Information for record number MWA10168:
Roman coins found in Alcester

Summary Roman coins found in the Chantry Crescent area of Alcester
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Romano-British (43 AD - 409 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Alcester
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 08 57
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
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1 A barbarous contemporary copy of a Roman coin of the mid 3rd century found in May 1993 in the Chantry Crescent area of Alcester.
2 A 4th century coin of Magnentius found in a back garden in the Chantry Crescent in August 1990.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 2930
Author/originator: WM
Date: 1993
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 2930
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Museum Enquiry Form
Title: WMEF 2931
Author/originator:
Date:
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet: 2931
   
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source WMEF Warwickshire Museum Enquiry Form. These are forms that are filled in when a person brings an object to Warwickshire Museum to be identified. Amongst the information recorded on the form are details such as a description of the object, where and when it was found, and in some cases a sketch or photographs of it. Copies of the form can be viewed at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. back
period Roman About 43 AD to 409 AD (the 1st century AD to the 5th century AD)

The Roman period comes after the Iron Age and before the Saxon period.

The Roman period in Britain began in 43 AD when a Roman commander called Aulus Plautius invaded the south coast, near Kent. There were a series of skirmishes with the native Britons, who were defeated. In the months that followed, more Roman troops arrived and slowly moved westwards and northwards.
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monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument GARDEN * An enclosed piece of ground devoted to the cultivation of flowers, fruit or vegetables and/or recreational purposes. Use more specific type where known. back
monument CRESCENT * A row of houses whose facade in plan follows the concave arc of a circle or ellipse, eg. The Royal Crescent, Bath. back

* Copyright of English Heritage (1999)

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