A "One-of-its-kind" Brooch, Coins and Official Weight
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36) Unique Carolingian Bronze Plate Brooch, circa 8th Century. An image of a bird is on the front.
In Dave's words:
"Hi Sergei,
It's a little bit difficult to get the angles right, as the brooch was T-boned by a plough and is bent - too fragile to try and straighten it!. It was 1997 when I found the brooch, which is 15 years! However, I think that possibly the reason for the delay in identifying it has been that the Carolingian period was little known (no-one who I've spoken to had heard of the Carolingian empire, and I hadn't either!), and that Carolingian artifacts were on the scarce side - even now the British Museum only has two of these brooches and they were from a private collection and of continental origin.
Mine is the only one recorded as found in the U.K., and was listed as Roman (as you know there was a great variety of plate brooches from that peiod, and this was thought to be a variation of one of them). It wasn't Keven (Dr.Kevin Leahy) who identified it in the first instance. He's a great bloke, very pro-detectorist, and I've known him a long time. I think that he must have recognised the item from the two listed in the B.M., then contacted me, and I'm pleased about the outcome."
A Front Page Article On Dave's Find in "Mablethorpe and Sutton On Sea Leader" Newspaper
(please click HERE to enlarge an image and read the article)
37) Group of Silver Shillings of King Charles 1st, circa Mid-17th Century. David wrote: "They were found seperately in different locations."
Mint marks: Crown, Tun. (P) and Anchor(obverse & reverse)
38) Official Coin Weight (Royal Mint), circa 1821. David wrote: "It is a brass weight for a Gold Half-Sovereign: 2 DW (Pennyweights) and 13-1/8 grams."
