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Tag Archives: Coins
Some Roman coins of the usurper Allectus
Flatbed scanning and image manipulation technology have come a long way since 1997 when I first made Coins of the Romans Relating to Britain By John Y. Akerman, 1836, available for free on the internet! (See some of my earlier … Continue reading
Posted in Identifying Metal Detecting Finds, Metal Detecting Finds, Roman Coins
Tagged Allectus, Carausius, Coins, detecting, detector, from, Frome Hoard, hoard, Identifying Metal Detecting Finds, metal, metal detecting, metal detecting find, metal detecting finds, metal detector, Roman, usurper
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Celtic gold coins found whilst volunteering for an archaeological unit
Celtic gold stater (right) and quarter stater (left) of Tasciovanus, king of the Catuvellauni tribe (from around 20BC until around 9AD) and father of Cunobelin, that I found whilst volunteering for an archaeological unit. Equipment used was a Compass Coin … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Celtic Coins, Metal Detecting Finds
Tagged archaeological, Celtic, Coins, detecting, detector, finds, gold, metal, metal detecting, metal detecting find, metal detector, quarter, stater, Tasciovanus, unit, volunteering
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Dallinghoo/Wickham Market Hoard – metal detecting find fund-raising
Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service have apparently begun a fund raising effort to secure the Dallinghoo/Wickham Market Hoard of 840 Iron Age gold staters found by two metal detectorists in 2008. The Dallinghoo/Wickham Market Hoard is one of the largest … Continue reading
Posted in Metal Detecting Finds, Metal Detecting Hoard Finds, Treasure Act of 1996
Tagged Coins, Colchester and Ipswich Museum Service, Dallinghoo, detecting, detector, fund-raising, gold, hoard, Ipswich Museum, Iron Age, metal detecting, metal detecting find, metal detector, staters, Wickham Market
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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
Blaydon metal detecting club member discovers a hoard of roman silver coins
Blaydon metal detecting club member discovers a hoard of roman silver coins.
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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Cartwheel Twopence Coins, Cartwheel Penny Craziness
Probably my favourite Georgian coins, the Cartwheel pennies are a currency experiment that didn’t quite go as planned. They were created by Matthew Boulton at the Soho Mint in Handsworth, Birmingham in 1797. Eight of these cartwheel twopence coins, laid … Continue reading
Posted in Coin Collecting, Identifying Metal Detecting Finds, Metal Detecting Finds
Tagged 1797, Admiral Gardener, Cartwheel, cartwheel penny, cartwheel two pence, Coins, Dutch East India Company, George III, goodwin sands, Handsworth, Matthew Boulton, shipwreck, Soho mint, Token, tuppence, two pence, Twopence, VOC, wreck
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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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Frome Hoard Fundraising – The 1st of February 2011 deadline draws closer
Somerset Museum in Taunton has until February 1, 2011 to raise the £320,250 purchase price of the Frome Hoard. On top of the purchase price, money also needs to be raised to cover the ongoing costs of conserving the 52,503 … Continue reading
Book on the Frome Hoard to be Released on October 11
The British Museum is releasing a book on the Frome Hoard! Found in April 2010 by metal detectorist Dave Crisp, the Frome Hoard consisted of a very large roman pot filled to the brim with 52,503 Roman coins. The coins … Continue reading
Posted in Books About Metal Detecting, Metal Detecting, Metal Detecting Finds, Metal Detecting Hoard Finds, Roman Coins
Tagged book, british, Carausius, Coins, crisp, dave, detecting, detector, finds, Frome, Frome Hoard, hoard, museum, new, press, Roman
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First photographs of the new Frome hoard display
http://www.flickr.com/photos/finds/sets/72157624836220901/ Coins from the Frome hoard go on display at the British Museum! With thanks to portableant who posted the link via Twitter.
Earliest Known Sighting of Halley’s Comet – Comets and Meteors on Ancient Greek and Roman Coins
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-11255168 It seems the ancient greeks spotted Halley’s comet in 466BC. This got me thinking about ancient greek and roman coins that depict comets or meteorites (or at least appear to depict a comet or meteorite). There are more than … Continue reading
Posted in Ancient Greek Coins, Coin Collecting, Roman Coins
Tagged ancient, Coins, comet, greek, halleys, meteor, meteorite, Roman, Tigranes the Great
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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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