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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 ...
However, the soldiers guarding the gold were slain, with the treasure itself never found again. Caepio was suspected of having stolen the gold in its entirety. [8] The theft of the gold was soon overshadowed by Caepio's prominent role in the defeat at the Battle of Arausio in 105 BC, the greatest Roman disaster since Cannae.
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 ...
Carpenter Dave Allen from Essex helps to dig up the Roman treasure found on the campsite (Noonans) His friends: herds manager, Mick Rae, 63; and carpenter, David Allen, 59, sprang into action and ...
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 treasure would be composed of "carved silver, gold jewellery, pearls and stones of value, Chinese porcelain, rich fabrics, paintings and perhaps 500,000 pesos". [10] The stories about this treasure are varied, some place it in the environment of the Roques de Anaga , while others place it in the zone of Punta del Hidalgo and the cave of San ...
Armed with a metal detector, an amateur treasure hunter has found a buried cache in England of more than 52,500 Roman coins worth $1 million. Dave Crisp found the buried treasure in April in a ...
The Mildenhall Treasure is a large hoard of 34 masterpieces of Roman silver tableware from the fourth century AD, and by far the most valuable Roman objects artistically and by weight of bullion in Britain. It may have been found at West Row, near Mildenhall, Suffolk, in 1942. It consists of over thirty items and includes the Great Dish which ...