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Monument Number 202790
Hob Uid: 202790
Location : Somerset Mendip Nunney
Grid Ref : ST7170045100
Summary : A Dobunnic coin hoard of over 250 coins together with some Roman ones.
More information : A Dobunnic hoard of some 250 gold and silver coins, with a number of Roman coins the latest being Claudius, was found at Well Down Farm, Nunney, on Oct. 15th. 1860. They had been deposited in an urn and were uncovered when ploughing 'Eleven Acre Field': The coins are dispersed in various Museums including, The British, Ashmolean, Fitzwilliam, Menstrie (Bath) and the Bibliotheque Nationale (Paris): others are in private hands. (1-4) Eleven Acre Field is centred at ST 71704514. A silver coin of Antedrigus is in Taunton Museum (Acc. No. A 2934). Some half dozen coins from this hoard are in the Holbein Menstrie Museum, Bath. Others were in the Lockett collection which has been sold (a). (5)

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Source details : Coins of the Anc. Britons, 1864, 104, 140-49. (Evans)
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Source details : Coinage of Anc. Brit. 1953, 109-12, (R.P.Mack)
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Source Number : 5
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Source details : F1 JP 28-AUG-64
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Source Number : 5a
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Source details : L.V.Grinsell,City Museum, Bristol.
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Iron Age
Display Date : Iron Age
Monument End Date : 43
Monument Start Date : -800
Monument Type : Findspot
Evidence : Find

Monument Period Name : Roman
Display Date : Roman
Monument End Date : 410
Monument Start Date : 43
Monument Type : Findspot
Evidence : Find

Components and Objects:

Period : Iron Age
Component Monument Type : Findspot
Object Type : COIN HOARD
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Period : Roman
Component Monument Type : Findspot
Object Type : COIN
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : ST 74 NW 8
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Associated Activities :
Activity type : FIELD OBSERVATION (VISUAL ASSESSMENT)
Start Date : 1964-08-28
End Date : 1964-08-28

Monument Number 202790