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Title: 13/8/12 Finds
Post by: DEADLOCK on August 15, 2012, 03:41:07 PM
Hi all found this Charles hammered coin is 20mm would love to find out mint mark and I think its a half groat  Thanks for looking. Also found these buckles any help on the ID would be great  


Title: Re: 13/8/12 Finds
Post by: Mungo on August 15, 2012, 04:46:00 PM
nice ........might just be a penny ............ 8)poss sun mm.


Title: Re: 13/8/12 Finds
Post by: WeCan-Octavian on August 15, 2012, 04:55:05 PM
Well done son


Title: Re: 13/8/12 Finds
Post by: The Doc on August 15, 2012, 05:10:04 PM
Great finds. Looks like Charles I halfgroat, Spink 2836. Mintmark sun on reverse, and eye over-punched with sun on the obverse. Similar to this:

http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=14542&cat=74 (http://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ukdfddata/showrecords.php?product=14542&cat=74)


Title: Re: 13/8/12 Finds
Post by: The Doc on August 15, 2012, 05:15:05 PM
The buckle is half of a double-loop type, dated 1550-1650, and the last item is a medieval strap-end,13th-14th century.


Title: Re: 13/8/12 Finds
Post by: DEADLOCK on August 15, 2012, 05:20:29 PM
Thank you ever so much Doc


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