Cunetio Hoard

The Cunetio Hoard 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 container which had been constructed from lead. The coins are now in the British Museum, the pot is now 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.

Larger hoards of Roman coins have been found at Misrata, Libya and are believed to have been found at Evreux, France (100,000 coins) and Komin, Croatia (300,000 coins).