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Careful removal of coins from the neck of a vessel by a British Museum conservator. (Photo: © The Trustees of the British Museum) Most of … Read more

Kelly recently visited Mildenhall Museum in Suffolk to examine the contents of the Worlington hoard. The hoard is an example of a scattered hoard – … Read more

In 2008, a metal-detectorist discovered a hoard in North Yorkshire consisting of 76 siliquae and 10 bronze coins known as nummi. A small pottery fragment … Read more

The hoards that we have discussed in the blog so far have been found in southern England but there are also number of hoards found … Read more

Last month, James visited Wiltshire Museum Devizes to examine and photograph the Stanchester hoard container. A bronze ring fragment, three gold coins (solidi), thirty-three miliarenses and … Read more

Following the end of Roman rule in Britain, imports of coinage and other precious metals ended abruptly and the existing supply of precious metals such … Read more

Dorchester III (Somerleigh Court Estate) hoard (photo taken by K. Clarke-Neish and reproduced with permission from Dorset Museum and Art Gallery Ellen and Kelly recently … Read more

Collectively, the 50+ hoards that we have chosen to study contain thousands of coins and hundreds of other artefacts. For a number of these hoards, … Read more

Here’s a picture of some objects from the Icklingham hoard, on display in the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology, Cambridge. You might be surprised to … Read more

One of the fascinating aspects of researching hoards is that the material also illustrates the history of artefact studies through the centuries. Some of our … Read more