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Description: | An addendum to this hoard was reported as Treasure case 2011 T608, SOM-454638.Treasure report: I have examined a group of objects found at Carhampton, Somerset. Five are coins, all official English silver issues of the later medieval period, which will therefore be of the sterling standard, i.e. 92.5% fine metal. Four of these were found in close proximity and their details are as follows: 1. Edward III, Fourth Coinage (1351-77) Half-groat Series C (1351-2) London 1.22g 2. Henry V (1413-22) Penny Class C or D York 0.55g 3. Edward IV (1461-70, 1471-83) Penny details uncertain York 0.41g (fragment)4. Henry VII (1485-1509) Half-groat IIIb Canterbury, Archbishop Morton (c. 1490-1500) 1.45g All of these coins could represent a single deposit made in the late 15th century, in the reign of Henry VII. The older coins are all of type known still to be in currency at that period; their condition is appropriate for this possibility, and their weight is reduced, by clipping or wear, to below the level of the coinage after the reforms of 1464. The fifth coin was found in the vicinity:5. Penny, Edward III, Fourth Coinage, Series C (1351-2), London, wt.: 0.99g. This seems to be a separate loss, since it is a mid 14th century coin in a relatively good state and is too heavy for the weight standard in use from 1412, let alone 1464. Two other objects were found in the vicinity of the coins, metal objects weighing 20.66g and 17.19g. Analysis shows the heavier one to be lead with tin and the lighter one lead. They are clearly shaped in a similar, though not identical way; colleagues in the Department of Prehistory and Europe have not been able to suggest their purpose.My opinion would be that coins 1-4 were a single deposit and represent a case of Treasure according to the terms of the Act. Coin no. 5 was probably a separately lost item. The two lead ingots do not seem to have a monetary function and it is difficult to view them as part of a loss of coins.Dr Barrie J. Cook
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