4th Century Gold Solidii Hoard Found In Hertfordshire

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Masis Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 946 Posts	Posted 06/06/2013 11:15 am Click the link below the photo to read about it. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...re-hunt.html Report this Post to the Staff

dwayne8625 Pillar of the Community United States 582 Posts	Posted 06/06/2013 11:28 am I want to move to europe. Report this Post to the Staff
echizento Moderator United States 23731 Posts	Posted 06/06/2013 12:00 pm Me too! Beautiful coins Report this Post to the Staff
Masis Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 946 Posts	Posted 06/06/2013 12:47 pm Seeing the shop in the article, where the finder bought his "cheap metal detector" from, I recalled seeing the name on ebay: Hidden History: http://myworld.ebay.com/hiddenhistory The article has a minor error: "...they spanned the reigns of five or six Roman emperors, from Honorius to Gratian..." When we know that Gratian reigned before Honorius. Edited by Masis 06/06/2013 12:51 pm Report this Post to the Staff
chrsmat71 Pillar of the Community United States 4971 Posts	Posted 06/06/2013 4:23 pm oh wow, that's awseome...i'd heard about this but I hadn't seen a picture of the coins or got the details of them being gold. thanks for posting! Report this Post to the Staff
FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3444 Posts	Posted 06/06/2013 5:08 pm How does the law operate in the UK regarding hoards ? Do they split 50/50 with the 'State' ? Report this Post to the Staff
Coinage123 Valued Member United Kingdom 449 Posts	Posted 06/06/2013 6:38 pm I belong to my local archeological society which is located 20 minutes down the road from St Albans. I was lucky enough be able to attend a presentation on these finds and I have also seen a few whilst they were being cleaned at the Verulamium museum. The coins are simply stunning, most of which are almost uncirculated. I will have to try and find the notes on the presentation as it was quite interesting. Report this Post to the Staff
bobbyhelmet Pillar of the Community United Kingdom 2838 Posts	Posted 06/06/2013 7:51 pm Quote: How does the law operate in the UK regarding hoards ? Do they split 50/50 with the 'State'? 50% to the finder, 50% to the land owner. If the items are wanted by a museum they take them but pay the finder and land owner 'fair market value' for the items they keep. The vast majority of items are not needed to be retained so once the museums have cataloged the finds they are returned. The system is pretty fair but can come unstuck when the museums struggle to raise funds at short notice. See the last paragraph here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crosby_Garrett_Helmet Report this Post to the Staff
FVRIVS RVFVS Pillar of the Community United States 3444 Posts	Posted 06/06/2013 8:24 pm Better to share the wealth than fight it out for ten years and then have some 'swine' lawyers divi up all the gold ! Report this Post to the Staff
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