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  • March 2009 Finds page 1

    Stunning 13thC personal lead seal matric with complete supsension loop - 32.33mm dia, 24.84g

    Legend S'ICILN.RI.ARDIFIL.JRADVLU - Seal of Iciln

     

    14thC 1 Ib 9oz trade weight - 60.94mm dia x 9.29mm thick

    Very rare find of the earliest trade weight you can find with a Crown like those on Edward III coins - these date from the late 14th C and were later superceded by the Crown and a monarch letter i.e h for Henry VIII, El for Elizabeth 1st.

     

     

    1550 to 1650 Buckle
    Late 16th early 17thC nipple button

    1341 Edward III hammered silver florin penny Cross 3

    Ob EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Cantebury mint

    1572-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat Ermine mintmark 4th issue

    1696 William III milled silver sixpence love token (182)
    Military button Crown EK - not checked ref books yet
    RN Master - 1807-1825
    RN Ass't Master - 1807-1825
    RN Volunteer Gr.II - 1824-1825
    1696 William III milled silver sixpence love token (183)

    This is a fascinating one piece silvered unrecorded button find - The Button is the 36th Regiment of foot with the legend 'Leicester Regiment'. The Leicester Regiment were the 17th Regiment of foot ? and fought with Cornwallis at York town.

    Sent off to our button expert for his views

    1341 Edward III hammered silver florin penny Cross 3

    Ob EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Cantebury mint

    1679 Charles II milled silver 3 pence (184)
    Early lead bale seal
    1842 Victorian milled silver sixpence (185)
    Medieval book clasp part
    1939 George VI milled silver sixpence (186)
    Medievla silver hawking bell top - Reported as treasure to museum
    Medieval book clasp - 2 rivet fixings
    17thC Dutch lead bale seal
    1940 George VI milled silver sixpence (187)
    1919 George V milled silver sixpence (188)
    1938 George VI milled silver shilling (189)
    1696 William III milled silver sixpence love token (190)
    Roman style lead trade weight - no markings 51.56mm dia x 12.27mm T

    A complete Romano-Britsh protected loop terret. The loop through which the reins would have passed remains

    Protected loop terrets are usually considered to be Roman and dating to the late first and second centuries AD-

    36.24mm L x 25.72 O/Dia, 22.33g

    2nd C Roman fibular 'head stud' type fibula brooch
    2nd C Roman fibular 'Colchester ' type fibula brooch

     

    Medieval gold posey ring with full Lombardic inscription and with the flower possibly representing the wound of Christ- working on the legend to dechiper it - Reported as treasure to Colchester museum 22.38mm O/dia x 1.64mm T , 2.77g

    Legend reads : * CN IIS LK VUI CK LOOIJ

    18thC decorated silver clog fastener
    WWII Royal airforce button

    1422-27 Henry VI hammered silver groat (4 pence) annulet issue - incurved cross

    obv HENRIC DI GRA REX ANGLIE FRANC

    Rev Outer POSVI DEVM ADITORE MEVM

    Inner VILLA CALISIE - Calais Mint

    3.68g, 26.85mm

    1351-2 Edward III hammered silver half groat - Cross 1 - series E Closed letters C and B

    obv - EDWARDVS REX ANGL D ****

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

    1.59g, 22.93mm

    1464-1472 Edward IV hammered silver penny - Archiepiscopal Issue - quartrefoil with pellet at centre of reverse - York mint

    1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross penny - Class Vb

    Obv HENRICVS REX

    Rev hE(N/RIO/NLV/NDE - moneyer HENRY OF LONDON

    1704 Anne milled silver sixpence - overstamped BJ love token (191)
    1199 King John hammered silver short cross penny qtr
    Antonio Venier (1382-1400)
    AD hammered Soldino silver Venitian coin
    Air training corp

    1422 -27 Henry hammered silver groat - annulet issue - annulet between opposing pellets on reverse

    obv HENRIC DI GRA REX ANGLIE FRANC

    Rev Outer POSVI DEVM ADITORE MEVM

    Inner CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London Mint

    26.2mm, 3.49g

     

     

    Roman harness loop junction - gilded and decorated - 2 rivet fixing

    Roman harness loop junction - gilded and decorated - 2 rivet fixing

    1341 Edward III hammered silver florin penny Cross 3

    Ob EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Cantebury mint

    1841 Victorian milled silver shilling (192)
    'Lusshebournes' Circa 1280 - Sterling imitation from Europe copying an Edward type coin - Pollard - bare headed bust -0.94g, 18.18mm
    Medieval decorated buckle chape with 2 rivet fixings
    Interesting Roman looking hook
    1696 William III milled silver sixpence (193)

    1247 Henry III hammered silver short cross cut half penny Class 8b3

    Pellet after ON - Lombardic N - Cross pommee

    1592 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver sixpence - Tun mintmark
    1351 Edward III Hammerd silver Penny - Pre treaty - Crozier before CIVI

    Obv EDWARD R ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/DVNE/LMIE

    1.19g,17.12mm

    1614 James 1st hammered silver half groat
    1572-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
    1625 Charles 1st hammered silver half groat

    1422-61 Henry VI hammered silver half penny - Annulet Issue Type A2 'Bib chest', whole annulets by neck

    Obv * HE(NRIC x RE(X x ANGL

    Rev VIL/LA/CAL/ISx - Calais mint

    0.42g, 14.71mm

    Thanks to member Ron for ID'ing this military badge find - 'na h' Eireann means of the Irish Free State',
    20thC Girl guides badge
    Victorian jewelry item
    1550-1650 buckle

    1586 Hans Krauwincel II Rose orb Jeton

    HANNS KRAVWINCKEL IN NVRENB

    18thC silver spoon handle
    Medieval spur fragment
    Stunning early 1681 Dutch Zeelandia province copper coin

    1817 Russian leade bale seal
    17thC sword belt slide

     

    15thC lead token
    17thC mount
    17thC mount with 2 integral lugs
    17thC belt slide
    London and Chatham railway button
    1666 Thomas Peeke of Colchester hammered copper trade farthing
    Soho London toekn - cleaning it up more to reveal legend
    Medieval hammered silver penny CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint - needs straightening to review King

    1631 - 32 Charles 1st milled silver half crown (30 pence)

    Nicholas Briot's milled coinage - Group III cloak on shoulder

    31.05mm, 13.01g (194)

    1341 Edward III hammered silver florin penny

    Obv - + EDWA ** ANGL FNS HYB

    CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

    18thC Bullion cup weight - Hallmarked VS
    Medieval spur rowell
    20thC British rail button
    1770's Gold guinea coin weight - 21 shillings
    Georgian button
    1820 George III 'bullhead' milled silver sixpence forgery
    1860 Dansk copper coin - 1 cent
    Post 1709 decorated silver thimble
    Georgian lead tobacco jar lid handle
    Georgian mount with 4 integral lugs

    Medieval badges Ref Mitchiner p244 939 - 941

     

    'A badge for a Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre in bronze and dating somewhere around C13/14th possibly very slightly later . This is a very scarce item and it relates to The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem being a Catholic chivalric order of Knighthood that traces its roots to Godfrey of Bouillon, principal leader of the First Crusade. According to reliable sources in the Vatican and Jerusalem, it began in historical reality as a mixed clerical and lay confraternity (association) of pilgrims which gradually grew around the most central of the Christian holy places in the Middle East, the Holy Sepulchre or the tomb of Jesus Christ.This would have been a pin for a member of the order , there is a mark on the reverse where the original pin would have been fixed

     

    19th C livery button
    1550-1650 buckle
    1667 Thomas Bradshaw of Harwich, Apothecaries, hammered copper trade farthing
    1935 George V milled silver sixpence (195)
    1944 George V milled silver sixpence (196)
    1866 Victorian milled silver 3 pence (197)

    1377 Edward III hammered silver half groat - Post Treaty period

    CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

    26.05mm, 4.35g

    George II trade weight - Crown G
    Assurance button
    17thC lead token
    Great Eastern Railways button
    Isle of Mann cufflink
    Georgian printing press block 'A'
    1690's William III milled silver sixpence overstamped love token (198)
    Roman bronze pin head
    Roman spur
    Neat medieval cotter pin with cross design
    18thC toy cannon - exploded due to overpacking of gun powder
    1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross half penny
    C10thC Saxon harness cheek piece - fragment
    Roman bronze circular mount
    Victorian jewellry clasp with red stone
    Medieval annular ring brooch fragment
    19thC hunting button
    15th lead token - long cross and pellet type 2
    Medieval decorated Fleur De Lis mount
    Post medieval lead gaming piece
    17thC mount with 2 integral lugs
    Medieval bronze beehive thimble

    Medieval finger ring with lombardic lettering, star and cross hatched design -20.99mm O/Dia , 215g
    16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
    1842 Victroian milled silver sixpence (199)
    Georgian casket clasp

    Neat lead bale seal with animal impression

    'SS Leopo'

    Unusual 17th lead token
    1563 Elizabeth 1sr hammered silver - Phoen mintmark
    Decorated medieval buckle with integral chape
    1670 Ipswich copper farthing
    1341 Edward III Hammerd silver Penny - probably florin type

    Obv **** R ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR Canterbury mint

     

    Unrecorded officers one piece 38th Regiment of Foot

    ( 1st Staffordshire )

    19thC livery button
    Medieval French jetton
    1625 Charles 1st coin weight - Crown C hall mark
    Early petwer miltary button - not checked ref books yet
    1664 Joseph Gleson of Dedham hammered copper trade farthing
    19thC monogrammed button

    A Romano-British protected loop terret fragment . The loop through which the reins would have passed remains

    Protected loop terrets are usually considered to be Roman and dating to the late first and second centuries AD-

    1937 George VI milled silver sixpence (200)
    1927 George V milled silver shilling (201)
    1943 George VI milled silver sixpence (202)
    Georgian spur
    Medieval caffing dish handle support
    18thC toy cannon

    1490 -1504 Henry VII hammered silver half groat - - double arched crown - cinquefoil mint mark

     

    Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR Canterbury mint

     

    Roman dolphin headed buckle

    1341 Edward III hammered silver florin penny

    Ob EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON London mint

    1843 Victorian milled silver sixpence (203)
    Cast copper Victroian lion mount
    Medieval silver hawking bell reported as treasure to the museum
    Medieval hammered silver half groat
    16thC gold and silver jewellry fragment - reported to museum as treasure
    Georgian silver buckle fragmetn
    Medieval lead pilgrims badge
    19thC livery button
    1704 Queen Anne trade weight - Crown A hallmark London
    1594-6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver halfgroat
    Post medieval bead
    18thC toy cannon
    Georgian lead tobacco jar lid handle
    Medieval hammered silver penny fragment - London mint
    Roman lead spindle whorl
    15thC open topped thimble

    1341 Edward III hammered silver florin penny

    Ob EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR Canterbury mint

    1.34g, 18.83mm

    1341 Edward III hammered silver florin penny

    Ob EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON London mint

    0.99g, 17.95mm

    1272 Edward 1st hammered silver penny fragment -Durham mint
    16th/17thC nipple button
    15thC lead token
    2ndC Roman bronze coin
    Georgian pipe tamper
    15th C lead tpken - type 2
    16th C decorated Tudor button

    Medieval hammered silver half groat - 1327 Edward III

    Obv Edwardvs Rex

    1272 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - class 9b

    Ob EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev VILLE/SCIE/DNV/DNI - Bury St Edmunds mint

    18.39mm,1.44g

    1696 William III milled silver sixpence love token (204)
    Miltary badge with 3 crowns at centre and red enamelled lettering ?
    19thC livery button
    Medieval buckle
    Medieval pot foot
    17thC mount with single integral lug
    2nd C Roman bronze coin
    17thC lead token
    17thC lead flower mount
    Medieval lead mould - not sure what the impression is

    Unlisted buttons - Crimea war's period

    THE 5TH. (PRINCESS OF WALES'S) DRAGOON GUARDS

     

    20thC pearl handled pen knife
    19thC Cunard Line button
    Medieval book clasp - 2 rivet fixings
    16thC Tudor purse bar swivel

    1422 Henry VI hammered silver penny - annulet coinage - annulet at centre of pellets in two of the reverse qtrs

    Obv HENRICVS REX ANGLIE

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

    0.81g, 17.12mm

     

    1216 Henry III hammered silver short cross qtr penny Class 6c3

    Obv HENRICVS REX

    Rev **** WINC - Winchester mint

    0.38g, 10.37mm

    18thC bullion weight
    18thC decorated clog fastener
    RN Greenwich Hospital Service
    Officer's Hospital Staff Tunic
    Button
    In use 1814 - 1868
    1000 BC bronze axe head fragment
    Roman cotter pin

    1485- Henry VIII hammered silver farthing - single arched crown, plain cross - very interesting coin thickly struck - size is within normal range but it weights twice the average weight of 0.19g

    0.40g, 9.81mm -

    Obv HENRIC DI GRA Rex

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

    1422 Henry VI hammered silver penny

    Archiepiscopal issue - Quatrefoil with pellet on reverse

    Rev CIVI/TAS/EBO/**** - York mint

    1272 Edward 1st hammered silver penny Class 9b

    Obv EDWAR R ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev SCIE/DNV/NDI - Bury St Edmunds mint

    17.64mm, 1.41g

     

     

    Royal artillery badge

    13th C bronze Vessica seal matrix - 31.48mm H x 18.48mm wide - 8.45g

    Script - NOLONIM ESDARI : U

    1567-70 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Coronet mintmark

    0.42g, 13.60mm

    1485-90 Henry VII hammered silver sovereign penny - Halved lis and Rose initial mark

    Obv King enthroned holding orb and sceptre - two double pillars

    0.66g, 13.64mm

    Saxon harness cheek piece fragment
    2nd C Roman silver coin - contempory forgery with copper core

    1341 Edward III hammered silver florin penny

    Ob EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

    19thC livery button
    20thC Generic merchant navy button
    1662 hammered copper trade farthing
    Very unusual early bronze weight
    Huge Georgian buckle
    20thC police button
    17thC cotal bell
    17thC lead token
    WWII Irish army button
    Georgian silver brooch
    17thC mount with single integral lug
    19thC button
    17thC buckle
    Georgian spur
    20thC pocket knife
    Georgian fob seal holder
    Medieval lead hanging pendant
    Georgian mount with 8 integral lugs
    Georgian mount
    Hampshire regiment lapel badge
    Georgian mount with single integral lug

    1341 Edward III hammered silver florin penny

    Ob ******** DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

    1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross penny

    1274 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - Class 10ab

    Ob EDWARD R ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/DVR/ENE - Durham mint

    18.55mm, 1.19g

    1341 Edward III hammered silver florin penny

    Ob EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

    17.92mm, 1.17g

     

    1204/5 King John hammered silver cut half penny Class Vb2

    Rev RIC(ARD.ON LVND- Richard of London

     

     

    Medieval strap end - rivet fixings
    Post medieval lead bale seal
    Post medieval lead bale seal
    1816 George III milled silver sixpence (205)
    1924 George V milled silver sixpence (206)
    1894 India 1/2 Anna
    1550 - 1650 buckle
    15thC lead token
    Medieval purse bar fragment
    Medieval decorated purse bar finial
    Georgian clock key
    1813 Russian lead bale seal
    Georgian silver buckle fragment
    12thC Shield of France French jetton

    1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross penny - Class 3a

    Obv HENRICVS REX

    Rev HEN/RIO/NLV/NDE Moneyer Henri of London