Beau Street Coin Hoard – Update

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Cotswold Archaeology was involved in 2007 in the excavation of a very large hoard of Roman coins from Beau Street, Bath. The hoard has been through the Treasure Act process and will be going to the Roman Baths Museum once cleaned and catalogued.

Discovering the Beau Street coin hoard

The conservation works to separate the hoard into individual coins have been started recently by the British Museum. These have already produced interesting results and you can follow progress at the British Museum blog:

British Museum Blog [external link]

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