Binnington Carr Hoard Explained

Binnington Carr Hoard
Material:	Roman coins Copper alloy bell
Period:	Romano-British
Size:	12 coins
Discovered Place:	Binnington Carr, near Willerby, North Yorkshire, England
Discovered Date:	c.1876
Location:	Yorkshire Museum, York
Id:	YORYM : H2401

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. It is in the collection of the Yorkshire Museum.^[1]

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).^[2]

Display

In 2014 it featured in an online Google Arts & Culture exhibition titled 'Yorkshire Hoards'.^[3]

External links

• Binnington Carr Hoard in a Google Arts & Culture online exhibition

Notes and References

1. Web site: COLLECTION ITEM: BINNINGTON CARR HOARD . York Museums Trust . 27 October 2019.
2. The Sound of Magic? Bells in Roman Britain . . Sandie Williams . Britannia . 49 . 2018 . 179–210 . 10.1017/S0068113X18000028.
3. News: Curator's Choice: The Yorkshire archaeology Hoards going global with Google . Culture24 . 6 November 2014.