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  • 2013 Oct 2 finds page

    Our rarest ever milled gold coin find - 1689 William and Mary milled gold full guinea - Lion in shield type, elephant under bust

    11g, 25.2mm

    1180-1189 Henry II hammered silver voided short cross penny - Class 1a - Square E

    Obv hENRICVS REX

    Rev ISAAC ON. E(VE(RVI - Moneyer Isac of York mint

    1586 Hans Krauwincel II Rose orb Jeton

    HANNS KRAVWINCKEL IN NVRENB

    1635/6 Charles 1st hammered silver half groat - Crown mint mark Mid 4thC Roman barbarous radiate coin
    1592-5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat (2 pence) - Tun mint mark 1592-5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver shilling (12 pence)Tun mint mark
    Elizabeth 1st hammered silver shilling (12 pence) size comparison to half groat (2 pence)

    A complete cast copper alloy pouring spout in the form of a dog’s head. Medieval to Post-Medieval (c. AD 1400 – c. AD 1550).

    Similar decorative spouts are illustrated in Bailey (1997, 57-59) but none of them show how they would have been attached to vessels. The spouts mainly date to the 15th century although their use may have continued into the 16th century.

    A number of these types of spouts have been recorded on the Portable Antiquities Scheme database. For example, see finds: SF-CC25D3 and IOW-0E8386

    Complete Georgian horse harness bell 1840 Victoria milled silver four pence

    1204/5 King John hammered silver voided short cross half penny - Class5c to 6c

    Obv hENRICVS REX

    Rev **.ON LV+ WA** - Moneyer Walter of London mint

    1272 Edward Ist hammered silver penny

    Obv EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

    Medeival buckle with integral plate - 2 rivet fixing
     

    19thC Coldstream guards button

    Officer - 1820-1830

    Honi soit qui mal y pense (Old French: shame upon him who thinks evil of it)

    19thC livery button   Medieval lead trade weight 15thC lead token
     

    1272 Edward Ist hammered silver penny

    Obv EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

      Midlands Railway button Edwardian mount

    50BC Gallo Belgic Celtic gold full stater - sent to CCI for recording

    17.28mm - 6.00g

    I've recorded the Gallo-Belgic E as 13.0623.  It's a class 4 coin and can be dated quite precisely, probably to around 55/54 BC; it's from a known reverse die, there are several others with this characteristic die flaw below the horse's body.

    Many thanks,

    John

    1422-60 Henry VI hammered silver penny - Quatrefoil with cross

    Rev CIVI/TAS/EBO/RACI - York mint

    19thC JR Bedwell of High St Colchester token
    15thC lead token

    Post Medieval cast copper alloy single loop buckle frame.

    1500-1650 AD

    1696 William III milled silver sixpence
    1840 dated medallion - not of Queen Victoria ?? Egyptian War ?

    4thC Roman bronze coin sent for ID

    Although I can't give you my usual "chapter and verse" on this one, it is a late 3rd century antoninianus.  It most likely dates to the dark days between 260 & 275 and so is possibly Gallienus, Claudius Gothicus, Aurelian - or it might be one of the Gallic emperors, although the silhouette doesn't appear to favor the stylistic conventions of the Gallic Empire coins.  That's about all I can say on the basis of what I can see here.

    Mark

    Georgian watch winder 16thC Tudor button  

    1377-1399 Richard II hammered silver half penny

    Obv + RICARDxREX ***

    Rev CIVI/TAS/ LON/DON - London mint

    1272 Edward Ist hammered silver half penny

    Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/ LON/DON - London mint

    Medieval griffin headed mount - possible knife pommel
    19thC glass seal with crest
    1816 George III milled silver shilling 1625 Charles 1st hammered silver half groat
    Georgian intaglio brooch

    Unknown 17thC hammered copper trade farthing - Stoke by Clare in Essex issued by John Smith - not in Norweb ref books

    Obv JAMES SMITH AT

    Rev STOKE. NEXT. CLARE

    Late medieval decorated purse bar
    16thC Tudor clothing fastener Roman buckle 1582-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Bell mint mark
     

    1272 Edward Ist hammered silver penny

    Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/ LON/DON - London mint

      16thC Tudor clothing fastener Georgian Gin bottle label
    Interesting early medieval pin - one for the museum
    1340 French jetton 1554 Mary hammered silver groat
     
    1603 James 1st hammered silver shilling (12 pence)   19thC livery button

    Royal Artillery button

    Dates - 1840 - 1855

    Medieval mount

    4thC Roman bronze coin sent for ID

    This is a "restored centenionalis" - the tentative new name being used by some numismatists to refer to what has traditionally been called an "Æ3" (for lack of an actual denominational name) - of Valentinian I, 364-375.  He, along with his brother Valens, was the first emperor of the new "dynasty" - more of an extended family, really, but one whose various scions were in power (at least on-and-off) for over a century - which succeeded the Constantinian era/dynasty.  This was a terrifically important coinage and rivals the FEL TEMP REPARATIO types of the later Constantinian dynasty for overall frequency of survival.  We dont seem to see too many of them from Britain - I guess that Rome was already beginning to abandon the British Isles to their own devices and fate by this time. 

    This reverse type here is Victory walking left carrying wreath and palm - symbols of (what else?) victory and celebration/rejoicing. The legend is SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE - ("To the) Security of the Republic".  So far as I can tell, the mintmark (in exergue) is *SMAQ[P] for the mint at Aquilea, which dates it to the end of the "1st period", 364-367, in which this and its equally prolific and long-lived companion-type was struck. That type is the GLORIA ROMANORVM with emperor dragging captive and carrying labarum,. The overwhelming majority of the mid-size Æ coinage of the first decade and a half of the Valentinian dynasty consisted of either of this Victory or its companion, "deeds of the emperor" type.

    Mark

    Lead gaming token

    1272 Edward Ist hammered silver penny

    Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/ LON/DON - London mint

    1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross half penny

    Obv HENRICVS REX

    Rev ANT/NIC - Nicole of Canterbury mint

    1582-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Bell mint mark

    1272 Edward Ist hammered silver penny

    Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/ LON/DON - London mint

    Very wierd hammered silver penny with blundered legend - Rose also to one quadrant on reverse - Edward III initial mark - annulets to both sides of I, overstamped.

    This must be a 13thC sterling imitation

    Rev O/VIL/+LN0/N.I.

    1854 Victoria Crimera medallion 1830's London guildhall trade weight
    1578-9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Greek cross mint mark

    1272 Edward Ist hammered silver penny

    Obv +EDWAR ****

    Brilliant 1299 - 1300 Edward 1st hammered silver penny find with serious engraving/spelling errors. The engraver put CIV in one quadrant instead of CIVI. Added the I to the 2nd quadrant and forgot the T in TAS then added the T to the A on its side. The h in hYB is totally different from known type.

    Initial mark is Cross Moline - Class 9

    Obv +EDWR ANGL DNS HYB'

    Rev CIV/ITAS/***/ENE- Durham mint

    1300-1310 Edward Ist hammered silver penny - Class 10ab

    Obv +EDWR R ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

    Mint condition 1742 Irish George II milled copper half penny

    1327 Edward III hammered silver penny -- Cross 1

    Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/ LON/DON - London mint

    1573 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Ermine mint mark 1697 William III milled silver sixpence
    Huge 15thC type2 long cross and pellet token next to the 'normal' sized lead token 1582-4 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat- A mint mark
    Very rare 1685 James II milled silver shilling - our first ever James 1st shilling find
    1929 George V milled silver sixpence comparion to 1932 milled silver half crown (30 pence)
    1883 Victoria milled silver sixpence

    1272 Edward Ist hammered silver penny

    Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

    Bronze Roman Key 2nd/3rd Century

    A cast copper alloy Late Roman amphora-shaped strap end

    Circa 300 - 410 AD

    17thC lead sewing palm gusrd Georgian watach winder
    15thC lead token - type 2 1883 Victoria milled silver shilling

    BC Roman republican silver coin - cooking to remove crust and sent for ID

    I found a second to go looking for an ID for this one.  I was quite a bit off on my first estimated date - dating to 42 BC, it's right on the cusp of the Republican & Imperial periods.  The family is Claudia (Babelon/RSC Claudia 15).  The obverse is Apollo, head right (should be a lyre behind the head, but that would have been on the missing bit.) The reverse is Diana Lucifera standing holding two torches, with P•CLODIVS downwardly on the right, and M•F• (illegible) to the left. 
    Crawford 494/23; Sydenham 1117; SRCV 492.

    Mark

    http://www.stoa.org/gallery/album98/ML_31_Clodia_den

    Late Early Medieval (Anglo-Scandinavian) cast copper alloy incomplete cheek piece from a harness fitting

    1841 silver buckle style ring

    HB - Hnery Bourne, Ludgate Hill, Birmingham

    Birmingham hall mark

     

    Taco'd medieval hammered silver penny

    Rev CIVI/TAS/ LON/DON - London mint

    1158 -1189 AD Henry II hammered silver penny ' Tealby' cross and crosslet type.

    Scotland 1195- 1205 - William 1st the Lion - hammered silver penny

    Shortcross and Stars issue

    obv WILELMUS R (E) X

    Rev WATER ON PER - Moneyer Walter of Perth mint

    Scotland Alexander III 1249-1286 hammered silver penny

    obv - ALEXANDER DEI GRA

    Rev -REX SCOTORUM - King of Scotland

    16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver shilling Georgian silver pendant
    1840 Victorian model one penny 17thC annular brooch
    19thC buckle centre

    THE LOYAL NORTH LANCASHIRE REGIMENT

     
    19thC Royal artillery button

    Cast copper alloy trapezoidal shoe or knee buckle with concave sides

    1660-1720

      Cold Stream guards ??
    Britain's Merchant Navy
    Generic Design Issue
    In use 1900 's onwards
    11,000 BC flint scraper
    1944 George V milled silver sixpence Medieval gilded mount with 2 rivet fixings
    Roman lead token

    1915 WWI Anti German Union Britain for the British Lapel Badge. Brass and enamel. Good condition. Used to stir up anti German feeling and expel all Germans

     

    1242-47 Henry III hammered silver short cross penny - Class 8

    Obv NIC(hOLE( ON LVD - Moneyer Nichole of London mint

    1590-2 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat- Hand mint mark
    18thC Royal artillery button

    A complete cast copper alloy buckle of post-medieval date. The buckle is a double loop asymmetrical shape

    Circa 1575- 1700

    2ndC Roman fibular head stud type brooch
    18thC toy cannon 19thC Chinese cash coin

    Post medieval cast copper alloy buckle frame

    Circa AD 1600 - 1699

    Seal shaped Georgian pipe tamper Roman buckle tongue
    Britain's Merchant Navy
    Generic Design Issue
    In use 1900 's onwards
    Medieval coin weight - Portcullis & cross Medieval bronze stirrup ring

    1634 Charles 1st hammered copper rose farthing Roman riveted plate
    Very unusual 18thC silver commemorative button with what looks like General Cornwallis's bust - Dux means leader in Latin

    1413-22 Henry V hammered silver penny -

    York archbishop issue

    Quatrefoil with pellet reverse cross

    Post-medieval copper-alloy buckle frame

    C AD 1650-1720

    19thC Royal fuselier? s button

    O/R's - 182+

    A copper-alloy cast mount. The mount is quatrefoil in shape with a cusp in each angle. The reverse has two attachment lugs

    Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
    Date from: Circa AD 1600
    Date to: Circa AD 1700

    Medieval silver annular brooch - reported as treasure to museum
    1697 William III milled silver sixpence
    1664 Joseph Gleson of Dedham Copper trade farthing

    RN Master - 1807-1825
    RN Ass't Master - 1807-1825
    RN Volunteer Gr.II - 1824-1825
    In use 1807 - 1825

    RN Greenwich Hospital Service
    Officer's Hospital Staff Tunic
    Button
    In use 1800 - 1815
    1838 Victoria milled silver four pence ( groat)

    20thC Imperial Chemical Industries button

    Napoleonic period Loyal Colchester Volunteers button

    ​First raised in 1797 and stood down in 1801. Re-raised in 1803 as a much larger affair, they opted to become Local Militia and became the 3rd Essex LM in 1809

    18thC clog fasteners

    Double struck 1413-1422 Henry V hammered silver penny - Trefoil by crown - initial mark Cross Pattee

    Quadrafoil with dot in centre of reverse cross

    Obv hENRIC DI GRA REX ANG

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

    1587-9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat (2 pence) - Crescent mint mark
    17thC lead token Georgian II trade weight - Crown G cippher London Georgian glass stone button 16thC Tudor button
    Georgian seal matrix


    'Still unrecorded, but I have it in my book as the below'

    Tim

    13th Light Dragoons

    Officer - 1800-1830

    Georgian button Musket trigger guard 17thC trade weight
    Georgian trade weight - Crown G cipher 15thC lead token

    Double stuck Reverse 180 degrees rotation - Obverse legend error type

    should read +EDWAR R ANGL DNS YB

    1344 Edward III hammered silver penny - Florin issue

    Obv +EDWAR R ANGL DNS hYB

    Rev Blundered

    1300-1310 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - pothook N type like class 9 - low crown - Class 10ab

    Obv +EDWARD REX ANGL DNS hYB'

    Rev CIVI/TAS/ LON/DON - London mint

    1291-94 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - Class 6b - pointed chin

    Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/ LON/DON - London mint

    Edwardian silver pendant - gold nuggets set in amber

    Alexander II 1230-35 Scottish hammered silver penny - struck in name of William

    Obv WILLRLMUS REX

    Rev ** .ON.ROE AIM - Moneyer Aimer of Roxburgh mint

    Early medieval gilded hooked mount 19thC livery button 17thC lead token

    Georgian period gilded mount with green stones
     
    Medieval buckle   1933 George V milled silver sixpence

    Saxon bridal fitting gilded fragment Roman riveted armour plate
    BC Roman silver - cooking it to remove crust
    1817 George III milled silver shilling

    1272 Edward Ist hammered silver penny

    Obv +EDWAR R *** S hYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

    1272 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

    Obv +ED *** hYB'

    Rev CIVI/****

    1461 Edward IV hammered silver half groat - quatrefoil by neck

    Obv *** ANGL Z FR

    Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

    Taco'd Medieval Edward hammered silver penny

    Obv *** RR ANGL DNS

    Need straightening to ID propperly

     

    1485 Henry VII hammered silver halfpenny - rev cross fourchee - wide hair bust - Type 3 single arched crown

    Obv HENRIC DI GRA REX A

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

    15thC lead token 15thC lead token 15thC lead token 15thC lead token
    1926 Wix village 'Tug of War' silver medallion
    RN Capt / Commander - 1901
    Georgian watch winders

    12477 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross half penny

    Rev / CAN - Canterbury mint

    Early bone gaming item - not sure what game yet - researching it
    1560 - 1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny

    Royal Navy Lieutenant - 1748

    Post medieval cast copper alloy asymmetrical buckle frame, some with with a pointed knop at the end of the loop

    The buckle dates from c.1575 - 1700

    19thC silver ring
    1816 George III milled silver sixpence 1832 Victoria milled silver sixpence
    Interesting carved rock ?? One for the museum to look at

    1836 German states billion silver coin - Wilhelm Kon V Wurttemb

    Legend: WILHELMKOENIG V. WURTTEMB: Rev: Crowned arms within branches

     

    1352 - 53 Edward III hammered silver penny - Pre treaty D

    Quadrefoil with pellet at centre of reverse cross - York archiepiscopal issue

    Obv x ANGLIF

    Rev CIVI/TAS/EBO/RACI - York mint

    1592-5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat (2 pence) - Tun mint mark 1911 George V coronation medallion
    17thC lead token 1634 Charles 1st hammered copper rose farthing
    1812 Russian lead bale seal 17thC lead sewing palm guard
    17thC thimble Roman buckle tongue 1634 Charles 1st hammered copper rose farthing
    20thC silver religious pendant

    Unknown issuer

    17thC Henry Benyan of Coggeshall in Essex hammered copper trade farthing

    17thC silver seal matrix - clasped hands and heart - reported a streasure to museum
    15778-9 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver 3 pence ) - Greek cross mint mark 2ndC Roman fibular brooch fragment
    1802 Claret silver tag - London hall mark
       
       

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