[1] The hoard was discovered in a field on 25 July 2000 by John and David Philpotts, using metal detectors.
[5] The Wiltshire Museum in Devizes acquired the hoard for £50,000 following a coroner's inquest which declared it treasure trove.
The coins came from a number of mints across the Roman Empire, at Siscia, Sirmium, Constantinople, Trier, Aquileia, Lyons, Rome, Thessaloniki, Milan and Antioch.
[3] In 1865, Roman tesserae, coins, pieces of bronze, shale whorls, pottery and a flint knife were found in an area known as Stanchester in Curry Rivel, Somerset.
[7] Other Roman places in England named Stanchester include the site of another villa in Pitchford, Shropshire.