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This sceatta is an example of series W, which is listed in the Standard Catalogue as number 787 and is very rare.

Quarter staters of this type were imported into Britain from Gallia Belgica and are usually listed in English referenc

After examining the coin the finder’s son thought it was a product of the Oxford mint but someone had identified the mint as York.

This coin is a very recent find, which surfaced on 18 August after being in the soil for hundreds of years

Here is an Anglo-Saxon period silver sceatta, It was unearthed by Richard Lyon, who asked for further details and a valuation.

Tom Burton asked me to provide a full ID and a valuation on this early milled silver coin of William III

There is a weak area on both sides but the coin is otherwise in near VF condition and is nicely toned

Peter Vernon sent in the images of this coin, which was found by a detecting colleague. It displayed a number of anomalies so Peter had difficulty pinning it down.

The coin is a York penny of Richard II, which was struck from local dies. This means that the dies were made in York rather than being sent there from London.

alf sovereign of George V.