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Title: Saxon coin any ideas ? Post by: Dylan on March 27, 2017, 07:07:03 PM I found my first ever cut-quarter last weekend and I was over the moon. When I got home and cleaned it off I was doubly pleased as it turned out to be Saxon another first for me! BUT, despite having looked through lots of images on the internet and having shown it to a couple of friends who know vastly more about hammered coins than I do, I (we) still havent managed to identify it yet. Any help in identifying it would be much appreciated.
Title: Re: Saxon coin any ideas ? Post by: The Doc on March 27, 2017, 07:42:41 PM Great find, well done.
Edward the Confessor Radiate/Small Cross type (Spink 1173) Moneyer is Godwine, but moneyers of that name worked at many different mints during this reign. Title: Re: Saxon coin any ideas ? Post by: Dylan on March 27, 2017, 07:48:07 PM Brilliant! Thanks very much for that. I had got as far as Godwine but after that I was stumped!
Title: Re: Saxon coin any ideas ? Post by: handyman [Alan} on March 29, 2017, 06:23:43 AM excellent find there Dylan and a super ID Doc.
well done guys, Title: Re: Saxon coin any ideas ? Post by: dingdong on March 29, 2017, 03:17:50 PM Congratulations Dylan,a really great historical find..Well detected and saved..👍
Title: Re: Saxon coin any ideas ? Post by: Dylan on March 29, 2017, 05:04:39 PM Thanks 'Handyman' and dingdong. I just need to find the other 3 bits now ;D
Title: Re: Saxon coin any ideas ? Post by: ian the nomad on March 29, 2017, 08:02:05 PM what a great find thanks for sharing it.
Title: Re: Saxon coin any ideas ? Post by: probono on April 04, 2017, 10:48:06 PM Very unusual to see a cut quarter saxon - that must make your week :)
Title: Re: Saxon coin any ideas ? Post by: Dylan on April 05, 2017, 07:15:15 AM Not just my week but probably my detecting career - I think it ranks amongst my top finds and I have had some very nice finds over the years. As well as being an unusual find It was in such a nice condition compared to many of the other hammereds I have found, probably due to the fact that the soil in the field in which it was found was almost like sand and had virtually no stones in it. Unfortunately I can't just go back and search the area again as I found it on a club dig so and will have to wait until the club has another trip organised there :'(
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