Nine medieval coins were discovered, with two dating to the reigns of Henry II and III, near Wymondham, Norfolk. Numismatist Adrian Marsden said "a penny was a lot of money then", with a labourer ...

"It weighs 9.5g, it's a heavy piece. A medieval penny would weigh about 1.2g, so that's about seven medieval pennies, so it wouldn't have been a peasant who owned that at the time." The ring is ...