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Description: | Medieval silver and gold coin hoard 1272-13612005 T48 reportThe coins can be summarised as follows: 1 gold noble, 3 silver groats, 4 silver halfgroats, 4 silver pennies, 1 silver halfpenny. Most coins are of Edward III (1327-1377), apart from the four pennies, which are issues of his predecessors Edward I and II (1272-1327). The great bulk of the issues belong to Edward III, 4th coinage, pre-treaty period (1351-1361), and the concealment date of the hoard needs to be located in the later part of that decade, notwithstanding the uncertainty surrounding the precise identity of the gold noble. The coins are all official products of royal English mints, the gold coin being 99% fine, and the silver denominations adhering to the sterling standard of 92.5% fine.The spread of denominations, across two metals, which is to be witnessed at Dunton Bassett is commonplace in mid-14th century English hoards. The individual issues are also what one would come to expect. In particular, the combination of groats/halfgroats of Edward III, 4th coinage, with pennies of the prolific classes 3 and 11 dating a number of decades earlier, is entirely consistent with previously recorded hoards. It would therefore be quite reasonable to postulate that these thirteen coins, which were found scattered across an area of 30 yards or so, were originally concealed together. In this sense the coins would, in my opinion, fulfil the criteria of Treasure defined in the Act. Gold noble EDWARD III (1327-77), probably 4th coinage, pre-treaty period (1351-61)?(3702 - 2.64g - 29mm: less than half of the coin is extant, and it is heavily worn and disfigured. The identification of this coin as 4th coinage, pre-treaty period is established entirely on the basis of the other specimens in this hoard) Silver groats EDWARD III (1327-77), 4th coinage, pre-treaty series C (1351-52), London, North#1147(3706 - 4.28g - 27-28mm) EDWARD III (1327-77), 4th coinage, pre-treaty series D (1352-53), London, North#1152(3708 - 4.11g - 26mm: this coin is clipped around part of the side and bent) EDWARD III (1327-77), 4th coinage, pre-treaty series E (1354-55), London, North#1163(3704 - 4.26g - 27mm) Silver halfgroats EDWARD III (1327-77), 4th coinage, pre-treaty series C (1351-52), London, North#1148(3724 - 2.22g - 22mm)(3730 - 2.16g - 22-23mm) EDWARD III (1327-77), 4th coinage, pre-treaty series D (1352-53), London, North#1154(3728 - 2.12g - 21-22mm) EDWARD III (1327-77), 4th coinage, pre-treaty period (1351-61), uncertain series(3712 - 0.73g - 20mm: less than half of this coin is extant) Silver pennies EDWARD I (1272-1307), Class 3e (1280), York royal mint, North#1020(3717 - 1.41g - 19mm) EDWARD II (1307-27), Class 11b (ca. 1312-1314), Durham, North#1061(3720 - 1.07g - 17-18mm: this coin is somewhat damaged round an edge and heavily worn) EDWARD II (1307-27), Class 11b1 (ca. 1312-1314), Canterbury, North#1061/1(3717 - 1.41g - 19mm) EDWARD I (1272-1307) or EDWARD II (1307-27), prob. Classes 10-11 (ca. 1300-12), London(3726 - 1.28g - 18mm) Silver halfpenny EDWARD III (1327-77), 3rd (florin) coinage (1344-1351), London, Withers type 7, North#1131(3714 - 0.39g - 14mm: substantial parts of this coin are missing) Dr Julian R. BakerFinds Adviser Medieval and Post-Medieval CoinsAshmolean Museumreport for 2005 432I have examined three coins reported found at Dunton Bassett, in the area where a larger group of coins was found earlier this year and reported on by Julian Baker of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. The new coins are all official English silver coins of the 13th-14th centuries, and thus would have a silver content of 92.5% fine metal. Their details are as follows.Silver penny of Edward I, class 3b (1280-1), York mint, wt: 1.40g Silver penny of Edward I, class 10cf2 (c. mid 1306 to c. mid 1307), Durham mint, wt: 0.93g (damaged and significantly worn) Silver penny, 14th century, York mint, wt: 0.89g (very worn and damaged: obverse barely visible)The newly found coins match quite closely the pennies among the earlier group of coins from the site, with the caveat that the condition of no. 3 limits its identification. The range of classes present and the variety in the condition of the pennies in both groups (including relatively early coins of good weight alongside later coins some of which were in poorer condition) was comparable. It is therefore my opinion that these latest coins can be viewed as part of one original deposit, alongside the coins found earlier, and that they thus fulfil the criteria of Treasure, as established by the terms of the Act.Dr B.J. CookCurator of Medieval and Early Modern CoinageDepartment of Coins and MedalsBritish Museum
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