bobh Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 In the BBC news feed today: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk/10546960.stm "One of the largest ever finds of Roman coins in Britain has been made by a man using a metal detector. The hoard of more than 52,000 coins dating from the third century AD was found buried in a field near Frome in Somerset." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saor Alba Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Sure would be fun to study that group of coins for minting varieties, emperors, mint locations etc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 And it was uncovered intact by working with the proper authorities. Now to see it properly studied and reported. Fantastic find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corina Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 And it was uncovered intact by working with the proper authorities. Now to see it properly studied and reported. Fantastic find. I look forward to seeing what becomes available for sale from it down the road... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamFLight911 Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 I look forward to seeing what becomes available for sale from it down the road... that depends on the Treasurer Act of 1996 it's in the Queens hands now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ccg Posted July 10, 2010 Report Share Posted July 10, 2010 I look forward to seeing what becomes available for sale from it down the road... that depends on the Treasurer Act of 1996 it's in the Queens hands now Actually, many coins from British hoards eventually get dispersed in the marketplace since their greatest value is in the information / knowledge gained from studying what showed up together, why, and how. After all the cataloguing is done, there isn't really a need to keep the group together, especially given the extremely high number of duplicates that are bound to show up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobh Posted July 22, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2010 And a follow-up article: "Coroner decides Somerset Roman coin hoard is treasure" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiho Posted July 23, 2010 Report Share Posted July 23, 2010 The same day I retire I plan on buying a metal detector. And moving to Northern England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TroyMosher Posted July 24, 2010 Report Share Posted July 24, 2010 This guy puts the "detector" in Metal detector.! Awesome job and a great find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nicholasz219 Posted September 20, 2010 Report Share Posted September 20, 2010 There is no way I wouldn't have dug up that hoard myself. And I consider myself a sensible person. But I am lucky to find a quarter on the floor and I get excited, much less 52,000 Romans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mmarotta Posted September 21, 2010 Report Share Posted September 21, 2010 "I don't believe myself that this is a hoard of coins intended for recovery," says Sam Moorhead from the Portable Antiquities Scheme. "I think what you could see is a community of people who are actually making offerings and they are each pouring in their own contribution to a communal ritual votive offering to the gods." I am skeptical there. Is that ritual attested? If each person tossed in four, that would be a community of 13,000 monetized folk, excluding children, etc., I guess. Also, the coins, "the size of my fingernail" so these would be the little AE3 and AE4, greatly reduced bronze thingees of the military anarchy? Is that right? I have no opinions, here, just questions. I assume that these recoveries over the centuries have led numismatists to a body of agreement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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