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A Cambridge University study indicates the discovery of the medieval Chinese coin dating from the early 11th century is a genuine find. The 25mm copper-alloy coin was discovered in Buriton, close to Petersfield and archaeologists have now confirmed this ancient cash dates from the Northern Song dynasty period.
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A Chinese coin dating back to the 11
th century was discovered in a village in England, indicating possible interaction between Britain and East Asia during that time period.
The 25mm copper-alloy medieval coin believed to date back to the Northern Song dynasty period was unearthed in the village of Hampshire, according to the Independent.
Cambridge University historian Dr. Caitlin Green, says that despite initial doubts by some, it may be a genuine find. This is the second such coin found in England; the first was discovered in Cheshire in 2018.
“The fact that we now have two, rather than one, 11th-century Northern Song dynasty coins from England, both recovered from what seem to be medieval to early modern sites, adds weight to the case for considering them genuinely ancient losses,” Dr. Green wrote in a blog post. Green highlighted the fact that the Northern Song dynasty minted them in such vast numbers that they remained in circulation long after the dynasty e
An eleventh-century Chinese coin unearthed in Hampshire provides new evidence of a bustling trade in luxury goods from the Far East more than 700 years ago.
The copper coin, which was found by a detectorist at Buriton, Hampshire, around nine miles from the coast, weighs 0.12 ounces (3.6g) and has a diameter of just under an inch (25mm).
Researchers believe it was minted between 1008 and 1016, during the reign of Emperor Zhenzong of the Northern Song dynasty, and arrived in Britain around the 13th or 14th century, when luxury Chinese pottery was being widely imported.
The coin has the inscription Xiangfu yuanbao (祥符元寶) in traditional Chinese characters on one side and a central square hole, allowing multiple coins of its type to be strung together.
Basingstoke s policing team have outlined what they are doing to crack down on a number of concerns of residents. Drug dealing, drunk and disorderly behaviour and speeding were just some of the concerns raised by residents in December s beat surgery, held by officers at Hampshire Constabulary s Basingstoke neighbourhood policing team. The top of town as well as Pennine Way in Buckskin were specifically mentioned by the team as areas of concern for drug dealing. They said: We conduct regular patrols around the town centre and work very closely with our partners, including the council s Community Safety officers and the management and security in retail and licensed premises.
Although digging into the Gazette archives, you could be forgiven for wondering why anyone might want one. The Met Office is currently forecasting light cloud and a moderate breeze on Christmas Day. And this might come as a relief to residents who recall the Great Freeze-Up of 1947. While the first flakes of snow of this winter are yet to fall, nothing will ever surpass the amount of snow that occurred at the end of January that year. As King George VI and his family set off for the warmer lands of South Africa for several months, so the bitterly cold winds brought a similar period of snow and ice to Britain.