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{{No footnotes, date=February 2020 The Silsden Hoard is an assemblage containing 27
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of late
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date and a
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iron finger ring.


Discovery

The
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was discovered in 1998 by Jeff Walbank using a
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in a field at
Silsden Silsden is a town and civil parish in the City of Bradford in West Yorkshire, England, on the River Aire and Leeds and Liverpool Canal between Keighley and Skipton, which had a population of 8,268 at the 2011 Census. The parish includes the haml ...
in
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,
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. The hoard was declared to be
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before being acquired by
Bradford Bradford is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Bradford district in West Yorkshire, England. The city is in the Pennines' eastern foothills on the banks of the Bradford Beck. Bradford had a population of 349,561 at the 2011 ...
Art Galleries and Museums in 2000. The hoard is now on display at Cliffe Castle Museum in
Keighley Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parish in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford. Keighley is north-west of Bradford city centre, north-west of Bi ...
, near where it was found.


Contents of the Hoard

The Silsden Hoard was found to contain 27 gold
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s dating from the 1st century AD. Most of the coins were issued by
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, at various times throughout his reign. Others were issued by his brother
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, at various times throughout his reign. Others were issued by his brother Epaticcus. Coins of the Corieltauvi were also part of the hoard. In addition to the coins, an iron finger ring, almost certainly of Roman Britain">Roman Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *''Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a letter ...
provenance, was also found. The ring contains a gemstone bearing the figure of a man. The exact means of how this came to be a part of the hoard are still subject to debate.


Historical background

The hoard is one of three found in the former territories of the Brigantes, all of which contain Corieltauvian coins. It is thought that the hoards were deposited by British refugees fleeing the Roman conquest of Britain, Roman invasion of AD 43, under the Roman Emperor, Emperor
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and, as such, may be associated with accounts of the flight of
Caratacus Caratacus ( Brythonic ''*Caratācos'', Middle Welsh ''Caratawc''; Welsh ''Caradog''; Breton ''Karadeg''; Greek ''Καράτακος''; variants Latin ''Caractacus'', Greek ''Καρτάκης'') was a 1st-century AD British chieftain of the C ...
, the son of Cunobelinus, whose policies were used by the Romans as a pretext for the invasion.


See also

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List of hoards in Britain The list of hoards in Britain comprises significant archaeological hoards of coins, jewellery, precious and scrap metal objects and other valuable items discovered in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales). It includes both hoards that we ...


External links


Bradford Art Galleries and Museums' description of the Hoard
History of West Yorkshire Rings (jewellery) Treasure troves of the Iron Age Treasure troves of Roman Britain Archaeological sites in West Yorkshire Treasure troves in England 1998 in England Metal detecting finds in England 1998 archaeological discoveries Silsden Hoards from Iron Age Britain