The Patching Hoard was discovered by two metal detectorists, Terry Bromley & Terry Silver, in a field near Patching village in 1997. A total of 23 gold solidi, 27 silver siliquae, 2 gold rings of exceptional purity and a Roman-pound weight of hack silver were recovered from the site. The hoard is one of the last ‘Roman’ coin hoards to be found in Britain, much of it being acquired on the Continent and brought into Sussex at a time when the Western Roman Empire was crumbling and new polities were emerging on either side of the Channel.

£500 Patching Hoard

Reimagining Worthing Museum

This incredible hoard of 50 gold and silver coins, 2 gold rings and a Roman-pound (approximately 329g) of hack silver, was discovered near Patching village in 1997 by two metal detectorists. It’s one of the last Roman coin hoards to be found in Britain. 

As a Patching Hoard donor we’d love to invite you to a tour of the archaeology gallery ahead of reopening, and an exclusive handling session with the Patching Hoard, led by our Archaeology Curator James Sainsbury.