Another pot full of coins!
The following season, in 2001, the area around the hoard was
excavated.
It sat in an open area, apparently marked by a post, with houses
round about. Barely ten metres away a second pot was found in a
shallow pit. A few minutes of cleaning showed the green stain of
corroded coins – a second coin hoard...
This was in even better condition. It contained 310 coins,
buried in two leather pouches. The latest coin dated to AD 193 –
slightly earlier than the first hoard. But why had these coins come
to Birnie – and why had they been buried?
Left: Locally-made pot which held the second hoard.
Right: Second hoard shortly after discovery.