The Numismatic Bibliomania Society

PREV ARTICLE       NEXT ARTICLE       FULL ISSUE       PREV FULL ISSUE      

V17 2014 INDEX       E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

The E-Sylum: Volume 17, Number 45, November 2, 2014, Article 36

NORTHUMBERLAND TUDOR COIN HOARD GOES ON DISPLAY

Usually a story about unearthing a coin hoard involves ancient Greek or Roman coins. Here's the story of a more recent hoard of Tudor coins found in England, and now on display in a local museum. Thanks to The Explorator newsletter for the link. -Editor

Tudor coin hoard and jug A hoard of Tudor coins unearthed in Northumberland has gone on show after a fundraising campaign to buy them met its target.

In 2003 a jug was found on Lindisfarne but as it was packed earth the 17 coins inside remained concealed until 2011.

After being declared as treasure, Newcastle's Society of Antiquaries campaigned to keep them in the region.

With £30,900 raised, they have gone on permanent display at Newcastle's Great North Museum: Hancock.

The 10 gold and seven silver coins span the reign of six English sovereigns and several European states with one - a gold scudo of Pope Clement VII, who refused to annul the marriage of Henry VIII to Catherine of Aragon in the 1520s - thought to be worth about £30,000 alone.

The oldest coin is a silver groat of King Henry VI, minted in the late 1420s or early 1430s, and the latest is a silver sixpence from the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, minted in London in 1562.

They are on show alongside a number of silver coins found at the same site in the 1960s.

To read the complete article, see:
Rare Tudor coins in Great North Museum: Hancock display (www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-tyne-29836302)

CoinWeek E-Sylum ad02


Wayne Homren, Editor

Google
 
NBS (coinbooks.org) Web

The Numismatic Bibliomania Society is a non-profit organization promoting numismatic literature. See our web site at coinbooks.org.

To submit items for publication in The E-Sylum, write to the Editor at this address: whomren@gmail.com

To subscribe go to: https://my.binhost.com/lists/listinfo/esylum

PREV ARTICLE       NEXT ARTICLE       FULL ISSUE       PREV FULL ISSUE      

V17 2014 INDEX       E-SYLUM ARCHIVE

Copyright © 1998 - 2024 The Numismatic Bibliomania Society (NBS)
All Rights Reserved.

NBS Home Page
Contact the NBS webmaster
coin