the Fishpool Hoard of 1,237 15th century gold coins, was discovered by workmen on a building site near Cambourne Gardens, in Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire, England. It is the largest hoard of medieval coins ever found in Britain. To judge from the dates of the coins, the hoard was probably buried in haste at some time between winter 1463 and summer 1464, perhaps by someone fleeing south after the Battle of Hexham in May 1464,
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