Hoard from Bredon Hill
The Bredon Hill hoard is a hoard of 3784 Roman silver coins (about 11 kg) made in 2011 using metal detectors at Woollas Hall Farm on Bredon Hill in Worcestershire , England .
The site is about 400 meters north of Kemerton Camp, an Iron Age hill fort . The coins were discovered in a Severn Valley-type clay pot dating back to the 3rd century and buried in a Roman villa in the mid-4th century AD, which was discovered during the archaeological dig. The coins cover the reigns of ten emperors of the Roman Empire and those of six emperors of the breakaway Imperium Galliarum over a period of 38 years, from 244 to 282. The coins are the largest Roman coin find in Worcestershire.
Although the coins are nominally silver coins and should have a silver content of around 90%, most contain only 1% silver. Some coins, which were issued after Aurelian's reform of the coin system in 274, are marked with the letters PXXI and have a silver content of around 5%.
The hand-struck coins have a number of errors, such as a miss and a double strike. In some cases the coins were struck with mismatched counterstamps or only on one side.
See also
literature
- T. Allen, K. Brady, S. Foreman: A Roman Villa and other Iron Age and Roman Discoveries at Bredon's Norton, Fiddington and Pamington . Oxford Archeology Ltd. 2016
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Bredon Hill is a hill southwest of Evesham in the Vale of Evesham. Geologically speaking, the hill is part of the Cotswolds. As a result of erosion over millions of years, it now stands isolated in the valley of Evesham.