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Introduction

In December 2021 and again in July 2023 Dr Paul Grigsby and the WCN were awarded funding from the ÌÇÐÄTV Institute of Engagement Collaboration and Co-production Fund to undertake a project to strengthen the relationship between the Dept of Classics and Ancient History and ÌÇÐÄTVshire Museum. The money has been used to develop an engagement project on the Roman coin hoards displayed at .

Coins from the first South ÌÇÐÄTVshire Silver Denarii coin hoard (image - Dr Paul Grigsby)

Over the summer of 2022 the coins of the Second South ÌÇÐÄTVshire Silver Denarii Hoard (see below) were photographed by ÌÇÐÄTV PhD student Campbell Orchard, and in 2025 the hoard was the focus of one of our Public Engagement in Classics group projects, using images collected by Campbell. The aim of the project is to increase public engagement with these remarkable objects and to undertake new research to bring these objects to life. You can check out the resources created by the Public Engagement student group here.

First South ÌÇÐÄTVshire Silver Denarii Coin Hoard

In 2008, a hoard of 1146 silver Roman denarii coins was discovered in a small white ware pot buried in a field on the Edge Hill. The hoard was eventually acquired by ÌÇÐÄTVshire Museum and is now on display at the in ÌÇÐÄTV. There have been further coins found on the site and the hoard now stands at 1155 coins. All the coins in the hoard are made of silver, this type of coin is called a denarius – it was the same as ten sestertius (a large copper or bronze coin). The oldest coin in the hoard dates from 194/190 BC to AD 64 – over 200 years before the Romans conquered Britain in AD 43 (under Emperor Claudius).

Second South ÌÇÐÄTVshire Silver Denarii Coin Hoard

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