LENBOROUGH ANGLO SAXON COIN HOARD ON DISPLAY

Part of a hoard of Anglo Saxon coins found in a Buckinghamshire village is to go on display at the county's museum before its inquest is heard.

More than 5,000 coins were found buried in Lenborough, near Padbury last year.

The find is still being catalogued by the British Museum but the coroner has given permission for "about 20 coins" to be displayed at Bucks County Museum.

A spokesman said: "It's another milestone on the path to getting them into the museum."

It is the largest Anglo Saxon coin hoard discovered since the Treasure Act was introduced in 1996 and is thought to be worth up to £1.3m. Brett Thorn, from the museum, said because there were so many coins, the cataloguing process was taking a long time and it wanted to "keep the public interested".

The 5,251 coins were found wrapped in a lead sheet by Weekend Wanderers Detecting Club member Paul Coleman, from Southampton, on 21 December.

They depict the heads of kings Ethelred the Unready and Canute and come from 40 different mints around England.

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