20 Facts About Hoxne Hoard

Hoxne Hoard is the largest hoard of late Roman silver and gold discovered in Britain, and the largest collection of gold and silver coins of the fourth and fifth centuries found anywhere within the Roman Empire.

Hoxne Hoard was buried in an oak box or small chest filled with items in precious metal, sorted mostly by type, with some in smaller wooden boxes and others in bags or wrapped in fabric.

Hoxne Hoard contains several rare and important objects, such as a gold body-chain and silver-gilt pepper-pots, including the Empress pepper pot.

Hoxne Hoard was concentrated in a single location, within the completely decayed remains of a wooden chest.

Hoxne Hoard is mainly made up of gold and silver coins and jewellery, amounting to a total of 3.

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The only find from Roman Britain with a larger number of gold coins was the Eye Hoxne Hoard found in 1780 or 1781, for which there are poor records.

Siliquae in the Hoxne Hoard were struck mainly at Western mints in Gaul and Italy.

Huge number of clipped coins in the Hoxne Hoard has made it possible for archaeologists to observe the process of coin-clipping in detail.

Hoxne Hoard contains about 100 silver and silver-gilt items; the number is imprecise because there are unmatched broken parts.

In contrast, the small bowls and dish are plain, and it is presumed that the owners of the Hoxne Hoard had many more such items, probably including the large decorated dishes found in other hoards.

Hoxne Hoard's is holding a scroll in her left hand, giving the impression of education as well as wealth.

The piperatoria are rare examples of this type of Roman silverware, and according to Johns the Hoxne Hoard finds have "significantly expanded the date range, the typology and the iconographic scope of the type".

Hoxne Hoard's was designed to be soldered onto some other object as its handle; traces of tin were found beneath her rear paws, which have a "smoothly concave curve".

Hoxne Hoard's looks most aesthetically pleasing when the serpentine curves of her head, back, rump, and tail form a line at an angle of about 45°, when the rear paws are flat, allowing for their curve.

Hoxne Hoard's is carefully decorated on her back, but her underside is "quite perfunctorily finished".

The Hoxne Hoard organic finds included bone, wood, other plant material, and leather.

Hoxne Hoard was buried during a period of great upheaval in Britain, marked by the collapse of Roman authority in the province, the departure of the majority of the Roman army, and the first of a wave of attacks by the Anglo-Saxons.

Hoxne Hoard is not the only cache of Roman treasure to have been discovered in the area.

Some items from the Hoxne Hoard were included in Treasure: Finding Our Past, a touring exhibition that was shown in five cities in England and Wales in 2003.

Discovery and excavation of the Hoxne Hoard improved the relationship between the archaeological profession and the community of metal detectorists.