CRUSADER
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We had a call to help the Archies today but I was working so it was down to Cru'Dad & Land-Mag to help them out in a short morning hunt. Pictures now uploaded. (up-side-down!).
Cru'dad then went off to finish the Early Saxon Site we started & had perfect drilled & rolled conditions to work with.
Although he got tons of lead it was a very slow area & it wasn't until after about 3 hours gridding that he got a rare type of Sceat.
Early in the hunt he got a medieval thingy that I immediately IDed as our first & very complete Saxon Key;
https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/396106
This key is the latest object, so the site was used from about 500AD-1000AD (ish).
1 Roman Coin
13th C Annular Buckle
Tudor Clothes Fastener
Saxon Key
A Sceat attributed to King Aethelred of Mercia AD674-704, although I'm awaiting an update as there is some debate whether the runic letters are a moneyers name instead.
Great outing Cru'dad.
UPDATE;
This sceat is the 29th one recorded.
''This is an interesting find, which I have recorded.
This is the Runic Æthiliraed type (BMC Type 105) which has that name in two lines of runes as Æthili - raed, with the second line inverted in relation to the first. As you may know, In the 19th century it was suggested that this is a coinage of King Æthelred of Mercia (674-704), which is possible as it can be dated on other grounds to about 700. Alternatively, Æthiliraed might be the name of the moneyer.''
Cru'dad then went off to finish the Early Saxon Site we started & had perfect drilled & rolled conditions to work with.
Although he got tons of lead it was a very slow area & it wasn't until after about 3 hours gridding that he got a rare type of Sceat.
Early in the hunt he got a medieval thingy that I immediately IDed as our first & very complete Saxon Key;
https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/396106
This key is the latest object, so the site was used from about 500AD-1000AD (ish).
1 Roman Coin
13th C Annular Buckle
Tudor Clothes Fastener
Saxon Key
A Sceat attributed to King Aethelred of Mercia AD674-704, although I'm awaiting an update as there is some debate whether the runic letters are a moneyers name instead.
Great outing Cru'dad.
UPDATE;
This sceat is the 29th one recorded.
''This is an interesting find, which I have recorded.
This is the Runic Æthiliraed type (BMC Type 105) which has that name in two lines of runes as Æthili - raed, with the second line inverted in relation to the first. As you may know, In the 19th century it was suggested that this is a coinage of King Æthelred of Mercia (674-704), which is possible as it can be dated on other grounds to about 700. Alternatively, Æthiliraed might be the name of the moneyer.''
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