Roman/Saxon Site - Day 6 - Last Hunt 2013...

[CRUSADER]

This is Sunday's last hunt of 2013. I did 3 hours 15 minutes & Dad joined me for 1 hour.
The weather was cool but good, the ground still very wet but not too sticky.

17 Roman Coins
17th C button
1694 Halfpenny

Still to ID but it seems to be a rare fragment of a Saxon/Viking era Penny/Denier. Update later:
Ecgberht
AD828-839
Bust Right breaking outer Circle
ECGEARHT REX

Monogram of DOROB C
Moneyer Dealla

 

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[Westfront]

That left facing Constantinus is not something you get every day! Too bad it's broken. Saxon penny looks good too. I didn't managed to get out today, so i'll start the new year with a detecting session!

 

[ossi]

ossi

 

[Silver Searcher]

The cross in the legend looks like that used on Coenwulf coinage, that would be a mega rare find, and a great way to end 2013. I look forward to a update

SS

 

[garryson]

I like the button and the piece of Viking coin. There must be more Viking coins out there somewhere and I'm sure you will find it.

 

[Zodiacdiverdave]

Amazing finds Cru. I have yet to find 17 coppers in a day and your pulling up that many Romans, wow.
Happy New Year mate.
ZDD

 

[robfinds]

happy new year Cru, the reverse on the fragment looks a bit like Regnald S 1009.

 

[CRUSADER]

The cross in the legend looks like that used on Coenwulf coinage, that would be a mega rare find, and a great way to end 2013. I look forward to a update

SS

It's confused the experts, as well as me:

'This is an interesting find, which I have recorded. It is a coin of Æthelwulf from the Canterbury mint. The reverse seems to have an Alpha and Omega monogram but this needs further research - I shall let you know.'

Never heard of AETHELWULF!

 

[CRUSADER]

happy new year Cru, the reverse on the fragment looks a bit like Regnald S 1009.

It was one of my options, that didn't quite fit.

 

[Msbeepbeep]

Congrats CRUSADER! You never cease to amaze us with your finds! Sounds like you have another rare find! WTG ending 2013 with a bang! GL & HH in 2014!!!

The only thing I'll be finding here is snow,12-18" in the next couple of days, temp 20 with wind chill -4 . They named the storm Hercules! Hope it doesn't visit across the pond.

 

[Silver Searcher]

It's confused the experts, as well as me:

'This is an interesting find, which I have recorded. It is a coin of Æthelwulf from the Canterbury mint. The reverse seems to have an Alpha and Omega monogram but this needs further research - I shall let you know.'

Never heard of AETHELWULF!

King of Wessex 839-858.. so a coin from the early period of Anglo Saxon Kingdomship. I take it it's a none portrait type, and probably unrecorded reverse. Why is it the best ones are always broken

On a interesting note, No coins are known of his son, Aethelbald who ruled over Essex proper, 855-860.

SS

 

[CASPER-2]

 

[yorky]

WOW!

 

[CRUSADER]

King of Wessex 839-858.. so a coin from the early period of Anglo Saxon Kingdomship. I take it it's a none portrait type, and probably unrecorded reverse. Why is it the best ones are always broken

On a interesting note, No coins are known of his son, Aethelbald who ruled over Essex proper, 855-860.

SS

It is a bust type, as you can see his shoulders dipping below the centre circle onto the outer circle.

Your not wrong about the rare one's, Dad & I commented the same thing. On the plus side, this farmer likes money & if it were perfect, we would have a £1000 bill.

 

[pepperj]

This coinage seems to be very brittle and it would be interesting to find out exactly what the metal content is, or was it just the way the coinage was made that makes it like a egg shell.

Still a very nice way of ending a season off.

 

[Silver Searcher]

This coinage seems to be very brittle and it would be interesting to find out exactly what the metal content is, or was it just the way the coinage was made that makes it like a egg shell.

Still a very nice way of ending a season off.

Anglo Saxon coins are usually struck on quite a large but thin flan, usually around 20m, I think this is why more fragments are found rather than full flan, once they go through the modern plough or harrow it's game over.

SS

 

[CRUSADER]

This coinage seems to be very brittle and it would be interesting to find out exactly what the metal content is, or was it just the way the coinage was made that makes it like a egg shell.

Still a very nice way of ending a season off.

I agree with SS, this coinage nearly always turns up broken because of it size & thickness.

They are still looking into it. The bust type seems to be a new die (or rare type) & I'm not sure they have see this type of reverse monogram before. I think it's a Karlos monogram used by Charles the Bald of France & the odd Viking York mint.

 

[CRUSADER]

UPDATE:

Update on the coins full ID:

'The mystery of your find has been solved. This is a coin of Ecgberht's Portrait/Dorob C type (North 573; Spink 1035) with a DOROB C monogram for Canterbury. The moneyer is uncertain, but is most likely to be Dealla.'

 

[Silver Searcher]

UPDATE:

Update on the coins full ID:

'The mystery of your find has been solved. This is a coin of Ecgberht's Portrait/Dorob C type (North 573; Spink 1035) with a DOROB C monogram for Canterbury. The moneyer is uncertain, but is most likely to be Dealla.'

Is this a Dr M Allen ID, it's totally different from the first ID

SS

 

[CRUSADER]

Is this a Dr M Allen ID, it's totally different from the first ID

SS

He needed, further clarification.