Muddy hoard

The Muddy Hoard is a Roman British coin hoard found in Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, dating to approximately the year 274, during the joint reign of Tetricus I, and his son, Tetricus II of the Gallic Empire, a breakaway state of the Roman Empire during the reign of Aurelian.

[2][3] On April 30, 2018, a metal detectorist in the town of Huntingdon, was searching on private land under the permission of the landowner, where he unearthed a copper-alloy coin.

After a few more coins emerged from the ground, the detectorist covered up the find to report it under the Portable Antiquities Scheme, whereupon the find liaison officer of Cambridgeshire, Helen Fowler, and Dr. Andrew Brown of the British Museum conducted a two-day excavation of the hoard.

[1][2] The hoard has a high proportion of radiates, which were made during the short supply of official coinage and turbulence of the Gallic Empire, a result of the Crisis of the Third Century.

By the time the hoard was buried, Tetricus I surrendered to Aurelian, who then reunited the Roman Empire.

The hoard sorted by it contents at the British Museum in August 2019. [ 5 ]