HOARD
Unique ID: IARCH-529DD6
Workflow
status: Published 
Known as
Takeley
Quantity summary
- Coins in hoard: 51
Chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Coin chronology
Last ruler: Potin
Last Reece period: Period 1 Pre-Claudian and Iron Age (Pre AD 41)
Date from: 70 BC
Date to: 50 BC
Terminal reason: Date of latest coin
Coin summary
Download as CSV| Period | Ruler | Denomination | Geog. area | From | To | Quantity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IRON AGE | Uninscribed | Potin (Cast bronze) | South Eastern | 70 BC | 50 BC | 51 |
Coin data quality rating: Excellent (Grade 4)
Description
De Jersey (2015) writes: "A hoard of fifty-one cast bronze coins found in the gully of a roundhouse (fill 1018 in context 550; Havis and Brooks 2004, 99, 102-4). The roundhouse was one of a number of similar structures set within a defended, rectangular settlement of approximately 80 m x 80 m, "occupied for a period of 50-70 years in the 1st century BC" (ibid., 529)... David Holman (pers. comm., 25 Oct. 2011) has recently examined the Takeley coins and has suggested that their classification needs further attention."
Notes
The published coin report (Van Arsdell and Northover 2004 in Havis and Brooks 2004, 115-120) lacks images of any of the coins and cannot be easily correlated to the weights but they are fully recorded on the CCI.
Six other coins (four potin and two bronze of Cunobelin) were found on the Airport Catering Site which were not associated with the hoard.
Havis R. and Brooks H., 2004, Excavations at Stansted Airport, 1986-91, East Anglian Archaeology Report No. 107, Essex County Council
Subsequent actions
Current location of find: Saffron Walden Museum
Materials of coins and artefacts in the hoard
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Thursday 1st January 1987
Personal details
Other reference numbers
Legacy hoard number: 2721
SMR reference number: HER 7281
Spatial metadata
Region: Eastern (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Essex (County)
District: Uttlesford (District)
To be known as: Takeley
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Archaeological information
Background
The site has been excavated.
Site details
Site class: Rural
Site type: Dwelling
Site chronology
Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE
Period to: ROMAN
Context details
Feature: Ditch
Recovery method: Excavation
References cited
- de Jersey, P.J., 2014 Coin Hoards from Iron Age Britain London: BNS no. 67
- Havis, R. and Brooks, H., 2004 Excavations at Stansted Airport, 1986-91 Volume 1: Prehistoric and Romano-British Essex: Essex County Council
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