Re: Treasure hunter unearths 6,000 gold coins -- Ancien Roman Coins

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Treasure hunter unearths 6,000 gold coins

Oct 30 2008 WalesOnline

A deposit of almost 6,000 ancient Roman coins was
unearthed in a farmer's field by a metal
detecting enthusiast.

A present-day value is yet to be put on the coins,
found buried in two pots and compared by one
expert to an early single European currency.

The pots' combined contents of 5,913 copper-alloy
coins from the early fourth century were uncovered
over two days in April near Sully, in the Vale of
Glamorgan.

Sorry, another newspaper error--the article plainly states that these
"gold" coins are made of "copper-alloy." �From an illustration, this
is true. �Also, the finder's idea of value seems way out of line, not
that he won't do pretty well.

I thought that it was declared "treasure". �Does that mean it was claimed by
the government or does he keep it?
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Under the U.K. Portable Antiquities Scheme, all finds of this nature
must be reported. In this case, the find was declared to be
"treasure" within the meaning of the act. The finders will divide the
full value with the landowner; either the hoard will be acquired
intact by a museum, or perhaps some coins will be taken, or the whole
thing may be disclaimed and returned to the finders. The museum is
required to pay market value for anything kept. If they can't afford
it, they have to disclaim the coins. The finders then receive the
coins back, certified authentic by the British Museum, and can consign
them to auction or sell them outright.

While there might be some rarities in this hoard, generally coins of
this type are very common (constantly offered for sale on eBay and
VCoins), so the museum would be mainly interested in the whole hoard
for display, I should think. Alternately, they might want to select a
type set of emperors to show the types of coins that circulated
locally in Roman times.
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