Welcome

Gathering the Jewels features over 30,000 images of objects, books, letters, aerial photographs and other items from museums, archives and libraries throughout Wales.

Search the map

Thumbnail image of Wales,

New to Gathering the Jewels is G.I.S. A geographical search facility that will enable searching by location and place name.

Topics

Home » This and That » Miscellaneous » Treasure (general)

Displaying results 1 to 6 out of 53

Page 1

Page 2

Page 3

Page 4

Page 5

Page 6

Page 7

Page 8

Page 9

Next >

  • A spectacular hoard of over 3,800 Roman 'radiates', found in September 1998 at Rogiet, near Newport, Monmouthshire. The coins (here seen as found) are of copper-alloy with silvered surfaces, the consequence of drastic debasement of the silver coinage during the 3rd century AD. The hoard was buried around AD 295, during the time of the usurping emperor Allectus (293-6).
Hoard of Roman coins, from Rogiet, c. AD 295
  • A new denomination, signed 'Q', was an innovation by Allectus. These coins all depict varieties of warship, symbolising Allectus' reliance on his navy. The 750+ examples of the issue in the Rogiet hoard, found 1998, form the first significant find of this coinage, anywhere, since 1860.
Coins of Roman usurper Allectus, from the Rogiet hoard, AD 293-296
  • A plain gold ring, inscribed on the inside of the band 'Rather death then [i.e, than] falce of faythe'. Such mottoes on rings usually refer to marital fidelity.
Gold 'posy' ring, from the Tregwynt hoard, 1640s
  • Wales' most spectacular Treasure Trove found in September 1996 at Tregwynt Mansion, near Fishguard. It comprises 33 gold coins, 467 silver coins and a gold 'posy' ring and was buried at the time of the 'Second Civil War' in 1648 when supporters of King Charles I rebelled against Parliamentarian control in Pembrokeshire and other areas.
Tregwynt treasure hoard, 1648
  • Although these coins struck at the Tower Mint, London, bear the name of King Charles I, they were actually produced under the control of the Parliament during the Civil War.
King Charles I, silver coins, from the Tregwynt hoard, 1643-48
  • The Tregwynt hoard with the remains of its container: a few shards of a brown-glazed pot and a sheet of lead probably used as a lid.
Tregwynt treasure hoard, 1648