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Some Roman coins of the usurper Allectus

Flatbed scanning and image manipulation technology have come a long way since 1997 when I first made Coins of the Romans Relating to Britain By John Y. Akerman, 1836, available for free on the internet! (See some of my earlier … Continue reading

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Dallinghoo/Wickham Market Hoard – metal detecting find fund-raising

Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service have apparently begun a fund raising effort to secure the Dallinghoo/Wickham Market Hoard of 840 Iron Age gold staters found by two metal detectorists in 2008. The Dallinghoo/Wickham Market Hoard is one of the largest … Continue reading

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Blaydon metal detecting club member discovers a hoard of roman silver coins, Part 2

Blaydon metal detecting club member discovers a hoard of roman silver coins, Part 2

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Blaydon metal detecting club member discovers a hoard of roman silver coins

Blaydon metal detecting club member discovers a hoard of roman silver coins.

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Silver cup with Athena seated from the Hildesheim Treasure

Probably the finest known example of the Roman silversmith’s art: Silver cup with Athena seated from the Hildesheim treasure, discovered on October 17, 1868 on Galgenberg Hill in Hildesheim, Germany. Dating from the first century AD, this cup may have … Continue reading

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Frome Hoard Fundraising – The 1st of February 2011 deadline draws closer

Somerset Museum in Taunton has until February 1, 2011 to raise the £320,250 purchase price of the Frome Hoard. On top of the purchase price, money also needs to be raised to cover the ongoing costs of conserving the 52,503 … Continue reading

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Bronze Age hoard found below plough soil in Essex field (the Burnham hoard)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11651691 A rare Bronze Age founders hoard, buried in a pot in an Essex field, has been excavated by archaeologists after being discovered by metal detectorists. The excavation was recorded by 360Production who uploaded the following video to YouTube: Laura … Continue reading

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Book on the Frome Hoard to be Released on October 11

The British Museum is releasing a book on the Frome Hoard! Found in April 2010 by metal detectorist Dave Crisp, the Frome Hoard consisted of a very large roman pot filled to the brim with 52,503 Roman coins. The coins … Continue reading

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First photographs of the new Frome hoard display

http://www.flickr.com/photos/finds/sets/72157624836220901/ Coins from the Frome hoard go on display at the British Museum! With thanks to portableant who posted the link via Twitter.

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Metal detectorist finds hoard in Westmorland

http://www.thewestmorlandgazette.co.uk/news/8365174.Historian_finds_hoard_of_Roman_coins/

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Treasures Of The Anglo-Saxons

There was a very interesting TV show on last night called ‘Treasures Of The Anglo-Saxons’. At last digital TV has a show that is actually worth repeating 50 million times. If you missed it don’t worry, it will probably be … Continue reading

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