DR. STAHL VISITS JERSEY COIN HOARD

Dr. Alan Stahl travelled from Princeton University in New Jersey to learn more about the ancient collection.

The hoard was found in 2012 in a field in the parish of Grouville by Reg Mead and Richard Miles.

Dr. Stahl said there were still a lot of questions about the coins which needed to be answered.

"We don't usually, on the continent where I work, get 60,000 coins in a hoard."

He also said he was intrigued about how it got to the island about 2,000 years ago.

"The more we learn about what was going on in Jersey in the period and what's now Brittany or Morica, the better we'll understand the hoard," he added.

The field where the hoard was found by metal detectorists Richard Miles and Reg Mead

Left: Stahl examining a mould made of the fused coins before the hoard was disassembled

Right: Stahl examining coins from the hoard in the display at the Hougue Bie Museum, Jersey

To read the complete article, see:
US professor hoping to learn more about coin hoard (https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4n1gwgzg2no)

To read the earlier E-Sylum articles, see:
JERSEY GROUVILLE HOARD BEING DISMANTLED (https://www.coinbooks.org/esylum_v17n35a32.html)
JERSEY GROUVILLE HOARD WAS TWO COLLECTIONS (https://www.coinbooks.org/v22/esylum_v22n12a24.html)

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