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Monument details

Summary

A hoard of about 5470 Roman antoninian dating from 218 to 282 AD were discovered buried in an urn in field No. 70, Old Mill Farm, Hollingbourne in 1959. The coins are in the British Museum, and the urn is on loan to the Maidstone Museum. The urn is a native type, hand made in grey-buff ware, and coated with haematite in an early Iron Age `A' tradition. Maidstone Museum has acquired a representative sample of 40 coins from the hoard ranging from Gordian III to Probus (AD 238-282) and all the 376 barbarious imitations (Acc. No. 23.1961) A late 3rd century hoard.

Monument Types

• FINDSPOT (Roman - 282 AD to 299 AD)

Associated Finds

• COIN HOARD (Roman - 282 AD to 299 AD)

Full description

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Centred [TQ 8235 5424] A hoard of about 5470 Roman antoninian dating from 218 to 282 AD were discovered buried in an urn in field No. 70, Old Mill Farm, Hollingbourne in 1959. The coins are in the British Museum, and the urn is on loan to the Maidstone Museum. The urn is a native type, hand made in grey-buff ware, and coated with haematite in an early Iron Age `A' tradition. (1) Maidstone Museum has acquired a representative sample of 40 coins from the hoard ranging from Gordian III to Probus and all the 376 barbarious imitations (Acc. No. 23. 1961) (2) TQ 8218 5430 The exact findspot was indicated by Mr. W. Reddish, of Old Mill Farm. He said the hoard was uncovered by the plough in July 1959. (3) [TQ 8235 5424] Roman coin hoard found 1959 [NAT]. (4) Additional bibliography. (5-8)

<1> Arch Cant 73 (1959) 229-230 (E J E Pirie) (Illust) (OS Card Reference). SKE35528.

<2> F1 ASP 24-Nov-61 (OS Card Reference). SKE42267.

<3> F2 ASP 24-Nov-61 (OS Card Reference). SKE43160.

<4> OS 1:10000 1971 (OS Card Reference). SKE48156.

<5> Numistatic Chronicle 1 1961 211-223 illus (R A G Carson) (OS Card Reference). SKE47753.

<6> Arch Cant 76 1961 197 (D B Kelly) (OS Card Reference). SKE35591.

<7> JRS 50 1960 235-36 (M V Taylor) (OS Card Reference). SKE45115.

<8> Ashmdean Mus Rep of the Visitors 1962 74 (C M Kraay) (OS Card Reference). SKE37397.

<9> Field report for monument TQ 85 SW 13 - November, 1961 (Bibliographic reference). SKE4491.

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