BRADLEY HILL

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Location

Address

South Somerset (District)

County

Somerset

Region

South West

Country

England, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

51.066965 / -2.7434896 / 56 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

1901

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Hoard name

BRADLEY HILL

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Jan 1968

(to)

1 Jan 1972

Total number of coins

Summary

During the excavation of the Romano-British farmstead and cemetery, on Bradley Hill, Somerton, a small hoard consisting of nine coins (five worn coins of the Gallic Empire, one irregular radiate and three folles of the First Tetrarchy) was found in a pot which had been buried together with a sheep's skull in a pit cut through the paved floor of Building I, Room 2. The paved floor itself sealed a coin of c. 323-324Postumus - Maximian I.

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Discovery method

Controlled archaeological investigation
Land Use

Archaeological site
Disposition

Somerset County Museum, Taunton
Closing reign (earliest)

Tetrarchy (RIC VI)
Terminal year (earliest)

303
Closing reign (latest)

Tetrarchy (RIC VI)
Terminal year (latest)

305
Opening year (earliest)

260
Opening year (latest)

269
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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Excellent
Findspot rating

Excellent

Site comment

in a pit cut through the paved floor of Building I, Room 2. The paved floor itself sealed a coin of c. 323-4.
Date of context (from)

324
Date of context (to)

350
Site class

Rural

Context

Domestic building

Depositional context

Pit

Containers belonging to this hoard

Jar

The container was a jar of a hard grey sandy fabric, with out curving rim.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/1820

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-FAEFB5

References

Reference

Robertson

Ref

980

Roberston dataset, imported by J. Mairat. IARCH dataset, AHRC funded University of Leicester and British Museum project. Imported and edited by M. Spoerri (June 2019 / Nov. 2024). Updated by C. Gazdac (May 2025).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

BRADLEY HILL

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Jar

The container was a jar of a hard grey sandy fabric, with out curving rim.

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

BRADLEY HILL

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Jar

The container was a jar of a hard grey sandy fabric, with out curving rim.

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire