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In 2017 two metal detectorists made an amazing discovery. They uncovered an exceptional Roman hoard consisting of over 200 items. These included fixings from boxes or caskets, pieces of a bronze plate inscription, several large sculptural pieces, fragments of a life-size metal statue and a complete statuette of a dog.
This lecture will discuss a remarkable collection of bronze, including the complete figure of a hound. The hoard probably consists of sweepings from a major temple, closed by decree of a Christian Emperor late in the 4th century. The Revd Dr Martin Henig suggests that the objects came from a major urban temple in, or immediately outside the ancient Colonia of Glevum. Doubtless these items were intended as scrap to be melted down, but fortunately for us that never happened.
Revd Dr Martin Henig
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