Coin Hoards Of The Roman Empire Project

A University of Oxford project which aims to collect information about hoards of all coinages in use in the Roman Empire between 30 BC and AD 400.

Generously funded by Baron Lorne Thyssen & the Augustus Foundation and co-directed by Professor Chris Howgego (Ashmolean Museum) and Professor Andrew Wilson (OXREP), the Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire Project intends to fill the major lacuna in the digital coverage of hoards from antiquity. The project began in January 2014. Its aim is to collect information about hoards of all coinages in use in the Roman Empire between 30 BC and AD 400. Imperial Coinage will form the main focus of the project, but Iron Age and Roman Provincial coinages issued within this period will also be included. It is envisaged that the database will provide the foundations for a systematic Empire-wide study of hoarding and will promote the integration of numismatic data into broader studies of the Roman Economy.