Another year to reflect and enjoy the new coins I was able to add to the collection. My main focus continues to be British coins, mostly...
I'll be there, have been going every year for the past decade or so, it's an enjoyable show.
Well it’s been a few years but I did find a coin of Malcolm IV, a cut half. Given the rarity of Malcolm’s coinage, I was willing to consider...
I have been collecting British coins from the earliest Saxon times to the present. Have been doing it for over 10 years now and I'm still having...
Well done, many detectorists unintentionally damage coins by trying to clean them in the field. Always better to do it slowly and carefully at...
In my quest to complete all the provinces of the Hadrian travel series, I think the most challenging seems to be Dalmatia. I have never seen the...
Thankful for another good year where I was able to add a number of important pieces to the set. The majority of my interest is in British Isles...
Nice coins. I had planned to do a date run of these but was discouraged by the difficulty of 1657 and 1658, as well as the impossible 1659. Then...
It's Henry VII. The legend from 12:00 reads hENRIC DI GRA ... etc.
It's that time of year again. December is usually a quiet coin month, diverting time to focus on the holidays, family, and the end of the year in...
The keys are indicative of the Archbishop's mint at York. Keys are seen on the coins of the archbishops Thomas Rotherham (1480-1500), Thomas...
Agree with Iegelwine (Aethelwine) on Wallingford
That’s a wonderful coin, congratulations! The Frisian sceattas of the early 700s typically get lumped into the British series, but the gold is...
Sorry :( If your reply was to my post, I am still certainly interested in what you have to say!
Here is an English Anglo-Saxon penny of Ceolwulf II [ATTACH] Ceolwulf II, king of Mercia 874-879(?) Moneyer: Leofwald Mint: London (?)...
Compared to the massive hoards of stycas, these are tiny, but you are correct, I did forget the recent finds from East Anglia. Thanks for the...
I agree with you, but for different reasons. Hoard evidence will not be very helpful. There are extremely few sceatta hoards in Britain,...
The first 5 Scottish kings named James had untimely and violent deaths. James I was assassinated at home. He was warned of the assassination...
[ATTACH] Anglo-Saxon England Sceat of Alchred, king of Northumbria 765-774 S. 849
Same situation, DHL package UK to US, expensive item, $106 customs merchandise processing fee :(
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