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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

All types of farthings of Edward I used to be at least scarce. However, this was before detectorists started to dig them up quite regularly

he coin is obviously a foreigner but where, when and for whom was it struck?