Friday Update: 4 March 2022

March 4, 2022 Peter

Editorial

Three rare recent detecting finds come up for auction this week; a gold thrysma, an Edward VI Irish shilling and, the star of the show, an Edward III gold “leopard” which is estimated at £100,000 – £140,000 but could sell for a lot more.

The find of the week is a continental copy of an English coin; unusual because it is a short cross penny. PAS finds include a Viking sword, found in a river bank.

In the news, there’s the story of how the only surviving artefact from a War of the Roses battle has been tracked down; it helps to confirm how the battle was fought. Plus, The Treasure Registrars thank two detectorists for donating their finds to their local museums.

Valuations and Identifications

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

Find of the Week

Continental copy of king John penny

Continental copy of a penny of king John

At first sight, and even second sight, this find is an English voided short cross penny.

Runner Up

Denarius of Vespasian

On the obverse is a very impressive laureate head of Vespasian

News

2nd oldest cannonball

This War of the Roses cannonball was found in 2015, went missing and has now been rediscovered

Treasure finds donated

Two treasure finds are donated to local museums: this medieval ring and an unusual pilgrim’s souvenir

Auction News

Auction preview

DNW Coins and Tokens

Three rare detecting finds for sale including this “leopard” which is expected to fetch more than £100,000

Auction results

DNW Irish Coins and Tokens

Results of DNW’s Irish auction with some good prices achieved.

PAS

Viking sword, De Grey family seal matrix, silver bodkin, Bronze Age chisel and medieval lion shaped candle holder

Previous Website Updates

You can find all previous website updates in News

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