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The Isle of Wight Ingot Hoard
Artist: Iron Age
Location: British Museum
Date: 1st Century
Materials: gold & silver & copper
Dimensions: various
Grant:
Amount Paid: £7,500 (Total: £22,500)
Vendor: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Review number: 5574 (2005)
Provenance:
Discovered by a metal detector user on the Isle of Wight and declared Treasure in 2004.
Description:
The hoard consists of 3 metal ingots, late pre-Roman Iron Age coins including 18 gold and 138 silver staters, 1 thin silver coin as well as 7 Roman coins. The coins were made by the ancient British tribe of the Durotriges who lived in Dorset before the Roman invasion of AD43. It is unusual to find ingots of this large size and shape which suggests a religious context for this hoard, especially when the coins were ritually marked.
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