Friday Update: 10 February 2023

February 10, 2023February 17, 2023 Paul

Editorial

It’s strange how little coincidences pop up some weeks. This week we have two exceptional coins from the same period in English vying for Find of the Week; a possibly unique penny of Offa of Mercia and an exceptional penny of Cuthred of Kent, who began his reign just two years after Offa died. We’ve seven other readers’ finds, a few are somewhat unusual and one that I’ve never seen before as a detecting find.

The other coincidence is that “Rother” crops up twice. In PAS finds is the story behind a 17th century token from a pub in Rotherhithe and another report from the Rother district of East Sussex. This is a good news story of another hoard, found by a detectorist, going on display in his local museum.

Catsfield hoard goes on display

A Bronze Age hoard found by detectorist Paul Crone goes on public display thanks to collaboration between him, his local Heritage Protection Officer and FLO and his local museum.

Photo: Rother Police

Identification and Valuations

Six more readers finds this week. Thanks to all those who have sent them in

Find of the Week

Penny of Cuthred

Unearthed recently by Peter Cross, who wanted to know what it might be worth

Runner Up

PAS Finds – Rotherhithe

A farthing token from a 17th century pub in a district of London with two names, with a connection to Lilliput.

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