Find Spot record MDO1090 - Roman finds from M S Crabb and Co, 22-23 Trinity Street, Dorchester

A number of objects of Roman date found during building work. The finds included an almost complete Samian bowl, a bronze finger ring, a coin of Trajan (AD 97-117) and a coin of Tetricus (AD 270-273). Roman brick and fragments of worked stone were observed.

'Several finds were made in 1947 and 1948 by workmen engaged in digging foundations for new boiler-house and for a massive brick wall at Crabb's motor workshops in Trinity Street. From the boiler house excavation two tall, narrow-necked 17th century glass bottles were recovered in perfect condition as well as a nearly complete Samian ware bowl (Form 37) decorated in relief with a frieze containing bird and animal motives, which had evidently been complete until broken during the progress of the work. Fragments of masonry and brickwork were observed by the workmen about 8 feet below ground level in some of the pier foundation holes dug for the brick wall, and two coins were found - a sestertius of Trajan (A.D. 97-117) and a typical radiate coin of Tetricus (A.D. 270-273) - and a bronze finger ring. The objects are in the possession of Mr Crabb, and it is hoped to illustrate and describe the more interesting of them in a future volume of the Proceedings.' (1)

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