 The medalet was first revealed to the public on 25 April 1844 by Charles Roach Smith , who presented it along with other coins found with it , to a meeting of the Numismatic Society . The medalet , along with two other similar items , had been acquired by W. H. Rolfe , who later acquired five other items from the same hoard , and all eight items were published in the Society 's Numismatic Chronicle in 1845 . About the origins and circumstances of the finding of the hoard , Smith only knew that they had been found " a few years since " , and that all of the items had been found together . There may have been further items that were found but not preserved . All of the items were found in the churchyard of St Martin 's in the east of Canterbury according to Rolfe , although the first published account stated that it was found next door at St Augustine 's Abbey instead of St Martin 's . 
