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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lordmarcovan, post: 3651623, member: 10461&quot;]Indeed! I wonder if somebody found it with a metal detector.&nbsp; It certainly came out of the ground, as evidenced by the earthen deposits on it, which I liked.&nbsp; In fact, if you look really closely, you can see one white micro-pebble (grain of quartzite sand, perhaps) still adhering beneath the right bar of the cross.&nbsp; Detecting in Sicily would probably be fascinating, but is probably illegal, I guess.&nbsp; Maybe this came up in an archaeological dig.</p><p><br /></p><p>The small size is what kept it relatively affordable.&nbsp; Small gold is about all I can do nowadays.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=4910]@willieboyd2[/USER]&#039;s gold bezant is bigger and more valuable.&nbsp; I was just tickled to be able to find such a cool medieval gold piece for so relatively little (i.e., just a hair under $300 before slabbing).&nbsp; Usually you can&#039;t touch medieval gold for under $500-600++.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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