Urien of Rheged
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I found this rare 1648 Royalist English civil war Pontefract castle siege coin last January and at last it's been recorded, identified amd uploaded onto the database by the portable antiquities scheme (UK)
I didnt know the significance of this find at the time, I knew it was one of the Charles Stuarts by that CR but assumed it was just somekind of token.
The PAS have designated it "of regional importance" (,North west England) The finds liason officer tells me only a handful have been recorded through the scheme and there are about 20-30 in existence (known)
It's now been returned to me and will shortly be off to auction.
The landowner has been very patient to be fair but its all about the monies to farming folk like that so I'm going to have to let it go unfortunately.
A 50/50 split though so I'm sure my half will cushion the blow though I'm not sure what kind of money we'll be looking at. It's not especially fine which could see it in the $25.000 range.
I havent had it graded but Id say its in the mid range?
It's not had a professional clean just tepid water by myself but there is wear and that slight nick/bend one one corner. It was only the day after I found it that I identified what it actually was. Which was a pleasant surprise.
It turned out to be an unforgettable day though, my best days detecting for sure. About an hour after I'd found the Siege coin I found a bucket lister in the form of a 3000 year old Palstave axehead. I knew exactly what this was when it came out. Still neither I consider to be my best find to date but two incredible finds on any day let alone the same. Great memory seeing the green patina deep in the hole and then seeing this coming out.
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