Moray HER - NJ56SW0003 - DESKFORD

Main Details

Primary Reference	NJ56SW0003
Name	DESKFORD
NRHE Card No.	NJ56SW3
NRHE Numlink	17992
HES SM No.	NULL
HES LB No.	NULL
Site Form	Artefact
Site Condition	Complete 2
Details	Roman coin hoard found in the Boyne. Gordon writing in 1726, described a hoard of Roman coins of which 27 were preserved by the Earl of Findlater. The coins included those of Antoninus Pius, Faustina, Otho and others. This is probably the hoard described by Chalmers as having been found near the old bridge, a little below the Tower of Deskford. Despite the gap of some 80 years between the two reports, Sir George McDonald regarded the two finds as being one and the same. No further information.
Last Update	04/10/2017
Updated By	cherbert

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Date of Compilation

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National Grid Reference: NJ 5000 6097

Event Details

Excavations and Surveys

Artefact and Ecofact

Date M	Date Y	Artefact Type	Finder	Recovery Method	Condition	Storage Location	Access No.
0	0	ROMAN COIN HOARD		Stray Find

Ecofact

Samples
Palynology
Ecofact Notes

Monument Types

Monument Type 1	Monument Type 2	Monument Type 3	Order	Probability
HOARDS	COIN	ROMAN	A	100
COINS		ANTONIUS PIUS	B	100
COINS		FAUSTINA	C	100
COINS		OTHO	D	100