Some of the coins from the Beau Street Hoard will be on display for a day at the Roman Baths just after Christmas, and there’s a chance for a lucky visitor to win a top secret prize.
The Beau Street Hoard roadshow has been touring the Bath and North East Somerset area and beyond for several months but every so often the team like to show off some of the 17,577 Roman coins on their own turf.
The ‘Silver Silhouettes’ preview on Saturday 27th December will feature the Council’s Beau Street Hoard at the Roman Baths.
From 11am to 3pm, you can make your own Roman coin to take home and there will be displays, hands-on activities for the kids, and the chance to win prizes.
People paying a post-Christmas visit to the preview will be in with a chance of winning a top secret prize – simply by striking a pose next to a giant Roman coin and posting a photograph on social media.
All you have to do to enter the competition is to send the Beau Street Hoard team your photo through Facebook or Twitter – the most creative coin wins.
Councillor Ben Stevens (Lib-Dem, Widcombe), the Council’s Cabinet Member for Sustainable Development, said: “The Beau Street Hoard Roadshow has been an enormous success.
“Hundreds of people have already had the opportunity to enjoy looking at these fantastic Roman coins during the roadshow visits.
“Now, we’d encourage anyone who has missed the roadshow to seize this opportunity to come and see and experience this fabulous display – coupled with some post-Christmas activities for both children and adults and a fun competition that everyone can enter.”
The Beau Street Hoard was excavated by archaeologists on the site of the new Gainsborough Hotel in Beau Street, Bath, in 2007.
The 17,577 Roman coins span the period from 32BC – 275AD and were found in eight separate money bags, which were fused together.
In March 2014, Bath & North East Somerset Council was awarded a grant of £372,500 from The Heritage Lottery Fund to purchase the hoard, and, from February 2015, it will be on permanent public display in a new interactive exhibit within the Aquae Sulis Gallery at The Roman Baths.
