Information for record number MWA509:
Findspot - Roman coin hoard, Alcester.

Summary Findspot - a hoard of Roman coins was found 500m south west of Oversley Green.
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 56
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
Sites & Monuments Record
Description

  
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1 1967: Coin hoard discovered by workmen digging a trench. A shattered pot contained 95 Antoniniani of the period Gordian III to Postumus, and 51 sestertii of the period Trajan to Postumus.
2 The 95 Antoniniani are now in the strong room in Warwick Museum. The sestertii are either with the owner or in the British Museum.
3 Included in Alcester sites list.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Numismatic Chronicle
Author/originator: Carson R
Date: 1969
Page Number: 123ff
Volume/Sheet: 7:9
   
Source No: 3
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: WM
Author/originator: PMB
Date:
Page Number: No 43
Volume/Sheet: Roman Alcester
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title:
Author/originator: WAS
Date: 1989
Page Number:
Volume/Sheet:
   
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source WM Warwickshire Museum Aerial Photograph Collection. A collection of oblique and vertical aerial photographs and taken by various organisations and individuals, including the Royal Airforce, The Potato Board, Warwickshire Museum. The collection is held 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 SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument MUSEUM * A building, group of buildings or space within a building, where objects of value such as works of art, antiquities, scientific specimens, or other artefacts are housed and displayed. back
monument TRENCH * An excavation used as a means of concealment, protection or both. back

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