Anglo Saxon-Early Medieval

This is such a vast subject, that there will be highlighted links posted throughout to take you to experts & sites that are dedicated to one particular coin or a series of coins, offering a much easier solution to the problem of identification

To start with, the everyday run-of-the-mill coins we find as metal detectorists are too far gone for us to identify, let alone be able to have a positive ID, but when we find a coin that has something left, we all should try to find an ID… most people, instead of trying themselves to find the age of a coin will turn to the social media sites, i think personally this is sad, as they are missing out on a large part of metal detecting…

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I personally do not have a lot of coins from this era, and as such have very little experience of the coins but when i found this Saxon of Aetheralred 11  i knew that it was a Saxon & was able to get a positive id from the spinks book…