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Recorded Coins found in Chalgrove
Information provided by Chalgrove Local History Group
Information provided by Chalgrove Local History Group
A Trinovantian gold quarter
stater of 25-20BC was found on 'Chalgrove
Field'. It was purchased by the Ashmolean Museum on 7th
December 1891. The coin, Tasciovanus First Coinage, was
minted at Verulamium (now St Albans). It is 'domed', with a
diameter of 11mm and weighs 1.366g and is in perfect condition.
The 'Chalgrove Hoard' that consisted of 4145 1st to 4th century AD coins was found in a field adjacent to Mill Lane, by Brian and Ian Malin and their father, in August 1989. The two pots are of special interest as they were probably made at the potteries in the area of Headington, Cowley, Rose Hill and Sandford. A further nineteen coins ranging in date from c.320 to c.402 were found in the vicinity.
The 'Chalgrove Hoard' that consisted of 4145 1st to 4th century AD coins was found in a field adjacent to Mill Lane, by Brian and Ian Malin and their father, in August 1989. The two pots are of special interest as they were probably made at the potteries in the area of Headington, Cowley, Rose Hill and Sandford. A further nineteen coins ranging in date from c.320 to c.402 were found in the vicinity.
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A Coin of Emperor Domitianus was the subject of worldwide excitement. It was in a 3rd-century pot containing some 5,000 common Roman coins fused together, found near the site of the 'Chalgrove Hoard', in 2003, by Brian Malin. The British Museum undertook the task of separating the coins and made the discovery in February 2004. The find enabled experts worldwide to confirm a supposition in the history of that period that the emperor Domitianus had ruled Gaul and Britain (the breakaway 'Gallic Empire') in AD 271. The coin has been added to the Ashmolean Museum collection. |
| Ten
coins and eleven
jettons, dating from Alexander III, King of Scots, penny, c.1250, to a
French jetton of mid-15th century, were found during an archaeological
dig, 1976-79, on the site of the Barentin Manor, by Oxfordshire
Archaeological Unit, www.oxfordarch.co.uk.
A double mite struck for Flanders, of Philip the Bold, Duke of
Burgandy, is unusual in being the only one recorded as having been
found in England. |
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| Folded
Penny, Alexander III |
Cut
halfpenny, Henry III |
Double
mite, Philip the Bold |
French
Jetton |
The images are
reproduced by kind permission of Oxford Archaeology.
| The first 'Chalgrove
Hoard', of eighty-seven silver coins from the time of Edward VI to
Charles I, was found in 1882, on land belonging to Magdalen
College. In February 1883 the Crown claimed it as treasure
trove. |
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A Russian coin, 5
kopecks, bearing the date 1758, was found in the
small alcove at the back of the inserted 16th century fireplace of the
hall at The Manor, Mill Lane.
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