ANCIENT COINS.
FIND ON SALISBURY PLAINS. By Cable—Press Association—CepyrlfM. Sydney *• Sun " Service. (Received October 6, 7.0 p^m.) LONDON, October 6. A boy named Victor Smith, with a shooting party, on Salisbury Plain, threw a Hint at another stone. The flint burst, and sixty-four coins fell out. The British Museum attaches great importance to the find, and believes the coins are 2000 years old, having been manufactured in the Channel Islands in the time of Philip of Macedon. The jury decided that coins are treasure trove, and ordered them to bo handed oyer Jo tho State. ,
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 17772, 7 October 1927, Page 9
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95ANCIENT COINS. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 17772, 7 October 1927, Page 9
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