Blessed Albion! Sceptered Isle! Thou callest to my heart!

lordmarcovan · May 29, 2004 2:17PM

Another Anglo-Saxon cache found. *sigh*

spinaker2000 · May 29, 2004 2:36PM

You talk funny.

lordmarcovan · May 29, 2004 2:56PM

Your mother was a hamster and your father smelled of elderberries.

spinaker2000 · May 29, 2004 2:59PM

NEE!!!!!

Aethelred · May 29, 2004 3:08PM

Oh what sad times are these when men go about saying "NEE!" to Yetis who talk funny?

lordmarcovan · May 29, 2004 3:14PM

I thought it was spelled " NI ".

HA!! It was!

Aethelred · May 29, 2004 3:17PM

<< <i>I thought it was spelled " NI ".

HA!! It was!

>>

Who are you who are so wise in the ways of science?

SYRACUSIAN · May 29, 2004 4:07PM

Once a discovery is described as treasure trove, it becomes the property of the Crown (British government), but the finder or finders normally receive the full market value.

Half the value of the cache, supposed to be between £10,000 and £15,000 will be shared among the 37 amateur detectorists of the club, with the remainder going to Francis Armstrong, the landowner who granted permission for the group to detect on his land.

The coins bear the images of several Northumbrian kings, including Eanrad (810-840), Aethelred II (840-844), and Redwulf (c. 855).

lordmarcovan · May 29, 2004 4:34PM

Finally! A comment on the find, and not the Pythonesque banter!

goldrush00013 · May 29, 2004 4:49PM

Any other theories besides the warrior one?

What's a Crofter?

0john0 · May 30, 2004 3:32AM

I think it is too bad the the crown gets the coins and they are not able to be placed on the open market for collectors.

Sylvestius · May 30, 2004 4:13AM

When they say the crown gets them, it means they are technically national property, hence they will be put in museums.

Blessed Albion! Sceptered Isle! Thou callest to my heart!

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