The Hoxne Hoard

Record summary

The Hoxne Hoard is a late Roman silver and gold treasure deposited in eastern England around the early fifth century and recovered by systematic archaeological work after a metal-detector discovery. It includes tableware, jewelry, coins and fittings, offering evidence for wealth, consumption and the changing Roman world in Britain. The hoard matters for comparison with narratives of disappearance during imperial transition. Its burial probably reflects private protection or concealment, but the owner, circumstances and reason for never recovering it cannot be established securely from the objects alone.