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Overton Hoard
Some of the Overton coins after chemical cleaning for ID, December 2016 (FindID 806834).jpg
Some of the Overton coins after chemical cleaning for ID, December 2016
Material Roman coins
Roman pottery
Size 37 coins
Created c. 205
Period/culture Romano-British
Discovered September 2016
Overton, North Yorkshire, England
Present location Yorkshire Museum, York
Identification YORYM: 2018.154

The Overton Hoard is a Roman coin hoard dating from the early 3rd century AD. It contains 37 coins and fragments of a pottery container. It was acquired by the Yorkshire Museum in 2018.

Discovery

The hoard was found by metal detectorist in 21 September 2016 in a field near Overton, North Yorkshire.

Contents

The hoard contains 37 silver coins all of which are denarii. They coins date from the reign of Domitian while he was junior Emperor under his father Vespasian (AD 69–79) to the reign of Septimius Severus. The latest coin in the hoard dates to AD 205. Despite the wide date range, the coins could all have still been in circulation together in the early 3rd century. They were probably deposited in a ceramic vessel, of which only fragments were found.

Coins within the Hoard
Emperor/Issuer Date Number
Domitian Caesar 69–79 1
Titus 79–81 1
Domitian 81–96 1
Trajan 98–117 3
Hadrian 117–38 4
Antoninus Pius 138–161 3
Diva Faustina I 4
Marcus Aurelius 169–180 1
Divus Antoninus 1
Lucilla 3
Commodus 180–193 3
Septimius Severus 193–211 1
Clodius Albinus Caesar 1
Caracalla Caesar 1
Septimius Severus 198–209 5
Julia Domna 198–209 2
Caracalla 198–209 2

Gallery

Acquisition and display

Overton Hoard on display
The Overton Hoard on display, Yorkshire Museum, July 2019

After being declared treasure, the hoard was acquired by Yorkshire Museum in early 2018 and first went on public display in October 2018.

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