Hoard of Ro coins found in 1990 at Grives Farm. The coins were recovered from an area in excess of 100m square. A piece of lead found with them, also 2 pieces of pottery later found by M Bishop. Dates and condition of coins suggest a hoard, scattered by ploughing. (1)

Dates from 69 AD to 166 AD - probably deposited c 170 AD. Represent about a month's wages for a Ro soldier, probably concealed for safekeeping. (Includes list of coins - see doc 611). (2)

NCM intends to acquire the hoard. (3)

Findspot of a Roman coin hoard by a metal detector in 1990 in Portland Park. It consisted of 29 denarii ranging in date from Vitellus to Marcus Aurelius, AD 69 to 165-6. It was probably deposited in the last quarter of the 2nd century AD. (4)

Data Held (Document). SNT2647.

Corr (1), Parish File

Data Held: Ground Photograph (Ground photograph). SNT2646.

BW photos, doc 611

<1> Bishop M, 15/10/1990, Letter to Coroner (Personal comment). SNT482.

<2> Burnett A, 29/10/1990, Letter (British Museum) (Personal comment). SNT534.

<3> Burnett A, 14/03/1991, Letter (British Museum) (Personal comment). SNT533.

<4> Roger Bland, 1992, The Chalfont Hoard and ther Roman Coin Hoards, pp 41-42 (Published document). SNT6166.