The Hill - Day 2 - Hammered - VERY RARE CELTIC SILVER...

[CRUSADER]

After our last 4 hammered outing we would have been happy with just 1, but expecting none....
It was a little showery & sticky but overall pretty good going.
We gridded for only 5 hours today as we got what we needed.

3 Scrappies (1 holed in the Saxon period)
1 Royal Farthing
1 Jetton
1 poor conditioned Celtic Bronze Unit (Coin)
Tudor Dagger Chape
Tudor Strapend
Tudor Clothes Fastener (broke)
Roman/Saxon Tweezer frag.
Saxon Pinhead
6th C Saxon Brooch bit
Saxon Wrist Clasp bit
Rare Iron Age Celtic Torc type Bracelet terminal (a first)
Rare Iron Age (Celtic) Bull Headed Woad Grinder base (half of)
Scottish Hammered of Alex III
Very Rare ​Cunobelinus Crescent Horse Silver Unit circa 25AD (Our first Celtic silver since 31 Dec 18, & one I need)

 

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[CRUSADER]

Beautiful finds as always Cru, you and your Dad had another good hunt.

I don't see you guys finding many 'holed' coins of this vintage, you obviously do, I guess I just never noticed them before.

Dave

Only on this field and 2 nearby sites we do. It seems to be associated with an influx of Germanic trides that migrated to our area after the vaccum left by the Romans.

 

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Only on this field and 2 nearby sites we do. It seems to be associated with an influx of Germanic trides that migrated to our area after the vaccum left by the Romans.

Nonetheless holed roman coins seem to be pretty rare here too. I have a few, but not clearly late roman/early medieval related.

 

[cannonball]

I guess you did it again as always!!!! Congratulations on another great Day

 

[Silver Tree Chaser]

Great find with Celtic silver. Is Celtic gold more commonly found than Celtic silver, and if so, are the silver coins more valuable to collectors owing to rarity?

 

[pepperj]

Great find with Celtic silver. Is Celtic gold more commonly found than Celtic silver, and if so, are the silver coins more valuable to collectors owing to rarity?

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Celticgoldcoins

 

[A2coins]

Love the celtic silver I would think all celtic finds were rare lol Great job and post Keep em coming CRU

 

[CRUSADER]

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Now got the real figures from Cru'dad for our finds:
20/27/64
Which is more bronze than I remembered!

 

[tinpan]

Hi , Mule coin , Turkey farms , Metal detectists and Archie's in field find are large recent British Press Leases but are unrelated to you. How is it your posts follow the same sequence? TP

PS Google picked this up I just noticed .

 

[Wildcat1750]

Reading Your posts is always like a trip to the museum for me - excellent finds!

 

[WannaDig3687]

Sorry, Crusader, I forgot and then lost track of the post. I can't begin to imagine finding a coin that old! A Banner find indeed! Way to go! Congratulations!

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Thank you, Pepperj for the link. Here's another, in case anyone else is interested.

https://oldcurrencyexchange.com/2015/03/31/the-mystical-coins-of-the-celtic-tribes-of-britain/