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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 ...
The Society was founded in 1863 as the Huddersfield Archaeological and Topographical Association.The initial purpose was to facilitate renewed excavations at Slack Roman fort, and later to promote interest in the history and archaeology of the Huddersfield area.
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 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]
The coins are made from copper-alloy. The hoard is one of the largest ever found of 4th-century coins in the former Roman empire and consist of coins from the reign of Roman emperor Constantine I and his family in AD 306 and the joint reign of Constantius II and his younger brother Constans, from AD 337 to 340.
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.
Hunter, Fraser, "Changing Objects in Changing Worlds: Dragonesque Brooches and Beaded Torcs", In A Decade of Discovery: Proceedings of the Portable Antiquities Scheme Conference 2007, 2010, British Archaeological Reports 520. Mackreth, D.F., Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, Vols. 1 and 2 2011, Oxbow Books
This is a list of museums with major collections of Greek and Roman antiquities. Naples Archaeological Museum, Naples, Italy 130,000 objects [1] State Hermitage, St Petersburg, Russia 106,000 objects [2] (Misleading collection, includes many objects from ancient settlements on the Northern Black Sea coast) British Museum, London, UK 100,000 ...
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