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Roman shell
Collection Area
Archaeology & Numismatics
Item Number
2003.32H/13 [192]
Find Information
Site Name: Goldsland Wood, Wenvoe
Grid Reference: ST 1069 7204
Collection Method: excavation
Date: 1977-1996
Notes: Bag 192 - 'June 1986. Finds on top of the stone and stone facing used to cover the presumed ditch. Two coins were found, one of George V 1926. The other was a coin of Victorianus, an Antoninian is of 269 AD, showing him bearded and wearing a delicate crown. A female figure on the reverse has a cloak over one arm and a stick or staff in the other. The coin bore the letters P= Pius and F=Fidelis. The centre of the three metre excavation had been dug previously. We extended either side by one metre. The George V coin was a shilling piece.'
Acquisition
Donation, 22/10/2003
Measurements
Material
shell
Location
In store
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