Blake Street Hoard
coin hoard found in York, England
The Blake Street hoard is a Romano-British coin hoard.
The hoard
Discovery and context
The hoard was discovered during excavation in 1975 by Richard Hall at Blake Street, York, in the praetentura of the Roman legionary fortress of Eboracum. The hoard was located in the foundations of a building dating to the second-century AD.
33 of the coins are in the collection of the Yorkshire Museum and two are in the British Museum.
Contents
The hoard contains 35 denarii from the Roman Republican and early-Imperial periods. The latest coin in the hoard is of the Emperor Vespasian.
The public source identifies “Blake Street Hoard” as coin hoard found in York, England. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Blake, Street and Hoard.
Why this record matters
A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Blake Street Hoard”, the useful work is to connect “coin hoard found in York, England” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.
The citation trail is more important than the brevity of the summary: it shows where individual claims can be examined in context. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 26, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q111913850. None of the 0 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1975.
The absence of detail may reflect summary conventions rather than a lack of surviving documentation. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.
How to read it
Use the entry as an orientation point, then follow its citations and revision history. Names, dates and institutional relationships should be checked against the original record.
- Subject orientation
- Search vocabulary
- Locating named sources
The closest primary source, responsible institution and strongest cited specialist reference.
Three-step research path
- Establish the record: confirm the title “Blake Street Hoard”, its source revision and the description used here.
- Expand the search: follow Blake Street Hoard primary sources, Blake Street Hoard archive and Blake research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
- Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.
Questions for further research
- Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Blake Street Hoard”?
- What terminology or title could unlock a more precise catalogue search?
- Which institution is responsible for the underlying evidence?
Search terms from this dossier
This entry incorporates text from “Blake Street Hoard” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.