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Roman invasion of Britain: Discovered: 9 September 2019 - 2021 Helmingham Hall: Discovered by: George Ridgway: Present location: British Museum, Colchester and Ipswich Museums Service, private collections: Registration: Portable Antiquities Scheme Treasure 2019T794, 2020T915, 2021T655: Culture: British Iron Age, Roman Britain
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 ...
The Cunetio Hoard, also known as the Mildenhall Hoard, [1] is the largest hoard of Roman coins found in Britain. It was discovered in 1978 at the site of the Roman town of Cunetio, near modern-day Mildenhall, Wiltshire, and consisted of 54,951 low value coins.
A large number of hoards associated with the British Bronze Age, approximately 2700 BC to 8th century BC, have been found in Great Britain.Most of these hoards comprise bronze tools and weapons such as axeheads, chisels, spearheads and knives, and in many cases may be founder's hoards buried with the intention of recovery at a later date for use in casting new bronze items.
The museum also holds a large collection of sherds and epigraphic squeezes. The museum is open to the public Tuesday to Friday (10.00am to 5.00pm) and on Saturdays in university term time (10.00am to 1.00pm). The museum is one of eight which make up the University of Cambridge Museums consortium.
The Frome Hoard is a hoard of 52,503 Roman coins found in April 2010, by metal detectorist Dave Crisp near Frome in Somerset, England. [1] The coins were contained in a ceramic pot 45 cm (18 in) in diameter, [2] and date from AD 253 to 305. Most of the coins are made from debased silver or bronze. [1]
1874 - Roman medallions in the British Museum - H.A. Grueber; 1910 - Coins of the Roman Republic in the British Museum - H.A. Grueber vol. 1 Aes rude, aes signatum, aes grave, and coinage of Rome from B.C. 268; vol. 2 Coinages of Rome (continued), Roman Campania, Italy, The social war and the provinces; vol. 3.
The Crambeck Ware industry is one of two major pottery industries located in the Yorkshire region during the Roman period [4] (the other being Huntcliff ware).Very little Crambeck Ware is found south of the Humber, [4] though it does advance North to the frontier.