Wold Newton Hoard
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{{Infobox artifact
| name = Wold Newton hoard
| image =Wold Newton hoard as it was found.jpg
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| image_caption =Wold Newton hoard as it was found
| material =Roman coins
Roman pottery
|period = Romano-British
| size =1,857 coins
| writing =
| created =294-307
| discovered_place =Wold Newton, East Riding of Yorkshire England
| discovered_date =2014
| location =Yorkshire Museum, York
| id =
}}
{{Coord|54.133534|N|0.42510022|W|region:GB|display=title}}
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.{{cite web |url=https://www.yorkshiremuseum.org.uk/wold-newton-hoard/ |title=WOLD NEWTON HOARD |publisher=York Museums Trust |accessdate=24 May 2017}}
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.{{cite news |url=http://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/archaeology/art565128 |author1=Moss, R. |title=Wold Newton hoard of Roman coins secured by Yorkshire Museum |publisher=Culture24 |date=9 September 2016 |accessdate=24 May 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/637965 |title=COIN HOARD, ID:DUR-16C89F |publisher=Portable Antiquities Scheme |date=2016 |accessdate=24 May 2017}}
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.
Significance
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{{cite news |url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/14639274.__44_000_appeal_to_keep_Roman_coin_hoard_in_York/ |title=£44,000 appeal to keep Roman coin hoard in York |author1=Bean, D. |date=25 July 2016 |publisher=York Press |accessdate=24 May 2017}}) 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. The hoard went on public display on 1 June 2017 in the Yorkshire Museum as part of the York Roman Festival.{{cite news |url=http://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/15312948.Roman_coins_to_be_unveiled_at_festival/ |author1=Willers, D. |title=Roman coins to be unveiled at festival |publisher=York Press |date=27 May 2017 |accessdate=2017-06-20}}
References
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External links
- [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gEGZuD__bqM Video for the York Museums Trust fundraising campaign]
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Category:2014 archaeological discoveries
Category:Treasure troves in England
Category:Treasure troves of Roman Britain
Category:Archaeological sites in the East Riding of Yorkshire
Category:Collection of the Yorkshire Museum