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Description: | I have examined two coins reported found at Gayton, Northamptonshire. Both are silver pennies of King James I of England (James VI of Scotland), and will thus have a fineness of the official sterling silver standard, 92.5% fine metal. Their details are as follows.James I, Second Coinage (1605-19)1. Penny (fragmentary), initial mark rose (1605-6), wt: 0.37, North 2106/12. Penny (2 fragments), no initial mark, combined wt: 0.59g, North 2106/1The two coins are of good silver and would certainly have been in circulation together, so the question is whether they are likely to have been deposited together or else have been separate losses. They are from the lowest level of the normal currency, with only the royal farthing tokens (which had a different legal status) below them. In the absense of additional finds and given the possibility that they could have been lost up to a couple of decades apart, if the area was one of economic activity in the early 17th century,.the probablility that they represent a small, single loss, i.e. a hoard, does not seem to be high in my opinion, so I would recommend that they do not quality as Treasure under the terms of the Act.Dr Barrie J. CookCurator of Medieval and Early Modern CoinageDepartment of Coins and MedalsBritish Museum4 March 2009 | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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