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Title: Half cut hammie Post by: N8 on March 10, 2019, 08:49:30 PM Hi all. Went out today with Druids and found this half cut hammie.
Asked a few people and had a look online but i cant i.d. it. Any help is greatly appreciated (http://) (http://) Title: Re: Half cut hammie Post by: jtalbot0001 on March 10, 2019, 08:56:10 PM Very Nice coin! The Doc will ID it I am sure but a quick guess is William I (The Conqueror)!
Title: Re: Half cut hammie Post by: N8 on March 10, 2019, 09:16:22 PM Thanks for the reply jtalbot... fingers crossed
Title: Re: Half cut hammie Post by: probono on March 10, 2019, 11:43:44 PM Looks like him :)
I'm sure with a bit of effort the moneyer and mint can be sorted too, as the cut is along the right direction (you have the end of the mint and the start of the moneyer showing) Title: Re: Half cut hammie Post by: N8 on March 11, 2019, 01:40:50 PM Think I've narrowed it down to;
William I AR penny, two sceptres type, Chichester mint, moneyer Brunman. 1072-1074 AD, 1.24 gr. +PILLLEM REX ANGLO, crowned bust facing, sceptre patté to left, sceptre boutonné to right / BRIINMIIN ON IICC, cross fleury over saltire, annulet in centre. S. 1253; N. 844. BMC Type IV. ;D Title: Re: Half cut hammie Post by: The Doc on March 11, 2019, 02:35:38 PM Great find
You're right with the type (BMC IV, N.844), but I believe the moneyer is Blacsunu and the Mint London. I can see BLA.......LVN. Full inscription would be BLACSVNV ON LVN. Title: Re: Half cut hammie Post by: N8 on March 11, 2019, 02:59:03 PM Thanks for the reply Doc. I bow down to your superior knowledge. :D
Title: Re: Half cut hammie Post by: wittsy1 on March 11, 2019, 04:15:04 PM A lovely Tipsy Hammie, well done to you.
Title: Re: Half cut hammie Post by: Val Beechey on March 11, 2019, 07:12:18 PM Now that’s what you call a great find. Well done N8
Title: Re: Half cut hammie Post by: N8 on March 11, 2019, 09:19:55 PM Thanks guys. I'm well happy with that one
Doc; I've tried looking up blacsunu but can't find alot of info. Do you know roughly what date it might be Thanks Title: Re: Half cut hammie Post by: Greg on March 11, 2019, 10:36:02 PM What a fantastic bit of history.
Title: Re: Half cut hammie Post by: probono on March 12, 2019, 12:05:58 AM In my Copy of North, English Hammered Coinage, the two sceptres type is dated 1074-77 and the moneyer is given as Blagsun - but I've got the 1963 edition, so it's probably changed a bit since then!
Title: Re: Half cut hammie Post by: Dale on March 12, 2019, 07:31:56 PM Nice find, was that off the rally near Thornbury?
Title: Re: Half cut hammie Post by: N8 on March 12, 2019, 07:37:41 PM Yes Dale, found nothing all morning in the main fields then went in the lone field in the afternoon and it was my first decent signal, stayed there all afternoon 😁
Title: Re: Half cut hammie Post by: Dale on March 12, 2019, 07:59:04 PM Nice, I live a few miles away from the dig and detected the area for over 10 years plus my family for over 30 years and that's the earliest hammered iv seen in all that time, rare for the area. well done
Title: Re: Half cut hammie Post by: N8 on March 12, 2019, 08:07:16 PM You've probably heard this before but it was a bit of a 'scratchy' signal, mid 40 on my AT Pro which is thin, very nearly didn't dig it but glad i did, when it came out it was folded up (you can see the line) but a soak in warm water and a gentle press straightned it out nicely
Title: Re: Half cut hammie Post by: The Doc on March 13, 2019, 05:05:36 PM In my Copy of North, English Hammered Coinage, the two sceptres type is dated 1074-77 and the moneyer is given as Blagsun - but I've got the 1963 edition, so it's probably changed a bit since then! In the 1994 North, the moneyer at London is listed as Blacsun. There is also a moneyer Blagsune at Thetford. The Early Medieval Corpus at the Fitzwilliam has it as Blacsunu, with this spelling (as BLACSVNV) illustrated on a coin recorded there: https://emc.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/Emcfullrecord.php?link=1020.1373 I don't know if these are all the same person? |