Binnington Carr Hoard

The Binnington Carr Hoard is a Roman coin hoard dating from the late 1st century AD. It contains 12 silver denarii within a copper alloy bell.[1] It is in the collection of the Yorkshire Museum.[2]

Binnington Carr Hoard
The Binnington Carr Hoard
MaterialRoman coins
Copper alloy bell
Size12 coins
Createdc.75
Period/cultureRomano-British
Discoveredc.1876
Binnington Carr, near Willerby, North Yorkshire, England
Present locationYorkshire Museum, York
IdentificationYORYM : H2401

Contents

The hoard contains 12 silver coins all of which are denarii: one of Julius Caesar (49-44 BC), one of Nero (AD 54-68), three of Vitellius (AD 68) and seven of Vespasian (AD 69-79).[3]

Display

In 2014 it featured in an online Google Arts & Culture exhibition titled 'Yorkshire Hoards'.[4]

References

  1. Historic England. "Monument No. 64828". PastScape.
  2. "COLLECTION ITEM: BINNINGTON CARR HOARD". York Museums Trust. Retrieved 27 October 2019.
  3. Hella Eckardt; Sandie Williams (2018). "The Sound of Magic? Bells in Roman Britain". Britannia. 49. pp. 179–210. doi:10.1017/S0068113X18000028.
  4. "Curator's Choice: The Yorkshire archaeology Hoards going global with Google". Culture24. 6 November 2014.
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