Amelia Dowler, Curator of Greek and Roman Provincial Coins, British Museum
In 1908 workmen excavating foundations for a house in Fetter Lane (City of London) found 46 coins in a pot. The Rev’d FD Ringrose purchased the hoard and published an account in 1911 but focussed on describing the coins rather than the circumstances of the find. By the time the coins were bequeathed to the British Museum in 1914, there was no trace of the pot and no description of it either. There is no full account of exactly how the hoard was found and whilst Roman hoards are often uncovered in Britain (for example the Didcot, Hoxne and Beau Street hoards), the Fetter Lane hoard remains something of a mystery.
Extract from Pocket Atlas and Guide to London 1900 showing the British Museum and Fetter Lane (bottom right)
The Fetter Lane coins were all minted in Alexandria…
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I like a good speculation on the origins of a mysterious hoard. One to get the imagination working overtime!
Best wishes, Pete.
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