Hunt continues for missing Herefordshire Hoard artefacts

In 2021, George Powell and Layton Davies were back at Worcester Crown Court for a proceeds of crime hearing.

They told the court conflicting accounts of only a few dozen coins being found; the hoard being discovered somewhere else and moved to Herefordshire; the coins being sold via an auction house in Austria to dealers whose names they did not know.

Judge Nicholas Cartright said he did not believe them and ordered the pair to pay more than £600,000 each or spend five more years in jail.

The hunt for the remaining treasure continues, and historians across the country are desperate to find it.

“With each coin, each object, we have an opportunity to connect with our past and understand more about how people lived then and what that means today,” said Damian Etheraads from Hereford Museum.

“We are eager to see the hoard recovered and support the police and courts’ work in making this happen.”