Overview
- Detectorist David Moss located two pottery vessels in north Wales that together may contain as many as 15,000 Roman coins and the material has been sent to National Museum Cardiff for specialist analysis.
- Kevin Minto’s heavy Roman gold 'Ilminster Ring'—found in 2018 with 297 coins and other objects—has been valued and acquired for public collections with the finder receiving about £19,500 under UK treasure law.
- The Great Baddow Hoard of 933 Iron Age gold coins was formally bought by the Museum of Chelmsford in 2025 and is already part of that museum’s collection.
- Archaeologists treat large clustered deposits as deliberate hoards hidden for protection during periods of unrest, a framework used to date the Ilminster deposit to the late third century during the Carausian revolt.
- Museums will now conserve the objects, carry out numismatic and material analyses to identify mints and dates, and plan local displays that will help researchers reassess local economies, trade links and episodes of insecurity in Roman and pre‑Roman Britain.