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Tray: Not so many finds this month, No entries for Club Search
or Finds Outside Pembrokeshire
...........Finds
Close ups
.............Ancient
Artefacts Category
..................10th
to 11th Century Sword Pommel (possible Anglo Scandinavian/Viking origin)
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Found by Club Chairperson Jose Thomas. This is an early medieval 10th
to 11th century sword
....................... pommel. Similar examples
to the below pommel have been recorded in the book "Vikings in Wales"
....................... by Dr Mark Redknap
(Curator of Medieval & Later Archaeology National Museum of Wales)
....................... Copper alloy sword
pommels of late lobed form (like this pommel) are typical of the 10th
to 11th
....................... century. Examples
have been found at Llan-Faes, Anglesey and a site near Pembroke, near
....................... Milford Haven. Welsh,
Anglo-Saxon or Viking warriors could have used them.
....................... An exciting find
indeed - Well done Jose.
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Coins Pre-1649 Category
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Iron Age Quarter Stater
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Found by club member Paul Williams. A gold stater find in Pembrokeshire
is a rare event and a very
....................... exciting one at that.
Mr Edward Besley (Numismatist, National Museum of Wales) will be attending
...................... our meeting in July.
This will be the perfect opportunity to get this find examined and possibly
recorded
...................... on the Portable Antiquity
Scheme Database, by one of the UK's National Museum Numismatical experts.
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Coins 1649 Onwards Category
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William III Sixpence Dated 1696
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William III Sixpence in good condition found by Ken Lunn. Well done Ken.
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Modern Finds Category
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King George V and Queen Mary Coronation Medallion
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Found by Steve Richards. King George V & Queen Mary Coronation Medallion,
which
........................ commemorates their
coronation of 22nd June 1911. The medallion is silver plated and was
........................ struck for the Borough
of Pembroke Council. It bears the name of the Mayor of Pembroke
........................ during 1911, a W
Smith.
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