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Picked this up cheap as it had heavy green deposits on the R in Henric and N in On. Managed with distilled water and toothpick to flake it off. Henry III Long cross penny Class 5c2. c.1253 -1256 Ad Ricard at London mint.

Couldn't let it go just an upgrade to my ongoing albeit snail like full set of brass threepences in unc. Will need to save a few sheckles eventually swap out the 46 and 49. but this will do for now for £8 I think I bagged a bargain. couple of tiny greens to deal with but a cracking coin far better than the standard dross.

aBsolutely Extremely Flat. I think is about right

I certainly wouldn't want that as a proof, and I'm not convinced either. I have Norweb's 1853 proof copper halfpenny which has the stops all well struck up - see attached. A quick perusal of a few 1853 proof halfpennies listed show the dies don't match the bronzed proofs either. The SNC for Jan 2014 had an article by Peter Duff discussing the bronzed pieces.

Quite a pleasing coin, especially if you picked it up cheap!

Whole lotta coins You need cooling Baby I'm not fooling I'm gonna send ya Back to schooling A-way down inside A-honey you need it I'm gonna give you my coins I'm gonna give you my coins Want to whole lotta coins Want to whole lotta coins Want to whole lotta coins Want to whole lotta coins You've been learning Um baby I been learning All them good times baby, baby I've been year-yearning A-way, way down inside A-honey you need-ah I'm gonna give you my coins, ah I'm gonna give you my coins, ah oh Whole lotta coins Want to whole lotta coins Want to whole lotta coins Want to whole lotta coins You've been cooling And baby I've been drooling All the good times, baby I've been misusing A-way, way down inside I'm gonna give ya my coins I'm gonna give ya every inch of my coins I'm gonna give ya my coins Hey! Alright! Let's go! Whole lotta coins Want to whole lotta coins Want to whole lotta coins Want to whole lotta coins Way down inside Woman, you need coins , yeah Love My, my, my, my My, my, my, my Lord Shake for me girl I wanna be your backdoor dealer Hey, oh, hey, oh Hey, oh, hey, oh Ooh Oh, oh, oh, oh Cool, my, my baby A-keep it cooling baby A-keep it cooling baby Ah-keep it cooling baby Ah-keep it cooling baby Ah-keep it cooling baby AKA The married mans song

i know you have seen them before, but they are too nice not to be seen again, my friend let me come over to play lol

just the one tribe, Catuvellauni, that took control of the trinovantes, they are all Cunobelin except for 3 or 4 who are of AGR the supposed son of Cunobelin, Cunobelin was the main reason the Romans stayed away until after his death, was very powerful, funny thing is out leaders were sending there sons to rome to get educated

no a friends collection over quite a few years, the one at the top of the triangle is a possible silver half unit of cunobelin,

hi first three are all late 10c-f London and Canterbury mint the fourth is class 3g London ( note crown with downturned sidefleurs and crescent contraction marks)

That's a nice coin Des!

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That is a corker sir!!!

Nice, Des, well done!

There is treasure there Craigy . I have been watching the series on TV called The British. How we were shaped from ancient druids thru roman britain and so on. When the romans left britain all the rich folk stashed their valuables and hid them in fields. Being a super sleuth I would look for easy rememberable landmarks or certain tree locations that would stand out as a memory jogger . In case they forgot where they buried the stuff. You know they had that "safe place" back then too . If I was there I would cast my mind back and imagine it was me worrying about all those gold coins and jewellry I had and would be looking for somewhere to bury them. Weather this is true or not my memory tells me that the amount of ancient Artifacts found represents about 1% of what is actually under the ground or in places yet to be discovered. Get ya diviner out if all else fails you might find water I wish I had a detector I am on the main road from london to colchester as was back in their day . I would be banging on the farmers doors asking if I could buzz the fields