| |  From the author of Medieval Artefacts, this exciting new title is produced in full colour with over 450 Celtic and Roman artefacts beautifully illustrated in over 140 pages.
This superb book contains a wide cross-section of artefacts of the Celtic & Roman period including: - Bronze & Iron Age Artefacts - Fibula Brooches - Plate, Crossbow & Early Saxon Brooches - Buckles & Military Equipment - Locks, Keys & Knife Handles - Spoons, Cosmetic Grinders, Medical Implements & Seal Boxes - Jewellery - Cube Matrices, Lead Seals and Gaming Pieces - Pottery & Bronze Utensils - Steelyard Weights & Bronze Mounts - Figurines & Votive Objects - Genealogical Chart of Roman Gods - Select Bibliography.
Full price guide for every item in two grades of condition - Invaluable reference work
ISBN: 1897738374 / 978-1897738375
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**NEW TITLE - PUBLISHED OCTOBER 2025**
A comprehensive new catalogue of the Celtic coins of the Dobunni, the first recorded people of the West Midlands, whose Belgic rulers minted gold and silver coins for almost a century before the Roman invasion of AD 43.
Enlarged images of coins and symbols, plus detailed descriptions, make it easy to identify a hundred different types and subtypes, including many previously unpublished. All dated, referenced
and with a rough guide to rarity.
Foreword and extra pages by Chris Rudd.
Edited by Elizabeth Cottam and Daphne Nash Briggs.
A5, 84pp, paperback, £20
ISBN: 978-0956688989 |
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Coins of the Iceni (COI) is the most convenient, most comprehensive catalogue of the Celtic coins of Norfolk c.55 BC-c.AD 47.
• 400 enlarged photos, mainly of coins from the incomparable collection of Dr John Talbot in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
• 60 colour illustrations and maps
• two-way ABC-COI concordances
• index of Icenian coins by type names
A5, 96pp, paperback, £20
978-0-9566889-5-8 |
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Metal Detecting - All you need to know to get started
by Dave Crisp
This is the perfect book for anyone interested in metal detecting, Written by Dave Crisp, Finder of the 2010 Frome Hoard, it gives invaluable information for any detectorist, from the absolute beginner, to those with years of experience. Written in a humerous, easy to read style, and packed with information to help you get the most out our great hobby! Including two amazing chapters on how the Frome hoard was found.
In 2010 Dave Crisp received international recognition when he found the Frome Hoard, the largest single hoard of Roman coins ever - 52,503 in total! He has been a passionate metal detectorist for over 30 years. Here he has written a full guide in his own unique style, to help newcomers to the hobby.
The book covers all you need to know to get started. Topics covered include a history of the hobby, testing basic detectors and information about the organisations involved in metal detecting, as well as where to search and how to get permission. There are useful tips on how to detect and a chapter showing the coins and artefacts that can be found. It also details the procedure to follow to record your finds with the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS)
There is also a complete chapter covering the discovery of the Frome hoard. From the very first day finding just a few Roman silver coins, to unearthing the hoard itself and the events that followed over the next eighteen months. The book has over 40 humorous sketches and illustrations and over 200 full colour photographs.
235mm x 150mm, 184 pages, £13.95 ISBN 9781897738474 |
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