The Wrexham Heritage Society

Hi All,

  I have just recieved a report from the British museum regarding my hoard. The coins date from 32BC - 176 AD

Here are the details of the coins and emperors:

4 x Mark Antony (32-31BC)

2 x Nero (AD54-68)

1 x Otho (AD69)

14 x Vespasian (AD69-79)

1 x Vespasian or Titus Ceasar

4 x Titus (AD79-81)

2 x Divus Vespasianus

8 x Domitian (AD81-96)

30 x Trajan (AD98-117)

15 X Hadrian (AD117-138)

1 x Aelius Ceasar

1 x Sabina

12 x Antoninus Pius (AD138-161)

4 x Diva Faustina

2 x Faustina II

4x Marcus Aurelius (AD161-180)

2 x Divus Antoninus

4 x Faustina II

2 x Lucius Verus

2 x Lucilla

3 x Uncertain Emperor

3 x Unidentifiable fragments

Shropshire museum services have expressed an interest in aquiring it and the inquest is Wednesday 25 March 09.

John.

what a mixture  fantastic

That's amazing John. I really hope they're displayed locally - it would be a shame if they weren't.

Great news John,good luck on Wednesday,Ian. 

Had the inquest today, it only lasted a few minutes but  the hoard was declared "Treasure".

I will have to wait and see how much they  will value them at.

John.

Hi All,

 Well, after going through the whole Treasure process and accepting the valuation 4 months ago, i have just recieved a letter from the British Museum stating, that "the museum who were intending to aquire the hoard are no longer in a position to do so", i will now be getting the coins handed back, which the landowner has kindly agreed to divide the hoard between him and myself. The british museum intend to aquire 2 of the coins which were bust variants of "Trajan" which are not in the BMC (British museum collection) or RIC.

I have mixed feeling about this. on one hand i am happy to have the coins back to display on my wall and taking them to the local shows and fetes where we display our finds.

On the other hand i am pretty disillusioned with the treasure process and feel in a way it is a bit of an anti climax, after waiting for between 1 1/2 - 2 years, only to find myself back at square one.

I think on the whole i am glad to be getting them back as i will now be able to enjoy them for the rest of my days.

John.

what a story makes you wonder why should we declare are finds they taker so long to decide

Ihen offer a megre payment i would be livid at the whole process

in a way youre a sure winner

john as time goes by, you will be so grateful that you got them back, the only decent find i had was taken from me, and all i have to show for it is a photograph.  it was a fantastic find and you can treasure them in your own home and view whenever it takes your fancy.