I've mentioned certain coin hoards that have been found in the North West, but haven't actually touched on any having bound found in Liverpool itself.
Recent reserach on the web came across a very interesting article by Mike Royden. He says
'Early settlers taking advantage of the Otter's Pool's resources in the creek and the Mersey below may well have been Roman. Evidence of occupation was discovered last century, when in 1863 a gardener employed by Oliver Holden at his house bordering the inlet, turned up with his spade a hoard of 12 brass Roman coins dating from the years 268-324 A.D. Two were 'lost' shortly afterwards, but the remaining 10 came into the hands of Henry Ecroyd-Smith, a local antiquarian, who recorded them'
He goes on to say that
'A few years before, in 1853, a section of Roman pavement, presumed to be part of a road which possibly ran towards the Mersey crossing at Hale, was uncovered five feet below the surface in Otterspool Park, and a second section similarly paved, was unearthed in Grassendale in 1855, 300 yards east of St. Mary's Church, during excavations for the laying of sewers. The coin hoards had been found only yards from the Otterspool section'
For the full story
http://www.btinternet.com/~m.royden/mrlhp/local/otterspool/otters.htm
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