NORRIS MUSEUM DISPLAYS THE MUDDY HOARD

Rare Roman coins discovered by a metal detectorist in Huntingdonshire have gone on display in St Ives.

The Norris Museum has set up a temporary exhibition called The Muddy Hoard to display the hoard which contains some 9.2k coins, across the reign of 14 emperors and one empress.

Given the quantity, composition, and quality of some of the coins, the museum says the hoard could be counted as one of the 10 most significant Roman coin hoards found in the UK, and it includes a previously unrecorded coin – a denarius of Emperor Tetricus I.

It is by far the most significant acquisition The Norris Museum has ever secured and fundraising for its permanent display has been set up in the museum's main gallery.

"The exhibition will evolve through its run, with live demonstrations of pottery reconstruction, talks about the Portable Antiquities Scheme, a celebration of archaeology, as well as ongoing conservation work, and research on the coins," said a spokesperson for the museum.

The hoard of coins was discovered in May 2018 about nine miles north of Huntingdon by a metal detectorist.

 

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