Experts baffled by Malmesbury's Roman coins

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Source: Gazette and Herald
By Joe Ware

A hoard of Roman coins now on display in Malmesbury has perplexed staff at the Athelstan Museum.

The stash was discovered in a field in Milbourne two years ago and has now been cleaned up and given to the museum.

Chairman of the Friends of Athelstan Museum, Roger Griffin, is puzzled as to the purpose of the collection.

He said: “These coins aren’t the equivalent of £20 notes. They are quite small coins, like loose change really.

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1. I don't get it..........?

Does every thing have to be solid gold to have any value?

Small value in every day life? It's as much a part of our history as all the grandiose pretensions of 'nobility'.

I love this part of life's stories.

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2. No, they don't understand why someone worried enough to hide them.

It brings up a lot of questions. Some weird eccentric? A child's collection? Perhaps the coins were much more valuable at a different period in history?