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Damian’s find is a halfgroat of James I, which was struck during the first coinage of this king, who gained the throne of England in 1603 after the death of Elizabeth I.

I’ve heard it said that tokens, especially those dating from the 17th century, bring us even closer to the lowest section of society, for it was members of that group more than any other who actually used tokens

It’s an Anglo-Saxon silver sceatta and a rather nice example of the type with good surfaces.

This is the first from a small group of finds that came in from Damian Mcgovern. It’s a small hammered silver halfgroat of Charles I.

Joe Pearson said that this coin was unearthed during a club dig held in East Yorkshire

It’s a groat of Mary, examples of which turn up very regularly as detecting finds.

This coin measures only 11mm in diameter but is shown greatly enlarged. It was found by Chris Mcloughlin, who had already identified it as a halfpenny of Elizabeth I.

Mike’s find is a billon follis of Maximinus II, which was struck when he was Caesar under Galerius Maximian (AD 303-10). On the obverse the legend reads GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB C around the laureate, draped and cuirassed but of Maximinus. On the reverse is the standing figure of Genius, who holds and patera and a cornucopia, and the legend reads GENEO POP ROM. Directly below Genius are the mint letters for London (PLN). This type of follis was issued in AD 307 and in volume IV of Roman Coins and Their Values it is listed as number 14732.

This Roman coin was unearthed by Stephen Corner on 24 October.

One of the artefacts found most frequently by detectorists are buckles. The majority are post-medieval in date but earlier examples