The find includes more than 1,000 gold and silver coins that were likely hidden during the first English Civil War. Betty and Robert Fooks unexpectedly unearthed the 17th-century hoard at their ...

Three rare tokens issued as money during the English Civil War in Nottinghamshire have fetched ... originally known as obsidional (Latin for besieged) coins, but often called 'siege coins'.

Archaeologists have discovered 321 silver coins still wrapped in a cloth and lead pouch from a time in English history marked by upheaval due to the coronation of a new Anglo-Saxon king.