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« Reply #15 on: October 31, 2013, 06:13:12 PM »
it's not Bedford mint , Taf, but I'm struggling to work out what it does actually say (I can read COEN on the reverse, but not much beyond that) - Saxon hammered isn't my forte Sad

I'm definitely detecting in the wrong part of South Wales Smiley Mike already had the saxon on the  farm! - it was an Aethlered penny (can't remember the mint, but it is in Anglo-Saxon coin finds by Metcalf).

Wasn't there a hoard of anglo-saxon - early norman pennies found fairly recently in Abergavenny?
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« Reply #16 on: October 31, 2013, 06:16:12 PM »
ah  I remember it well , aethelred penny lydford mint moneyer was bruna  Smiley Smiley Smiley
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« Reply #17 on: October 31, 2013, 06:18:52 PM »
Quote from: Mike on October 31, 2013, 06:16:12 PM
ah  I remember it well , aethelred penny lydford mint moneyer was bruna  Smiley Smiley Smiley

you'll have to see if you can get a photo from Besley of it Smiley
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« Reply #18 on: October 31, 2013, 06:23:55 PM »
wicked find ...what part of s.wales?
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« Reply #19 on: October 31, 2013, 06:55:56 PM »
Quote from: hammerd on October 31, 2013, 09:00:16 AM
found this coin yesturday in sunny south wales Roll Eyes ::)edward the confessor, and its my first ever piece of saxon anymore info on it would be welcom cheers
Top quality coin mate, well done Wink Wink
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« Reply #20 on: October 31, 2013, 08:05:16 PM »
Well found - a fascinating coin.

The reverse legend is completely blundered, which is why a mint or moneyer cannot be identified.

But - there is a parallel already known, on the Early Medieval Corpus, as shown below, and the findspot for that one was the Vale of Glamorgan. Links for the EMC don't work, so I've done screen grabs of the coin on the EMC.

If you can get this coin to Ed Besly for an opinion I'm sure he will be very interested.

* EMC 2007.0082.JPG (111.97 KB, 946x532 - viewed 360 times.)

* edcon big.JPG (36.75 KB, 430x462 - viewed 344 times.)
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« Reply #21 on: October 31, 2013, 08:07:22 PM »
thats a top find for s.wales my friend..wwoowww !!
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« Reply #22 on: October 31, 2013, 08:31:18 PM »
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« Reply #23 on: November 01, 2013, 09:09:43 AM »
Cheers doc went down museum yesturday but he works 3 day week so sent him email and pics will pass it on to them asap
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« Reply #24 on: November 01, 2013, 06:06:00 PM »
That's almost the spit of the new coin - very interesting!
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« Reply #25 on: November 01, 2013, 06:09:03 PM »
An absolutely beautiful coin. Well done.
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« Reply #26 on: November 02, 2013, 02:59:07 PM »
stunning find whatever part of the country it came from, bonus its from South Wales.
Congratulations buddy
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« Reply #27 on: November 02, 2013, 07:44:01 PM »
Cor !. what will you find next,lovely coin in ex condition. Smiley Smiley
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« Reply #28 on: November 04, 2013, 06:48:50 PM »
Beautiful coins...Its a pity they are so rare to find, imo they knock socks off most hammered coins. thanks for posting people Smiley
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« Reply #29 on: November 07, 2013, 01:59:50 PM »
Hers a write up I had of the searcher about the coin... The general style of the coin is good. However, it displays a number of anomalies. Firstly, the king's name on the obverse reads EDPArDI; second, PACX in the angles of the reverse reads in the wrong direction;third, the reverse legend reads GIDI COE NEE N (the last letter followed by two square Cs or a fancy cross) and this doesn't make sense in any direction. I'm now definitely of the opinion that this is a contemporary imitation; it is probably but not necessarily Scandinavian, as there is a chance that it could have been made somewhere in Europe. Copies are known of PACX type pennies of Edward the Confessor but I haven't traced one that matches your coin. It's a pity it has been pierced but it is still a nice looking coin. And, of course, it is a great rare find
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