Friday Update: 12 August 2022

August 12, 2022 Peter

Editorial

Curiously we’ve got a few bent coins this week. They may all have been bent for different reasons. The unusual pendant formed from a St Edmund memorial penny neatly illustrates the Vikings transition from being pagan killers of a saintly king to wanting to advertise their conversion to Christianity.

Andrew Thompson sent in his S-shaped quarter guinea and in PAS finds is a really unusual William III sixpence shaped into a triangle, or is it a heart?

Mike Ruczynski sent in an Anglo-Saxon pyramidal mount which he found some 25 years ago. Not as rare as they used to be but still a great find.

News

St Edmund memorial penny pendant and other finds declared treasure

A St Edmunds memorial penny has been bent and pierced to form an unusual pendant, believed to be worn by a Viking who had converted to Christianity. This and a couple of other Viking finds were declared to be treasure this week.

Valuations and Identifications

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

Find of the Week

Anglo-Saxon pyramidal mount

Mike Ruczynski sent in this mount which he found 25 years ago. Back then they were quite rare but what is it worth now?

Runner Up

PAS Finds

Why has this William III sixpence been bent into the shape of a triangle. Plus a figurine of Mercury that looks like it could be Roman, but is it? Plus a “Stuart enamel” style harness fitting.

Previous Website Updates

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