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Most coins in general are raw, and many of the slabbed ones probably should be raw. (View Post)

I'll eventually do a detailed post on this, but the current accepted interpretation is that the coin is a somewhat garbled imitation of "Witmen Monita", an inscription that appears on other… (View Post)

Here are some hammered British coins from various eras: Anglo-Saxon gold thrymsa “Wuneetton” type Anglo-Saxon sceat, series K type 33 Northumbrian sceat/styca, Aelfwald (II)? Anglo-Saxon early penny,… (View Post)

It would have been rather difficult to obtain some of the rare stuff without having auction representation in the pre-Internet time. On the flip side, everything was cheaper. (View Post)

Several early British Anglo-Saxon rulers are only known from their coins. Here's a coin of king Eadwald of East Anglia, fl. ca. 796-798 And one of a later but still largely unknown king Aethelstan of… (View Post)