Frome Hoard
- Description
- During the Roman period money became part of everyday life for the first time. This hoard of 52,503 Roman coins was found buried in a pot near Frome. It is the largest such hoard ever found in a single container in Britain and weighs 160 kg. The hoard would have been difficult to recover after burial which has led to the suggestion that it was intended as a religious offering. It was buried in about AD 290.
- Accession Loan No.
- TTNCM : 38/2010
- Collection Class
- Roman
- Common Name
- Frome Hoard
- Simple Name
- hoard
- Period Classification
- Roman (AD 43-410)
- Production Date
- 290
- Material
- metal, copper alloy
- Collection Town
- Frome
- Collection County
- Somerset
- Collection Country
- England
- Collection Continent
- Europe
