#ThrowbackThursday Fenwick Treasure

After all the golds we have been winning this week, it felt only appropriate to #ThrowbackThursday to the Fenwick Treasure.

For those who don’t know, the Fenwick Treasure was found on the former Williams and Griffins (now Fenwick) site on the High Street. It was a tangle of exciting objects including earrings, finger-rings, at least three armlets and a hoard of coins. Some items were looking a little worse for wear, but it was clear to the team from the outset that this was a very special find

The Treasure had to be carefully untangled by professionals over a series of months, combatting corrosion so that items could be viewed separately. The majority of the coins within the assemblage were found to be silver denarii, and all coins dated to the period before the Boudiccan rebellion – which made things all the more exciting!

Three of the five gold finger-rings were set with a piece of emerald, and the gold S-shaped earrings are similar to those found at Pompeii. Additionally, there was also a jewellery box present, leading to the question.. whose valuables have we found?