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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Bart9349, post: 8069927, member: 5682&quot;][ATTACH=full]1399620[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>As has been frequently discussed on this site, there is a fear that coin hoards will disappear into a museum’s storage room, never to been seen again. Historian and TV host Tony Snow is working to preserve coin hoards and allow proper presentation:</p><p><br /></p><p>“Mr Snow previously helped the museum to raise the money to buy a collection of 1,608 Roman coins found in a field in Boldre in 2014. (See picture above).</p><p><br /></p><p>A recent hoard of Celtic coins is now up for auction:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1399621[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>“The unique, 2,000-year-old cache of 269 Celtic coins contains some that are thought to have never been seen before by historians”</p><p><br /></p><p>“ TV historian Dan Snow has now joined the challenge of helping to raise £7,500 towards the cost of securing the treasure trove from the metal detectorists who discovered it and the owner of the land where it was found.“</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/news/appeal-over-2-000-year-old-celtic-coins-found-buried-in-new-9227496/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/news/appeal-over-2-000-year-old-celtic-coins-found-buried-in-new-9227496/" rel="nofollow">https://www.advertiserandtimes.co.uk/news/appeal-over-2-000-year-old-celtic-coins-found-buried-in-new-9227496/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Article on a Roman hoard acquired by the museum a few years back:</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-37708385.amp" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-37708385.amp" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-37708385.amp</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It’s good to see that some historians appreciate the historical context and significance of local coin hoards.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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