Find Spot record 0196900000 - WESTERN GREEN FARM, GARDEN

Summary

Roman metalwork found in garden

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  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • FINDSPOT (2nd Century - 100 AD to 199 AD)

Description

Plan Form - Circular.
Coin showing head of Lucilla, wife of Verus (died AD 182). Found by Mr P Hopkins, Western Green Farm, c. 1952 (B1).

P Hopkins (a) found a Roman bronze coin, while gardening at Western Green Farmhouse c1952. The coin showed the head of "Lucilla, wife of Verus (d AD56)". The source of dating is uncertain as is the present whereabouts of the coin. Mr P Hopkins was able to indicate on the ground the find spot at SP 73493366.
Surveyed at 1:2500. (1)

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC10563 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. 1975. OS FIELD INVESTIGATOR 1975.
  • <2>SBC29030 Verbal communication: J R Linge. 1974. Field Investigators Comments - F1 JRL 05-APR-74.
  • <3>SBC27441 Digital archive: Historic England. National Record of the Historic Environment (NRHE).

Location

Grid reference SP 73490 33660 (point)
Civil Parish THORNBOROUGH, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (1)

  • COIN (2nd Century - 100 AD to 199 AD)

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Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Intervention: Surface find (EBC18474)

Record last edited

Feb 3 2026 12:19PM

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