ROMAN “TREASURE TROVE”
SILVER COINS FOR CROWN. Eighfoon centuries were bridged by an inquest at Chalfont St. Giles, Bucks, recently. A huntsman, chasing red deer in the forests of Buckinghamshire in the second century, is believed to have been responsible. 1 He apparently buried his wealth in the ground. It consisted of Roman coins—4o silver denarii (from which the English "d.” for “penny” comes), and 12 copper sestertii. The denarius was the main Roman silver coin, and was foui’ times the value of the sestertius. The coins covered the period from 54 to 161 A.D. The Emperor Nero was portrayed on the earliest of them, and Antoninus Pius on tho latest. Mr. Edward Kirby occupies the land on which the ancient Briton hunted deer, and it was his son,. Kenpetli, who found the Briton’s hoard. The jury decided that the silver coins were treasure trove and belonged to the King. The copper coins are Kenneth’s to keep. .. 1./’? ’/
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Greymouth Evening Star, 31 August 1934, Page 9
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