Edward III's Failed Leopard Coin

Gone Medieval

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🗓️ 11 September 2021

⏱️ 44 minutes

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The leopard coin, which is considered the last 'unsuccessful' was re-called shortly after release. But did this coinage make more of an impact than we know? Matt is joined by Dr. Helen Geake, archaeologist and Finds liaison officer in Norfolk for The Portable Antiquities Scheme to discuss the significance of the discovery.

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1:35.7	Welcome to this episode of Gone Medieval from History Hit. I'm Matt Lewis. In the news
1:40.3	recently, a Edward III leopard gold coin was found amongst a horde of coins and it turned
1:47.1	to be an incredibly rare piece of treasure and delighted to be joined today by Helen Geek
1:51.6	who is a finds liaison officer in Norfolk for the portable antiquity scheme that deals
1:56.3	with all of these great treasure finds to tell me a little bit more about this coin
2:00.3	and then more about what the portable antiquity scheme does. So, thank you very much for joining
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