The Walkington Hoard is a hoard of Corieltavian gold staters. They are a widely-scattered hoard which have been found by metal-detectorists over the course of a decade.

Discovery

The first portion of the hoard was discovered in November 1999 and consisted of eleven coins. Subsequent batches were found in: September–October 2000 (35 coins), 2001 (21 coins), 2002 (13 coins), August–September 2003 (18 coins), 2005 (two batches of six coins and three coins), October 2007 (3 coins), 2008 (six coins). At least 116 coins have thus so-far been discovered.

Acquisition and display

The first two groups of coins, the batches of 11 coins from 1999 and 35 coins from 2000, were acquired by the

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Council and went on display in

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. The group of 35 coins were acquired for a cost of £13,500. The group of 18 coins from 2003 was acquired by the

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* Andrew Woods from the Yorkshire Museum introducing coin
from the hoard in 2014
Treasure troves in England Collections of the Yorkshire Museum Archaeological sites in the East Riding of Yorkshire Metal detecting finds in England 1999 archaeological discoveries Treasure troves of the Iron Age Hoards from Iron Age Britain Coin hoards