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  • Nov 2008 finds page

    1stC BC Celtic bronze wode grinder - suspension loop type worn around the neck

    51.56mm L x 10.13mm W , 12.27g

    2nd C Roman red and yellow enameled 'Headstud' type fibula brooch Ref 944 p332 Hattatt's

    20.72mm W x 28.82mm L 10.83g

    Large 1st C Roman bronze 14.70g, 31.62mm sent for ID

    This appears to be a Sestertius of Faustina II - wife of Marcus Aurelius (161-180 AD) She died in 175 and most of her coins are either posthumous or were issued while M. Aurelius was still Caesar under Antoninus Pius (139-161) so the dating can only be general with no reverse type to guide us and not enough obverse legend to tell if it's a life time or posthumous issue.  There isn't much else I can say in the condition this one is in.
     
    Mark

     

    Disc brooch found in the same area - Possibly Roman but could also be Saxon - one for the museum

    23.05mm ,7.02g

     

    850BC Bronze age axe head casting waste plug

    40.72g, 35.05mm L x 24.96mm W

    Large 1st C Roman bronze 14.04g, 30.74mm sent for ID
    Large 1st C Roman bronze 29.74mm, 13.94mm sent for ID
    18thC George II milled silver 6 pence love token overstamped V (81)
    Military button GR
    George 1st trade weight - Crown G London mark
    19thC London Guildhall hallmark trade weight
    19thc navy belt buckle
    19thC Army belf buckle
    19thC livery button
    1924 George V milled silver sixpence (82)
    19thC livery button
    15thC lead token
    19thC gaming token
    18thC 16th Regiment of foot button
    16thC Tudor pin head gold on silver - reported as treasure to the museum - 2.95g ,10.75mm
    1899 hallmark Bristol mint silver cane ring
    1634 Charles 1st hammered sopper rose farthing
    17thC hammered copper trade farthing
    Early military button ?
    Generic merchant navy button
    Decorative medieval finial
    Roman prick spur
    1696 William III milled silver sixpence (83)
    1865 Victorian milled silver shilling (12 pence) (84)
    French copper- alloy Jeton 1380AD Obv Shield of France bearing feur de lys
    Medieval bronze beehive thimble
    1889 Victorian milled silver sixpence (85)
    16thC crotal bell
    19thC 3 ringer mini ball
    1550-1650 buckle
    17thC button
    Medieval lead Boy Bishop token
    Roman bronze cotter pin
    15th lead token - long cross and pellet type
    Medieval lead hanging pendant
    15th lead token - long cross and pellet type
    1650 -1750 spur buckle
    Medieval lead plumb bob
    1937 George VI milled silver sixpence

    French Infanterie de ligne (1871-1916)

    AM & Co Paris

    1550-1650 buckle
    1582-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Bell mintmark 6th issue
    Roman handle mount
    Georgian button
    20thc British Railways button
    1485 Henry VII hammered silver sovereign penny - Archbishop Rotherham - Keys below shield - York
    19thC India 1/12 Anna copper coin
    1550-1650 buckle
    Georgian fob whistle
    1942 George VI milled silver sixpence (87)
    Georgian harness name plate TJ
    United Society button
    1737 II George copper farthing

    1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross - Type IIIa

    Moneyer Nicole of London

    1696 William III milled silver sixpence love token overstamped W (88)
    George II tarde weight - Crown G London mark
    1929 George V milled silver sixpence (89)
    Gold signet ring - Chester hall mark 1921 -4.77g
    1199 to 1216 King John of Ireland hammered silver penny - needs unfolding by our goldsmith to ID exactly
    1664 Joseph Gleson of Dedham Essex hammered copper trade farthing
     
    1696 William III milled silver sixpence (90)
     
    Roman silver coin 'cooking ' to remove crust
    Early Medieval seal matrix - bell type
    1696 William III milled silver shilling (90)
    1757 George II milled silver sixpence (91)
    1851 Victorian milled silver sixpence (92)
    Spanish 1786 Charles IIII milled silver reale (93)

     

    1696 William III milled silver shilling (94)
    C10thC Saxon key
    GR Army button
    The Kings Hussars silver badge
    1533-42 Henry VIII hammered silver groat - arrow mintmark
    1862 Victorian milled silver 3 pence (95)
    English medieval jetton based on an Edward 1st penny

    Roman solid gold hanging pendant ? - 2.65g, 11.95mm H x 10.68mm dia x 11.68mm W

    Interesting cross find- not sure if this is as old as it looks but taking it to the museum for their views.
    1788 Dutch 1 cent copper coin

    1490-1500 Henry VII hammered silver half groat - Class IIIc, Tun mintmark, one arch jewelled one arch unjewelled

    Obv HENRICUS DEI GRACIA REX ANGLIE ET FRANC DNS IBAR

    Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

    19.80mm, 1.57g

    19thC Gt Eastern railway and steamship button

    1199-1216 AD King John hammered silver short cross penny - type 5c

    Moneyer C(OLDWINE -Canterbury

    1696 William III milled silver love token (96)
    4thC Roman bronze sent for ID
    1696 William III milled silver sixpence (97)

    18thC Navy button

    'RWG'

    Army button ?

     

    1st C Roman dolphin headed knife handle with suspension loop

     

    Roman bronze bead

    Royal Navy Lieutenant - 1748

    silver button
    1831 William III milled silver sixpence (98)
    18thC toy cannon
    RN Capt / Commander - 1787
    RN Lieutenant - 1787
    Georgian button
    Georgian fob seal holder
    55th Regiment of Foot
     
    Officer - 1800-1820
    1838 Victorian milled silver 2 pence (99)
    2 Georgian D buckles
    Mid 18thC silver collar stud

    French Infanterie de ligne (1871-1916)

    AM & Co Paris

    87th Regiment of Foot

    O/R's (Brass) - 1855-1881

    16thC lead window mount
    17thC decorated copper ring
    19thc Spanish copper coin
    Georgian key
    15thC lead token
    Georgian fob seal holder
    WWII Royal airforce button
    1490-4 Henry VII hammered silver half groat - F type London broken tressure to crown - Rose mint mark

    1274 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

    Obv ***** ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

     

    1427-30 Henry VI hammered silver groat - Rosette Mascle issue- Inital mark incurved pierced cross - rosettes and mascles in obverse legend

    obv HENRIC DI GRA REX ANGLIE Z FRANCE

    Rev inner VILLA CASTISIE - Calais mint

    Rev outer - POSVI DEVM ADIVTORE MEVM

    3.38g, 25.64mm

    1584-6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Escallop mint mark 6th issue
    1645 Charles 1st hammered silver half groat - Tower mint under parliament - eye mint mark
    1625 Charles 1st hammered silver penny
    Medieval hammered silver penny - still checking ref books

    1422-27 Henry VI hammered silver groat - Annulet issue - Annulets by the neck and two sets of opposing pellets on reverse

    obv HENRIC DI GRA REX ANGLIE Z FRANCE

    Rev inner VILLA CASTISIE - Calais mint

    Rev outer - POSVI DEVM ADIVTORE MEVM

     

    1928 George V milled silver sixpence (100)
    1893 Victorian milled silver sixpence (101)

    1327 1377 Edward III hammered silver penny - reverse has quatrefoil with dot at centre of cross indicating a York Archiepiscopal issue but the rev legend appears to CIVI/TAS/***/*ON indicating London mint?

    obv EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

    1834 William IIII milled silver sixpence (102)
    1816 George III milled silver 6 pence (103)
    1862 Victorian milled silver threepence (104)
    1914 George V milled silver sixpence (105)
    1914 George V milled silver sixpence (106)

     
    17thC bucket handle mount
    Medieval pot foot
    Late Medieval to early Tudor period type B1* purse bar complete with swivelling suspension loop.
    Medieval lead token - long cross and pellet type
    17thC sword hamger fragment
    Georgian pipe tamper
    Roman bronze knife pommel
    Roman lead spindle whorl
    Medieval lead gaming piece
    Medieval lead token - voided long cross type

    Ivory Castle league badge

    From the 1950s, a large number of health authorities established their own branded campaigns with varying success. 

    The Oral Hygiene Service, founded by the very successful Ivory Castle League, was however a commercial company which developed very effective campaigns.

     

    Georgian decorated whistle
    16th Regiment of Foot
    ( Bedfordshire )
    O/R's - 1855-1881
    1550-1650 buckle
    1649 Commonwealth hammered silver penny

    1194 -1199 AD Richard 1st hammered silver cut half penny - Type 4a

    Moneyer ALE(IN (Alien of Durham mint)

    French Infantry Button
    115th Line Regiment
    Circa 1803-1814
    Military button ? - not checked ref books yet
    Huge medieval hanging lead pendant
    Superb Medieval heraldic shield pendant - black and white enamel - need research to find the family crest
    19thC livery button
    17thC button
    17thC crotal bell with hammer foundry mark
    1816 George III milled silver sixpence (107)
    Georgian shield mount
    17thC seal spoon handle fragment
    1928 George V milled silver sixpence (108)
    20thC Eastern Counties bus company button
    19thC Essex corporation button
    Georgian pipe tamper
    18thC coin weight
    1509 - 47 AD Henry VIII trade weight - Crown h mintmark
    2nd C Roman 'headstud type' bonze fibular brooch fragment

     

    1422- 61 Henry VI hammered silver half penny - Pinecone -mascle issue

    obv HENRICVS REX ANGL

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

    1851 -1863 Gothic numeral Victorian milled silver florin (24 pence) (109)

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    (109)
    1858 Victorian milled silver threepence (110)
    16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
    1696 William III milled silver sixpence (111)
    Medieval lead token

    20thC Scottish Rally badge

    Royal Scottish automobil club

    Gang Warily

    Roman buckle tongue

    1272 Edward 1st hammered silver penny Class 8a

    Obv EDWAR ANGLE DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

    1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Cross crosslet mint mark - 2nd issue

    1356-1361 Edward III hammered silver groat (4 pence)- Standard F type - annulet in third qtr

    obv EDWARD D G REX ANGL Z FRANC D HYB

    obv CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

    26.33mm, 4.48g

    Edward hammered silver penny - Class 10ab

    obv EDWARD R ANGL DNS ***

    rev CIVI/TAS/***/DON - London mint

    rev

    1180 -1189 AD Henry II hammered silver short cross cut half penny - Class 1a

    Medieval hammered silver penny

    CIVI/TAS type

    12th/13th C hammered silver shortcross cut half penny - needs straightening to ID fully
    1340 AD French - shield of France Jetton
    Georgian bullion cup weight
    1841 Victorian milled silver six pence (112)
    1553-5 Mary hammered silver groat (4 pence)-pomegranate mint mark
    1696 William III milled silver sixpence (113)
    1671 Charles 1st milled silver 2 pence (114)

    1377 -1399 Richard II hammered silver halfpenny - type 2b

    0.47g, 13.94mm

    obv R**** REX x ANGLE'

    CIVI/TAS coin

    1351-2 Edward III hammered silver groat (4 pence) - Series C

    obv EDWARDVS.REX.ANGL.FRANC

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LOND/DON - London mint

    This is a rare coin as it has the legend of a half groat not a full groat as below ??

    EDWARD D G REX ANGL Z FRANC D HYB

    2.13g,23.20mm

    1341 Edward III hammered silver penny - Florin issue

    obv EDWAR R ANGL DNS HY

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LOND/DON - London mint

     

    0.97g, 16.65mm

    Medieval hammered silver penny

    Stunning medieval gilded red and white enameled hanger 61.05mm L x 21.27mm W

    17th/18th C silver thimble - maker CB - reported as potential treasure to the museum 6.51g,17.72mm H x 16.24mm dia

    1369-1377 Edward III hammered silver groat - Post treaty period - North 1286

    obv EDWARD DI GRA REX ANGL F FRANC (IE)

    rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON London mint

    23.84mm, 2.73g

    1649 Commonwealth hammered silver penny

    1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny- Inital mark Cross Moline - Type 10cf

    rev CIVI/TAS/DVN/OLM -Durham mint

    1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - Type 1a

    obv EDW REX ANGL DNS HYB

    rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON London mint

    18.57mm , 1.33g

    1369-1377 Edward III hammered silver half groat - Post treaty period

    obv ********** ANGL F FRANC

    rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON London mint

    18.89mm, 1.33g

    1825 George IV milled silver sixpence (115)
    17thC mount with 2 integral lugs
    Georgian buckle
    Love & Lamented Crowned July 1821 - George IV King of Great Britain
    Neat 1941 farthing
    RN Greenwich Hospital Service
    Officer's Hospital Staff Tunic
    Button
    In use 1814 - 1868
    1906 Rumanian 5 Bani coin

    1216 Henry III hammerd silver short cross half penny - Class 6d

    obv HENRICVS REX

    Rev ***** ANTE - Canterbury mint

    1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - Class 9b

    obv ED***ANGL DNS HYB

    rev VILLA/KYN/CES/TON - Kingston upon Hull

    20thC Advertising token

    20 words 6 pence in the Daily Chronicle - 2 pence every additional 8 words - 3 times for the price of 2 - Clerkenwell News (London)

    1351-1361 Edward III hammerd silver groat - 4th coinage Pre treaty

    obv EDW*** G.REX. ****C. D.HYB

    EDWARD D G REX ANGL Z FRANC D HYB

    rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON London mint

    27.68mm, 3.87g

     

    17thc mount with 2 integral lugs
    1836 Russian bale seal

    Medieval bronze pot foot
    Gilded Roman harness loop junction - 2 rivet fixing
    1696 William III milled silver sixpence (116)
    RN Capt / Commander - 1812

     

    1356-61 Edward III hammered silver groat - Initial cross 3

    Needs straightening to decide on the type

    rev CIVI/TAS/EBO/RACI York mint

    22.24mm, 1.73g

    Roman decorated amorphic strap end
    19thC Hand and quill livery button
    17thC lead trade token
    17thC button with fish design
    69th Regiment of Foot
    ( South Lincolnshire )
    O/R's - 1758-1782
    19thC button
    Victorian pressed silver watch back ?Inscribed 'Imperial JC' - maker WC - Sterling silver Lion mark
    Georgian candle holder top
    C 10thC Saxon gaming piece
    16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
    1811 George III milled silver forgery Eighteen pence (1s 6d) Bank of England issue
    16thC French - shield of France Jetton
    Roman bronze coin sent off for ID
    Medieval jetton ?
    Medieval key fragment
    18thC clog fastener
    1934 George V milled siler sixpence (116)
    Medieval lead coin weight - cross in shield type - pellets in outer ring
    1649 Commonwealth hammered silver one pence

    1216 Henry III hammered silver cut half penny - Class 7b

    Moneyer SIMVND - Bury Mint

    1856 Victorian milled silver sixence (117)
    Royal Engineers button
    15thC lead token - long cross and pellet type
    15thC lead token - voided long cross type
    20thC ABC cinema button

     

     

    1664 Joseph Gleson of Dedham Copper trade farthing

    1604-7 James 1st Irish hammered silver sixpence - 2nd issue

    obv LACOBUS D.G.MAG BRIT FRA ET HI REX

    2.25g, 21.27mm

    1341 Edward III hammered silver penny - Florin issue

    obv EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS *****

    1.13g, 18.13mm

    1936 George V milled silver sixpence (118)

     

    1858 Victorian milled silver sixpence (119)
    Roman bronze strap end - rivet fixings
    16thC Spanish 8 reale silver coin fragment
    17thC brooch with green stone
    WWI Prussian Army button
    RN Capt / Commander - 1901
    Other Ship's Officers - 1901
    In use 1901 - 1952
    Roman military suspension loop with 2 rivet fixing
    Medieval hanging pendant
    1823 George IV milled silver sixpence (120)
    18thC Trade weight -initial JF
    1664 Joseph Gleson of Dedham Copper trade farthing
    16thC Tudor button
    WWI machine gun corp button
    French Napoleonic artillery button
    Georgian button
    19thC livery button
    18thC Royal artillery button
    17thC button
    18thC Royal artillery button
    17thC oval mount with single integral lug
    1908 Birmingham hallmark silver ring - maker P&T
    Medieval hammered silver penny fragment
    Unrecorded in any book 27th Regiment of Foot ( Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers )
    17thC oval mount with single integral lug
    1664 Joseph Gleson of Dedham Copper trade farthing
    1634 Charles 1st hammered copper rose farthing

    Celtic silver coin found in Kent by one of our members - left with me to record properly with the Celtic coin index and obtain export license

    Sego 10 BC to 10 AD Silver Celtic unit

    'Thanks very much for this. As you probably know the type has a very Kentish distribution, so if it is of Tasciovanus – the traditional attribution – it seems to have been produced specifically to be used there. The other interesting feature is of course the inscription itself, which is often now interpreted as meaning ‘victory’ or something similar, rather than a personal name. Tasciovanus winning a battle in Kent, perhaps?

    I’ll record it as CCI 08.9335. There are only seven on the web at

    http://www.finds.org.uk/CCI/images-lister.php?&VA_type=1851.01

    and although the number may have gone up a little since then, it can’t be by many – perhaps a dozen at most.

    All the best

    Philip'

     

    Georgian bell trade weight - hallmark Crown G
    Medieval knife pommel
    1422- 61 Bronze uniface Crowned Three lis in shield French Ecu gold coin weight. No Letters by the shield indicate English version.
    1679 Charles II milled silver 2 pence (121)

    4thC Roman bronze sent for ID 16.95mm, 2.0g

    I believe you have a local, unofficial copy here. The type is the ubiquitous "FEL TEMP REPARATIO" ("to the return of happy times" or more broadly: "Happy Days are Here Again!") showing a Roman foot-soldier spearing an unfortunate, un-horsed "barbarian" or Persian cavalryman - wishful thinking at best that a Roman infantryman could unhorse and kill a Persian armored cataphract or German cavalryman - but it was a powerful bit of propaganda well suited to its times in which the Roman army was increasingly being shown not to be invulnerable to the "barbarians" on the borders or to the omnipresent antagonist in the East - the Persian Empire.

    The size - 16mm - is typical of the enormous later emissions of this type under Constantius II (and to a lesser extent, Julian II as Caesar) in the 350's AD, but the obverse legend is a badly blundered attempt to spell "CONSTANS" - who had died in 350 - and although he is associated with this type, it's only with the large-module, "AE2" Centenionales of the period 348-352. (or 348-350 in his case), not the small AE 3's & 4's of the later years of the issue.

    The official coins were produced in such astronomical quantities that it is probably a reasonable guess that after the Chinese square-holed cast brass cash coins, the FEL TEMP-fallen horseman type is the single most common coin of all antiquity - although they're probably a bit scarce for you and your digs since the Roman presence was already on the wane by the time of the inflation - which must have been on the scale of that seen in post WWI Germany - which produced the mind-numbing quantities of FEL TEMP's at the official mints throughout the Roman Empire. They additionally were copied extensively at unofficial mints across the Empire, but particularly in the more rmaginal fringe-areas like Britannia. You can date this piece to the general period 350-365 AD.

    Mark

     

    1787 George III milled gold half guinea
    19thC livery button
    15thC lead token
    Medieval weight blance arm - markings along stem
    17thC Thomas Reynolds bays maker of Colchester hammered copper farthing - undated type

    2ndC Roman bronze sent for ID 29.98mm, 13.8g

    This is a "DE GERMANIS" sestertius of one of the Aurelian emperors - I know these were struck for Commodus, very probably for Marcus Aurelius and maybe even for Lucius Verus - although the victory over the Germans of which this speaks may well have been after Verus' demise.

    Here's a specimen from my collection showing a young Commodus (from a MD dig in France according to the seller, BTW)

    http://www.stoa.org/gallery/album95/ML_02_Commodus_De_Germani_sest

    I can have a look a little later to see for whom this reverse type (and the very similar DE ALEMANIS and DE SARMATIS types) was struck, but I'd say Marcus Aurelius and Commodus as co-emperors during the period 175-181 AD is probably as good a guess as any for the general date.

    Mark

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