Information for record number MWA896:
Findspot - Roman coin hoard

Summary Findspot - a collection of coins, possibly found in Tiddington, and now in posession of the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust. The exact location of the Findspot is unknown.
What Is It?  
Type: Findspot
Period: Romano-British (43 AD - 409 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Stratford upon Avon
District: Stratford on Avon, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 20 50
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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1 A gentleman in Loxley has about 100 copper coins said to have been picked up at intervals from 1846-56 on the 'Church Leys'. They include 1 'first brass' of Trajan I, 1 'first' and 1 'second brass' of Pius I Alex Severus, several small coppers of 250-280 AD and many of 280-380, especially Constantinian. They may possibly belong to a hoard which had been broken up and scattered by the plough before it was noticed and which was therefore picked up piecemeal. He has also one Constantinius, said to have been found in 1846 on 'Church Lands'.
2 Church Lands could be the same as Church Leys. The finder is dead and his collection has been dispersed. Church Leys has not been located, but was probably in the area between the Tiddington Road and the bow of the Avon, at SP2155. The coins are probably associated with the Roman settlement.
3 115 coins all except 2 of 3rd to 4th century date purchased by the Shakespeare Birthplace Trust Museum in 1911.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Victoria County History, vol 1, Warwickshire
Author/originator: Doubleday H A & Page W (eds)
Date: 1904
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Volume/Sheet: 1
   
Source No: 2
Source Type: Record Card/Form
Title: OS Card 25NE6
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1968
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Unpublished document
Title: Unpublished document
Author/originator: Holmes J
Date: 1979
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source OS Card Ordnance Survey Record Card. Before the 1970s the Ordnance Survey (OS) were responsible for recording archaeological monuments during mapping exercises. This helped the Ordnance Survey to decide which monuments to publish on maps. During these exercises the details of the monuments were written down on record cards. Copies of some of the cards are kept at the Warwickshire Sites and Monuments Record. The responsibility for recording archaeological monuments later passed to the Royal Commission on Ancient and Historic Monuments. 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 SETTLEMENT * A small concentration of dwellings. back
monument FINDSPOT * The approximate location at which stray finds of artefacts were found. Index with object name. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. 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

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