Coin Finds in Britain

Download or read book Coin Finds in Britain written by Michael Cuddeford and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04-10 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the centuries Britain's soil has yielded countless spectacular hoards of ancient coins and other artefacts, affording us priceless insights into our ancestors' lives – and it is not only such large finds that await discovery but also many thousands of individual pieces. Wonderfully, discoveries both minor and momentous are frequently made not by teams of professionals but by amateur archaeologists and metal-detector enthusiasts, for whom this book is intended as a helpful companion. It provides a catalogue of commonly encountered coins, dating from ancient times until the modern day, explaining their historical context, how they might have come to be lost and where they may be found today.