BRYN EURYN

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Location

Address

Conwy (District)

County

Conwy

Region

Wales

Country

Wales, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

53.303983 / -3.7572408 / 76.5 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

291

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Hoard name

BRYN EURYN

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

1 Jan 1902

(to)

31 Dec 1902

Total number of coins

Summary

A hoard of Roman coins, contained in an earthenware vessel, was discovered about 1902 while digging for gravel (shale) for the parapets of local roads on the rock. 6 of the coins were of Constantine the Great (310-15 A.D.)

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Discovery method

Other chance find
Closing reign (earliest)

Tetrarchy (RIC VI)
Terminal year (earliest)

310
Closing reign (latest)

Constantine I (RIC VII)
Terminal year (latest)

315
Coin-level data

Not available

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Numismatic rating

Poor
Context rating

Poor
Findspot rating

Good

Site class

Rural

Context

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

earthenware vessel

The vessel was about 6 in. high and about 3 in. across the base. It had two handles near the top, and was glazed black to within 2 in. or so of the bottom. It broke in pieces, and no fragments were preserved

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/268

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-AD26A8

References

Reference

Robertson

Ref

1069

Reference

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

Ref

903

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 Hoards
of the Roman Empire

BRYN EURYN

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Containers belonging to this hoard

earthenware vessel

The vessel was about 6 in. high and about 3 in. across the base. It had two handles near the top, and was glazed black to within 2 in. or so of the bottom. It broke in pieces, and no fragments were preserved

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Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

BRYN EURYN

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Containers belonging to this hoard

earthenware vessel

The vessel was about 6 in. high and about 3 in. across the base. It had two handles near the top, and was glazed black to within 2 in. or so of the bottom. It broke in pieces, and no fragments were preserved

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire