Friday Update: 1 July 2022

July 1, 2022July 8, 2022 Peter

Editorial

When you have a detecting career that started as a schoolboy and spans several decades it must come as quite a wrench when you decide to part with your collection. A Hertfordshire detectorist is doing just that as Noonans are selling his 34 Iron Age coins.

In readers finds, it is always good when a finder of a item that we have featured in our PAS finds review contacts us for more information and a valuation. Also sent in is a very rare penny of Offa in VF condition. We also have another mystery object for readers to identify; not sure if this one is old or modern but I’m sure a reader will know what it is. If you have any quirky finds, which you already know what it is or would like help to identify, please send them in.

In PAS finds a coin dated to AD900 from modern day Iraq turns up in Yorkshire.

Noonans sell detectorist’s collection of Iron Age coins

A detectorist of over 30 years is selling his collection of Iron Age coins. Noonans have plenty of other detecting finds in their auction including an important portrait penny of Offa and some unusual artefacts.

Valuations and Identifications

Four more readers finds this week. For the rest of this week’s finds see the Front Page

Find of the Week

Penny of offa

The detectorist who unearthed this coin, Tony Quin, asked if I could provide him with a valuation

Runner Up

PAS Finds

A ninth century coin from the Abbasid Caliphate (in modern day Iraq). Does it suggest trade links into Yorkshire? An unusual Irish buckle and a halfpenny of Robert the Bruce are also considered to be Finds of Note of Regional Importance.

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Please help me with next week’s edition. If you’ve been out detecting again or taking the time to go through your collection, please contact me with anything you find of interest or would like me to identify.