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Lincolnshire HER

Name:Coin of Hadrian found on land west of Wildmore Cottage, Wildmore
HER Number:MLI40203
Type of record:Find Spot

Summary

Coin of Hadrian found on land west of Wildmore Cottage, Wildmore

Grid Reference:TF 260 536
Map Sheet:TF25SE
Parish:WILDMORE, EAST LINDSEY, LINCOLNSHIRE

Full description

ONE BRONZE COIN OF HADRIAN AND ONE OF CARAUSIUS FOUND ON THESE TWO SITES. MAP REFERENCE TF25055348 AND TF 26095367 - CARAUSIUS BY ROAD IN 1963.{1}
TWO ROMAN COINS WERE FOUND BY FARM LABOURERS, ONE OF HADRIAN AT TF 26085865, AND THE OTHER OF CARAUSIUS, AT TF 25045349. THE FINDERS CONFIRMED THE APPROXIMATE FIND SPOTS, AND STATED THAT THE COINS WERE FOUND 'SOME YEARS AGO'.{2}


<1> SMR FILE, TF25SE:A - (Index). SLI3383.

<2> OS CARD INDEX, TF25SE2 - (Index). SLI2842.

<3> Ordnance Survey, c.1880, Ordnance Survey 6 inch series map, TF25SE (Map). SLI3650.

Monument Types

  • FINDSPOT (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Associated Finds

  • COIN (Roman - 43 AD to 409 AD)

Sources and further reading

<1>Index: SMR FILE. WILDMORE. TF25SE:A -.
<2>Index: OS CARD INDEX. WILDMORE. TF25SE2 -.
<3>Map: Ordnance Survey. c.1880. Ordnance Survey 6 inch series map. TF25SE.