hoard
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A group of coins buried together and found together.
⚠ In plain terms, a 'buried accumulation'. Many were hidden to escape the turmoil of war, and their owners never returned.
A single hoard contains the coins that were actually in use at that time and place, in the same proportions as they were used. It becomes a specimen that captures a cross-section of circulation as it was.
References
- EMC / SCBI — Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds ／ Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles — The Fitzwilliam Museum / The British Academy Individual records of excavated and found coins. EMC covers c. 12,000 finds from 410–1180, SCBI c. 46,000 coins in collections. Also includes a list of hoards.
The books and materials referred to in this course.