Deepdale Hoard

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The Deepdale Hoard is a Roman coin hoard found in Deepdale (near Barton-upon-Humber) in North Lincolnshire in 1979. It consisted of 260 silver siliquae and one gold solidus.{{cite book |title=Iron Age and Roman Coin Hoards in Britain |date=2020 |publisher=Oxbow Books |page=175 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kdzdDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA175 |access-date=15 July 2022}}

The initial discovery of the hoard was on 11 May 1979, with further coins found over the next two years.{{cite web |title=Hoard Details 1240 |url=https://chre.ashmus.ox.ac.uk/hoard/1240 |website=Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire |publisher=Ashmolean Museum |access-date=15 July 2022}} The majority of the coins were found in a pot ({{fraction|2|3}} of which survived{{cite web |last1=Hobbs |first1=Richard |title=Late Roman Precious Metal Deposits, c.AD200-700: Changes over Time and Space |url=https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1317814/1/286548.pdf |publisher=Institute of Archaeology, University College London |access-date=15 July 2022 |page=280 |date=1997}}) while others were found scattered nearby. The coins were from the reigns of Constantius II to Honorius.

The hoard has been split between a number of museums, including the British Museum, the North Lincolnshire Museum, and the East Riding of Yorkshire Council Museum Service.{{cite web |title=Siliqua of Julian |url=https://www.eastriding.gov.uk/culture/museums/collections/detail.php?module=objects&type=related&kv=10666 |website=East Riding Museums |publisher=East Riding of Yorkshire Council |access-date=15 July 2022}}

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