Recovered Hoards
The Frome Hoard
Buried ~290 AD · found 2010 · Near Frome, Somerset, England
Recovered (museum)The prize. 52,503 Roman coins, Britain's largest single-pot hoard
Where. Near Frome, Somerset, England
Status. Recovered (museum)
Where. Near Frome, Somerset, England
Status. Recovered (museum)
The account
Detectorist Dave Crisp heard a 'funny signal,' dug down, and hit the rim of a buried pot. Instead of emptying it, he stopped and called the archaeologists, who lifted the whole vessel intact: 52,503 Roman coins, the largest hoard ever found in one container in Britain. His restraint preserved a piece of history most would have scattered.
How it was found
- Detectorist Dave Crisp got a signal in a Somerset field in 2010, realized he was looking at the top of a buried pot, and did the rare thing: he stopped and called archaeologists, who lifted out 52,503 Roman coins in one jar.
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