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New fake pound coin type? Coin forgery for fun and profit…
First post of 2011! Just when it seemed the Police had the pound coin forgers licked (or at least nicked) a possible new fake pound coin type has emerged, if not a new type it is certainly a new one … Continue reading
Posted in Coin Collecting, Fake Coins
Tagged coin, coin collecting, collecting, fake, forgery, new, pound, type, £1
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Blaydon metal detecting club member discovers a hoard of roman silver coins, Part 2
Blaydon metal detecting club member discovers a hoard of roman silver coins, Part 2
An ancient Greek metal detecting find – revisited
I posted this picture a few days back, probably my favourite metal detecting find of all time, an ancient greek coin minted in Italy. I found this coin almost 20 years ago and didn’t notice until just now – there … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Greek Coins, Metal Detecting, Metal Detecting Finds
Tagged ancient, ancient greek, coin, Coins, detecting, detector, find, finds, greek, metal
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Rare Carausius ‘Clasped Hands’ Denarius being offered by Dix, Noonan and Webb
Dix, Noonan and Webb are offering a very rare Carausius ‘Clasped Hands’ Denarius in their December 9th coin auction: Carausius, Argenteus, London, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. clasped hands, 4.19g/6h (cf. RIC 549; cf. Shiel 14-20). Very fine … Continue reading
New London Coins Auction catalogue, auction 131 on 5th and 6th of December
The new London Coins Auction catalogue is out. The catalogue for the auction is up to London Coins Auction usual high standard (with loads of colour photographs), as are the the offerings within. The sale catalogue contains more than 2300 … Continue reading
Posted in Coin Auctions, Coin Collecting
Tagged catalogue, coin, coin collecting, Coins, collecting, London Coins Auction
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An ancient Greek metal detecting find – coin from Thurium or Thurii
This one is still my favourite, and oldest, metal detecting find of all time. A coin minted in Thurium, a Greek city in modern day Italy, in the 4th century BC. The bull charging right is a recurring motif on … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Greek Coins, Coin Collecting, Identifying Metal Detecting Finds, Metal Detecting Finds
Tagged ancient, bull, coin, Coins, detecting, detector, find, greek, metal, Thurii, Thurium
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Interesting British Museum document on the analysis of the Coenwulf Mancus
Analysis of a gold mancus of Coenwulf of Mercia and other comparable coins by Gareth Williams and Michael Cowell [PDF] This very interesting document describes not only the Coenwulf Mancus and the various processes the British Museum used to examine … Continue reading
Posted in Metal Detecting, Metal Detecting Finds, Museums, Portable Antiquities Scheme
Tagged anglo-saxon, British Museum, Coenwulf, coin, Coins, gold, Mancus, penny, silver
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Chris Rudd releases Celtic coin book (at long last!)
At long last – Chris Rudd, one of the worlds foremost experts on British Celtic coins, has released a book, Ancient British Coins, here’s the blurb: “Never before have so many ancient British coins been so easy to identify, so … Continue reading
Photographing metal detecting finds with a cheap digital microscope, Part II
A couple more shots with the cheap, perhaps too cheap, digital microscope. Roman coin of Gallienus:Roman coins picturing mythical creatures are among my favourite finds, so I’m glad this one came out pretty well!Not bad! Now for a hammered silver: … Continue reading
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Tagged cheap, coin, detecting, detector, digital, finds, Gallienus, hammered, metal, microscope, Roman, silver
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Early Anglo-Saxon Coins by Gareth Williams, Shire Archaeology
I recently picked up a copy of Early Anglo-Saxon Coins by Gareth Williams, published by Shire Archaeology. This is one of the ‘new and improved’ Shire Archaeology series, sporting not only the modernized cover design, but a great many photographs … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Books About Coins, Books About Metal Detecting
Tagged anglo-saxon, Anglo-Saxons, archaeology, coin, Coins, detecting, early, Gareth Williams, metal, shire
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London Coins Auction – Saturday 4th – Sunday 5th September 2010
The latest London Coins Auction‘s sale is happening this coming weekend (Saturday 4th – Sunday 5th September 2010). The catalogue for the auction is up to London Coins Auction usual high standard, as are the the offerings within. The sale … Continue reading
Posted in Coin Auctions, Coin Collecting
Tagged Auction, coin, Coins, collecting, highlights, London
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