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Piddletrenthide Hoard

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The Piddletrenthide Hoard is a Roman coin hoard dating from the 3rd century AD, found near Piddletrenthide, Dorset. It consisted of 2,114 base silver radiates found in a pottery vessel. The coins date to between 253 and 296 AD.[1]

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The Piddletrenthide hoard in situ.

The hoard was found by metal detectorist Brian Read in 2016.[2] It was lifted up with the block of soil in which it was buried and taken to the British Museum for study.[3]

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