Find Spot record 0061300000 - NEAR WYCOMBE

Summary

Roman metalwork found near High Wycombe

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

Map

Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Description

Plan Form - CIRCULAR
SEVERAL ROMAN COINS HAVE BEEN FOUND NEAR WYCOMBE INCLUDING 1 OF NERVA (B1).
ROMAN COINS OF EMPERORS NERVA, ANTONINUS PIUS & MARCUS AURELIUS FOUND IN NEIGHBOURHOOD OF HIGH WYCOMBE (NEAR HIGH STREET?)(B2).


The following Roman coins have been found in and around High Wycombe (B8).
SU 858932 Commodus Desborough Road (B6).
SU 872931 Diocletian Dug up in a garden in Totteridge Road 1905 (B6).
SU 855934 Julia In garden near Ockmead Desborough Street 1902 (B6).
SU 855934 Constantine Oakmead, Deaborough St 1899 (B6).
SU 855933 Maximianus Frogmore, Salvation Army Citadel (B7).
SU 8693 Vespasian West end of High Wycombe 1905 (B6).
SU 8991 Crispus During formation of new railway line through Wycombe valley (B6).
SU 8693 Commodus 'High Wycombe' 1905 Claudius II. Probus, Constantine II (B6).
SU 867932 Constantine I Castle Hill URBS ROMA (B6).
SU 861933 Constantine On site of old cattle market Oxford Rd (now swimming pool) (B6).
SU 858936 Constantine In Sir Francis Dashword's allotments II near the 'Bird in Hand' on N side of railway 1962 (B6).
SU 86679396 Undetermined No 14 High St H Wycombe (See SU 89 SE )(B6).

This record includes National Record of the Historic Environment Information provided by Historic England on 4 June 2025 licensed under the Open Government Licence.

Sources (8)

  • <1>SBC7301 Bibliographic reference: Thomas Langley. 1797. The History and Antiquities of the Hundred of Desborough and Deanery of Wycombe. p30.
  • <2>SBC11520 Bibliographic reference: John Parker. 1878. The Early History and Antiquities of Wycombe. p5.
  • <3>SBC4314 Article in serial: R S Downs. 1906. 'OLD COINS: RECENT FINDS IN OR NEAR HIGH WYCOMBE', IN RECS OF BUCKS 9 PP208-221. Vol 9, part 3. pp215,220,221.
  • <4>SBC20461 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1908. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume II. Volume 2. p19 (CITING DAILY TELEGRAPH 3 MAR 1904 ; DAILY CHRONICLE 26 AUG 1902).
  • <5>SBC4337 Bibliographic reference: DR C E KING,ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM,OXFORD, MAR 1984/BCM COIN CATALOGUE.
  • <6>SBC4311 Article in serial: R S Downs. 1906. 'OLD COINS: Recent Finds in or Near High Wycombe', in Records of Buckinghamshire Volume 9, Part 3, p208-221.
  • <7>SBC27556 Digital archive: VIRTUAL CATALOGUE ENTRY TO SUPPORT NAR MIGRATION - Bucks County Museum Roman Index.
  • <8>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE). Update 1998.

Location

Grid reference SU 85000 93500 (point)
Civil Parish HIGH WYCOMBE, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • COIN (1st Century Roman to 2nd Century - 43 AD to 199 AD)

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Record last edited

Sep 10 2026 12:27PM

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