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Description: | A group of 152 coins found during pipe-laying in a house in Castle Cary, Somerset. All are silver and official issues of the monarchs of England and thus have a fineness of the sterling standard: 92.5% fine metal. The find consists of three denominations - halfcrowns, shillings and sixpences and can be summarised as follows: 2 shillings and 3 sixpences of Edward VI (1547-53) 13 shillings and 52 sixpences of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) 13 shillings and 3 sixpences of James I (1603-25) 17 halfcrowns, 35 shillings and 14 sixpences of Charles I (1625-49) The coins had a value of £6 1s.6d. in the mid 17th century, a sum equivalent to something like £500 in modern terms. The coins belong to the reigns of Edward VI, Elizabeth I, James I and Charles I, and the period they cover and the denominations present are very similar to many other recorded coin hoards from the mid-17th century, the period of the English Civil War. The latest identifiable coins present in this find were issued sometime in the years 1644-5 (one dated 1644 comes from the king's mint in nearby Bristol, a city held by the royalists from July 1643 to autumn 1645), so it is likely that the group was deposited on one occasion in or shortly after this period. The coins are all of good silver and it is evident that they were deposited together on a single occasion in the mid 1640s. The find therefore fulfils the criteria of Treasure according to the terms of the Act (Dr Barrie J. Cook, Curator of Medieval and Early Modern Coinage, Department of Coins and Medals, British Museum, 18 July 2006).
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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