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It’s a sovereign type penny of Henry VIII, of which there are many varieties.

It’s a sovereign type penny of Henry VIII, of which there are many varieties.

It’s an Anglo-Saxon silver sceatta, which was struck during the secondary phase starting circa 710 AD and ending circa 760 AD.

The obverse is a distinctive and unusual type, which would make it appeal to collectors. It is also very rare, which is an added bonus point.

Having a series BX obverse die combined with a reverse of series BI makes this sceatta rather unusual

The coin is a voided short cross penny of John, which is an example of class Vc.

Halfpennies of Henry IV used to be extremely rare but over recent decades detectorists have managed to find quite a high number of examples

Colin Smith sent in the images of this peculiar looking hammered silver coin

Damon’s find is a voided long cross coin of Henry III. The obverse has characteristics that mark it out as belonging to class III.

The finder of the coin featured here goes by the Twitter name of ‘The Mental Detectorist’