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The list of Roman hoards in Britain comprises significant archaeological hoards of coins, jewellery, precious and scrap metal objects and other valuable items discovered in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales) that are associated with period of Romano-British culture when Southern Britain was under the control of the Roman Empire, from AD 43 until about 410, as well as the subsequent ...
In addition to hoards of coins, a number of hoards of gold torcs and other items of jewellery have been found, including the Snettisham Hoard, the Ipswich Hoard and the Stirling Hoard. In September 2020, 1,300 Celtic gold coins were discovered at a location in eastern England, dated back between 40 and 50 A.D. [ 3 ]
A hoard of Roman coins worth over $125,000 was found during a construction project in central England. The stash of gold and silver coins date back to the reign of Rome's Emperor Nero, according ...
The Worcestershire Conquest Hoard is a Romano-British coin hoard dating to the reign of Nero (AD 54–68). The hoard was found during construction work in Leigh and Bransford , Worcestershire , England , and was hidden inside a clay jar. [ 1 ]
The hoard includes over 5,000 silver and gold coins, a silver-gilt Roman parade helmet, jewellery, and other objects. Most of the items date to around the time of the Roman conquest of Britain in the 1st century AD. Of the coins from the site, 4,835 can be attributed to the local Celtic tribe, the Corieltauvi. This find more than doubled the ...
The Hoxne Hoard (/ ˈ h ɒ k s ən / HOK-sən) [2] is the largest hoard of late Roman silver and gold discovered in Britain, [3] and the largest collection of gold and silver coins of the fourth and fifth centuries found anywhere within the former Roman Empire. [4] It was found by Eric Lawes, a metal detectorist in the village of Hoxne in ...
The Vale of Pewsey hoard of 142 coins is expected to sell for between £30,000 and £40,000. Nigel Mills, from Noonans, said: “Virtually all of the coins are in mint condition and have not even ...
With excavation now complete after four year of work, researchers plan to study a hoard that features gold coins minted between 364 A.D. and 408 A.D. depicting the profiles of nine different Roman ...