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The Fishpool Hoard of mediaeval coins, northern England, late 15th century AD. The British Museum Department of Coins and Medals is a department of the British Museum involving the collection, research and exhibition of numismatics, and comprising the largest library of numismatic artefacts in the United Kingdom, including almost one million coins, medals, tokens and other related objects. [1]
The British Museum Catalogues of Coins was a series envisioned and initiated by Reginald Stuart Poole, Keeper of the Department of Coins and Medals, at the British Museum, between 1870 and 1893. The aim was to produce a scholarly series of catalogues of the collection, based on the British Museum's collection and other collections.
It was discovered in 1978 at the site of the Roman town of Cunetio, near modern-day Mildenhall, Wiltshire, and consisted of 54,951 low value coins. The coins were contained in a large pot and a lead container. [2] The coins are now in the British Museum [3] and the pot is on display at the Wiltshire Museum in Devizes.
The Hoard today in the British Museum. In 1966 the Fishpool Hoard of 1,237 15th century gold coins, four rings and four other pieces of jewellery, and two lengths of gold chain [1] [2] was discovered by workmen on a building site near present-day Cambourne Gardens, in Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire, England, an area that was then known as "Fishpool".
The Sylloge of the Coins of the British Isles (SCBI) is an ongoing project to publish all major museum collections and certain important private collections of British coins. Catalogues in the series contain full details and illustrations of each and every specimen.
British Museum: Guide to the Department of Coins and Medals in the British Museum (assisted by H. A. Grueber, W. Wroth, and E. J. Rapson) (London, 1901) British Museum: Guide to the Select Greek Coins exhibited in electrotype in the Gold Ornament Room (1872) British Museum: Guide to the Select Greek and Roman Coins exhibited in electrotype. New ...
63 coins were given to the British Museum and the Colchester and Ipswich Museums. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] [ 2 ] The rest of the hoard is set to be sold by auction house Noonans Mayfair on 18 September 2024, with an estimate of 75000 GBP, the proceeds to be split between Ridgway and Helmingham Hall's owners.
Government Museum India: Alkesh Dinesh Mody Institute India: Nashik: Indian Institute for Research in Numismatic Studies: 175,000 [10] India: RBI Monetary Museum, Numismatic Museum, Fort Mumbai, India: Shri Mudra Nidhi Coin Museum, Numismatic Museum India: Coin Museum Corp Bank, located at Udupi (Karnataka) Indonesia: Jakarta