:
ROMAN
Unique ID:
IARCW-63DAE342CD
Object type:
COIN
Broad period:
ROMAN
Unique ID:
IARCW-63DAE342D7
Object type:
COIN
Broad period:
ROMAN
Unique ID:
IARCW-63DAE342E0
Object type:
COIN
Broad period:
ROMAN
Unique ID:
IARCW-63DAE342E9
Object type:
COIN
Broad period:
ROMAN
Unique ID:
IARCW-63DAE342F3
Object type:
COIN
Broad period:
ROMAN
Unique ID:
IARCW-63DAE342FC
Object type:
COIN
Broad period:
ROMAN
Unique ID:
IARCW-63DAE34305
Object type:
COIN
Broad period:
ROMAN
Unique ID:
IARCW-63DAE3430F
Object type:
COIN
Broad period:
ROMAN
Unique ID:
IARCW-63DAE34318
Object type:
COIN
Broad period:
ROMAN
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Saturday 1st January 1938 - Saturday 31st December 1938
Personal details
Other reference numbers
Legacy hoard number: 2151
Archaeological context
No archaeological context available.
References cited
- Guest, P. and Wells, N., 2007 Iron Age & Roman Coins from Wales Moneta: Wetteren no. 379
- Robertson, A.S., 2000 An Inventory of Romano-British Coin Hoards London: 36 no. 183
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