Metal detectorist’s 900-year-old coin of Baron who served under Henry I fetches £30,000 at auction
An incredibly rare 900-year-old coin unearthed by a metal detectorist has sold for almost £30,000 at auction. The silver penny issued by a Yorkshire landowner was found by Rob Brown in two inches of mud in a stubble field near Pickering. It is embossed with a helmeted knight holding a sword, with the inscription ‘Eustacius’, … Read more