Friday Update: 24 June 2022

June 24, 2022 Peter

Editorial

We all dream of finding a hammered gold coin; this week Tom Richards sent in a very good example of a noble of Edward III. Mor gold in the form of a guinea of George III. An extremely rare penny of William I was also sent in; is it genuine?

A vervel with a hedgehog symbol caught my eye while looking through recent PAS finds. Some research took me to the “Land of the Hedgehogs” – I’d not heard of such a place in England.

In PAS finds there are several finds of note including a regionally important roman cockerel figurine; the story of the link with the god Mercury and why people were buried with their head resting on the corpse of a real bird.

Vervel from the “Land of the Hedgehogs”

This vervel was recorded at the PAS a couple of weeks ago. To find the owner we need to take a trip to the “Land of the Hedgehogs”.

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

London noble of Edward III

No obvious defects show up on this noble found by Tom Richards

Runner Up

PAS Finds

A roman figurine; the cockerel was closely associated with the god Mercury but what was the purpose as this Regionally Important find. Plus a unusually shaped seal matric and a extremely rare penny of Harold I.

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