[1] The hoard was found by metal detectorist David Blakely on 21 September 2014 in a field near Wold Newton in the East Riding of Yorkshire.

[2][3] The hoard contains 1,857 copper alloy coins all of which are nummi, except for a single radiate.

The coins and their container were found alongside a fragmentary dish and other fragments of pottery, one of which may have been used as a lid for the ceramic jar.

The Yorkshire Museum ran a fundraising campaign (launched on 25 July 2016[4]) to raise the money, which included donations from hundreds of people from around the world, £10,000 from the Arts Council/Victoria and Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund and a donation of £9,981 from the American Friends of the Arts Fund.

[2] The hoard went on public display on 1 June 2017 in the Yorkshire Museum as part of the York Roman Festival.