Month: May 2015

Gold and silver treasure discovered in Gloucestershire

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Historical jewellery which has lain undetected for centuries has been unearthed across the county. A Bronze Age hoard of gold bracelets from the Forest of Dean, an early medieval gold finger ring dug up in a village south of Gloucestershire, a 350-year-old silver thimble found in the Stroud district, and a post-Medieval silver-gilt spoon will all be the subject of coroner’s treasure trove hearings in June and July.

Their value is not yet known.

Unless a Gloucestershire museum buys treasure trove items, they will remain in the British museum collection. Treasure trove is an amount of money or coin, gold, silver, plate, or bullion found hidden underground where the treasure seems old enough for it to be presumed that the true owner is dead and the heirs undiscoverable.

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St. Albans Roman coins hoard bought for £100,000

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A hoard of Roman gold coins unearthed in St Albans has been bought by one of the city’s museums for nearly £100,000. The trove was found by a metal detecting enthusiast on private land in October 2012 by a man making his first survey. The catch is believed to be one of the largest Roman gold coin hoards buried in the UK. The 159 coins date from the final years of Roman rule in Britain in the 4th Century and will go on display at Verulamium Museum from mid-September. David Thorold, a curator at the museum, said that Evidence suggests the coins were originally part of a hoard that had been disturbed at some point during the last couple of hundred years. During the Roman occupation of Britain, people buried coins for two reasons – either as a sacrifice to their gods or as a form of secure storage, with the aim of later recovery.

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Roman coin hoard found in primary school

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A hoard of Roman coins has been unearthed in the grounds of a primary school in Reading. A pot with up to 300 coins was discovered during an archaeological exploration of the site before The Ridgeway School’s redevelopment works. Experts believe the container was buried by a Roman citizen or farmer for safe keeping, possibly during a time of crisis or threat. Once assessed, there are plans to display the coins at Reading Museum.

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Head teacher Madeleine Cosgrove said: “Both pupils and staff are very excited about this discovery and look forward to the story unfolding so that it can be preserved as part of the heritage of The Ridgeway School.” Investigations have shown there was probably a small Roman farm or hamlet on the site, which was preceded by late Bronze Age activity around 1,000 to 800 BC. The pot, coins and any other artefacts found during the archaeological dig at the school belong to the landowner, Reading Borough Council, and fall under the requirements of the Treasure Act 1996.

 

Source http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-berkshire