Strapends, buckles, a pilgrim's ampulla and this 11th century lyre tuning key.[ATTACH] [ATTACH]
Lovely coins Lordmarcovan. I have found 2 cut quarters of Ethelred 2nd so hoping for a full example at some point. My oldest saxon coin is this...
Hi John, that's a lovely pointed helmet Cnut you have. I found a fragment of one of those on the same field that I found the Cnut short cross....
Lovely to hear from you again and thanks for your interest in my Cnut find. I received afurther update from Dr Allen this evening telling me that...
Hi John, many thanks for your comment and interest in my find. Here are photos of Ethelred 2nd cut farthings I found earlier this year on the same...
I found this intriguing Cnut short cross cut half earlier this week when metal detecting. I contacted Dr Martin Allen and had it recorded in the...
Last month I found this William Rufus Type 1 Profile right cut half. The reverse reads CNTLEB which according to the EMC is Canterbury mint. Mine...
I eventually discovered that the cut half I found recently is a Wiiliam 2nd Type 1 right profile minted in Canterbury. The reverse legend reads...
My cut half is only the second recorded William 2nd type 1 minted at Canterbury with the mint signature CNTLEB
John Milton, I totally agree with you about the poor state of coinage produced across several reigns. Those above are gorgeous and way better than...
Thank you for your feedback. I'm now more confident about it being a William 2nd. I'm amazed at its condition after over 900 years buried in the...
This morning I found this cut half while metal detecting. I can't make my mind up whether it's a William 1st type 7 or a William 2nd type 1. I...
I found this small damaged long cross hammered coin this morning and am having problems identifying it. The most distinctive feature on the coin...
I found this Henry 3rd VLC cut half yesterday while metal detecting. It doesn't appear to have a sceptre and the reverse seems to suggest that it...
I tried Numista but couldn't find one with the same reverse figure.
A detecting friend found this coin/token yesterday but is struggling to identify it. Dated 1575, it looks similar to a Douzain of Henri 3rd but...
Thanks for your feedback Scottishmoney. When you say that not as many were minted, are there contemporary records to support this view? I agree...
At last night's detecting club monthly meeting a couple of coins were on display that I'd never seen before. Both were hammered halfpennies, the...
Out of curiosity I tried placing one of the four uncleaned 1924 sixpences from the above photo into my ultrasonic cleaner for 20 seconds. I'm...
Hi Cladking, thanks for your reply. After reading it I went through the sixpences shown in the photo and found that 23 of them were from the 1920s...
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