Find Spot record 2921 - Davenham Hoard

Coin Hoard. A total of 32 coins, 28 'Elizabeth I' Shillings, 1 'Philip & Mary' Shilling, 2 'Elizabeth I' Sixpences and 1 'Elizabeth I' Groat. The coins were found in sub-soil at an approximate depth of 450mm (18 inches). Scattered over an approximate distance of 20 feet (6.5 metres). No signs of a container. Three of the coins were found adhered together but the rest were dispersed (1).

32 post-medieval silver coins, Mary I - Elizabeth I, deposited about 1603-4 discovered whillst metal detecting on the 13th and 19th August 2000.
Value 30s:
Mary alone (1) Groat, 1 (pomegranate)
Philip and Mary (1) Shilling, 1 (full titles, undated, XII)
Elizabeth I (30) Shillings, 28 (cross crosslets, 8; martlet, 7; escalop, 3; crescent, 1; hand' 1; tun, 2; woolpack, 4; 1,2)
Groats, 2 (cross crosslet, 1: marlet, 1) (2)

<1> Treasure Act Receipt, 2921 /1996 (Unpublished Document). SCH4359.

<2> British Museum & DCMS, 2000-2011, Portable Antiquities Treasure Annual Report, B J Cook 2000 (Book). SCH4600.

<3> Unknown, British Numismatic Journal, New Hoards from Seventeenth-century England II, p.95/96 Vol 72 &( 2002) (Book). SCH468.