Find Spot record 0185400000 - NEAR MISSENDEN
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Map
Type and Period (1)
- FINDSPOT (Middle Iron Age to 5th Century Roman - 400 BC to 409 AD)
Description
Plan Form - CIRCULAR
GROUP OF COINS DONATED TO BUCKS COUNTY MUSEUM BY MRS CALLOW IN DEC 1912. INCLUDEDS 2 GREEK COINS (01 :001,01:002); 2 ROMAN COINS (02:001,02:002). FOUND 'NEAR MISSENDEN'. ALSO 1 FORGERY OF A VESPASIAN COIN (MODERN?) (B1-4).
Two autonomous bronze coins from Great Missenden (SU 8901); one of Amisus, one of Carthage (B3).
A large number of coins found near Great Missenden (SP 8901) were presented to the County Museum by Callow in 1913; they included a 1st brass of Vespasian (AD 69-79) and a bronze Greek coin of Demeter (1).
The following coins from the Great Missenden area were presented to Bucks Co Museum. Two bronze Greek coins (Acc nos 300.12, 301.12); One bronze coin of Galba (68.69) (Acc No 303.12); One bronze coin of Marcus Aurelius (161-180) (Acc no 304.12); A coin formerly classified as a 1st brass of Vespasin (see Authy 1), but now considered to be a forgery (Acc No 302.12); Several post 1066 coins (B1).
Sources (6)
- <1>SBC949 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum. 1912. BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER.
- <2>SBC10725 Unpublished document: OS RECORD CARD SP 80 SE: 01.
- <3>SBC8568 Bibliographic reference: J G Milne. 1948. FINDS OF GREEK COINS IN THE BRITISH ISLES. p37.
- <4>SBC4345 Unpublished document: DR C E KING, ASHMOLEAN MUSEUM, OXFORD, OCT 1983/BCM COIN CATALOGUE.
- <5>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).
- <6>SBC29080 Article in serial: Buckinghamshire Archaeological Society. 1913. 'Acquisitions to the Museum', in Records of Buckinghamshire, Vol 10, part 4, p280-281, 1913. p280.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 89 01 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GREAT MISSENDEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (5)
- COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)
- COIN (Middle Iron Age - 400 BC to 101 BC)
- COIN (Middle Iron Age - 400 BC to 101 BC)
- COIN (1st Century Roman - 43 AD to 99 AD)
- COIN (2nd Century - 100 AD to 199 AD)
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Record last edited
Feb 10 2026 11:18AM
