Medieval coins from Lithuania

[martin LT]

Hey, I'm new here. I really enjoy reading viewing the finds on this forum, I think they all are unique. Well I thought I would post my finds from my trip to Lithuania. I found these over my 2 month visit there. It is free to detect there and there are loads of places to visit. The grounds are mostly littered with WW2 relics like bullets, cartridges, I even found helmets. The coins shown date back to 1500s and to the reign of Sigismund II, more about him could be read on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigismund_II_Augustus.

 

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[DJ_Quinn]

Martin, welcome to the forum. Those coins are awesome! Well done!

 

[The Bulgarian]

cool

 

[BuckleBoy]

The coins are exceptional, and most appear to be high grade with regards to wear. If you're going back to Lithuania, I'm more than happy to go along with you!

 

[lordmarcovan]

Man, that is an amazing hoard, and they're so well-preserved!

As a coin dealer, I've bought and sold slightly-newer Sigismund III coins that weren't dug, and those pieces didn't look as nice as your ground finds!

That's truly remarkable.

Alas, I can only dream of detecting in Europe. Perhaps one day I will get to do it.

Thanks for posting those!

 

[BuckleBoy]

How deep, on average, were the coins?

 

[martin LT]

Hey, thanks for the nice comments. The coins that I dug were mostly 6in deep. I found some newer polish coins too, probably because part of Lithuania was ruled by Poland. It's really intersting to see the history behind these coins, just a thought that knight might held one is incredible. I'll post few more pics of my finds, hope you enjoy these aswell!

 

[Detectingfreak]

Really nice coins!!

 

[lordmarcovan]

I linked to your post over on the smaller-but-friendly Collectors Universe Metal Detecting Forum, which is my primary hangout.

They were impressed, too.

http://forums.collectors.com/messageview.cfm?catid=28&threadid=541355

 

[WV_Detecting]

DITTO!!! Those are very nice, and quite different from the usual. Looks like I will have to put Lithuania on my wish list now too.