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Find of the year so far

2007/8

Season 2007 - 2008

At the end of the season every guy that comes here gets to vote for his personal favorite find throughout the season (not his own finds of course) The find with the most votes gets the holder a free weeks detecting next season and the engrave Roman jug, not forgetting his name on the role of honor shield !

These are not the definitive list but are a few of my current favourites, guys can vote for any finds that are on my site for the season 2007/2008.

 

27th April 2008 Sal wins find of the year

Voting by the members has now closed and Louisiana Sal has won the 'Find of the year' with 55% of the vote with his stunningly rare England Saxon gold coin. Congrats to Sal who wins the free trip next season, Silver Urn and his name etched on the role of honour.

 

English Saxon Thrysmas gold coin - 'Witmen type' c620 -650 AD - Recorded on Fitzwilliam museum Corpus database as EMC 2007.0302. 1.26g, 11.46mm

Val was wearing his 'hat vid cam' when he dug it so watch the video here

 

2nd place was this beautiful medieval gold ring found by Idaho Travis which is currently with the British museum going through the treasure process - 1.23g, 19.50mm dia

3rd place was this was this rare Saxon silver coin found by Oregon Clarence

1050- 1053 Saxon - Edward the Confessor hammered silver penny - expanding cross type - heavy coinage ?

Obv EDWERD REX : +

Rev (Wulfsige) ON GIPESWIC (Short cross voided with expanding limbs) - IPSWICH MINT (GIPESWIC)

EMC 2008.0136.

1.63g, 19.87mm

'I have recorded it as EMC 2008.0136.

The portrait with two toggles on the mantle certainly differs from the types illustrated in North, but these illustrations were drawn in the the early 1960s to show the main types only. There are many variants, and the three other coins of this type, mint (Ipswich) and moneyer
(Wulfsige) in EMC/SCBI also have this portrait variant. I can send images of the coin to Gareth Williams, who is compiling a die study of the Expanding Cross type, and pass on his comments.'

'This is extremely interesting. It is very promising.

Gareth Williams has commented that the Ipswich coin 'seems to be from the same dies as one of our [British Museum] coins (1950,6-5, 1) and the same variation in the design is also found on two different obverses of Bruninc of Ipswich. However, it isn't a purely local variation, as the same bust appears on selected coins of Colchester, Gloucester and London, and a related variation at Dover, although these represent the minority of dies from the mint in each
case.'

Martin

Voting was very difficult this season as there were just so many finds to choose and was spread across 13 finds. Another find of note was Penn Christies 11,000 BC Mesolithic axe head.

 

 
c 3500 BC Neolithic stone axe head - 123mm L x58.12mm W x 34.5mm T , 257g

Rare 4thC silver Roman

I have the siliqua narrowed down to a single mint - Milan - and between two emperors - Arcadius and Honorius.  Now, the part of the legend that would tell us which of the two it is, of course, is off-flan - Murphy's Law of ancient coins in action.  What we can read clearly on the obverse is the 2nd half of the obverse legend:

"...VS PF AVG"
Unfortunately, both Arcadius' & Honorius' names break in the same place and have the same number of letters:
DN ARCADI - VS PF AVG
and
DN HONORI - VS PF AVG
So I think you can easily see where there's room for ambiguity here.  Aside from a few letters the names, the coins have identical types, mintmark-styles, etc.  By this time there was little energy being devoted to realisim in portrature, so we don't get much help there either - if pressed, I'd have to say I think it might slightly favor the portrait in a photo of an Arcadius siliqua in my book.
 
So, take your pick, it could be either - looking at the lower seriphs of the 1st half of the legend isn't conclusive - if the 4th character is an "O"", it's Honorius - if an "R, Arcadius. It seems to me, perhaps, slightly more likely to be an "O". - So, we're tied 1 to 1 on the vague, ambiguous clues, too.
 
In either case, the reverse is VIRTVS ROMANORVM - Roma seated left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and inverted spear.  In the exergue: MDPS for Milan.
If Arcadius (383-408 A.D.), it's RSC 27b, RIC 32b.
If Honorius (393-423 A.D.), it's RSC 59b, RIC 32c
 
Mark

Fourth coinage 1356-61 Edward III hammered gold 1/4 Noble Type C Annulet stops 1.96g, 20.36mm

Obv shield quartered with the arms of England and France within a treassure of eight arches - EDWARD GRA REX :ANG. . HY Cross 3(4 )

Rev EXALTABITAR IN GLORIA

Annulet stops

Stunning c 13thC Medieval engraved gold ring found by Idaho Travis - reported as treasure to the museum

1.23g, 19.50mm dia

Solid silver medieval vessica seal 62.1g, 21.96mm L x 18.81mm x 5.51mm W (excluding hanger)

3rd place was this was this rare Saxon silver coin found by Oregon Clarence

1050- 1053 Saxon - Edward the Confessor hammered silver penny - expanding cross type - heavy coinage ?

Obv EDWERD REX : +

Rev (Wulfsige) ON GIPESWIC (Short cross voided with expanding limbs) - IPSWICH MINT (GIPESWIC)

EMC 2008.0136.

1.63g, 19.87mm

'I have recorded it as EMC 2008.0136.

The portrait with two toggles on the mantle certainly differs from the types illustrated in North, but these illustrations were drawn in the the early 1960s to show the main types only. There are many variants, and the three other coins of this type, mint (Ipswich) and moneyer
(Wulfsige) in EMC/SCBI also have this portrait variant. I can send images of the coin to Gareth Williams, who is compiling a die study of the Expanding Cross type, and pass on his comments.'

'This is extremely interesting. It is very promising.

Gareth Williams has commented that the Ipswich coin 'seems to be from the same dies as one of our [British Museum] coins (1950,6-5, 1) and the same variation in the design is also found on two different obverses of Bruninc of Ipswich. However, it isn't a purely local variation, as the same bust appears on selected coins of Colchester, Gloucester and London, and a related variation at Dover, although these represent the minority of dies from the mint in each
case.'

Martin

 

388 AD Roman gold solidus Theodosius I

This is, as you later suspected, Theodosius I rather than Magnus Maximus.  A solidus of "Mag Max" would be a great item to find - Kipling included him as a character in "Puck of Pook's Hill" with a vividly-drawn, if fairly historically inacurate portrait.  He's a good bit scarcer, in general, than Theodosius I, but the coin we're looking at today carries an "R2" rating in RIC, so it's pretty scarce as well.
 
This is a Solidus - the denomination introduced by Constantine the great which would continue to be struck with very little variation in weight or fineness for nearly another thousand years as it became the flagship coin of the Byzantine empire.
Your specimen was minted at Trier, between 388 and 392 A.D.  The "COM" in the exergue refers to it being pure gold - the mint designation is the T - R to either side of the two characters on the reverse - who are meant to be 2 co-regnal emperors - the basic design goes back to the time of Valentinian I and Valens, but continued until, at this time, it was supposed to be Valentinian II and Theodosius I as the 2 senior Augusti, there was however (throughout the era) a 3rd and even, at times, a 4th emperor. 
The obverse legend is D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG - with the normal diademed draped and cuirassed bust right. 
The reverse is VICTORIA AVGG (the 2 "G's" abbreviating "Augustorum" referring to multiple emperors) and shows the 2 emperors, presumably Valentinian II and Theodosius I seated facing, holding a globe between them, the top half of Victory between and spreading her wings above them.
 
RIC IX Trier 90b.
 
Congratulations to you and the digger - What a great find!
 
Mark

 

English Saxon Thrysmas gold coin - Crondall type c620 -650 AD named after the hoard found in 1828. Sent off to the Fitzmuseum Corpus database for recording 1.26g, 11.46mm

'Witmen type'

'This is quite a rare type, as you no doubt appreciate. The best parallel is provided by three coins in the British Museum, listed in their catalogue as nos. 3353-55. It's one of a group of coins loosely described as the Snettisham staters, because several of the types were first recognized in one of the Snettisham (Norfolk) hoards of the early 1990s. The exact type is not in Van Arsdell although it's closely related to the North Thames types listed as VA 1500, 1502 and thereabouts. It is presumably an East Anglian type, although because of the stylistic similarities there must have been some very strong link between the producers of the Snettisham types and the North Thames types. Date c. 50 - 40 BC, I think.

I'll record it as CCI 07.1164. '

 

It's a wrist Torc but what time period ?? 23.19g, 81.95mm W x 3.80mm dia

Initial feedback, possibly Roman - ID'd as modern

Roman Republican silver coin 126 BC - Oldest coin ever found here

3.50g, 17.12mm

'This one is a Roman Republican denarius of tribune/moneyer N. Fabius Pictor, struck at Rome in 126 B.C (RSC/Babelon - Fabia 11), .
Obv: Helmeted head of Roma right, * shape behind head; (monogram form of XVI - indicating the denarius was now worth 16 Asses - it had only recently been retarriffed from its nearly century-long value of 10 Asses) control-letter below chin. (BTW, this coin exhibits the first example of the use of control-letters in the Roman series.)
Rx: N FABI / PICTOR in vertical lines up to left and down to right of helemted and cuirassed figure of the Flamen Quirinalis Q. Fabius Pictor seated left holding apex (high-priest's ceremonial helmet) and spear; shield
inscribed: QVI / RIN at his side; ROMA in exergue.
Syd/CRR 517, SR 144.

This is another really interesting piece, not unlike the odd Greek coin you occasionally turn up, because despite its worn state - showing it was in circulation for quite some time - it's really "too early" of a piece to be in Britain. Unless, somehow, this piece was carried ashore by one of the soldiers of Julius Caesar's ill-fated British expeditions - at which time it would have been nearly 75 years old - it would have had to be bartered for tin or other trade-goods in the pre-Roman era or been part of some hoard or treasure which had been accumulated on the mainland and later transported to Britannia. It would have been very unlikely to be a circulating coin at the time of Claudius' successful invasion - at which time it would have been nearly 175 years old.

So, you're left with it either travelling to Britannia by means unknown c. 100-60 B.C., or possibly having been held as an old and curious good luck piece or similar item by a much later' Roman

Mark

Circa 11000 BC Middle Stone Age (Mesolithic) flint axe head - one for the museum to evaluate

Stunning 1554 Mary hammered silver groat (4 pence)

Dubnovellaunus Late 1st BC to Early 1stC AD Full Celtic gold stater

5.44g,17.57mm

CCI 07.1130.
Possible Celtic gold nugget 2.17g,and is approx 6.73mm dia

Robert FitzWalter - enameled 13thC heraldic shield pendant

Or a fess between two chevrons gules

Robert le FizWater


In 1206 King John refused to agree to Pope Innocent III's choice of Archbishop of Canterbury after his own choice had been rejected. Because the king still challenged the pope, in 1207 he was excommunicated (not allowed to be a member of the church) and an 'interdict' was issued by the pope.

Because of the interdict, the churches closed and their bells fell silent. With the church doors locked, services could not take place. The dead had to be buried in fields instead of in holy ground. People could not marry in church and baptisms had to be carried out in church porches.

King John's excommunication also let off the barons from their oath of loyalty to him. Because they might rebel against him at any time, King John acted quickly against anyone who looked as though they might be disloyal. We know from the Medieval Chronicles that Robert FitzWalter, the 3rd Lord of Dunmow Castle, was accused of plotting to kill King John during a rebellion in 1212. The rebellion was quickly quashed. FitzWalter was outlawed and fled to France.

Eventually in 1213, the Pope told King Philip of France that he could invade England and King John finally agreed to the Pope's terms including his choice of Archbishop. Robert FitzWalter returned home and, with the other Barons, he made peace with King John.

This did not last long, however. It was found that FitzWalter was still plotting against the King and urging for the government to be reformed. Because of this, his home in London, the Castle of Baynard, was almost entirely destroyed

Taxes, during King John's reign, were very high and became ever higher.

In 1214, King John left England to fight a war in France. To make sure the army had enough supplies, the king's Regent of the time, Peter de Roches, raised a very big tax on the barons. The war was lost and, as in the story, on the Kings' return, Robert FitzWalter called a meeting at Bury St Edmunds Abbey where it was agreed that the King must agree to the laws and freedoms granted to the barons in the charter of Henry 1st, or they would declare war on him.

Robert FitzWalter led the Baron's army under the title "Marshal of the Army of God and the Holy Church." In the end, the King was forced to sign the Magna Carta at Runnymede on 15th June 1215. Several copies of the Magna Carta documents still exist.

Magna Carta means 'great charter'. To abide by Magna Carta, the King had to agree to certain laws and accept that his will was not above the law. It was not the first written document that put limits on the power of a king, but it was the first that was backed up by a council (of 25 barons) to try and make sure the king obeyed. It included a paragraph that said 'no free man shall be seized, imprisoned, disposed, outlawed, exiled or ruined in any way ? 'except by the lawful judgment of his peers?'

John did not sign the document willingly and never intended to keep to it. In September 1215, just a few months after signing the charter, King John sent a message to the Pope asking him to annul the charter. The Pope agreed and excommunicated the barons that had signed it.

As the fighting started again, FitzWalter slipped off to France and offered Prince Louis the English throne. Both Scottish and French armies invaded England. After fighting off the Scottish forces, King John's army changed direction to East Anglia, intending to quash the baron's rebellion. As his troops crossed the river Ouse on 11th October, they were caught by the rising tide and the crown Jewels sank into the Wash. Just a few days later, on 19th October, King John died at Newark.

At the time of his death, the French flag flew over East Anglia. However, a French King did not rule England as no bishop would crown Prince Louis and many of the barons, who had rebelled against King John, now gave their support to his nine-year-old son Henry.


When John became King on the death of his brother Richard in 1199, the treasury (money for running the kingdom) was nearly empty. His answer was to raise money through taxes and his reign was one of harsh laws and heavy taxes.

At the start of his reign, while he was away from England, he left Geoffrey FitzPeter in control as 'Regent'. He was a harsh man and did not worry about demanding heavy taxes and gave the local sheriffs a free hand to collect these by any means. He became very unpopular.

Like most Kings of the time John was ruthless. It was also claimed that King John killed his nephew, Arthur, in 1206, to make sure of the future of the throne. However, history may not have been very fair to King John. At this time the historians, or chroniclers, were mainly monks. These monks would have been in sympathy with the parties that King John was arguing with - that is the church and the rich estate owners (barons).

King John's reign was far from all bad for the country. Many towns such as Cambridge, Ipswich, King's Lynn and Norwich grew rich as they were given 'charters' and encouraged to govern themselves. The towns benefited from changes in the way taxes were paid and could get income from taxing market traders entering the town.

R. Turner 1994 argued that John "...had intelligence, administrative ability and he was good at planning military campaigns. However, too many personality flaws held him back". Unfortunately for King John, no king of the time could have run the country successfully without the support of the powerful Barons and Noblemen.

What of Matilda's supposed murder and her links with Robin Hood?


Robin and Marion
The monk, Matthew Paris, writing in his diary some years later in the 13th century, mentions the murder of Matilda. He records that in 1234/5, Robert FitzWalter died and that "?y his first wife, FitzWalter had, with other children, a daughter, Matilda the Fair, called 'Maid Marion,' said to have been poisoned by King John."

Matilda, his daughter, may indeed have been beautiful but very little is known of her life and death. After the rebellion of 1212, when FitzWalter and his family fled to France, it seems that he made his actions seem good, by saying the king was after his daughter and was plotting to kill his son-in-law.

King John was not a pleasant man, but many historians do not believe FitzWalter's story. Robert FitzWalter had a shady past. He had surrendered Vaudreuil in France to the French king in 1203 under suspicious circumstances. So, whether what he did was because of King John's interest in his daughter or came from a wish for more power is difficult to say.

The character of Maid Marion, like Friar Tuck, is not in the early ballads of Robin Hood. The character of Maid Marion probably came from an early French Pastoral romance ??he shepherd and shepherdess Robin and Marion'. Parts of this story and the Robin Hood stories probably merged and Maid Marion became Robin Hood's true love in the later versions of the legend.

It is in Anthony Munday's Elizabethan "Huntingdon" plays; written in the 17th century that Marian becomes an alias employed by Matilda FitzWalter. A popular romance at the time was the legend of King John pursuing Matilda, daughter of Robert FitzWalter. Robin Hood or Robin of Loxley, if such a person existed, was not a well-known Nobleman but most likely a wronged landowner, fighting to regain his family seat.

Dunmow Priory in Essex is said to be the resting-place of Robin Hood's Maid Marian. All that remains of Dunmow Priory is the present church of Dunmow; the south aisle of what was once a much larger building. However the story lives on, along with the many other tales of Robin Hood; and King John's jewels and royal regalia remain a treasure trove still to be found.

C10thC Saxon bronze key 10.41g, 40.88mm Lx19.58mm W x 6.30mm T

Find of the year

Season 2006 - 2007
22nd April 2007 NH Dave's Medieval Iconic gold ring wins find of the year 2006/2007
Medieval Iconic gold ring - declared treasure and currently awaiting purchase by Colchester musuem

107/8 BC Roman Imperial silver

18.10mm, 3.83g
The second earliest coin ever found here

 
Medieval Madonna and child hat badge 6.60g,19.92mm -declared treasure and currently awaiting purchase by Colchester musuem

 
1689 William and Mary milled silver maundy 3 pence - so rare to find this period and in this condition

1561-1582 2nd Issue, long cross mint mark - Elizabeth 1st hammered gold 1/4 Angel 1.16g,15.81mm North 1993

Obv ELIZABETH D G ANG FRANCIE

Rev ET HIBERNIE REGINA FIDE

Medieval gold ring 1.18g - 24.26mm dia, 2.65 mm D x 0.73mm thick

'Found more on De Clare-- seems there was a Gilbert "The Red" (red haired) de Clare & son of Richard-- was one of the Earls of Gloucstershire (7th , I think) and had a whole bunch of other lands in 20 counties in Eng and Ireland. Joined the Montfort rebellion against the king. Married a jaon (Johanna) daughter of Edward II Longshanks , she was born in Acre - the site in the holy land where the Crusaders / Templar's lost it all . He was born in 1243'.
2nd C Roman blue and yellow enameled Plate brooch - 7.56g,28.1mm L x 15.46mm W

2nd C Roman bronze statue in uniform (possibly military) with toga over arm - some red enameling remaining 28.87g, 52.25mm H

Charles 1st 30 shillings 14.95g, 35.63mm

Obv - CAROLUS D.G MAGN BRITAN FRAN ET HIB REX B - Charles by the grace of God King of Britain France and Ireland B(riot)

Rev QUAE DEUS CONIVNXIT NEMO SEPARET - What God hath joined together let no man put asunder

'further to yesterday's email, yes, this is a rare silver unit of Cunobelin. The type is in recent volumes of 'Coins of England' (no. 310) but isn't in VA or the BMC catalogue. I've attached an image of the best of the six we already have here for you to compare.
Judging from the style and the very classical griffin it's a late issue, presumably 30s AD. Findspots are in Essex (4 including yours) and Suffolk (1), ie in the Trinovantian territory rather than the Catuvellauni.

I'll record it as CCI 06.0523. Congratulations on a rare find!'

 

Viling period - Thor's hammer pendant - silvered base metal 2.45g - 22.59mm L

 

Saxon C600-775 AD Silver Sceat 1.23g,11.15mm

EMC 2006.0342
Cal Jeff's Willy wins find of the year 2005/6 !!
Roman bronze winged Phallus pendant 27.87 - 49.02mm L found by Cal Jeff
9thC Anglo Saxon decorated silver strap end 5.82g, 44.44mm L x 11.91mm W found by Cal Shawn
1250 BC Bronze age socketed axe found by NH Scott. 77.38mm L x 29.45 W
1400BC Bronze age spear 11.61g, 55.75mm L 10.43mm W found by Vermont Harold

EMC 2005.0229 found by NY Ken

King Offa - 780 - 792 King of Mercia hammered silver 1.27g, 16.67mm

OFFA REX (‘King Offa’) and, on the reverse side, Eð / IL / VA / Ld (‘Ethilwald’ - the moneyer who authorised the minting of the coin).

CCI 05.0688 1.38g, 10.89 mm found by Wis Paul

'another cracking little coin. It is the biga type as you say, still quite rare: we have just over 20 of the quarter recorded. I had hoped to have a look at the dies in comparison to the rest of the coins in Oxford this morning, but ran out of time and I'm now back in Guernsey again. That'll have to wait a while, but in the meantime it looks as though it's one of the later strikings of this type, because of the simplified CAMVL inscription on the obverse. The earliest examples have each letter very clearly defined, but they soon merge into what looks almost like a zigzag on some coins.

Saying it's a 'late striking' is all relative of course: it's possible that the biga type was struck over a very short period, perhaps even just months and certainly unlikely to be more than say five years or so, sometime around 8 - 13 AD I would estimate. It'll be CCI 05.0688

Coenwulf, king of Mercia (796-821) 1.31g, 19.78mm found by Wis Paul

EMC 20050226

'This is a good example of the earliest East Anglian coinage of Coenwulf (North 363). It is quite rare, as there are only two other examples of North 363 on EMC, from dies of different styles'.

Saxon Primary silver Sceattas c 680 - 710 AD, 1.16g - 11.85 mm found by Ohio Tony

EMC 2005.0208

Humphrey De Bohun
(1312-1360)
Earl of Hereford
Earl of Essex
Earl of Northampton
Born 25th March 1342
Died 16th January 1373, probably at Pleshey, Essex

 
Medieval harness pendant found by Ohio Bud

CCI 05.0655 - 5.58g - 18.38 mm

45 BC Addedomaros Celtic gold full stater found by Florida Don
Claudius, 49-50 A.D. and is RIC I, 49 - frequency "R4"! found by Boston Beau

Season 2004 - 2005

Won by Boston Bill's 4thC Roman gold ring

 
Edward III 1361 third issue hammerd gold 1/2 Noble found by Boston Beau
Louis X1 (1461-83) found by Texas Dave

1250 BC Bronze age axe head - found by Boston Will

Note that the cutting edge has been heavily used

 
King John 1205 AD hammered silver penny - - found by Boston John
WWII artifact found by Boston Bud on the site of a crashed Dornier bomber.
Mint condition 2" diameter - 1/4 pound - Plumbers mark in circle, sword and shield. This is a rare one not in the reference books. Possibly pre - 1605 found by Boston Bud
Dubnovellaunus Late 1st BC to Early 1stC AD Full Celtic gold stater found by Texas Dave

What a find - etched onto an amber coloured stone and set in silver.

The face is different depending on how the light hits it. It is probably a husband and wife memento , what an amazing find. Dated 18thC by museum ,found by Boston Bud
17thC gold ring found by Canadian Marjoline
4thC Roman gold ring found by Mass Bill
(b)

Clacton Type 1/4 Celtic gold Stater found by Manhattan Gary

 

'This is an example of the Clacton 1/4 stater - it's not listed in VA, but there's one in the British Museum catalogue, at BMC 192 (where it's incorrectly attributed to the Corieltauvi). These coins were virtually unknown until the 1980s, but we now have records of more than 50 of them, predominantly from Essex, and it seems certain to be the quarter stater type associated with the full Clacton stater. There is strong Gallo-Belgic influence, as you mention - the obverse seems to be copied from the 'three men in a boat' design found on the imported Gallo-Belgic quarter staters, while the reverse is indeed nearly identical to the Clacton stater type. Its date is probably c. 50 BC.

This one will be in the Index as CCI 04.2136'.
Saxon Primary silver Sceattas c 680 - 710 AD(g) found by Mass Bill
Mint condition hammered silver half GroatHenry VII 1485 found by Wis Wayne
Beautiful 14thC Medieval enamelled pendant, my favourite find of the year so far(y) found by Cal Charles

It's a denarius of the Emperor Vespasian (69-79 AD), minted in Rome AD 75.

Obverse:
IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG
Vespasian, his laueate head right

Reverse:
PON MAX TRP COS VI
Pax seated left, holding olive-branch, left hand at side.

Thanks to Jan de Veen of the UR forum for ID

Found by Cal Charles

28th April 2004 - Mass Bruce's axes win this years find of the year by popular vote - see the latest news page for more info

Celtic gold stater- probably Galo Belgic type 50BC (c) found by Texas Gary

1500BC bronze age looped axe head hoard and ingots found by Mass Bruce

 
Virginia Brian's Celtic gold coin hoard. 3- Cunobelin Gold full staters 10 to 40 AD
Initail indications from the photo suggest it is an early bronze age flat axe 2000BC. These are quite a rare find in Essex, so this one will be looked at by the British Museum for confirmation. They are abundant in Norfolk, with quite a few in Suffolk". Found by Vancouver Brent
Saxon silver 670AD (uncleaned) found by Vancouver Dave

Saxon period gold coin 6th/8thC,Early Continental (Merovingian Francia) (584-750), Ruler: anon. (tremissis) (590-670) Type: Merovingian tremissis (500-675)found by Boston Bud

 
(c)
Tiberious 14 to 37 AD gold Aureus found by Michigan Tracy
Another amazing Celtic gold stater- Galo Belgic Clacton type 70BC and it is actually in the coin book for once !! Found by Nevada Gary
Medieval cloth fastener found by Milwaukee Mike

Roman Republican denarius, c.100 BC, what a fantastic find found by Nevada Gary

obv. {RO]MA, head of Roma, r.
rev. [ ] , victory in biga r.
What a beautiful artifact, a 15th C ornate dagger handle, traces of silver inlay remain. Found by Milwaukee Mike

What can you say about a find like this, just beautifully tooled solid gold and probably owned by a very important Saxon 7thC. Found by Ohio Bud
Cunobelin Gold full stater 10 to 40 AD found by Texas John
Cunobelin silver quarter stater, this could be very rare as it is not in the coin books again !! Found by Irish Niall
Arizona Bert's 118BC silver Roman

One of a kind Celtic gold 1/4 stater found by Alaskan George

Latest views from the experts

"it's an early (perhaps c. 50-40 BC) quarter stater, possibly produced in Essex.
It seems to have developed out of the Gallo-Belgic D quarter stater (Van Arsdell
69), imported in large quantities into Britain from Belgic Gaul, possibly with
some influence from the so-called 'Kentish trophy type' (Van Arsdell 147) of a
very similar period.

This particular type is unpublished in any major catalogue,

Medieval bronze wolfs head found by Savannah George
Californian Dan's Intaglio - 17thC
Probably Medieval in date lead skeleton found by Georgia Mike. Could not be positively ID'd by the museum
Edward IV Silver hammered groat found by Canadian Don
12thC seal matrix, lamb with legs tucked underneath- pictures do not do this justice found by Kentucky Joe
Exciting heavily decorated and enameled bronze find, back from the museum and now dated as probably Victorian but still a great find, found by Billericay Mark
12th -13thC Pilgrims lead ampoule,found by Billericay Mark
14thC seal found by Essex Dave

Heraldic pendant with traces of red,blue and green enameling remaining, First Earl of Lancaster, Edmond " Crunchback" , son of King Henry III. Around the end of `1200's

found by Georgian Mike
Royal Air force tiny silver insignia found by the Mrs
Really nice 18thC silver decorated clog fastener found by NE Jerry
Early decorated silver thimble with lions head design
Medieval ring 'avai maria' found by Texas Jim
Silva siliqua of Constantine III 5thC found by Texas Dave
Superb find, silver Medieval decorated hawking bell and it still rings ! found by Ohio Eric
Really nice 1758 George II silver one pence found by Ohio Eric
Medieval Dress fastener found by Irish Naill
Victoria 50th jubilee medal 1887 found by Ohio Bud
4thC Roman bronze used by an 8thC Saxon as a pendant- found by Connecticut Dave
1500's Elizabeth 1st silver hammered shilling found by Texas Kenny
Another great eyeball find, stone bead, this could be very old
Beautiful ornate, silver inlay metal pot pieces found by Texas Kenny - Middle eastern
From a duckling to a swan ! Crusty Roman coin, pick it and heh presto ! Roman Republican denarius of Vibius, 42 BC found by Milwaukee Mike. obv. Helmeted bust of Minerva r., wearing aegis. Border of dots.
rev. C.VIBIVS VARVS, Herculus standing facing, holding club in r. hand and lion-skin overl. arm. Border of dots