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John Lashmar is the finder of this Edward I Irish halfpenny

It’s not unusual for Irish hammered silver coins to be found in England. They shifted from the country they were

This is another coin from the collection of detecting finds built up by John Lashmar. It’s a voided short cross penny of King John.

Colin Pearson is the finder of this coin, which is a voided long cross silver penny of Henry III

The Elizabeth I sixpence pictured here was unearthed by Mike Ruczynski, who asked for a valuation on his find.

This coin came in from Tom Burton, who had identified it as an Anglo-Saxon silver sceatta. It measures 12mm in

At first sight this find looks like an early Anglo-Saxon cut halfpenny. Tom Burton believed it to be a coin of Offa but said he wasn’t 100% certain.

This denarius is a coin of Augustus, who was originally known as Octavian and was the great-nephew of Julius Caesar

This one is a medieval buckle of a type that is usually dated to circa 1250-1400

Chris Mcloughlin said he unearthed this coin when he was detecting in Cornwall