[2] The hoard was discovered during road works just outside the city walls in 1962, close to the site of the Roman London Gate.

[3] Declared treasure trove, it was bought by the city council to be displayed at the Roman Museum which had been established the year before.

However, five objects appeared on the London antiquities market in 1982 that were originally part of the treasure but had not been declared at the time of its discovery.

The Canterbury Treasure was probably buried in the early 5th century AD, when the Romans were withdrawing their garrisons from Britain.

One of the coins in the treasure was minted at Milan in the time of Emperor Honorius which means the hoard must have been buried sometime after 402 AD.