ID
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Hoard name
KIRKSTEADS
Alternative names
Kirkadrews, Beaumont
Data type
Hoard
Date of discovery (from)
1 Jan 1855
(to)
1 Apr 1977
Total number of coins
1436
Summary
At Kirksteads in Kirkandrews, on Hainings Farm: "an earthenware vase containing about 1,100 Roman denarii. The coins were of bronze, and principally of the reigns of Constantine and Diocletian."
The coins were dispersed.
Bob Tweddle, Norfolk Road, Carlisle, a metal detectorist found the story of a farm labourer who, in 1855, found 1100 silver Roman coins in a field near the city. Bob went to the same farm with his detector, and got permission to search.
He found 300 coins, mostly bronze, but one silver. Bob was told he could keep the coins. He gave half to the farmer, and sold most of the others for over £300. He gave the money to Save the Children Fund and Cancer Research.
The same person, three years later, got a new metal detector, much more powerful. He decided to try it out in the same field. He could hardly believe it when he was lucky again. This time he found 36 bronze coins, which again he sold them for charity. And he's convinced the field hasn't yielded all its treasure.
The coins were apparently all nummi.
It should be noted that the recent finds [i.e. to 1983] have not been made at the exact spot recorded for the 1855 discovery, but on the other (western) side of the same field. It is, therefore, not clear whether these are additional to the original discovery and that the original find-spot may have been incorrectly noted; it has, however, been suggested that the recent finds represent a part of the original 1,100 which was redeposited.
It is possible that seven coins, which were part of the 'Dalzell Collection' derived from this hoard.
Then came a list of 31 folles, with types, mints.
