Finds From the Last few months, including gold!!!

[James]

  Here are mine and my fathers finds from the last few months, my father had a very nice Lizzy threepence and a gold and silver mizpah brooch. also a guinea token and a worked flint and half a spur.  i had a few silvers, a silver cane top, a harness mount? a prince of Wales token and last but not least a gold stater of anted (dobunni)  any information will be great on the finds  

[James]

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[James]

and finally!!!!! 

[Neil]

Some cracking finds mate - you kept that stater quiet!

I saw Dave on Sunday, but never got round to speaking to him - I think he went to different fields to me.

You going to Wednesdays meeting?

Cheers
Neil

[James]

yea i have had some problems with my pc it wouldnt let me connect to the net and when it did it disconnected soon after   seems like its stopped doing it now i got a new router, yes should be there mate   we need to catch up and get out sometime 

[Tafflaff (Rob)]

STONKING !!!


Well done fella , cracking finds there. Absolutely love the stater!

[James]

lol thanks Taff, still cant believe I found one!!!  good old reliable spectrum

[Tafflaff (Rob)]

Bit of information here James , sure you already know it.

The Iceni minted their coins from about  50 BC until the Roman conquest in 43 AD. These were usually silver coins with a patterned face on one side (obverse), with a horse on the reverse. The Icenian hoard of coins found at Eriswell in Suffolk also included a number of clay moulds which the Iceni used to mint their coins. Several of the coins found have legends such as ECE, ED, EDN and ‘ECEN’ (possibly the tribal name, or a personal name, or perhaps these were the names of mint sites), and also ‘ANTED’ believed to be an abbreviation of (king) Antedios ruler of the Iceni AD 25 - 48. Other coins bearing legends such as "CAN DURO", “AESU”, and “SAENU”  are thought to be names of local tribal leaders or chieftains, (e.g. Icenian aristocrats and possible rivals to the throne) or perhaps relatives of either Prasutagus or Boudica. However, the name of ‘Boudica’ (or its abbreviated form), has never been found on Icenian coinage to date. Also in the coin hoard collection are coins produced by Roman Emperors such as; Caligula (AD 37 – 41) and Nero (AD 54 – 68). These Roman coins have enabled the burial of the hoard to be dated to AD 55. Recent discoveries of coins appear to bear the legend Esuprastus, could this be the same ruler we know as Prasutagus, 'Prasto', or perhaps another previously unknown king. It is possible Roman historian Tacitus made an error when recording the name of the Iceni client-king of Rome.

I can cut n paste with the best of them 

[James]

cheers for that taff 

[Kev]

great finds James yours and your dads well done to you both hope to catch up to the two of you some time 

[The Doc]

Great finds James and the stater is superb. I thought you were taking an enforced break from detecting - you have been keeping very quiet!

[geordiefred]

Well done guys great finds & an excellent gold stater

[James]

yes peter i haven't been out now for about 3 months!  would love to get out but I've been really busy trying to get some work, but not much luck my dad gets out now and again. I think he went to the rally on Sunday, I was away down the Gower for the weekend it was a nice break. If I get home from my sisters later ill see you at the meeting. ill bring along the stater for people to take a look at. 

[Romansue]

  Lovely stater James ! Finding one of those with a horse on it  or a roman animal/bird brooch would be my dream finds !