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mickycoin "mick"
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« on: March 19, 2010, 04:31:54 PM »
hi found this last year on weekend wanderers rally nice little weight hope you like it micky coin mick Grin Grin
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« Reply #1 on: March 19, 2010, 04:37:51 PM »
Thats a really nice artifact Mick....very good indeed...well found....PaulB. Cool
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« Reply #2 on: March 19, 2010, 04:51:42 PM »
that is a lovely coin weight ,great stuff MICK.iv only ever found 1 coin weight that was last year on  D.W.rally had it for a few Min's NEIL took a photo i walked away and lost it i was gutted Cry Cry
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« Reply #3 on: March 19, 2010, 05:04:54 PM »
hi kev , hope this wasnt yours as it was a surface find and the same rally, found this in the friday field ,on the friday?? lost a 1600 token same as you there one minuite gone the next  thanks for the reply anyway  mickycoin mick Grin Grin
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« Reply #4 on: March 19, 2010, 05:28:50 PM »
Thats a beauty Mick. I got a feeling the raised had is a protestant symbol. Its till used in Northern Ireland by the protestant factions in political flags, etc. Glasgow Rangers fans often put it on a Union Jack known as the red hand of Ulster. Why they bother is beyond me.

Don't know if that helps at all.

Nice find mate
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« Reply #5 on: March 19, 2010, 06:10:39 PM »
Great find. Sorry to crush your theory Neil, but the hand symbol indicates it was made in Antwerp. It's a weight for the french Ecu au Soleil, or Zonnekroon in Dutch if you prefer).

The ecu au soleil was struck between 1475 and 1654.
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« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2010, 06:19:13 PM »
hi micky

Superb find Grin cracking condition, it may be a coin weight for the french gold coin ,ecu au soleil, sun in shield 1475 ,made in antwerp - an antwerp hand coin weight  .theres a good list of coin weights on the colchester metal detecting  web site and the uk finds data base .Its a  museum quality find in rare  superb condition -well done

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« Reply #7 on: March 19, 2010, 06:27:58 PM »
thanks peter for another great id, thanks also sandpiper for the other info, last but not least, neil i could see where you were coming from mickycoin mick Grin Grin
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« Reply #8 on: March 19, 2010, 08:03:54 PM »
thats a lovely find well done
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« Reply #9 on: March 19, 2010, 11:05:57 PM »
Hey Mick nice to see that beauty again and the I.D by peterh was spot on from the FLO's on site i believe. I've added it to our database, hope you dont mind.
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« Reply #10 on: March 20, 2010, 09:36:10 AM »
i have posted this one before, but i felt it useful if others were to see it alongside the original post. i'm awaiting a full ID from the FLO at our next meeting, but it is likely to a roman weight for a gold aureus.

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« Reply #11 on: March 20, 2010, 11:18:14 AM »
mick,a great find and its in cracking condition,it looks better every time you look at it.viv
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« Reply #12 on: March 22, 2010, 02:23:48 PM »
great find Alan, nice weight, thanks for the reply viv, and yes kev sorry "zorro" hope i havent unmasked you Roll Eyes put on anything you think  will be of interest, that i post  mickycoin  mick Grin Grin
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« Reply #13 on: March 22, 2010, 02:54:37 PM »
Thats a very nice coin weight mick well done good condition to  Cool Cool Cool
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« Reply #14 on: March 22, 2010, 05:59:48 PM »
I found an Antwerp coin weight a couple of years ago.Near Leominster in Herefordshire. Here are some pics
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