MEDIEVAL COIN HOARD DISCOVERED IN WALES

A pensioner from Wrexham has uncovered thousands of pounds worth of medieval treasure in his friend’s field.

The impressive hoard of three 23 carat gold and twenty five silver coins was made by 86-year-old Cliff Massey from Caia Park during two separate visits to Iford Edwards' farm near Bronington.

It’s unknown the value of the discovery but a similar find of gold and silver coins made in 2012 in the same field saw Mr Massey and Mr Edwards receive a fee of £800 each.

The coins which are from the reigns of Edward III, Richard II, Henry VI – with three more pennies of uncertain rulers – are believed to be from the same deposit in which someone buried or lost them after 1465.

“I was gobsmacked when he showed me what he’d found. I was passing them in the field and he came and dropped a silver coin into my hand. Then he dropped a gold coin, and then the ring.”

“We just need to find the necklace now,” he joked.

The coins and ring are currently with the National Museum of Wales but Wrexham County Borough Museum hopes to be able to add them to the collection recovered by Mr Massey in 2012, declared treasure at an inquest in 2013.

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