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A hoard of silver coins, the latest about 1700 (British Museum).A hoard or "wealth deposit" [1] is an archaeological term for a collection of valuable objects or artifacts, sometimes purposely buried in the ground, in which case it is sometimes also known as a cache.
Following the discovery of the hoard, Historic Scotland, the Museum of Scotland and the archaeological contractors AOC Archaeology agreed that a wider archaeological investigation was needed to find out more about the hoard's context. The site was put under 24-hour security and a local farmer put his biggest bull in the field to deter intruders.
Described as the most important archaeological find in the county in the last century, [10] a fundraising campaign was launched in December 2024 by the Worcestershire Heritage, Art & Museums Charity, which hopes to acquire the hoard for the permanent collection of Museums Worcestershire. As of January 2025, the value of the hoard had not been ...
Archaeologists recently concluded their excavation of an area in Luxembourg that contained a hoard of 141 ancient Roman coins, now worth six figures in modern U.S. dollars.
A hoard of coins dating back to the 11th century has been found at the site of a future nuclear power station. Oxford Cotswold Archaeology discovered a cloth package containing 321 silver coins in ...
A hoard of Roman coins worth over $125,000 was found during a construction project in central England. The stash of gold and silver coins date back to the reign of Rome's Emperor Nero, according ...
The Holzthum Hoard is a Late Roman coin hoard dating to the late 4th century in the village of Holzthum, Luxembourg. The cache consists of a total of 141 solidii , encompassing eight Roman emperors , who reigned between 364 to 408 AD.
Excavations were first carried out on the site in 1549, with subsequent archaeological surveys carried out in 1883, resulting in the discovery of the Anglo-Saxon hoard, as well as 1899-1902, which resulted in the discovery of the Anthemius hoard, where upon both coin hoards were recognized and now are stored in the Museo Nazionale Romano's ...