This is an old story dating back to 2001 however as I am researching old coin hoards it is one I would like to put on record. As i find out more information I will add this to the details below.
A hoard of approx 1,200 gold, silver and copper Roman coins found by a schoolboy was bought by the Wiltshire Heritage Museum in Devizes. The coins had been in a plain pottery jar.
The so-called "Stanchester hoard", worth £50,000, was discovered by John Philpotts in a field.
A coroner's inquest in Swindon declared the coins were "a treasure".
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