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Summary

One of two Greek coins found separately at Court Farm (see also MDV7794): 1) tetradrachm of alexander of macedon, minted at alexandria c 326bc. Herakles/zeus type.2) tetradrachm of aesillas quaestor in macedon, c 93-92 bc, minted at thesalonika. Found at sx70696947. See MDV7794 as this refers to same find.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX76NW3
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 444785
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX76NW/233

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FINDSPOT (Iron Age - 700 BC to 42 AD)

Full description

CRF, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV168812.

Unclear which coin came from which of 2 findspots. For other findspot see sx76nw/13 (crf).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV168813.

Fox, a. /tda/81(1949)87/16th report on early history of devon.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV168814.

Fox, a. /tda/88(1956)216/23rd report on archaeology and early history. Two greek coins found separately at court farm: 1) tetradrachm of alexander of macedon, minted at alexandria c 326bc. Herakles/zeus type.2) tetradrachm of aesillas quaestor in macedon, c 93-92 bc, minted at thesalonika. Found at sx70696947 (fox, tda).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV168817.

Fox, a. /antiq. J. /30(1950)152-155 pl 18/two greek silver coins from holne, south devon. Coins both in very good condition and had probably not long been in circulation. That they were 2 separate finds suggests that they were not 'strays' but evidence of the attraction of the local tin to traders from overseas and of the comparative wealth consequently of the iron age inhabitants of holne chase and hembury camps (fox, 1950).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV168818.

Silvester, r. J. /pdas/37(1979)183/the relationship of first millennium settlement to the upland areas of the south west.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV168820.

Woolner, d. /daes newsletter/1(sep 1962). Coins presented to torquay museum in 1962 (woolner).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV168821.

Fox, a. /south west england/(1973)135.

Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1951, SX76NW3 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV168816.

A Greek silver coin, a tetradrachm of Aesillas circa 93-92 BC, was found by resident in his garden at Court Farm, Holne in 1942 at SX 706694 (citing comment by A. Fox, 1949).
(03/07/1951) The findspot of this coin was sited on the field survey document at SX 70696947 by Holne resident.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds

• FDV2923 - COIN (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 326 BC to 92 BC)

Associated Events: none recorded

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