Working with the Beau Street Hoard means that Roman coins
are never at a shortage. So when I was asked to put together a display and
activity for Money Mondays I decided to expand the time range up to the time of
Elizabeth I, the last in the Tudor dynasty.
Of course coins from the Beau St Hoard still made an
appearance and alongside the coins of Hadrian, Severus Alexander and Gordian
III were coins of Henry I, Henry II, Henry VIII and as mentioned, Elizabeth I.
I have always had an interest in Middle Age and Tudor history and this was the
perfect opportunity for me to find out more about its coinage, mints and
moneyers.
In regards to the activity I chose to do a matching
exercise, matching the coin to a description of its ruling Emperor, King or
Queen, such as facts and clues to their appearance, character or details of
coin production at the time.
I provided a label for each coin, describing its obverse and
reverse along with its legend and production date if applicable. As a final
activity I collected images of each of the 7 leaders, with the idea to match
the coin to its leader using the coin labels and descriptions.
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| Money Monday table with the coins and their labels |
The display did prove quite popular; a good few people took
a keen interest to the coins, picking them up and examining then intently and
listening while we fed them information about the hoard as well. I was assisted
by Katie who was able to answer the questions I couldn’t and both of us put
together were able to talk our way around it in the end! It was a great fun to
put together and host, and I gained new knowledge in doing so and hope that
those who took an interest did to. I
don’t think there could have been a better place to have done it either - the Great
Bath of an evening provides the best backdrop!
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| Myself and Katie alongside the Great Bath |
Alice
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