Cunetio Hoard

Cunetio Hoard

The Cunetio Hoard is the largest hoard of Roman coins found in Britain. It was discovered in 1978 at Mildenhall, Wiltshire, and consisted of 54,951 low value coins. The coins were contained in a large pot and a container which had been constructed from lead.[1] The coins are now in the British Museum, the pot is now on display at the Wiltshire Heritage Museum in Devizes.

The latest coins in the hoard were dated 270 to 274.

A smaller hoard had been found at this site in 1960.[2]

Larger hoards of Roman coins have been found at Misrata, Libya[3] and are believed to have been found at Evreux, France (100,000 coins) and Komin, Croatia (300,000 coins).[1]

See also

  • List of hoards in Britain

References

  1. ^ a b Abdy 2002, pp. 32–43
  2. ^ Moorhead, Sam; Kent, John (2010). "Cunetio (1960) hoard". Wiltshire Archaeological & Natural History Magazine 103: 317–19. 
  3. ^ "Banche dati". CNR->Istituto ITABC. http://www.cnr.it/istituti/Banchedati.html?cds=098. Retrieved 25 June 2010. 

Sources

  • Abdy, Richard Anthony (2002), Romano-British coin hoards, Shire archaeology, No. 82, Princes Risborough: Shire, ISBN 9780747805328. 
  • Besly, Edward; Bland, Roger (1983). The Cunetio Treasure: Roman Coinage of the Third Century AD. London: British Museum Publications. ISBN 0-7141-0857-X. 

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