List of Roman hoards in Great 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 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 Sub-Roman period up to the establishment of Anglo-Saxon kingdoms. It includes both hoards that were buried with the intention of retrieval at a later date, and also hoards of votive offerings which were not intended to be recovered at a later date, but excludes grave goods and single items found in isolation.
Most Roman hoards are composed largely or entirely of coins, and are relatively common in Britain, with over 1,200 known examples. A smaller number of hoards, such as the Mildenhall Treasure and the Hoxne Hoard, include items of silver or gold tableware such as dishes, bowls, jugs and spoons, or items of silver or gold jewellery.

List of hoards

HoardImageDatePlace of discoveryYear of discoveryCurrent LocationContents
Acton Hoard
Cheshire
2014Nantwich MuseumVotive hoard of five silver denarii of the emperor Septimius Severus in a lead alloy conical container with a lead alloy disc stopper.
Agden Hoard
Cheshire
1957Grosvenor Museum, ChesterAbout 2,500 antoniniani and the lower half of jar
Aldbury Hoard
Hertfordshire
1870116 brass coins
fragments of brass plate
half a brass ring
silver wire ring
2 brooches
Alton Barnes Hoard
Wiltshire
2005Wiltshire Museum, Devizes3,854 silver and bronze Roman coins
Backworth Hoard
Tyne and Wear
1811British Museum, LondonSilver skillet covered by silver mirror, 5 gold rings, silver serpent ring, 2 gold chains with wheel and crescent pendants, silver-gilt brooches, 1 gold bracelet, silver spoons, 280 denarii, brass coins, silver dish
Baldock Hoard
Hertfordshire
2002British Museum, London26 gold and silver objects including gold jewellery, 7 gold votive plaques, 12 silver votive plaques, two silver model arms, and a silver figurine
Barkway Hoard
Hertfordshire
1743British Museum, London5 silver and bronze objects, including one silver-gilt votive plaque dedicated to Mars, and two silver votive plaques dedicated to Vulcan
Barlaston Hoard20152015 Roman coins and other objects
Beau Street Hoard
Somerset
2008Roman Baths Museum, Bath30,000 silver Roman coins
Beckfoot Hoard
Cumbria
2010308 Roman coins in a pot
Beech Bottom Dyke Hoard
Hertfordshire
1932DispersedAbout 100 silver denarii
Binnington Carr Hoard
North Yorkshire
c.1876Yorkshire Museum12 silver denarii
Bishopswood Hoard
Herefordshire
1895Hereford Museum and Art Gallery17,548 coins
Boldre Hoard
Hampshire
2014St Barbe Museum & Art Gallery, Lymington1,608 base silver radiates
Boothstown Hoard
Greater Manchester
1947British Museum, London
Manchester Museum		550 bronze coins dated between 259 and 278 AD found in two pottery urns
Braithwell Hoard
South Yorkshire
2002British Museum
Doncaster Museum 		1,331 base silver radiates
1 base metal denarius
13 sherds of greyware jar
Breamore hoards
Hampshire
1998 Returned to finder Hoard A: 1,782 base silver radiates
Hoard B:398 base silver radiates and pot
Bredon Hill Hoard
Worcestershire
2011Worcestershire County Museum, Hartlebury Castle3,784 debased silver coins in a clay pot
Burgh Castle Hoard
Norfolk
1958-1961Glass vessels and a copper alloy bell placed in a bronze bowl, all within an iron-bound bucket.
Canterbury Treasure
Kent
1962Roman Museum, Canterbury12 silver spoons, 3 ingots, 1 tooth pick and jewellery
Capheaton Treasure
Northumberland
1747British Museum, London5 silver vessel handles, and 1 fragment of a silver trulla base
Castlethorpe Hoard
Buckinghamshire
c.1827British Museum, LondonCoins, a pair of silver snakeshead bracelets, silver finger ring with carnelian intaglio. Found within a ceramic jar.
Chaddesley Corbett Hoard
Worcestershire
1999 and 2003Worcestershire County Museum, Hartlebury Castle434 base silver nummi
38 sherds of pottery
Chalgrove hoards
Oxfordshire
1989
2003 		Ashmolean Museum, Oxford I: 4,145 coins.jpg|100px|1852 etching of the Charnwood Forest Hoard by George Cruikshank
Leicestershire
1840Large number of bronze coins, some dating between 254 and 268, in an urn
Chells Manor Hoard
Hertfordshire
19862,579 coins
Chilbolton Down Hoard
Hampshire
c. 1952Winchester City MuseumBronze and silver coins dated 306–337 in a pot
Chorleywood Hoard
Hertfordshire
1977British Museum
Verulamium Museum, St Albans 		4,358 coins
Clapton Hoard
Somerset
1922–1924Museum of Somerset, Taunton and Nicholson Museum, Sydney, Australia 3500 Roman bronze coins,
Cookley Hoard
Suffolk
201858 silver denarii and two silver-plated fake denarii, dating between 153 BC and AD 61
Corbridge Hoard
Northumberland
1911British Museum160 gold aureus coins in a bronze jug, with two bronze coins in the neck of the jug to disguise the worth of contents.
Corbridge Hoard
Northumberland
1964Corbridge Roman Site Museum
Great North Museum, Newcastle upon Tyne		Various finished and unfinished iron products, including pieces of armour, a sword scabbard, javelinheads, spearheads, arrowheads, artillery bolts, and various knives, nails, spikes and cramps
Corbridge Treasure
Northumberland
1731–1760British Museum, London5 pieces of silverware, including a lanx, a bowl and a vase
Cridling Stubbs Hoard
North Yorkshire
1967Leeds City Museum More than 3,300 bronze nummi coins in a grey-ware jar with a makeshift lid
Cunetio Hoard
Wiltshire
1978British Museum, London54,951 coins
Curridge Hoard
Berkshire
1998–1999West Berkshire Heritage425 bronze sestertius or dupondii/asses
Dairsie Hoard
Fife
2014National Museum of Scotland, EdinburghMore than 300 pieces of hacksilver from at least four silver Roman vessels
Didcot Hoard
Oxfordshire
1995British Museum, London126 gold coins
Edge Hill Hoard
Warwickshire
2008Market Hall Museum, Warwick1,146 silver denarii in a small pot, coins dating between 190 BC and AD 63–64
Ethy Hoard
Cornwall
2000Royal Cornwall Museum, Truro1,095 base silver radiates
coarseware jar
Esclusham Hoard
Wrexham
201682 silver denarii dating to the reigns of Augustus, Nero, Galba, Vitellius and Vespasian in a red pot
Eye Hoard
Suffolk
1781600 gold coins
Felmingham Hall Hoard
Norfolk
1845British Museum, LondonRomano-British temple treasure consisting of a pottery bowl, a buckle, a rattle, heads of Jupiter and Minerva, a mask of Sol with sun rays, a lar or household god, a wheel associated with the Celtic god Taranis, two statuettes of birds
Fenwick Hoard
Essex
2014Colchester Castle2 pairs of gold earrings, 1 gold bracelet, 2 gold armlets, 5 gold finger-rings, 1 silver chain and loop, 1 copper-alloy bulla, 1 silver armlet, 2 silver cuff bracelets, 1 glass intaglio, Roman republican coins, remains of a silver pyxis.
Frampton Hoard
Dorset
1998Returned to finder511 base silver radiates and pot
Fremington Hagg Hoard
North Yorkshire
pre-1833British Museum and Yorkshire MuseumSeveral hundred pieces of horse-gear, including mounts and strap fittings.
Frome Hoard
Somerset
2010Museum of Somerset, Taunton52,503 coins
Gloucester Hoard
Gloucestershire
20178 silver denarii dated 134BC – AD37
Grassmoor Hoard
Derbyshire
2001Chesterfield Museum and British Museum, London1,421 silver coins
Hayle Hoard
Cornwall
1825Royal Cornwall Museum, TruroSeveral thousand radiates in a copper bowl
Hayle Hoard
Cornwall
20171,965 base silver radiates with the remains of a tin container and a lead stopper, found in a stone-lined pit
Heslington Hoard
North Yorkshire
1966Yorkshire Museum2,800 coins
Hickleton Hoard
South Yorkshire
2001Doncaster Museum350 silver coins
36 copper-alloy coins
High Green Hoard
South Yorkshire
2001738 base silver radiates
High Weald Hoard
West Sussex		2006Brighton Museum & Art Gallery2894 silver coins
Hockwold Hoard
Norfolk
1962British Museum, London4 silver cups
4 silver handles
1 silver pedestal
Hockwold Hoard
Norfolk
1999British Museum, London816 copper alloy coins
Howe Hoard
Norfolk
1981–2002British Museum, London15 gold aurei
131 silver denarii
Hoxne Hoard
Suffolk
1992British Museum, London14,865 coins
29 items of gold jewellery
98 silver spoons and ladles
1 silver tigress
4 silver bowls
1 small dish
1 silver beaker
1 silver vase or juglet
4 pepper pots
Hyderabad and Meeanee Barracks Hoard
Essex
2011Colchester MuseumTwo pots, one empty and one containing 1,247 coins
Itteringham Hoard
Norfolk
2000British Museum, London3 silver finger rings
2 copper-alloy cosmetic sets
1 bronze key
62 silver denarii
42 copper-alloy coins
pot fragments
Killingholme Hoard
Lincolnshire
1993Mostly dispersed; 86 in British Museum, London.3,800 bronze coins dating to reign of Constantine the Great in a pot
Kingston Deverill Hoard
Wiltshire
2005Salisbury Museum3 bronze trullei or patera
2 bronze wine strainers
Kirkham Hoard
Lancashire
1853Harris Museum, Preston, Lancashire35 silver denarii and one bronze semis in a Samian ware pot.
Kirton in Lindsey hoards
Lincolnshire
1999
2001, 2004 		6 coins at British Museum, LondonHoard 1: 875 base silver radiates
Hoard 2: 111 base silver radiates ; 85 base silver radiates
Knutsford Hoard
Cheshire		2012Liverpool Museum, Congleton Museum3 silver-gilt trumpet brooches, 2 silver finger rings, and more than 100 coins which were issued between 32BC to the late 2nd century AD
Langley with Hardley Hoard
Norfolk
1997, 1999, 2001, 2004Returned to finder2,044 base silver radiates
Langtoft hoards
East Yorkshire
2000Yorkshire Museum, York
British Museum, London		Hoard A: 976 base silver coins and 21 sherds of a jar
Hoard B: 924 base silver nummi and 9 sherds of a pot
Leominster Hoard
Herefordshire
2013Returned to landowner518 Roman radiates, originally contained within leather bags.
Lightwood Hoard
Staffordshire
1960Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Stoke-on-Trent2,461 coins and two silver bracelets in an earthenware pot
Malpas Hoard2014Liverpool Museum, Congleton Museum7 Iron Age British coins made between AD20 and AD50. The 28 Roman coins are early examples, before the conquest of Britain, of the type that would have been in circulation when Roman soldiers arrived in Britain in AD43
Little Brickhill hoards
Buckinghamshire
1962–1964Bletchley Archaeological Society, Bletchley1962
251 loose coins
About 400 corroded mass of coins
1964
4th-century pottery and sherds
13th-century jug
11th to 12th-century sherds
2nd-century Samian ware fragments
glass and jet beads
43 coins
Little Brickhill hoards
Buckinghamshire
1967
1987		British Museum, London
Buckinghamshire County Museum, Aylesbury		1967
296 silver denarii
hearth tools
pottery
bronze brooch and terret ring
3rd- to 4th-century sherds
1987
627 silver denarii
Little Orme Hoard
Conwy
1981National Museum Cardiff5 ox-head bucket-mounts
1 razor handle
1 knife or chisel handle
2 brooches
1 harness ring
68 coins
Llanvaches Hoard
Monmouthshire
2006National Roman Legion Museum, Caerleon599 silver denarii
M1 Motorway Hoard
Leicestershire 		1980 207 silver denarii
228 base-silver radiates
2 grey ware pottery fragments
Maundown Hoard
Somerset
2006Museum of Somerset, Taunton2,118 bronze coins
Mildenhall Treasure
Suffolk
1942British Museum, London34 items of silver tableware
Monknash Hoard
South Glamorgan
2000National Museum Wales, Cardiff103 silver denarii
grey ware pot
Nether Compton Hoard
Dorset
198922,670 coins
Newport Pagnell Hoard
Buckinghamshire
2006More than 1,400 bronze coins
pottery
Osgodby Hoard
Lincolnshire
1999British Museum, London44 silver denarii
finger ring
bronze brooch
coarseware pottery vessel
Otterbourne Hoard I
Hampshire
1978Winchester City MuseumNearly 550 silver siliquae and other coins dated 364–423 in a pot
Otterbourne Hoard II
Hampshire
1978Winchester City MuseumSilver siliquae
Overton Hoard
North Yorkshire
2016Yorkshire Museum, York37 silver coins and pottery fragments.
Patching Hoard
West Sussex
1997Worthing Museum and Art Gallery13 Roman and 10 Visigothic gold solidi
21 Roman, 3 Visigothic, and 3 unidentified silver coins
2 gold rings
54 pieces of scrap silver, including a scabbard fitting
Piddletrenthide Hoard
Dorset
20162,114 Roman radiate coins in an incomplete pottery vessel.
Pot Shaft Hoard
Cheshire
1995Manchester Museum564 Roman coins dating from AD 317–336, mainly Constantine and house of Constantine pieces
Preshaw Park Hoard
Hampshire
1855Winchester City Museum280 uncirculated bronze coins dated 280–309 in a narrow-necked pot
Prestwood hoards
Buckinghamshire
1999 and 2005Buckinghamshire County Museum, AylesburyHoard A: 112 silver denarii and 1 radiate
Hoard B: 735 base silver nummi and pot fragment
Reading Hoard
Berkshire
2015Reading Museum, ReadingAbout 300 coins in a pottery vessel
Rhayader Treasure
Powys
1899British Museum, London1 gold ring with onyx stone; 11 pieces of gold necklet with 8 stones, 1 piece of scroll and a small embossed section; 4 pieces of gold armlet
Ribchester Hoard
Lancashire
1796British Museum, Londonbronze cavalry helmet, a number of patera, pieces of a vase, a bust of Minerva, fragments of two basins, and several plates.
Rogiet Hoard
Monmouthshire
1998National Museum of Wales, Cardiff3,778 silver coins
Seaton Down Hoard
Devon
2013Royal Albert Memorial Museum, Exeter22,888 copper alloy coins
Sarum Road Hoard
Hampshire
1996Winchester City Museum8 silver denarii dated 78BC – AD37
Shapwick hoards
Somerset
1936–1938Museum of Somerset, Taunton
British Museum, London		Pewter cup, saucer, platter, jug, canister, bowl with pedestal
pottery beaker
245 silver siliquae
1,170 bronze coins
bronze cased wooden stave tankard
bronze bowl
Shapwick Hoard
Somerset
1978Glastonbury MuseumMore than 1,000 copper coins
pewter vessel
Shapwick Hoard
Somerset
1998Somerset County Museum, Taunton9,262 coins
Shillington Hoard
Bedfordshire
1998–1999Wardown Park Museum, LutonHoard A: 127 gold aurei
Hoard B: 18 silver denarii
Shiptonthorpe Hoard
East Yorkshire
2000Hull and East Riding Museum, Kingston upon Hull503 base silver coins
pot fragments
Shoreham Hoard
West Sussex
19994,105 base silver denarii and radiates
pottery vessel
Shrewsbury Hoard
Shropshire
2009Shrewsbury Museum and Art Gallery9,315 bronze coins
Silchester Hoard
Hampshire
1894Reading Museum
British Museum, London		258 silver denarii
Silchester Hoard
Hampshire
1985–1987Reading MuseumAbout 39 silver and bronze coins
3 gold rings
Snettisham Jeweller's Hoard
Norfolk
1985British Museum, London83 silver coins, 27 bronze coins, and quantities of gems, jewellery and scrap metal
Snodland Hoard
Kent
2006More than 3,600 bronze coins
South Petherton Hoard2013Sestertius of Marcus Aurelius in Museum of Somerset, majority returned to the finder7,563 coins dating from 161-274 AD mainly debased Antoninianii of the Gallic Empire
St Albans Hoard
Hertfordshire		2012Verulamium Museum, St Albans159 gold solidi
Stanchester Hoard
Wiltshire
2000Wiltshire Museum, Devizes1,166 coins
Stogursey Hoard
Somerset
1999 and 20023 coins at British Museum
some others at Somerset		1,097 base silver radiates
pottery vessel remains
50 copper alloy coins
Stoke-on-Trent Hoard A
Staffordshire
2012Potteries Museum & Art Gallery, Hanley258 silver denarii dating between 31 BC and AD 176
Stony Stratford Hoard
Northamptonshire
1789British Museum, London2 chain headresses, 3 fibulae, various fragments of silver plaques with figures of, or inscriptions to, Roman gods, in an urn
Sully Hoard
South Glamorgan
1899British Museum, London322 coins
4 gold rings
Sully Hoard
South Glamorgan
2008National Museum Wales2,366 bronze coins in one pot
3,547 bronze coins in another pot
Thetford Hoard
Norfolk
1979British Museum, London33 silver spoons
22 gold finger rings
4 pendants
several necklaces
a gold buckle
Thornbury Hoard
Gloucestershire
2004Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery
11,460 coins
Tinwell Hoard
Rutland
1999Rutland County Museum, Oakham2,831 base-silver coins
Traprain Treasure
East Lothian
1919Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh53 pounds of sliced up silver tableware
some Christian items
a Roman officer's uniform
4 coins
Upchurch Hoard
Kent
1950Private collection37 bronze coins
Walton Hoard
Buckinghamshire
198797 bronze coins
Water Newton Treasure
Cambridgeshire
1975British Museum, London27 silver items, including jugs, hanging-bowls, bowls and votive plaques
1 gold votive plaque
Welbourn Hoard
Lincolnshire
19988 coins at British Museum, London436 base silver nummi
Shelly Ware container
Wem Hoard
Shropshire
2018336 items of Roman hacksilver, including 37 Roman coins
West Bagborough Hoard
Somerset
2001Somerset County Museum, Taunton669 Roman coins and 64 pieces of hacksilver
Westhall Hoard
Suffolk
1855British Museum, London
Norwich Castle Museum		9 bronze terrets and some Roman coins in a bronze bowl
Weston Underwood Hoard
Buckinghamshire
1858Buckinghamshire County Museum166 silver denarii
10 other coins
earthenware vessel
Samian bowl
various sherds and other pottery
Wickham Market Hoard
Suffolk
1984Pot containing 1,587 coins
Wold Newton Hoard
East Yorkshire
2014Yorkshire Museum, York1,857 copper coins in ceramic pot
Yeovil Hoard
Somerset
2013Museum of Somerset3335 coins, including 165 denarii, originally contained in a cloth bags
Yorkley Hoard
Gloucestershire
2012Dean Heritage Centre, Gloucestershire500 bronze coins, probably originally contained in a cloth bag

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