Find Spot record 0060100001 - KEEP HILL, CHEPPING WYCOMBE
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Undated)
Description
11 COINS FOUND IN AN OBLONG FLINT BY A SHEPHERD'S BOY. COINS WEIGHED C.57GR (B1).
7 MACK TYPE 149-50; 3 MACK TYPE 154-7; 1 MACK TYPE 186 (B10).
FULL DESCRIPTION OF COINS (B3).
IA COIN HOARD ONLY ONE FOUND IN SOUTH OF COUNTY. GOLD STATERS OF TASCIOVANUS MINTED AT BELGIC VERULAMIUM. USE OF HOLLOW FLINT MONEY BOX ALSO KNOWN IN SURREY, KENT (B9).
2 more staters of Tasciovanos were discovered c1860, possibly on the same site: both of the 'RICON' type, so possibly not from the original hoard. Total number of coins is 11 (or possibly 13): all North Thames staters of Tasciovanos; deposition attributed to phase 7 (buried between about 20 BC and about AD 10). 6 of the coins are in the British Museum, 2 in the Ashmolean Museum and 1 in Clevland Museum of Art (B18).
Sources (5)
- <1>SBC5604 Article in serial: 1827. GENTLEMANS MAGAZINE 1827 27 PP493-494.
- <3>SBC4682 Bibliographic reference: J Evans. 1864. COINS OF THE ANCIENT BRITONS PP227-23 2,247-248.
- <9>SBC6246 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. Early Man in South Buckinghamshire. pp57,78-79,155-156;Figs 17,28.
- <10>SBC368 Article in monograph: D F Allen. 1958. 'THE ORIGINS OF COINAGE IN BRITAIN: A REAPPRAISAL', IN FRERE S S (ED) PROBLEMS OF THE IRON AGE IN SOUTHERN BRITAIN PP97-308. p220.
- <18>SBC25324 Bibliographic reference: Philip de Jersey. 2014. Coin Hoards in Iron Age Britain. pp25,60-61 (Hoard 8)..
Location
| Grid reference | SU 87370 92050 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (3)
- BOX (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD)
- COIN (Late Iron Age - 20 BC? to 10 AD?)
- COIN HOARD (Late Iron Age - 20 BC? to 10 AD?)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Intervention: (EBC11956)
Record last edited
Nov 22 2024 1:24PM
