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We are now well over halfway through our planned museum visits and have been very busy the last couple of months. Our most recent visit … Read more

Here’s a picture of one of the more fascinating items James recently examined during our visit to the Museum of Somerset in Taunton. This tankard … Read more

Last week, we travelled to the Corinium Museum to study a late Roman hoard found at Cirencester in the late nineteenth century. The hoard consists … Read more

In 1980, a group of children in North Yorkshire were throwing stones in a burn and discovered the Hovingham Park hoard. The children recovered 18 … Read more

Recently we’ve been at Salisbury Museum studying the Bowerchalke hoard which is currently on display. It was found by metal-detectorists about twenty-five years ago. The … Read more

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 the Hunmanby hoard in North Yorkshire. The hoard consists of 76 siliquae and 10 bronze coins known as nummi.  A … 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