The Bath (1755) hoard, comprising coins of Aethelstan, Eadmund and Eadred, and deposited in the first half of the 950s, was the subject of an article in BNJ half a century ago by Christopher Blunt and the present writer. More now be said about it, and an updated summary list of its content is attached.
Coin Hoards
The 1997 Baldwin’s Auctions Parcels from a Scandinavian Hoard – Hugh Pagan
This note describes the substantial Anglo-Saxon element from a hoard found in a Scandinavian country which was put through auctions held by the Baldwin firm in 1997 (and from which a further parcel was offered in the following year).
The Langford, Bedfordshire, Hoard 2016, and the Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, Hoard 1892 – Hugh Pagan
This records two very similar hoards of Anglo-Saxon coins containing coins of Alfred of Wessex and of Archbishop Plegmund of Canterbury, one found at Langford, Bedfordshire, in 2016, and the other at Leigh-on-Sea, Essex, in 1892, and discusses the evidence for their dates of deposit. The content of the Langford hoard has not as yet been formally published, and the summary listing of it offered here will be helpful for the wider numismatic community.
A Millenium of Numismatics at Hexham Church – Gary Oddie
This Blog began as a simple description of three skilfully engraved silver coins, each showing a view of Hexham church and dated 1830 and 1833. Each of the pieces has an engraved name, but with too many local possibilities, they are unlikely to be identified with certainty. Whilst searching for events at the church during this period, a completely unexpected numismatic connection was made. On Monday 15 October 1832 the Hexham hoard of about 8,000 Northumbrian Stycas was discovered. The hoard had been deposited c.865. At the time the discovery was reported in local newspapers across the country. The discovery and contents of the hoard were published in 1833. The first specific appearance of the hoard in numismatic literature was in J.D.A. Thompson’s Inventory of British Coin Hoards of 1956. The dates on the engraved coins may be just the result of a local engraver creating mementos or may have some significance relating to the closure of the church for
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BNS Hoards Conference, Sat. July 15th, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford – Speakers and Topics
At this all-day Conference, focused on the British Isles, leading figures working on coin hoards and related material will look at recent discoveries and what we can learn from them along with the latest thinking on how coinage came to be hoarded and then hidden. It will then consider the latest techniques being used to recover and interpret hoards and to make available hoard data for researchers and collectors. Tickets still available!
Three Recently Added New Features on the Medieval Coin Hoards Website, MCHBI – Rob Page
A brief note describing three new features on the MCHBI website.
Conference: Coin Hoards – Discovery and Interpretation, Oxford, 15th July.
The BNS invites you to a day out in Oxford on Saturday, July 15th, for only £10. Includes lunch.
The Peckham gold shilling: A new, unique addition to the corpus of early Anglo-Saxon gold shillings – Tony Abramson
Although discovered, by metal detection, just two years ago, at Peckham in Kent, only now has a unique gold coin been validated as part of the early Anglo-Saxon corpus of gold shillings.
“MCHBI” – A BNS Online Map Application for Medieval Coin Hoards in Britain and Ireland – Rob Page
The British Numismatic Society is pleased to announce the availability of a new feature on its website which allows users to explore Medieval Coin Hoards in Britain and Ireland (“MCHBI”). This brief article shows how to access the website and some examples of the products that can be generated. The facility should prove of interest to numismatists, historians, archaeologists and metal detectorists. With nearly 1900 hoards uploaded and increasing daily it is already the largest compilation of Medieval hoard data from Britain and Ireland, and will be continuously added to in order to keep it as up-to-date as possible.
Palmers Green Hoard of Richard II Coins, 1911- Rob Page
In Thompson’s Inventory he gives information for two coin hoards found in 1911 in Palmers Green; his “Palmers Green #1” (Ref 247) is a well documented hoard, consisting mainly of Henry III long cross pennies, and is not in any doubt. However, his second hoard, “Palmers Green #2”, (Ref 248) is almost undocumented, and it is this one that is the subject of this very brief article.
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