Art Funded
The Isle of Wight Ingot Hoard
© Copyright The Trustees of the British Museum
Iron Age
British Museum
1st Century
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.
- Medium: gold & silver & copper
- Dimensions: various
- Art Fund Grant: £7500 ( Total: £22,500)
- ArtFunded in: 2005
- Vendor: Department for Culture, Media and Sport
Provenance
Discovered by a metal detector user on the Isle of Wight and declared Treasure in 2004.
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