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Supporting museums Art we've helped buy Shapwick Hoard
Shapwick Hoard Shapwick Hoard
Shapwick Hoard Shapwick Hoard
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© The Museum of Somerset

© The Museum of Somerset

© The Museum of Somerset


Shapwick Hoard

Various

Art Funded
2000
Vendor
Department for Culture, Media and Sport
9,213 coins from 32-31 BC to AD 224.

Almost all Roman denarii except for 4 Greek drachmae.

Provenance

Discovered by Metal detector in Shapwick, Somerset 1998

Silver

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