yes a silver medieval coin.

[Willems]

Yesterday after dinner went out again and found this beauty.
A small silver hammie.

Jan 3 brabant 1317.
Love the hobbie.

[del]

:smitten:very nice silver "hammy" Willems :clapping::congrats:looks to be in pretty good shape too.

Dan

[Willems]

:smitten:very nice silver "hammy" Willems :clapping::congrats:looks to be in pretty good shape too.

Dan


Yes del....and that after 700 years.

[Pacivilwarluke]

Incredible! Great condition for a coin that old, congrats! :shocked03:

[MangoAve]

Nice silver. Hmm... It makes me wonder tho. How deep was it? To let the others on here make a determination how deep a silver dropped 200-300 years ago should be versus how deep your 700 year old coin was.

[Isaac]

Nice silver. Hmm... It makes me wonder tho. How deep was it? To let the others on here make a determination how deep a silver dropped 200-300 years ago should be versus how deep your 700 year old coin was.
It probably was in a plowed field which means it has been turned over and under for the past few centuries.

Great find by the way :loveit:

[MangoAve]

It probably was in a plowed field which means it has been turned over and under for the past few centuries.

I knew that was plausible but it was not specified. Obvi if it was from a plowed field, Willems could have been the one to answer, or if the off chance it was not in a field, then it could have provided some relevance. lol. I know I usually put forth that I view all aspects of a situation and this time it didnt seem as such, but I did...just left it open.

[RIdirtdigger]

That's an awesome find. You guys in Europe have so much more history than us Americans.Glad you shared such an awesome and old find!

[BTV Digger]

Great hammered silver Willems! From what I could find online, looks like your coin may be among the more uncommon from the John 3 Duke of Brabant period (1312-1355), but you may like to dig a bit deeper (pardon the pun). John the 3rd of Brabant's era was a time of prosperity though. Is the 1317 date shown on the third picture down, at bottom, upside down? Hard to tell with those old block letters...almost like ancient graffiti! Here's a reference online showing similar coins of your type if interested.
https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/505434

Regards,

John

[Willems]

Great hammered silver Willems! From what I could find online, looks like your coin may be among the more uncommon from the John 3 Duke of Brabant period (1312-1355), but you may like to dig a bit deeper (pardon the pun). John the 3rd of Brabant's era was a time of prosperity though. Is the 1317 date shown on the third picture down, at bottom, upside down? Hard to tell with those old block letters...almost like ancient graffiti! Here's a reference online showing similar coins of your type if interested.
https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/505434

Regards,

John

Btv digger you are right.
had the date from another site. There the say 1317.
but 1312-1355 it's fine by me. :)

Yes Jan 3 Brabant. Minted in belgium Brussel.
thanks for the link.

[Willems]

I knew that was plausible but it was not specified. Obvi if it was from a plowed field, Willems could have been the one to answer, or if the off chance it was not in a field, then it could have provided some relevance. lol. I know I usually put forth that I view all aspects of a situation and this time it didnt seem as such, but I did...just left it open.

Coin was found in a plowed field yes.
About 10 cm in to the ground.
Cant say anything about this...finding coins from all ages in differend dept.

[aloldstuff]

A beautiful hammered coin. I get excited with a coin from the 1700's and really excited with one from the 1600's. Don't know if I could handle the emotional impact of a 1300's coin......:lol:

[Willems]

A beautiful hammered coin. I get excited with a coin from the 1700's and really excited with one from the 1600's. Don't know if I could handle the emotional impact of a 1300's coin......:lol:

You guys are always welcome here!
Guarantee you find a coin from the 1700 and if you lucky1600.
It's 70% 1700_25%1600 and 5% chance older.hahaha.i think.

[Fire Fighter 43]

Congrats on the Hammie, she is a beauty, WTG.