Medieval History
The Frome Hoard, a collection of over fifty thousand Roman coins discovered last year, will be bought by the Museum of Somerset. The Museum raised over £420,000 to buy the coins and properly preserve them.
The money came from donations from the public, as well as the Art Fund and the National Heritage Memorial Fund. The funding was announced on the Art Fund website, along with news that the National Museum of Scotland will buy four Iron Age gold Torcs, dated between the 1st and 3rd century BC.
Click here to read this article from History of the Ancient World
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Medieval History
Frome Hoard to go to the Museum of Somerset
The Frome Hoard, a collection of over fifty thousand Roman coins discovered last year, will be bought by the Museum of Somerset. The Museum raised over £420,000 to buy the coins and properly preserve them.
The money came from donations from the public, as well as the Art Fund and the National Heritage Memorial Fund. The funding was announced on the Art Fund website, along with news that the National Museum of Scotland will buy four Iron Age gold Torcs, dated between the 1st and 3rd century BC.
Click here to read this article from History of the Ancient World
- Update: Staffordshire Hoard Saved For The Nation
Dr Rory Naismith writes: On 23 March the National Heritage Memorial Fund pledged the final £1.285 million needed to reach the purchase price of £3.3 million set by a Treasure Valuation Committee in November 2009 for the Staffordshire hoard of 1,600...
- Iron Age Gold In The National Museum Of Scotland
ELB writes: While in Edinburgh for the purpose of giving a seminar in the Celtic and Scottish Studies department of the University, I found time to see the display of four recently-discovered Iron Age gold torcs at the National Museum of Scotland....
- Museum Of Somerset To Reopen With The Frome Hoard
One of the largest collections of Roman coins ever found, a shrunken head from South America and Judge Jeffreys? medical bill are a few of the many new exhibits which will be on display at the new Museum of Somerset, opening on Thursday 29 September....
- Wrexham Museum Debut Showing For Medieval Coin Hoard
A hoard of medieval coins found near Llay is to go on display at Wrexham Museum for the first time. The hoard is made up of 31 coins and it is thought they were probably buried soon after 1412. "The coins lay in the ground until December 2005 when...
- Money Raised To Keep Staffordshire Hoard In England
The campaign to keep the Staffordshire Hoard in England has successfully raised the £3.3 million needed to purchase the Anglo-Saxon treasure. The Art Fund announced today that the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) has pledged £1,285,000 to complete...