CRUSADER
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4 hour solo hunt, although Cru'Dad sat on a chair & help log the coins whilst they bailed up the straw around us. The harvest is early this year & they are even taking in the oilseed rape!
We were lucky that the earliest Barley to come in, just happened to be one of our many Roman Sites. I wasn't expecting much because we covered it last year whilst drilled & rolled.
Happy enough with the end result;
Crotal Bell
17th C Pot Leg
6 Roman Coins - 1 imitation Constantine I, its by far the most convincing one I have ever seen. I argued with Cru'dad for awhile thinking it was way to good. After some research we are now both convinced & the British Museum will confirm in time. The biggest clue is the blundered Obv & Rev Legends.
1708 Sixpence only my 2nd ever of Queen Anne. This being far better than the near smooth love token. I thought I may need it for my brought collection as its a fairly high value buy, but I do have it. I will probably end up giving it to the farmer.
UPDATE:
From the British Museum on the Roman Coin;
''Yes, it looks like it probably is. It should be a VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP reverse type I think but it all looks a little off, especially with the obverse and reverse types struck on a flan bigger than the die. I’ll have a closer look at it when we meet next''
We were lucky that the earliest Barley to come in, just happened to be one of our many Roman Sites. I wasn't expecting much because we covered it last year whilst drilled & rolled.
Happy enough with the end result;
Crotal Bell
17th C Pot Leg
6 Roman Coins - 1 imitation Constantine I, its by far the most convincing one I have ever seen. I argued with Cru'dad for awhile thinking it was way to good. After some research we are now both convinced & the British Museum will confirm in time. The biggest clue is the blundered Obv & Rev Legends.
1708 Sixpence only my 2nd ever of Queen Anne. This being far better than the near smooth love token. I thought I may need it for my brought collection as its a fairly high value buy, but I do have it. I will probably end up giving it to the farmer.
UPDATE:
From the British Museum on the Roman Coin;
''Yes, it looks like it probably is. It should be a VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP reverse type I think but it all looks a little off, especially with the obverse and reverse types struck on a flan bigger than the die. I’ll have a closer look at it when we meet next''
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