UK Tour Best Finds and “THE SHORT CROSS HOARD”
What an adventure! The last two weeks digging in the UK with Chris Langston from Metal Detecting Holidays, Brandon Ray Neice (aka DrTones), Rick Lesquier and Nathan Dinning was amazing. Not only did I dig two bucket listers (roman and hammered), I made lifelong friendships….and oh yea, we FOUND A HOARD!
My best 5 finds of the trip were:
#1 - the second King John Short Cross hammered (1199-1216)
#2 - Medieval lead seal matrix (1200s)
#3 - the first King John Short Cross hammered (1199-1216)
#4 - Queen Elizabeth I hammered (1570s approx.)
#5 - Roman Grot (researching)
THE SHORT CROSS HOARD
International Metal Detectorists discover medieval scattered short cross coin hoard at a undisclosed location in North Shropshire!
Finding a hoard is a metal detectorists dream find and everyone involved in the discovery are very happy to have saved 800 years of history!
All 14 coins are short cross silver which date 1180AD to 1247AD and were found by:
Shropshire Finds Liaison officer Peter Reavill is dealing with the recording of the hoard.
When the short-cross penny was introduced in 1180, This style remained more or less unaltered until 1247, which gave both the coinage and the state a sense of stability. The practice of placing the moneyer's name and mint on the reverse continued, though the reduction in the number of mints enabled better quality control to be applied. The Tealby coins bear the obverse inscriptions HENRI REX ANG, HENRI REX AN, HENRI R ANG, HENRI REX, HENRI REX A, or HENRI REX — Henry King of England, or King Henry, while the short-cross pennies are inscribed HENRICUS REX. Short-cross coins were minted at Carlisle, Exeter, Lincoln, London, Northampton, Norwich, Oxford, Wilton, Winchester, Worcester, and York.
What an adventure! The last two weeks digging in the UK with Chris Langston from Metal Detecting Holidays, Brandon Ray Neice (aka DrTones), Rick Lesquier and Nathan Dinning was amazing. Not only did I dig two bucket listers (roman and hammered), I made lifelong friendships….and oh yea, we FOUND A HOARD!
My best 5 finds of the trip were:
#1 - the second King John Short Cross hammered (1199-1216)
#2 - Medieval lead seal matrix (1200s)
#3 - the first King John Short Cross hammered (1199-1216)
#4 - Queen Elizabeth I hammered (1570s approx.)
#5 - Roman Grot (researching)
THE SHORT CROSS HOARD
International Metal Detectorists discover medieval scattered short cross coin hoard at a undisclosed location in North Shropshire!
Finding a hoard is a metal detectorists dream find and everyone involved in the discovery are very happy to have saved 800 years of history!
All 14 coins are short cross silver which date 1180AD to 1247AD and were found by:
- Carlotta Brandenburg
- Jocelyn Elizabeth
- Beau Ouimette
- Tim Saylor
- Brandon Ray Neice
- Ken Cunliffe
- Chris Langston
Shropshire Finds Liaison officer Peter Reavill is dealing with the recording of the hoard.
When the short-cross penny was introduced in 1180, This style remained more or less unaltered until 1247, which gave both the coinage and the state a sense of stability. The practice of placing the moneyer's name and mint on the reverse continued, though the reduction in the number of mints enabled better quality control to be applied. The Tealby coins bear the obverse inscriptions HENRI REX ANG, HENRI REX AN, HENRI R ANG, HENRI REX, HENRI REX A, or HENRI REX — Henry King of England, or King Henry, while the short-cross pennies are inscribed HENRICUS REX. Short-cross coins were minted at Carlisle, Exeter, Lincoln, London, Northampton, Norwich, Oxford, Wilton, Winchester, Worcester, and York.
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. In the group picture of the hoard, the centre right coin looks Irish. There looks to be a triangle on it. Robert.
