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Roger Paul said this coin is his first decent find of the new season

Tom Burton thought this find was an Anglo-Saxon sceatta but wasn’t 100% certain. Therefore, he asked me to provide a full ID and let him know what it could be worth.

Though not particularly rare, the plumed bird variety is scarcer than most of the other sceattas of series E.

This coin turned up during a detecting session on 2 September. The finder, Richard Wells, asked for a valuation in order to come to an agreement with a landowner.

Halfpennies of this type started to be struck during the reign of Edward II and their issue continued into the reign of Edward III

The finder of this coin asked to remain anonymous. It’s a gold sovereign of George III, which was unearthed some

It’s a London penny of Edward I and Richard had already identified it as belonging to class VIIA or VIIB. However, he wanted to know if I could tell him anything more about it.

The coin is a decent looking London penny of Edward I.

This is the second coin that John Garner sent in. It’s another hammered silver penny but this one dates from