The Pimprez Hoard

The hoard was discovered in a village in Picardy in 2002 and dispersed. It consisted of 446 English pennies from the reigns of Henry I and Stephen and 126 coins from mints in the Empire. There were 12 silver ingots. All coins and ingots are illustrated. The English coins are listed in sylloge format but the Continental are catalogued in detail with an extensive commentary. There are a number of hitherto unpublished pieces. Chronologically the coins divide into two groups: one formed around 1120, the other some twenty years later. It is suggested that the first group reflects diplomatic connections between the English and Imperial courts. This was kept together and. then combined with a parcel of later coins, almost entirely from England, taken to France early in the reign of Stephen.