Friday Update – 29 January 2021

January 29, 2021 Peter

Editorial

Some strong results from the CNG Triton XXIV this week. Taken together with the prices achieved last week for the Oliver Cromwell Broad and Henry II gold penny, indicate that the coin market remains strong, particularly at the top end.

Whilst we’re still in lockdown and can’t go out detecting, why not have a look through your collection and pick out a few interesting items and send in some photographs to me.

Articles

Largest hoard of hammered gold coins ever found

The story of the find and the consequences for some of the finders that lied about what they had found

Valuations and Identifications

In this week’s edition there are 8 new valuations including my Find of the Week and Runner Up.

Find of the Week

Anne Guinea

Have you ever found an early milled guinea as nice as this?

Runner Up

Aldfrith sceatta.

Less rare now thanks to the work of detectorists

Finds with a story

William III Shilling

Can you help solve the mystery of this coin?

Auction Results

Some important and rare coins were auctioned this week with some strong price being achieved. This indicates that the market for coins at the moment is good, particularly at the top end.

CNG- Triton XXIV

Brutus, Aureus sells for £205,100

Auction Preview

DNW, Coins and Historical Medals

Auction on 2 February includes this Beornwulf Penny

Quick Quiz

Each week I will be publishing a Quick Quiz of typically 6 or 8 questions on a particular theme. You will receive an immediate score and explanation of the answers and so hopefully, these will be both fun and informative.