HOARD
Unique ID: IARCH-190C7B
Workflow
status: Published 
Known as
Wednesbury
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Coin chronology
Last ruler: Trajan
Last Reece period: Period 5 Trajanic (96-117)
Date from: AD 98
Date to: AD 117
Terminal reason: Date of latest ruler/issuer
Coin summary
Download as CSV| Period | Ruler | Denomination | Mint | From | To | Quantity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROMAN | Nero | Uncertain | - | - | - | 1 | |
| ROMAN | Vespasian | Uncertain | - | - | - | 1 | |
| ROMAN | Trajan | Uncertain | - | - | - | 1 |
Coin data quality rating: Poor (Grade 1)
Description
Robertson 2000, 23 no. 119:
""A quantity of antient coins, in good preservation, having the impressions of the heads of the Emperors Nero, Vespasian, and Trajan, was lately dug up on the estate of Sir H. St. Paul, bart. at Wednesbury."
Gent. Mag., 1817, II, 551"
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Unknown
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Wednesday 1st October 1817 - Friday 31st October 1817
Personal details
Other reference numbers
Legacy hoard number: 2251
SMR reference number: Pastscape 118752
Spatial metadata
Region: West Midlands (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Sandwell (Metropolitan District)
District: Sandwell (Metropolitan District)
To be known as: Wednesbury
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: 23 no. 119
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