Cunetio Hoard
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The Cunetio Hoard, also known as the Mildenhall Hoard,[1] is the largest hoard of Roman coins found in Britain. It was discovered in 1978 at the site of the Roman town of Cunetio, near modern-day Mildenhall, Wiltshire, and consisted of 54,951 low value coins. The coins were contained in a large pot and a lead container.[2] The coins are now in the British Museum[3] and the pot is on display at the Wiltshire Heritage Museum in Devizes.
The latest coins in the hoard were dated 270 to 274.
A smaller hoard had been found at this site in 1960.[4]
Larger hoards of Roman coins have been found at Misrata in Libya[5] and are believed to have been found at Evreux in France (100,000 coins) and Komin, Croatia (300,000 coins).[2]
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