Wold Newton hoard
Wold Newton hoard as it was found
MaterialRoman coins
Roman pottery
Size1,857 coins
Created294-307
Period/cultureRomano-British
Discovered2014
Wold Newton, East Riding of Yorkshire England
Present locationYorkshire Museum, York

54°08′01″N 0°25′30″W / 54.133534°N 0.42510022°W / 54.133534; -0.42510022

The Wold Newton Hoard is a coin hoard dating from the early 4th century AD. It contains 1,857 coins held within a pottery container. It was acquired by the Yorkshire Museum in 2016.[1]

Discovery

The hoard was found by metal detectorist David Blakely on 21 September 2014 in a field near Wold Newton in the East Riding of Yorkshire.[2][3]

Contents

The hoard contains 1,857 copper alloy coins all of which are nummi, except for a single radiate. The nummi all date from the period AD 294-307 and the radiate from AD 268–270. The coins were found within a grey-ware jar dating from the 4th Century. The coins and their container were found alongside a fragmentary dish and other fragments of pottery, one of which may have been used as a lid for the ceramic jar.[3]

Significance

The Wold Newton Hoard is the largest Roman hoard of its type ever discovered in the north of England.[2]

Acquisition and display

After being declared treasure, the hoard was valued at just over £44,200. The Yorkshire Museum ran a fundraising campaign (launched on 25 July 2016[4]) to raise the money, which included donations from hundreds of people from around the world, £10,000 from the Arts Council/Victoria and Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund and a donation of £9,981 from the American Friends of the Arts Fund.[2] The hoard went on public display on 1 June 2017 in the Yorkshire Museum as part of the York Roman Festival.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "WOLD NEWTON HOARD". York Museums Trust. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 Moss, R. (9 September 2016). "Wold Newton hoard of Roman coins secured by Yorkshire Museum". Culture24. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  3. 1 2 "COIN HOARD, ID:DUR-16C89F". Portable Antiquities Scheme. 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  4. ↑ Bean, D. (25 July 2016). "£44,000 appeal to keep Roman coin hoard in York". York Press. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  5. ↑ Willers, D. (27 May 2017). "Roman coins to be unveiled at festival". York Press. Retrieved 20 June 2017.
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