HOARD
Unique ID: IARCH-987A68
Workflow
status: Published 
Known as
Rudston Roman villa
Quantity summary
- Coins in hoard: 5
Chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Coin chronology
Last ruler: House of Valentinian
Last Reece period: Period 19 Valentinianic (364-378)
Date from: AD 364
Date to: AD 378
Terminal reason: Date of latest ruler/issuer
Coin summary
Download as CSV| Period | Ruler | Denomination | Mint | From | To | Quantity | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROMAN | Victorinus | Radiate (antoninianus) | - | - | - | 1 | |
| ROMAN | Carausius | Radiate (antoninianus) | - | - | - | 1 | |
| ROMAN | House of Valentinian | Nummus (AE 1 - AE 4) | - | - | - | 3 |
Coin data quality rating: Fair (Grade 2)
Description
The excavation of the well was concluded in 1966. It was 99ft deep and its diameter below the weathering cone average 9ft to within 6ft of the bottom. Two radiate coins of late 3rd C. and iron fittings of several buckets found within bottom 6 ft thick silts, along with large group of late 3rd and early 4th C. ceramics, at approx. 95 ft depth. In layer between 81ft and 85ft were masses of broken Huntcliff vessels & 3 Valentinianic coins - matching sherds of pot throughout this dump imply it was a single event.
The coins, by P. Curnow in I.M. Stead ed. 1980 p.128.
Notes
It isn't clear if the radiates and the Valentinianic coins are part of the same deposit - accumulation or two separate hoards?
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 1965 - Saturday 31st December 1966
Personal details
Recorded by: Dr Eleanor Ghey
Identified by: Dr Eleanor Ghey
Other reference numbers
SMR reference number: HER 4139; Pastscape 79473
Other reference: MHU4139
Spatial metadata
Region: Yorkshire and the Humber (European Region)County or Unitary authority: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
District: East Riding of Yorkshire (Unitary Authority)
To be known as: Rudston Roman villa
Spatial coordinates
Unmasked grid reference accurate to a 1 metre square.
Archaeological information
Background
The site has been excavated.
Archaeological context data quality: Fair
Site details
Site class: Rural
Site type: Villa
Landscape and topography: Hill or mountain (side or slope)
Site chronology
Broad period: ROMAN
Context details
Feature: Well
References cited
- Stead, I.M., 1980 Rudston Roman Villa Leeds: The Yorkshire Archaeological Society 128
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