Henry III gold penny found in Devon, UK

[Astronuc]

Metal Detectorist Discovers One of England’s Earliest Gold Coins in a Farm Field​

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smar...ield-could-sell-for-half-a-million-180979420/

An amateur metal detectorist unearthed a rare medieval gold coin on farmland in Devon, England, reports Sana Noor Haq for CNN Style. Coin experts speculate the 800-year-old Henry III gold penny could sell for around $546,000 at an online auction set for January 23.

Minted around 1257, the nearly one-inch coin depicts the English king, who ruled from 1216 to 1272, sitting on an ornate throne while holding an orb and scepter. It is considered by experts to be one of the earliest gold coins found in England; only seven other coins of this type are known to exist, per Nadeem Badshah of the Times.
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According to the Times, around 1240, Henry III proclaimed payments to the crown be made in gold rather than silver to fund foreign wars. The pennies were minted around 1257 by https://www.jstor.org/stable/863358?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents with gold from North Africa, writes David Carpenter, professor of medieval history at King’s College London, in the Spink & Son’s catalog.

Henry III, also known as Henry of Winchester, became king of England at nine years old after the death of King John in 1216, reported George Nixon of This Is Money in a 2021 article.

I like the term 'detectorist'. Like an astronomer is a 'star or stellar detectorist', or a experimental particle physicist is a 'particle detectorist'.

 

[Hornbein]

Female would be detectorix.

 

[Mark44]

I like the term 'detectorist'.

Puts me in mind of the British series, "Detectorists," staring Mackenzie Crook, Toby Jones, Rachael Stirling. Mackenzie Crook was one of the main actors in the British sitcom "The Office." Rachael Stirling is Diana Riggs's daughter -- Diana Riggs also appeared in the series.
In this series Crook and Jones spent most of their time searching for buried Saxon coins and relics.
I enjoyed the series so much I watched all of the episodes twice.

 

[PeroK]

Puts me in mind of the British series, "Detectorists," staring Mackenzie Crook, Toby Jones, Rachael Stirling. Mackenzie Crook was one of the main actors in the British sitcom "The Office." Rachael Stirling is Diana Riggs's daughter -- Diana Riggs also appeared in the series.
In this series Crook and Jones spent most of their time searching for buried Saxon coins and relics.
I enjoyed the series so much I watched all of the episodes twice.

I couldn't resist looking for the trailer on YouTube, just to savour a small piece of this minimialist comedy treasure and I found this comment:

Italian native speaker here. A couple of years ago I was looking for TV shows to watch in order to practice my English, and I stumbled upon this gem of a series. I've loved it to bits ever since. When my country was struck by the Coronavirus pandemic there were days in which this masterpiece was the only thing between me and depression. I can't describe how important its "happiness in the little things" message was for me at that time. When all this pandemic business is over I'm writing to mr. Mackenzie Crook to thank him from the bottom of my heart.

 

[sysprog]

Female would be detectorix.

A female detector could be called a detectrix; however, there is no feminine version of he 'ist' suffix.

 

[pinball1970]

Female would be detectorix.

Not detectoress? Has a ring to it.

 

[Astronuc]

A female detector could be called a detectrix; however, there is no feminine version of he 'ist' suffix.

istix, as in detectoristix, or how about detectorista?