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Description: | A further batch of coins has been recovered from the site of the 2007 Baschurch hoard (2007 T545), to join the four additional batches reported on in 2010. The new material is listed below. All the identifiable items are silver pennies of the Long Coinage of King Henry III, of fragments thereof. Overall, they match perfectly with the range of material in the original find, with its unusual composition of Shrewsbury mint issues. One coin (no. 9) looks a little different to the others and may have undergone cleaning.If it is accepted that the new finds form part of an original single deposit, the bulk of which was included in my earlier reports, then the conclusions of those reports are applicable to this material. The Baschurch find as a whole, therefore, consists of coins of good silver that would have been in circulation together in the mid to late 1260s. The preponderance of Shrewsbury mint issues makes it essentially impossible that the coins represent anything other than a savings hoard of some kind, since it bears little similarity to the general currency of mid 13th century England. It is my opinion, therefore, that these latest finds fulfils the criteria of Treasure according to the terms of the Act.Complete pennies1. 3a Nicole, London NIC OLE ONL VND 1.312. 3b Nicole, Shrewsbury NIC OLE ONS ROS 1.453. 3ab1 Nicole, Shrewsbury NIC OLE ONS ROS 1.454. 3ab1 Ricard, Shewsbury RIC ARD ONS ROS 1.455. 3b Nicole, Shrewsbury NIC OLE ONS ROS 1.456. 3b Nicole, Shrewsbury NIC OLE ONS ROS 1.447. 3b Nicole, Shrewsbury NIC OLE ONS ROS 1.378. 3b Nicole, Shrewsbury NIC OLE ONS ROS 1.2 (nearly complete break along line of reverse cross)9. 5(c?) Willem, London [ ] LEM ONL VND 1.24Fragments10. 3b Nicole, ? NIC OLE [ ] 0.5111. 3 Roger, ? ROG [ ] 0.4112. 5 ? 0.4713-14 minute fragments 0.07 (together)Dr Barrie J. Cook
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