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Flask

Flask

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Description
‘New Forest’ type vessel that contained the Tetbury coin hoard. Found in Tetbury in 2010, the coins range in date from 260 to 280AD, which was a period of political turmoil in the Roman Empire. It contained 1437 coins, a huge number, and more than 12 emperors are represented on the recovered coins. The possible reasons for hoarding and burying coins are many. Some hoards may have been deliberately buried at times of unrest for safekeeping but with every intention of recovery. Others may have been buried as ritual offerings, perhaps the wealth of a farming community deposited over centuries, as insurance for a good harvest or good weather.
Object Name
Flask
Accession Number
2012/67/1/1444
Category
roman
Site Location
Tetbury
Tags
Roman, coin, flagon