coin hoard
Ancient monetary cache
A coin hoard is a collection of coins deliberately hidden or buried, typically discovered long after being concealed.
Hoards were often stashed during times of war, political instability, or personal crisis, with owners intending to retrieve them later but never doing so.
Archaeologists and metal detectorists occasionally uncover such caches, which provide valuable insights into historical currency, trade, and the circumstances that prompted their burial.
The farmer discovered a Roman coin hoard while plowing his field.
- treasure troveOwnerless valuables found hidden
- buried treasureValuables interred for safekeeping
- hidden treasureConcealed valuables awaiting discovery
- metal detectorDevice sensing buried conductors
- lucky findUnexpected fortunate discovery
excavation site · votive offering · ancient currency · denarii · cache · Iron Age · gold coins · buried · amphora · cooking pot · Viking · commemorative issue · museum display · historical artifact · trove · Roman · plunder · minted
- buried treasuretreasure, buried treasure, lost treasure, treasure trove, gold
- numismaticscoinage, rare coins, coins, ancient coins, numismatist
- coinspennies, leu, silver eagles, nickels, ban
- ancient artifactsjade mask, Viking sword, bronze sculptures, antiquities, obsidian knife
- ancient ruinsStonehenge, Pompeii, Colosseum, coliseum, Machu Picchu
- shipwrecksshipwreck, shipwrecks, sunken ships, capsized, derelict
coin hoardmuseum collection
Institutional assemblage of artifacts
loose change · pocket change · museum exhibit · public treasury · cash in hand