A detectorist has uncovered just the eighth known example of England’s “ first gold coinage ”, with the piece expected to sell at auction for nearly half a million pounds. The Henry III coin, minted in 1257, owes its value both to its rarity and the unique portrait of the monarch on its obverse side. The coin carries a pre-sale estimate of ￡400, 000 but past examples have sold for more than ￡500, 000....
Mr Edmund and the detectorist took the coin to be assessed by the British Museum, which con
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