Overton Hoard

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.

Overton Hoard
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

Discovery

The hoard was found by a metal detectorist on 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

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  Ceramic fragments found with the hoard.
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  The coins being cleaned in 15% formic acid.
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  Some of the coins after cleaning

Acquisition and 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.