The Frome Hoard by R. Bland, A. Booth and S. Moorhead

[Viggen]

I have the privilege of reviewing this short but delightfully informative book, The Frome Hoard. The Frome coin hoard was found by detectorist Dave Crisp in a field near Frome in Somerset, England in April 2010. Two days before finding the Frome Hoard, Crisp had discovered some scattered fourth century silver coins (silaquae) in the same field. Returning to the field two days later, Crisp received an unusual signal on his metal detector only 100 meters from the site of the earlier scattered hoard and he began digging...

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[guy]

Here's a follow-up about the Frome Hoard, now in the Somerset museum.

 

 

 

guy also known as gaius

Edited March 30, 2014 by guy

[guy]

As I do my Spring cleaning of some old links on the computer, I decided to leave some of the research I did on the Frome hoard here:

 

Here's Dave Crisp describing his finding the hoard:

 

 

Here's an interesting video with pictures taken from the hoard.

 

 

Here's an article by Sam Moorhead, one the researchers of the hoard (and one of the authors of the book reviewed above):

 

http://www2.britishmuseumshoponline.org/?p=310

 

 

guy also known as gaius

Edited September 24, 2014 by guy