© Ashmolean Museum
Chalgrove II Hoard
Artist: Roman
Location: Ashmolean Museum
Date: 251 - 279
Materials: silver & copper alloy
Grant:
Amount Paid: £20,000 (Total: £40,000)
Vendor: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Review number: 5434 (2004)
Provenance:
Discovered by a metal detector user in Chalgrove, Oxfordshire.
Description:
4,957 coins in a pot including coins of the Central Empire between AD 251 - 280s, the Gallic Emperors between AD260-274 and a group of 363 irregular coins. The most striking discovery was the coin of Domitianus II, an ephemeral emperor who ruled for a couple of weeks in Gaul when it, together with Britain and Iberian peninsula formed part of the breakaway Gallic Empire.
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