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Hertfordshire HER & St Albans UAD

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HHER Number:1339
Type of record:Find Spot
Name:ROMAN COINS, WAYTEMORE CASTLE, BISHOP'S STORTFORD

Summary - not yet available

Grid Reference:TL 490 214
Map Sheet:TL42SE
Parish:Bishop's Stortford, East Hertfordshire, Hertfordshire
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Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 50 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

  • COIN (Roman - 50 AD to 409 AD)

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Waytemore Castle, Bishop's Stortford

Full description

'There have been found some Roman coins (in the Castle garden) of the lower Emperors: one of Marcus Aurelius is now to be seen' <1> - that is, found before 1728. Marcus Aurelius reigned AD 161-80.


<1> Salmon, Nathaniel, 1728, History of Hertfordshire, vol.I, - p271 (Bibliographic reference). SHT7279.


<2> Page, W (ed.), 1914, VCH Hertfordshire vol.4, - p150 (Bibliographic reference). SHT3026.

Sources and further reading

<1>Bibliographic reference: Salmon, Nathaniel. 1728. History of Hertfordshire, vol.I. - p271.
<2>Bibliographic reference: Page, W (ed.). 1914. VCH Hertfordshire vol.4. - p150.