Undoubtedly an interesting find, but I fail to see how three years of operations of a subsidiary Norman mint would attract the attention of the BBC. Slow news day?
That would be pretty sweet to not only find an ancient coin, but for the coin to be the only one known to exist.
Medieval actually. I guess its unique in that its the only Glouster mint coin dated 1077-1080. It would be exciting for specialists, but not those just collecting a set of English kings. I am not denigrating it, its a great find, just pointing out its not like some other finds of an unknown king or an unknown country. Chris
Maybe not. They said it is being returned to the finder. I'm kind of surprised it wasn't declared treasure and retained by the British Museum. I am curious how they know it was from between 1077 and 1080. Possibly from records that listed Silacwine as moneyer during that period but no coins were known with his name on them.
I am guessing between type of coin and moneyer. The kings dictated changes in coinage periodically, and moneyers had certain terms that we know most of. Its kind of like counsel dating and the like with Roman coins that we can narrow down time frames.
