Old coins worth nearly $300,000 found under floorboards [Jolly Old England]

WTHR ^ | 09/04/2022

[BenLurkin]

LONDON, UK — An English household literally uncovered a buried treasure, and they'll likely get a pretty penny for it.

During a renovation of their 18th-century home in 2019, the residents came across a salt-glazed earthenware cup stuck beneath the concrete and floorboards.

When they looked inside, they discovered more than 260 gold coins.

The auction house Spink & Son issued a statement calling this one of the largest hoards of 17th and 18th century English gold coins ever confirmed in Britain.

[AnAmericanMother]

For my sins, I was almost a Classics major . . . and since I'm Catholic we do a LOT of Latin every Sunday. :-)

It reads:
[Obverse] JACOBUS (James) D.G. (Deo Gratia) MAG(na) BRI(tannia) FR(ance) ET (and) HI(bernia, i.e. Ireland) REX (King)

[Reverse] FACIAM EOS IN GENTEM UNAM (I will make of them one people) from Ezekiel 37:22.

Coin was commonly called a "Jacobus".

[17th Miss Regt]

Magna Brittannia? Darn. I was hoping it was MAGA Brittania.