Hoard of coins & jewellery

English

Ashmolean Museum

1351 - 1461

Hoard of ten silver groats and five gold rings. Coins from the reigns of Edward III, Richard II, Henry V and Henry VI. The latest date of mint 1457. Rings of the same period, one each with a turqoise, toadstone, green glass, inscription 'Tout pour vous', and a reliquary for a fragment of the True Cross with cabochon amethysts and the inscription: Memanto mei domine.

• Art Fund Grant: £35 ( Total: £150)
• ArtFunded in: 1940
• Vendor: Treasury

Provenance

Found in Thame, Oxfordshire on May 31, 1940.

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