HOARD
Unique ID: IARCH-0D92B3
Workflow
status: Published 
Known as
Stalbridge
Quantity summary
- Coins in hoard: 1000
- Containers for the hoard: 1
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Coin chronology
Last ruler: House of Constantine
Date from: AD 307
Date to: AD 361
Terminal reason: No information (unavailable or hoard not studied)
Coin data quality rating: Poor (Grade 1)
Description
HER record of a hoard found whilst digging for gravel in Gomershay, Stalbridge, around 1869. Over 1000 coins "from the age of Constantine" were contained in an urn "inside four great slabs of stone". A quernstone was found in the same place.
Notes
Has some similarity with IARCH-DFBB0F but great difference in location.
Subsequent actions
Subsequent action after recording: Returned to finder
Materials of coins and artefacts in the hoard
Discovery dates
Date(s) of discovery: Friday 1st January 1869 - Friday 31st December 1869
Personal details
Recorded by: Dr Eleanor Ghey
Identified by: Dr Eleanor Ghey
Other reference numbers
Museum accession number: MDO20999
Spatial metadata
Region: South West (European Region)County or Unitary authority: Dorset (County)
District: North Dorset (District)
To be known as: Stalbridge
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 100 metre square.
Archaeological information
Site chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Context details
Feature: Cist
References cited
No references cited so far.
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