Lunchtime lecture: Saving the Seaton Down hoard for Devon

Mary Youlden
Authored by Mary Youlden
Posted: Monday, December 29, 2014 - 4:25pm

Come along and discover how to help us save this important archaeological discovery Come along and discover how to help us save this important archaeological discovery

Tom Cadbury, RAMM’s Curator of Antiquities. Over 22,000 coins and three iron ingots were found by a metal-detectorist near Seaton. The coins mostly date between AD 310 and AD 348 and are associated with Emperor Constantine I (the Great) (AD 306-37). This was a turbulent period, when settled periods of affluence were interrupted by civil wars, rebellions and invasions. It may have been these troubles that led to the burial.

Roman Isca, Exeter, was the economic and social capital of the Southwest and RAMM, with its extensive Romano-British collection, is the natural home for the coins. This lecture is part of RAMM’s fundraising campaign to purchase and conserve a newly-discovered hoard: the fifth-largest hoard ever found in Britain.

Online donations can be made at www.don8.to/RAM002 and £5 donations by texting RAM002 to 70970.

To book a one-hour presentation about the Seaton Down Hoard and an insight into Roman Devon for your group or society by one of our experienced volunteers contact ramm.extra@exeter.gov.uk or call 01392 265984. Minimum donation £40 to the Seaton Down hoard fund.

Tickets for the event £8 (£6)

www.rammuseum.org.uk

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Venue

RAMM, Queen Street, Exeter

Event Date

Wednesday, January 21, 2015 - 1:00pm

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