Dig low for income so that we can keep Roman coins

11:00pm Wednesday 8th Aug 2012 in News


By Freya Leng

COINING IT: Jethro Carpenter with some of the coins he discovered.

AN obligatory fund-raising interest has been launched to keep the largest transport of value found in Worcestershire in the county.

Museums Worcestershire has just 4 months to lift the £40,000 indispensable to acquire and preserve scarcely 4,000 Roman coins found on Bredon Hill final October.

The find of the coins, thought to be once owned by a Roman soldier, was made by steel detector enthusiasts Jethro Carpenter and Mark Gilmore, and suggested a formerly undiscovered Roman site.

If adequate income is raised, it is hoped that the coins, which are now hold in the British Museum, can be displayed at a series of venues across the county. More than 3,000 visitors came to see
the store when it went on display for a brief time at Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum.

Museums Worcestershire is now anticipating residents will continue to support the debate after scarcely £1,400 was lifted in donations after the initial discovery.

Philippa Tinsley, comparison curator, collections and interpretation for Museums Worcestershire said: “We made a shining start to the debate to keep the store in the county final year and we’re
anticipating residents across the county will show their support and make a donation.

“Every little will help to keep this smashing value in the county where it belongs.””

The infancy of the coins, dating from between 244 and 282 AD, were found inside a storage jar of the same duration and underline 16 opposite Roman Emperors.

Research undertaken by Worcestershire Archaeology and Archives Service with the British Museum indicates the store was buried scarcely a century after it was amassed – the only famous such British
instance – definition the Worcestershire store is of inhabitant significance.

People can offer their support and make a concession by visiting the online giving page charitychoice.co.uk/worcestershire-hoard/ or the Museums Worcestershire website museumsworcestershire.org.uk.

Donations can also be made by texting COIN11 and the volume of income to 70070 or by visiting the Worcester City Art Gallery and Museum, Foregate Street, Worcester.

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