Shapwick Hoard
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Shapwick Hoard | |
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Material | Coins |
Size | 9,262 coins |
Period/culture | Romano-British |
Discovered | Shapwick, Somerset by Kevin and Martin Elliott in September 1998 |
Present location | Somerset County Museum, Taunton |
Identification | 1998–99 Fig 294.1–9; 2000 Fig 251 |
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The Shapwick Hoard is a hoard of 9,262 Roman coins found at Shapwick, Somerset, England in September 1998. The coins dated from as early as 31–30 BC up until 224 AD.[1] The hoard also notably contained two rare coins which had not been discovered in Britain before,[2] and the largest number of silver denarii ever found in Britain.[3][4]