Record ID: SOM-2106F9
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Small group of four coins all found together. Either deliberately concealed or lost together as a 'purse drop'. The coins (listed in detail below) are: one copper and one tin farthing of Charles II, and two tin farthings of James II. It is notable that only farthings were found. It has been suggested (B Cook pers. comm) that people may have carried their small change separately from higher value coinage in the Medieval and Post Medieval and this find might provide further evidence for that suggestion. Coin 1: Copper alloy farthing of Charles II dating from 1672 to 1679. Obverse: Cu…
Created on: Thursday 13th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 13th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Aller CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: DENO-789371
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Published
TREASURE CASE 2012 T858: Hoard of silver coin clippings. BM Curator Report: I have examined a group of 48 items. All are silver clippings taken from definite or probable English silver coins from the reigns of Elizabeth I, James I and Charles I and will thus be of over 90% fine metal. The majority of the clippings are definitely from silver shillings and it is likely that all of them are from this one denomination. The latest datable objects are two fragments of shillings of the triangle in circle initial mark, in use at the English mint in the years 1641-3. The details of the clip…
Created on: Thursday 29th November 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 9th April 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Millthorpe Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-3C0EF4
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A scattered hoard of Late Roman silver coins; siliqua, consisting of: 2012 T196a (SWYOR-740718): 27 coins (of which 1 has broken into two piece post deposition, and some are fragmentary) recovered by two joint finders. 2012 T196b (SWYOR-5C72E1): 3 coins found by a third finder (of which one is a rare Jovian issue from the Lyon mint, one is fragmentary, and one is a large copper alloy coin). 2012 T196c (SWYOR-3C0EF4): 13 further coins recovered by the original two finders. Some of the coins are clearly contemporary copies. British Museum Curatorial Report: Nr. WETH…
Created on: Friday 4th May 2012
Last updated: Sunday 15th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetherby', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-5C72E1
Object type: COIN HOARD
Broad period: ROMAN
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A scattered hoard of Late Roman silver coins; siliqua, consisting of: 2012 T196a (SWYOR-740718): 27 coins (of which 1 has broken into two piece post deposition, and some are fragmentary) recovered by two joint finders. 2012 T196b (SWYOR-5C72E1): 3 coins found by a third finder (of which one is a rare Jovian issue from the Lyon mint, one is fragmentary, and one is a large copper alloy coin). 2012 T196c (SWYOR-3C0EF4): 13 further coins recovered by the original two finders. Some of the coins are clearly contemporary copies. British Museum Curatorial Report: Nr. WETH…
Created on: Friday 30th March 2012
Last updated: Saturday 14th November 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wetherby', grid reference and parish protected.