2023 April finds page

Ill Tom and Fl Dan with their freebie club sweatshirts for their beauty gold finds

1.81g, 20.1mm

Picture from the field

This coin is a mule with two dies series B&E

Edward III (1351-61), Quarter-Noble, 1, fourth coinage, Pre-Treaty period, series B/E mule, mm. cross 1, edwar’ r[ ] angl’ z franc’ d hyber, royal arms on shield, pellet below, rev. + exaltabitvr in ghloria, annulet stops, floriate cross,, trefoil and lion in each angle, eight-arc double tressure

Mint mark Cross 1

Obv +EDWAR o R oANGL Z FRANC o D o hYB ER

19thC gold tooth plate

0.6g, 19.1 mm

18thC George III milled gold qtr guinea

0.79g, 15.1mm

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv + EDWR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev VILL/SIIIE/DMV/NDI- Bury St Edmunds mint

Corporation button

'Merry Christmas'

11.03g, 54.16mm L

6.17g, 28.3mm L

Interesting chunks of gold or brass ?

Gold testing kit does not show 22,18, or 9 carat gold. However it reacts for base gold with high zinc content - White vinegar does not react as it should do on brass.

Taking it to the museum for their views.

1189- Richard 1st hammered silver short cross penny - Class 4

Obv hENRIC REX

Rev STIVENE.ON.LVND - Moneyer Stivene of London mint

One of the earliest milled coins during the hammered silver coin period.

Nicholas Briot's coinage 1631-9

Charles 1st milled silver half groat

1300-10 Edward II hammered silver farthing- new issue with inner circles both sides - oval flan - Type 28f

Obv +EDWARDVS REX AN

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint mark

Silver band Birmingham mint date letter O

'Troup Cup 1913'

Maker JF- James Fenton 1854..1904
(registered Apr 1852, Sep 1878)

1908 WWII Essex Yeomanry cap badge

King Crown

Iron Age Terret Ring 1st Century BC – 1st Century AD

The terret is a metal loop found on a horse harness, guiding the reins and preventing them from becoming tangled on the harness.

Victorian Army button

RCI which is Royal Chelsea Infirmary.

Georgian pill box

1761-1780 18thC decorated silver clog fastener

Hester Bateman

First recorded English woman silversmith
maker's mark in cursive

London Assay office

1908 WWII Essex Yeomanry cap badge

King's Crown

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross penny

Obv hENRICVS REX III

Rev WIL/LEM /ONC/AN - Willem of Canterbury mint

1934 Silver cane band - London mint

Maker - Kendall & Sons Ltd - Stick mount, umbrella - 1923..1940

Umbrella maker, Charles Street, Leicester; Bull Street, Birmingham; Holborn Bars, London EC1

19th C Advertising token

Naiborough & Co, Waterloo Hse, Harwich

Haberdashers

Rachel lost the solid gold watch on her land 50 years ago and it was a present from her Auntie. Nj Joe while searching her sheep pasture found it and then presented it back to her.

1762 Karl 1st -- 1/12 Thaler

	Principality of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel (German states)

* CAROLVS.D.G.DVX.BRVNS.ET.LVN:

NACH.DEM.LEIPZIGER.FVES.1762

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

'Royal Medico Psycn Assoc Cert Nurse'

2ndC Roman silver coin - sent for ID

That's Hadrian, 117-139 AD.
As for the reverse, there isn't enough legible legend to positively ID it that way - and there isn't quite enough of the device to figure which of quite a few possible female personifications or deities seated left. If I could see what she's holding in that outstretched right hand, I'd have a really good chance of saying who it is, but alas...
Sorry I can't tell you much more, but at least we can say with confidence who the issuing emperor is.
Mark

Doge Michele Steno (1400-1413).

Obv: MICHAEL STEN' DVX (Michele Steno, Doge). Doge standing left, holding standard.

Rev: S MARCVS VENETI (Saint Mark of Venice). Winged and nimbate lion of Saint Mark facing.

Beauty 4thC Roman silver coin sent for ID

A couple things made (and still make) this hard to pin down - but my best guess is below.
-  1st; at least half of ALL the coins ever minted in or for Rome with an emperor's portrait have a legend which ends "... VS P F AVG, so that's not too much help. Of course the remainder of the legend never made it on the flan - but that resulted in highlighting the legend-break.
- 2nd; there were 5, maybe 6, major late Roman emperors' siliquae who marked their siliquae with VOT / X / MVLT / XV in wreath for their reverse
- 3rd, the mint mark is very close to completely obscured, it definitely ends in "S" - but so do almost all the mintmarks ever used on siliquae, the result: I had to include a bit of luck.
With the combination of the reverse legend VOT / X /MVLT / XV (which is the only relatively uncommon bit I can point to with complete confidence) with the rest of what I can see, like taking the vague, difficult-to-describe distinctions of "style" into account, plus the legend break on the obverse turned out to be a major clue - very few emperors and types broke the legend ???? - VS P F AVG
And the final "kicker" - the reverse is a re-used die of Arcadius' father / predecessor, Theodosius I - that vota celebration / dedication was his, not Arcadius'. Overall, it's scarce-to-rare.

My best guess would be:
Arcadius, 383-408 AD.
AR siliqua, Mint of Milan, 397-402 AD.
Obv: [ D N ARCADI ] -- VS P F AVG
diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Arcadius right
Rev: VOT / X / MVLT / XV in four lines within laurel wreath // [ MD P] S
RIC X 1225; RSC 27C; SRCV 20973
If, with cleaning and restoration it is found to be something other than what I described, please let me know - and send pictures.
Mark

1.83g, 15.57mm

1327 Edward III hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR R ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1351 - 1353 Edward III hammered silver half groat - Pre treaty series C - annulet stops, no trefoils over crown

Obv + EDWARDVS.REX.ANGL.FRANC

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1918 Art Deco - Chester silver hallmark brooch - date letter S

Maker C.H

Hans Krauwinckel (1562-1586)

Hans Krauwinckel II (1586-1635)

Rose Orb German jetton

Description: 92 within plain inner circle.

Category:​​ Regular Army;

Type of button: Convex 15mm ​;

Metal: Copper Alloy silvered; Backmark​: EXTRA STRONG PLATED 

​Date: c1820-1840  ​

General service army button

General service buttons had been introduced in the 1870s, when only officers had regimental pattern buttons and other ranks wore the standard design. The buttons continued in service right through from that point onwards and the new khaki service dress introduced in 1902 specified that the buttons should be of the standard GS pattern. A small number of units such as the Guards, Household Cavalry and Rifle regiments had dispensation to wear different buttons, but the vast majority of men used the standard pattern.

The buttons themselves feature the royal coat of arms and can be found with both the slightly pointed crown of Queen Victoria and the Imperial crown of Kings Edward VII, George V and George VI

1327 Edward III milled silver sixpence

Obv EDWAR R ANG **

Rev N/DON/CI * ** London mint

1199 John hammered silver short cross half penny

Obv ** VS REX

Rev TOMAS - Moneyer Tomas

1217- 1242 Henry III hammered silver short cross half penny Class 7a-7b

Obv ** CVS REX

Rev **GER OFR.O - Moneyer Roger of R of Canterbury mint

Kiev style Knobbed Mace - c. 12th - 13th century

This mace is of a form found across Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria and the former Yugoslavia. Known as the Kirpichnikov Type IV, it originated in Kievan metal foundries and was based on a local adaptation of the Khazar mace type shown above - the Kirpichnikov Type I. The four upper and four lower corners of the Type I’s cube have extended outwards forming smaller knobs giving the Type IV twelve knobs (four large and eight small). These maces were first produced, mostly in bronze, in Kiev and other southern Rus cities. Many existing Kievan bronze examples are highly decorated with rings, lines and dots. Bronze maces were first exported and later copied (in both bronze and iron) throughout much of Europe. Examples are known from the Baltics, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria, the Western Balkans, Germany, Sweden and England.

These maces are heavy and deadly and would be effective against not only against unarmoured or lightly armoured foes but against any armour of the time (c. 1100-1300). The Turkic peoples of this time usually wore lamellar armour of leather, horn, bronze or iron.

This mace is 5.3 cm in diameter and 2.2 cm high. The hole is 17mm in diameter. It has 12 pyramidal knobs in three rows of four - four four-sided knobs and eight three-sided knobs (half knobs). It is hollow cast and is roughly 3mm thick at the edges. The knobs are solid. It is 0.235 kg ).

Monster sized chuck of worked bronze - Traces of iron in the hole

There is another reference to a knobbed mace found in Hungary below

Small Hungarian Knobbed Mace - c. 12th-13th century

This small mace head comes from Hungary or its environs. I have found no exact parallel to this style although it is obviously a variation of the Kievan style of knobbed mace head seen above. The bronze construction and high quality imply that it could be an import from the Kiev area.

This small mace is 6cm in diameter and 2.9cm high. The hole is 2.6cm in diameter. It has 12 pyramidal knobs in two rows of six. It is hollow cast and is roughly 3mm thick at the edges. The knobs are not hollow. It is only 0.16kg (0.35 lbs). It is made of bronze.

Massive medieval iron key

RN Capt / Commander - 1901
Other Ship's Officers - 1901
In use 1901 - 1952

Kings crown

RN - Packet Service
( Mail & Supplies Delivery )

c.1800-1811

1279 Edward 1st ahmmered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

18thC 73rd Regiment of foot button

The 73rd Regiment of Foot was an infantry regiment of the British Army, raised in 1780. Under the Childers Reforms it amalgamated with the 42nd Regiment of Foot to form the Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) in 1881.

BC Roman silver - sent for ID

Yes, it's a (late, probably) Republican AR denarius - or possibly it might fall in the Imperatorial period.
I can't pin it down specifically yet, but I have found a few types which are really close - however Roma is way more often seated right rather than left.
The closest I've found are a C. Vibius C.f. C.n. Pansa and a L., Hostilius Saserna, both dating from around 50-45 B.C.
I'm not sure what the devices are, specifically, but making a guess, I'd say the obverse is possibly either a head of Apollo, Roma or a female Gallic captive with stringy hair, right. / the reverse seems to be a helmeted Roma (or possibly Jupiter) seated left.
That's about all I can say at the moment - I'll keep looking, though (with no guarantees) - the reverse might be double struck, garbling the few legible letters and the seated figure on the reverse. In this condition, however, unless it were to turn out to be a really rare type, it will probably matter more to the digger that it's older than the beginning of significant Roman presence in Britain, rather than a type specifically by M.f, C.f. Q.f. Whositus


Mark

1199 John hammered silver short cross half penny - Class 5c

Obv hENRICVS REX

Rev **ABEL- Moneyer abel of London mint

1770 George III gold guinea coin weight - 21 shillings

S 21

Interesting early strap divider - researching it

1770 George III gold half guinea coin weight - 10 shillings and 6 pence

SD

10 6

Very rare Oct 1470- April 1471 Henry VI Restored hammered silver groat - E on neck

Obv +hENRI* DI GRA REX ANGL

Rev CIVI/TAS/EBO/RACI- York mint

Castle Gold Foil Saumur Brass Token Medallion W&A Gilbey

W & A Gilbey Wine Merchants Brass Medallion Castle Gold Foil Saumur. Walter and Alfred Gilbey founded their wine business in London in 1857.

1327 Edward III hammered silver penny - Quadrefoil with pellet at centre of reverse cross - York mint

Obv xAN***E +

1180-1189 Henry II hammered silver short cross Class 1

Obv **CVS REX

Rev + GOCELM - Moneyer Gocelm of Winchester mint

1327 Edward III hammered silver penny

Obv + *** WRA **GL'DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON

1530 Henry VIII hammered silver sovereign penny

TW by shield- Archbishop Wosley

Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen

Brothers in unity for mutual help

1274 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obc EDWR

1165-1214 William the Lion - Scottish hammered silver half penny - struck in name of William

Short cross and stars issue

Obv WILELMUS RE

Rev AILBODE - Moneyer Ailbode

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv ANGL ***

Rev LON/CIVI/** London mint

Irish 1216-1272 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross half penny

Obv hEN **

Rev DAV- Moneyer Davi

1843 Thames Tunnel medallion
The tunnel was originally designed for horse-drawn carriages, but was mainly used by pedestrians and became a tourist attraction. In 1869 it was converted into a railway tunnel

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv + EDWAR ANGLE ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON- London mint

Description: 'DM' surmounted by earls coronet with incised line around edge​

Category:​​​English Infantry Militia; ​

Type of button: ​​Flat 25mm; ​

Metal: Copper Alloy, silvered .; Backmark:None​ ;

​Date: ​1759-c1800

Notes: The Durham Militia was founded in 1759, becoming the 1st Durham Militia in 1853 and in 1881 making up the 3rd battalion of the Durham Light Infantry. This first style of button shows the earls coronet that relates to the 2nd and 3rd Earls of Darlington who were successively colonels of the regiment.

Early 1st Century BC into 1st Century AD Roman brooch

Facinating fibular brooch - similar to Greek type or La Tene III

Roman strap suspension - 41.77mm L x 15.08mm W x 3.2mm thick

5g

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR- Canterbury mint

Illegible gold coin fragment - possible Celtic qtr stater

0.58g, 11.9mm L x 1.62mm T

Unknown small implement - possible ear wax scraper - researching it

Canadian Bill has made a great ID on this badge we found

United States Army Army Warrant Officer Branch Insignia - Officer Gold

U.S. Army Branch Insignia Badges represent a service member's specific field of service. Each soldier - both enlisted and officer - wear their branch insignia badge on their Class A or Army dress blue uniforms denoting their particular skill set. Army branch insignia badges differ from Army qualification badges. Qualification badges require completion of a training course or school, while branch insignia badges are issued to a service member upon being assigned to a particular area of the Army. Enlisted soldiers wear the branch insignia on the left coat lapel, opposite the "U.S." insignia disk, whereas, officers wear the insignia on the lower half of both lapels beneath the "U.S." insignia. Branch insignia were first worn prior to the Civil War in the 1850s by Army personnel.

Roman bronze mount

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