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2022
Journal article
The Stoneykirk, Wigtonshire, hoard
An unusual hoard, spread over an area of approximately 20 m, was recovered by a group of three detectorists from a ploughed field at Stoneykirk, Wigtonshire, in 2019. The total number of coins was either 46 or 47, many of them in sacks fused together, comprising examples of almost every...Holmes, N M McQ.
James V, Scottish coinage, numismatic hoard, gold unicorn, Stoneykirk, Wigtownshire, and metal detecting
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2022
Journal article
Scottish Edwardian hoards, 2019
The following three hoards were submitted to the Scottish Treasure Trove Unit in 2019, but Covid restrictions led to severe delays in identification and analysisHolmes, N M McQ. ; Savage, Carl
numismatic hoards, metal-detecting, coins, Treasure Trove Unit, Roslin, Midlothian, Cockburnspath, Berwickhire, and Caverton, Morebattle, Scottish Borders
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2022
Journal article
A site assemblage from Culross, Fife
Between 2016 and 2019 a total of 214 coins dating from the period between 1180 and 1322 were recovered by metal-detectorists from a field neat Culross.1Holmes, N M McQ.
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2022
Journal article
Two newly discovered dies for pennies of Alexander II
The Scottish Short Cross and Stars coinage bearing the name of Alexander was the subject of a detailed paper in a recent edition of this Journal.1 All known obverse and reverse dies used for this coinage were listed and illustrated but, as is so often the case, two new dies...Holmes, N M McQ. ; Savage, Carl
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2020
Journal article
A short cross hoard from Buchlyvie, Stirlingshire
A hoard of thirty-two Short cross pennies and one cut halfpenny was recovered by metal-detectorists at Buchlyvie, Stirlingshire, in 2019. It is currently being assesses for Treasure Trove purposes, and has the temporary designation TTDB 2019/334. All but three of the coins were English, with just one Scottish penny of...Holmes, N M McQ.
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Journal article
Notes on some Gold Coins of Gallienus and Saloninus
The coinage of the Valeianic dynasty (AD 253-68) is one for which, in recent years, it has proved impossible for any published reference catalogue to keep up with the number of new discoveries which are constantly being made.Holmes, N M McQ.
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2019
Journal article
The development of Imperial Portraiture on the Coinage of Gallienus (AD 253-268)
Perhaps the chief element which distinguishes the coinage of the Roman emperors of the second half of the third century AD from that of their immediate predecessors is the wide variety of imperial portraits which were used, to greater or lesser extent, by all of them. Perhaps the most prolific...Holmes, N M McQ.