Rare gold coins discovered to the north of St Albans have gone on display at the British Museum The hoard of 159 Roman coins is believed to be one of the largest ever discoveries of their kind in the UK. The district council revealed the discovery of the hoard last October after they were declared…
Published by staffordshirehoard.org.uk website Wednesday, 16 January 2013 It is the fourth week of our 3 month journey into the world of the Staffordshire Hoard, and I can’t speak for my colleagues but its true what they say, time flies when you’re having fun. The weeks are passing at an alarming speed as we spend each…
Published by the history blog Wednesday, January 30th, 2013 At noon on Monday, January 14th, construction workers renovating Cooney’s Bar in the South Tipperary town of Carrick-on-Suir unearthed 81 gold coins from the 17th century. The building crew was digging a hole in front of the pub’s bar area to prep the area before pouring a…
Eighty-one gold coins dating from 17th-century are to be put on display at the National Museum in Dublin. They were found two weeks ago, hidden in the soil under the floor of u pub in Tipperary. The National Museum of Ireland reports that the hoard was unearthed on 14th January 2013 during ground works being…