Information for record number MWA2128:
Findspot - Roman coin

Summary Findspot - a Roman coin found 600m south west of the library, Shipston on Stour.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Romano-British (43 AD - 409 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Shipston on Stour
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 25 40
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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Description

  
Source Number  

1 An old coin, with a laurel wreath on one side, found in Springfield Road when the housing estate was being constructed. Very probably a Roman coin of the Constantinian period.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Bibliographic reference
Author/originator: Burge D
Date: 1982
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Volume/Sheet:
   
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Glossary

 
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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 LIBRARY * A building, room or suite of rooms where books, or other materials, are classified by subject and stored for use by the library's members. back
monument HOUSING ESTATE * A residential district planned as a unit. back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back

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