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September 18 2024
Helmingham Hall Hoard
Noonans Mayfair auction house sold the Helmingham Hall Hoard lots for a collective price of £132,865, with proceeds to be split between George Ridgway and Helmingham Hall's owners.
2021
Helmingham Hall Hoard
George Ridgway made a follow-up visit to the site and discovered 14 more coins from the hoard.
2021
Helmingham Hall Hoard
Further archaeological investigation and finds related to the Helmingham Hall hoard, with continued documentation under the Portable Antiquities Scheme.
2020
Helmingham Hall Hoard
George Ridgway returned to the site and found an additional 9 coins from the hoard.
2020
Helmingham Hall Hoard
Subsequent archaeological finds continuing the excavation and documentation of the Helmingham Hall coin hoard.
September 9 2019
Helmingham Hall Hoard
Metal detectorist George Ridgway discovered the Helmingham Hall Hoard on the estate's grounds, finding an initial 206 coins less than a metre below the surface in a former pond area now used as a barley field.
September 8 2019
Helmingham Hall Hoard
Initial discovery of the Helmingham Hall hoard near Helmingham and Stowmarket, Suffolk, consisting of 748 gold and silver denarii from various periods of Roman and Iron Age coinage.

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