2009Febfindspage

Metal detecting holidays in England with the World's most successful metal detecting club.

Twinned with Midwest Historical Research Society USA

2009 Feb finds page

Incomplete harness strap distributor (probably a bridle cheek piece) of the late Anglo-Saxon to early Norman period

ROMAN (Certain) to ROMAN (Certain), Circa 75 AD - Circa 200 AD bottom part of the same type of enameled brooch below found earlier in the season

ROMAN (Certain) to ROMAN (Certain), Circa 75 AD - Circa 200 AD

Object Type:	Head stud Brooch
	Incomplete copper alloy ‘Roman ‘head stud’ brooch. What survives is the upper part only. The wings are semi-cylindrical, short and one wing is truncated. The spring fixing lug is broken, the spring and pin are entirely missing. A small worn knop to the top of the brooch is probably the remains of a chain loop fitting. On the head of the brooch is a worn, raised stud formed of two concentric circles. This may once have been enamelled, though no traces survive. On the surviving portion of the bow are two vertically placed recessed squares, the upper contains red enamel, the lower is empty. These squares presumably continued down the bow. The lower half of the brooch is missing, along with the catchplate. No original surface survives. Exposed surfaces are mid and light green. The broken edges, though not fresh, are not well worn, suggesting damaged occurred in the more recent past. The width of the wings is 20.48mm, the bow is 10.78wide, the brooch is 28.95mm long and weighs 10.68g. Brooches of this type date from about AD 75 to AD 200. Examples can be seein in Hattatt, 1987, Brooches of antiquity, page 123, figure 41.

1st/2ndC Roman bronze sent for ID 29.47mm, 15.03g

3rd/4th C Roman bronze sent for ID 26.44m, 4.89g

Roman bronze key

(1501-1521).
Venetian Soldino hammered silver coin 0.26g,12.08mm

Rev: LAVS TIBI SOLI (Thee Alone be Praised). Haloed figure of Christ holding a cross.

Obv: LE LAV DVX S M V (Leonardo Lauredan, Doge. St Mark of Venice.) Doge kneeling before Saint Mark.

Roman statue base fragment ?

2oz Victorian trade weight

1942 George VI milled silver sixpence (159)

16thC mount with 2 integral lugs

17thC mount with looped supsension ring

Medieval ear wax double ended scraper

Reaserching this stud

Medieval spur fragment

15th C lead token - Type 2

17thC button

Large 17thC baldric buckle

16thC mount with 2 integral lugs

1875

Belgium 2 centimes

20thC Continental silver watch back - 92.5% silver

Huge 1797 George III cartwheel penny

Medieval lead pot mend

William III silver sixpence fragment (160)

1940 George VI milled silver shilling (12 pence) (161)

1936 George VImilled silver florin (24 pence) (162)

1922 George VImilled silver florin (24 pence) (163)

1696 William III milled copper farthing

1753 George II copper farthing

1795 pattern Royal Artillery concave one pices button

One piece Navy button

HONI SOIT QUI MAN Y PENSE

PACKET

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

RN - Packet Service
( Mail & Supplies Delivery )

c.1800-1811
Firmin & Co

1158- 1180 Henry II Tealby cross and crosslets hammered silver cut qtr penny

Stunning 1649 Commonwealth hammered silver penny

17th hammered coper trade farthing - Daniel Walker of Woodbridge Suffolk - Grocer

1653 hammered coper trade farthing - Jeremy Erds of Manningtree Essex

Medieval book clasp

1550-1650 buckle

Tiny 1307 Edward II hammered silver farthing (1/4 pence) Type 28 - 12.44mm, 0.29g

Ob EDWARDVS REX

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

2- 1674 Charles II milled copper farthings

RN Capt / Commander - 1825
RN Lieutenant - 1825
RN Midshipman - 1825
In use 1825 - 1827

Backmark - Turner & Sons

16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver sixpence

Interesting shield mount with red enameled raised circle design - Post medieval

Georgian watch winder

17thC mount with 2 integral lugs

Medieval hooked mount with single rivet fixing

Silver corner protector - Birmingham hallmark 96% silver - date letter for 1900

16th/17thC button

Roman silver coin fragment - 'cooking' it to remove 'hornsilver' crust

Medieval spur fragment

Very interesting hammered silver penny - 17.36mm, 1.06g

1341 AD Edward III florin type CIVI/TAS/DVN/ELN - Durham mint - note the crozier to one limb of cross in inset (after ELN)

Obv EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

Interesting small foreign silver coin with a copper tinge 16.71mm,0.42g - need to check World coin book

Obv GIA DVX.FIRIO.G****

Medieval spur fragment

Essex Reg cap badge

Lead mount

1550-1650 buckle

4thC Roman bronze

1920 George VI milled silver sixpence

Silver count (165) +1

Saxon wrist band with punched circle design - 63.87mm W x 4.92mm T

Antonio Venier (1382-1400) AD hammered Soldino silver Venetian coin

1399- 1413 Henry IV hammered silver penny - quartrefoil with pellet at the centre of reverse cross -16.82mm, 0.88g

Obv HENRIC REX ANGLIE

Rev CIVI/TAS/EBO/RAC - York mint

Saxon gilded and decorated hanger

Medieval spur fragment

1634 Charles 1st hammered copper rose farthing

Not sure what this is ?

2 - 17thC hook mounts with 2 rivet fixings

Georgian watch winder

Medieval decorated book clasp

17thC mount with 2 integral lugs

Medieval mount with 2 integral lugs

Stunning 17thC decorated hooked sword hanger

Roman military buckle with integral chape

17th C lock plate

1614 James 1st hammered silver half groat

C10th C Saxon harness strap distributer

French police

GEMDARMERIE NATIONALE NATIONALE

Back mark

AM&Co

23 M Paris

WWII Royal airforce button

19thC livery button - raised hand

WWII USA Royal marines button

Peruvian lead bale seal

Georgian pastry jigger wheel

Antonio Venier (1382-1400) AD hammered Soldino silver Venetian coin

1634 Charles 1st hammered copper rose farthing

1461 - 1483 Edward IV Irish coin hammered silver penny - note the two Rosettes by neck on Obverse which is only on the irish Edward IV's. Still researching this coin in the Irish books as it not one I have ever seen before or a legend I know, great find.

Obv DI GR

Rv ***/DER ???

17thC mount with 2 integral lugs

1483 Richard III hammered silver long cross penny

19thC livery button

1550-1650 buckle

Curious button with raised cross design - could be late medieval

16th C Tudor period necklace glass bead

Interesting rod that I thought initially was a key - not sure of it's use. It is possible that it is a different type of latch key.

1880's pattern Prussian Army button

20thC Girl Guides badge

1586 Hans Krauwincel II Rose orb Jeton

HANNS KRAVWINCKEL IN NVRENB

1550-1650 buckle

Navy badge

County Borough of newport tramways button

Elephant charm

1550-1650 buckle

Georgian buckle

Post medieval lead cloth seal

Small cross pendant with punched design - possibly Saxon

Roman knife pommel

1634 Charles 1st hammered copper rose farthing

20thC slot machine token

15thC lead token - long cross and pellet Type 2

Great condition 1778 George III copper penny

Georgian buckle

Georgian Button overstamped 'DENTS' ?

Interesting pot fot - probably Georgian

Small Romano/British bronze bead

18thC crotal bell

Romano/British widget - we have found another one currently under investigation at Colchester museum

Georgian watch winder

17thC duck head S buckle fragment - pewter

Great find, early Napoleonic lead statue mount -found on a French Napoleonic POW site - 74mm H

The hat shows the symbol of a fusiliers

16th C Tudor decorated knife handle - 83.7mm L

WWII Royal Marines button

16th/17thC button

1696 William III milled silver sixpence (166)

1696 William III milled silver sixpence (167)

Medieval silver long cross penny in the 'cooker' to remove the horn silver crust

16th C Elizabeth 1st hammered silver sixpence

RN Capt / Commander - 1812

Coldstream Guards

Officer - 1855

Medieval decorated strap guide - 2 rivet fixing 32.91mm L x 17.46 mm W

Corporation button

1550-1650 buckle

1836 William IIII milled silver four pence (168)

Probably one of the smallest hammered silver coins you can find, 1/3rd the weight of a Medieval silver farthing

1625-42 Charles 1st hammered silver half penny - Rose each side - no legend type

0.17g, 9.5mm

Annia Galeria Faustina, more familiarly referred to as Faustina the Elder (Latin: Faustina Major; born September 21 about 100, died 141), was a Roman Empress and wife of Roman Emperor Antoninus Pius.

Sent off for ID

1670 's Charles II milled silver four pence - undated type (169)

1928 George V milled silver sixpence (170)

Georgian pastry jigger wheel

15thC thimble

Royal Navy - Officers (Roped Rim) Lined Background 17.5mm 1843-1891

Post medieval bale seal

1341 AD Edward III florin type CIVI/TAS/DVN/ELM - Durham mint - note the crozier to one limb of cross (after ELM)

Obv EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

1272 Edward Ist hammered silver penny class 9b

Rev VILLA/****/NDI - Bury St Edmonds mint

1272 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv EDW ******HYB

Rev CIVI/TAS *****

2nd C Roman plate brooch - 27.39mm H x 21.16mm W

Medieval beehive thimble

George II trade weight - Crown G cipher

1704 Queen Anne trade weight

Looks like a medieval barrel lock part - still working on it

1860 Victorian copper farthing in great shape

18thC lead sewing palm guard

Medieval pot foot

1787 Dutch lead bale seal

George III copper in great shape

Georgian lead tobacco jar lid handle

17thC mount with 2 integral lugs

1628 Charles 1st hammered silver sixpence - Anchor mintmark - Group E

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

THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS (1914 -1918)

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

18thC toy flintlock pistol

1819 George III milled silver sixpence (171)

Georgian seal matrix

1578 Dutch low countries Antwerp hand coin weight - Cornelis Jansen 1564- 1604 - 4.98g, 15.37mm sq

Medieval bronze open topped thimble (a)21.89mm dia, 6.59g

16thC copper alloy open topped thimble (b)1.75g,17.8mm dia

4thC Roman bronze coin sent off for ID 17.04mm, 1.28g

1681 Charles II milled silver groat (4 pence) (172)

1593 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver six pence - Tun mintmark 6th issue

1634-5 Charles 1st hammered silver half groat - Tower mint under Charles 1st - Bell mintmark - Type 3a1, no inner circles

Royal fusiliers button ? Not checked books yet

Back mark Best Quality S

Roman decorated dagger quillion fragment - petal design 38.34 mm dia

18thC Swedish copper coin ? not checked ref books yet

1818 George III milled silver forgery

1250 - 1500 buckle

1500 -1650 buckle

1572 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Ermine mint mark 4th issue

1697 William III milled silver sixpence (173)

1728 George II milled silver sixpence (174)

1649 Commonwealth hammered silver half groat - S shaped love token

1582-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat

1946 George VI milled silver sixpence (175)

Tiny 1625 Charles 1st hammered silver half penny - rose both sides, no legend type - 10.19mm, 0.32g

1594-6 Elizabeth hammered silver half groat 6th issue - Woolpack mintmark

1931 George V milled silver sixpence (176)

'That's a denarius of Trajan - predecessor of Hadrian (who built a wall up your way - you might have heard of it...) - under whose reign from 98-117 AD. the Roman Empire attained its largest size (briefly, before Hadrian gave Parthia back to the Parthians).

The reverse reads 'S.P.Q.R. OPTIMO PRINCIPI" - a standard reverse legend paired with dozens of reverse types. This one seems to be Mars advancing right. This series dates to about 107 AD. and the obverse legend in its entirety most likely reads IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P.' Mark

19.2mm, 2.36g