Blake Street Hoard Explained

The Blake Street hoard is a Romano-British coin hoard.^[1]

The hoard

Discovery and context

The hoard was discovered during excavation in 1975 by Richard Hall at Blake Street, York, in the praetentura of the Roman legionary fortress of Eboracum.^[2] The hoard was located in the foundations of a building dating to the second-century AD.

33 of the coins are in the collection of the Yorkshire Museum and two are in the British Museum.^[3]

Contents

The hoard contains 35 denarii from the Roman Republican and early-Imperial periods. The latest coin in the hoard is of the Emperor Vespasian.

Notes and References

1. Book: Robertson, A.S. . 2000 . An Inventory of Romano-British Coin Hoards . Royal Numismatic Society Special Publication 20 . Royal Numismatic Society . 12.
2. Thorp, F. . 1976 . The Yorkshire Archaeological Register 1975 . 5 . Yorkshire Archaeological Journal . 48 .
3. Old Collections, New Questions: Researching the Roman Collections of the Yorkshire Museum . Tilley, Emily . 2018 . 92 . Yorkshire Museum.