Coins from the Beau Street Hoard
Posted on 04/20/2021 3:38:36 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
The Beau Street Hoard was excavated by archaeologists on the site of the Gainsborough Hotel in Beau Street, Bath in 2007 and is one of the most remarkable archaeological discoveries to have been made in Bath.
The Beau Street Hoard is on permanent public display in an interactive exhibit within the People of Aquae Sulis Gallery. The 17,577 Roman coins span the period from 32BC – 274AD and were found in eight separate money bags, which were fused together. In March 2014 Bath & North East Somerset Council was awarded a grant of £372,500 from The Heritage Lottery Fund to purchase the hoard.
(Excerpt) Read more at romanbaths.co.uk ...
Let me guess, the British government just confiscated everything, and if you'd found it, you'd have stolen it and kept your mouth shut. DSM-5 301.7 (F60.2).
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Finders keepers, losers weepers................
At least the Romans were a clean people...............
Actually, SunkenCiv, I think you unfairly malign their process in this case.
Yes, as a rule, for portable treasures, including coinage, over 300 years in age, the Her Majesty's Government exercises right of first claim. Comparative valuations are computed and both the finder and land owner are compensated on that basis. Given that this Treasure Act has been in place since 1996, it is already known by most seekers.
To me it seems a justifiable compromise for a nation's patrimony. The famous Saxon Hoard from Sutton Hoo might otherwise be unseen in a private collection rather than on Public display!
I think you unfairly malign what I was doing there.
What - we’re supposed to look up English law so we know you were being sarcastic!? (Heck - I haven’t even read the article yet!)
Thanks for the ping. I wonder how they got the coins “unfused”? (Hopefully in the article.) I have a bunch of Susan B. Anthony dollars that were stashed in my truck for emergencies. Not fused, but they are all corroded!! Hopefully the bank will take them in an exchange.
I think they soak ‘em in something, to get rid of the concretions while no degrading the coins.
English law?!? Don’t you have ESP?!? ;^) These coin find topics and other topics about treasure finds generally wind up polluted by “me see, me take” posts, so I tried to get ahead of the game. I may have been too sub tull.
Ooh, looks like somethin’ happened up there in #6 and #7. I always miss out. ;^)
Advertising troll........................got zotted.............
Romans in finer homes had running water and private baths. The rest of Roman society was gifted with public baths in order to, uh, lower the overall fragrance of urban areas. Public urinals were built and operated by the fullers, because urine was (is?) used to process wool. The cloaca maxima, the great sewer system under Rome, still exists in spots, but ultimately moved the human wastes into the Tiber River, so imagine that on a summer day...
Advertising trolls? Hell, they sell themselves...
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