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It’s an Ancient British silver unit, which was unearthed on 19 September 2021.

The coin is Roman, made of billon (very base silver) and the denomination is sometimes described as a centenionalis,

The Ancient British stater featured here was unearthed by Brian Mansfield and it has been recorded on the Celtic Coin Index.

The handle from a small knife is shown here;

The coin is a London halfgroat of Edward III. It was struck during series E of the fourth coinage of the pre treaty period.

John Lashmar asked if I could identify and place a value of this hammered silver coin, which is a halfpenny of Henry VI.

It is a hammered silver penny and the quatrefoil in the centre of the reverse is put there to signify that it was struck for the profit of the Archbishop of York.

This very nice denarius of Carausius was unearthed by Lee Richardson during August of this year

It is interesting to note that a high proportion of the pennies of Edward IV found in England were struck in Ireland.

Coins of this type must have been struck in very large numbers, for they turn up more frequently than any of the other groats of Henry VI.