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This hammered silver coin of Elizabeth I was sent in by John Hill

John Hill asked if I could identify and place a value on this coin, which is a silver penny of

This recent find came in from Mike Ruczynski. It’s a Roman denarius of Trajan, whose dates are AD 98 to 117.

Roger Paul said he doesn’t unearth many Roman denarii so the example pictured here was a welcome find.

I’m now old enough to remember when a coin like this could be bought for 5 shillings (25p).

The coin is a halfcrown of Edward VII. I’ve seen a few silver coins of this reign as detecting finds but this one is rather special

He asked if I could identify this find

mages of Roman emperors appear on their denarii but so too do portraits of many of their wives

It’s a gold stater, which has imagery on the reverse but the obverse is blank.

The finder of this copper-alloy seal matrix asked to remain anonymous. The imagery in the centre is complicated and difficult