Roman coins from Bredon Hill and the Vale of Evesham in the Almonry Museum

Coin finds are an essential source of information for the archaeology and history of Roman Britain, and are the subject of a lively scholarly tradition spanning the sixteenth century to the present day (Burnett 2020). While Worcestershire’s Roman coin finds have attracted interest for nearly 400 years (Andrews 2018, 43), the county has experienced a markedly slower pace of publication than its eastern and southern neighbours, and many important groups of material remain unpublished in museums and private collections. As a precursor to a broader survey of Roman coins from the county, this article seeks to ‘fill the gap’ in publication by describing a major group of 272 Roman coin finds held by the Almonry Museum and Heritage Centre in Evesham, as well as a small assemblage of four Iron Age and Roman coins recorded as part of the Worcestershire Archaeological Society’s ‘Small Pits, Big Ideas’ project (Appendix 1).