🥇 BANNER FIND OF MY LIFETIME!!! - UPDATE FROM LEADING EXPERT...

CRUSADER

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This type of coin has been on the top of my wish list for 25 years or more. Now I have one.

It came from a pasture field which was hayed about a week ago. I have had no other Celtic items other than this off this field. Although we have noticed the soil is a good quality & less clay than the surrounding area.

This coin was most likely placed in the soil during a ritual to bless the land for good crops.

This coin was only 2inches deep (the field was ploughed about 10 years ago).

When I first dug it & I saw its edge, I thought 'wow a gold button!'. When I realised what it was & showed Dad there was much shouting & arm waving, so much so the farmer & his wife came out to have a look :D

Its a CELTIC GOLD STATER;

Ruler - CUNOBELIN

Minted about 20AD


Value - £500 ($1000)

To say I'm happy with this coin would be an understatement.

I am currently getting advice from the leading expert as it seems to be an unusual variant! (I will update later)

UPDATE (21/07/08)


This is what the Leading UK Expert said:

Congratulations! You must be delighted with this, and quite rightly so. I do like these wild type staters, partly because the horse looks so bizarre, and this is a good example of that.

As you say it’s VA 1933, of which there are 30 at
http://www.finds.org.uk/CCI/images-lister.php?&VA_type=1933.01
and another 45 at
http://www.finds.org.uk/CCI/images-lister.php?&VA_type=1933.03

I can’t remember offhand how VA separates these two varieties – something about the size of the little star on the reverse? I suspect this is not a very good way of separating them out, but no matter. I had a quick look for die-links, and there is at least one coin from the same pair of dies:

http://www.finds.org.uk/CCI/largeview.php?coin_num=97.1593

The obverse is quite recognizable because of the flaw on the second leaf up on the right, next to the M of CAMV. There’s another example of that obverse die here (which is listed as VA 1933.01, not 1933.03):

http://www.finds.org.uk/CCI/largeview.php?coin_num=67.0167

The reverse too is quite distinctive, with the ringed pellet very far over to the left below the horse. Again there may well be others from this die. In terms of date, Cunobelin’s wild type is usually placed somewhere in the middle of his reign, say c. 20 AD, so I guess your coin is coming up to its 2000th birthday!



THEREFORE ITS ONE OF ABOUT 76 RECORDED.

Quote from a leading dealer;
Retail; £550-600
He would buy for £400-450

Not that I would sell it, but I will give the farmer £200 to keep it.
 

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BuckleBoy

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Re: FIND OF MY LIFETIME!!!

Holy Cow! Persistence PAYS, Crusader--and you are the embodiment of it.

I am SO thrilled for you over this coin. I'll go out and have a toast in your honor with the Iron Brigade tonight. :thumbsup: An Incredible find--and especially that it is a solid coin--and a beautiful example as well.


I have a hunch I'll be dreaming about your find for weeks.



Cheers,



Buckleboy
 

desertfox

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Re: FIND OF MY LIFETIME!!!

:thumbsup: Once again a BIG Congrats is in order! There is just no keeping up with you Big "C". Great find for a great guy!

Happy Hunting

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weasel606

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Re: FIND OF MY LIFETIME!!!

man what an AWESOME FIND CRUSADER :headbang: congrats on the amazing find and the Banner :thumbsup: :o
 

vpone

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Re: FIND OF MY LIFETIME!!!

wow - all i can say is wow - congrats, very happy for you !!!!!

take care

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gemee

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Re: FIND OF MY LIFETIME!!!

WOW! Just to touch that coin and to speculate what it has seen and heard. That's the "romantic" in me. If it is dated 20 AD and AD actually stands for the Latin phrase "anno domini" which means "in the year of our Lord," then this coin could of been around the same time Jesus walked the earth. Astounding!
Congrats on the find of a lifetime.
 

bookfisher

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Re: FIND OF MY LIFETIME!!!

I agree with Don. If anyone deserves to find a coin like that, it's you! You're one of the most dedicated and hardest working detectorists on this site. Simply an incredible find and a memory you'll cherish forever. Congrats!
 

DANGLANGLEY

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Re: FIND OF MY LIFETIME!!!

You sure know how to make us drool over here. That is one well deserved beauty you found. WOW!!!

Congratulations on that great find. Thank you for sharing the story and pics.

DANGLANGLEY
 

Nana40

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Re: FIND OF MY LIFETIME!!!

:o WAY TO GO, CRU! :o STUNNING FIND!!!!! :o

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Re: FIND OF MY LIFETIME!!!

A-MAZE-ING!

HH
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Mainedigger

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I'm speechless...CONGRATS!!! :thumbsup:
 

RELICDUDE07

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:o Thats about as good as it can get .It just shows that hard work pays off.......GREAT FIND :thumbsup:
 

Michiganne

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Re: FIND OF MY LIFETIME!!!

Congrats on your find-of-a-lifetime, Crusader! :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

A well deserved Banner spot, too.

HH
 

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