Ashmolean Museum acquires a hoard of Angels

[History Hunter]

Today, the Ashmolean Museum is delighted to announce the acquisition of a spectacular Tudor hoard of 210 English gold angels and half-angel coins, found in the Cotswolds, Oxfordshire. Spanning the period from 1470-1526, covering the Wars of the Roses to ten years before the Dissolution of the Monasteries, the hoard is the largest intact assemblage of its kind. It contains some rare pieces, most notably from the reign of Kings Henry VI, 2nd reign (1470-1471) and Richard III (1483-1485). Click Here

[the barnacle]

thanks for the link - i wish i had found that one.

[History Hunter]

I found it via the rss newsfeeds on our toolbar

[ceasar]

Took 3 years for it to be declared Treasure?

'The hoard was discovered in the summer of 2007 during building work in the village of Asthall, near Burford. It was declared Treasure in April 2010 and was valued by Treasure Valuation Committee at £280,000 on 12 August'

[cleveroonie]

its robbie williams favorite coin

[petethedig]

Take that!