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Findspot - Roman coins

Summary Find spot - Roman coins were found in the area of Chantry Crescent, 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: )
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1 Roman coins found near Chantry Close.
2 These coins consisted of a brass sestertius of Trajan (AD 98-117), a copper as of Nero (AD 54-68), a barbarous radiate copying a coin of Claudius II (AD268-70).
 
Sources

Source No: 1
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Finds in Alcester
Author/originator: Symons D
Date: 1982
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Correspondence
Title: Finds in Alcester
Author/originator: Symons D
Date: 1982
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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 FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. 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

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