On Saturday, October 14th I and my buddy Ian decided to return to a new permission for the second time. The day was going really slow with only bullet casings and a few buttons to show. The light was starting to dim and my Explorer SE gave out a high pitched signal. I dug the clod out and a coin ball fell out. After removing the dirt from the coin I believed I had a nice hammered short cross penny but when I got home I was soon proved wrong. The coin was a rare King Stephen penny and apparently 1 of only 3 found and has changed the way that Dr Martin Allen from the Fitzwilliam Museum believed they originated. I’m completely amazed at my discovery; it has been recorded on the EMCmc and currently being recorded under the portable antiquity scheme.
Thank you Minelab for making this possible.
“These are Dr Martins Allens words. This is a very interesting find, which I have recorded as EMC 2017.0316 Your find is a coin of Stephen type 7 (the 'Awbridge' type, 1153/4-58) from the irregular, unofficial dies of coins 368 and 369 in my 2006 article. Many coins from unofficial dies are contemporary forgeries, but your find has raised the possibility that the coins from these particular dies might be Welsh copies of Stephen's coinage. The obverse die reads +STEFHN[ ], and the reverse reads +L[E][ ][G.:DE]LAND:, which might be intended to refer to a moneyed named LE[ ]G at place with a name shortened to 'LAND'.”
MIkey - Northern Ireland, UK
