USK 1971 EAST RAMPART II

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Location

City

Usk (Parish/Community)

Address

Monmouthshire (District)

County

Monmouthshire

Region

Wales

Country

Wales, United Kingdom

Ancient place

‘Burrio’

Lat/Long/Alt

51.695309 / -2.8984286 / 14 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

1366

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Hoard name

USK 1971 EAST RAMPART II

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Jan 1971

(to)

31 Dec 1971

Total number of coins

Summary

12 nummi (Constans, Constantius II, and Magnentius), including a number of contemporary copies, found in a well in the area of the fort's eastern rampart.

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Coins Summary
Coins
Rating
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Images
Credit

Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Unknown
Disposition

National Museum Wales
Finder(s)

W. E. Manning (lead excavator)
Closing reign (earliest)

Magnentius
Terminal year (earliest)

350
Closing reign (latest)

Magnentius
Terminal year (latest)

353
Opening year (earliest)

348
Opening year (latest)

350
Coin-level data

Entered

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Excellent
Context rating

Good
Findspot rating

Good

Date of excavation (from)

1971
Date of excavation (to)

1971
Site class

Military

Context

Fort, Rampart

Depositional context

Well

Period

Roman
End period

Roman

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/1305

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-AD9AC0

References

Reference

Boon, G.C. and Hassall, M. - 1982 - Report on the excavations at Usk, 1965 - 1976. The coins. Inscriptions and graffiti

Ref

Comment

Hoard E

Reference

Robertson

Ref

1323

Reference

Guest, P. and Wells, N. - 2007 - Iron Age and Roman coins from Wales

Ref

156

Roberston dataset, imported by J. Mairat. IARCH dataset, AHRC funded University of Leicester and British Museum project, imported and edited by M. Spoerri (Spring 2019). Record updated and coin-level data added by M. Ball (Nov. 2023).

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