Pretty 18 carat gold ring - Continental hallmarks I have not seen before - no idea of date so reported to Colchester museum as potential treasure

.750 *18 AA CP

20.44mm,1.27g

Victorian jewellry item with glass stone

17thC Willliam III milled silver sixpence - love token (226)

1649 Commonwealth hammered silver penny

20thC Colchester Co operative society 1 pence token

19thC Russian lead bale seal

1550 -1650 buckle

1830's trade weight - London guildhall hallmark

1670's Charles II milled copper farthing

C14thC Medieval lead knights head mount

17thC Wiiliam III milled silver sixpence (227)

17thC crotal bell with heart foundary mark

1667 Thomas Waterford of Marshfield Gloucestershire hammered copper trade farthing

19thC Colchester 'Bedwell' token - Hill Street

 

Yes, of course this is Faustina - that's pretty obvious. However there were 2 Faustinae, the wives of Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius respectively. This is the 2nd, also known as "Faustina Junior". She and Marcus Aurelius were married in 145 AD. while he was still Caesar under Antoninus Pius and raised to the rank of Augusta in 147. So her coinage exists in several phases: those struck by Antoninus Pius before, then after becoming Augusta, those struck by Marcus Aurelius during her life, and those struck in her honor posthumously. she and Marcus evidently had a closer relationship than that enjoyed by most Imperial couples - Faustina accompanied or visited him throughout his military career in far-flung outposts while fighting the Germans. For this, she became known as "Matri Castrorum" - "Mother of the Camps". This piece was struck by Marcus Aurelius while she was still living, sometime between his elevation to Augustus in 161 and her death in 175. The reverse type, which is a bit hard to read in its present condition is "SALVS" - the allegorical personification of Salus ("health", but as in "the Health of the Empire" or "of the body-public", etc.) seated left feeding a serpent arising from a low altar at her feet. This is a pretty obscure reference for us at this remove in time, but it was full of important symbolism for the Romans. Whether at that point in time it was still occurring that the Vestals and/or other faithful Roman women fed actual serpents in ceremonies from which all men were banned, I don't know. Ceremonies of this type were important well into the Imperatorial era. However, the image of this ceremony remained a part of the Roman psyche and symbolized the "Purity" or "Virtue" of the Empire to the extent that it could interact with serpents and not be harmed.

Catalog - RIC III, 714 (of Marcus Aurelius), RSC 195, SR 5262.

Mark

 

Roman silver coin 'cooked' it to reveal the detail

Huge 17thC decorated cow bell fragment with WG foundary mark

1485 Henry VII hammered silver penny - York Archb Rotherham. Key below shield , no pillar to throne.

Facinating copper coin - obv shows rider on horse and the back is the same as the Obv of a William III sixpence - must be an 18thC Condor token of some sort

Neat lead face mount

19thC trade weight - London guildhall hallmark

Medieval knife pommel

18thC Dutch lead cloth seal

1625 Charles 1st hammered silver penny

17thC token like the Obv of a Charles 1st coin with the shield and harp.

The legend reads SVFFOLK which means it is a Suffolk token

1477 Edward IV hammered silver half groat - Rose mintmark, C on breast

Obv EDWARD DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANCE

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR Canterbury mint

Generic merchant navy button

16thC Tudor seal spoon handle

17thC mount with single integral lug

George II trade weight - Crown G London mint

Georgian key hole cover

17thC mount with two integral lugs

Georgian mount - 4 rivet fixings

1697 William III milled silver sixpence (228)

1558-60 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Lis mintmark 1st issue

3- very rare 5th Dragoons guards buttons - Crimean war period - unrecorded in any ref book

First cuff button ever found - V DG - 5th Dragoons guards buttons - Crimean war period

Georgian buckle

19thC livery button

1579 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence - Greek cross mintmark

1550 -1650 buckle

Georgian cuff link

Small lead pot - possible gun powder measure

1697 William III milled silver sixpence (229)

Livery button

Huge silver rim off a bowl

Roman bronze finial

1835 USA Liberty milled silver half dime (230)

1204-5 King John hammered silver penny Class 5a

Obv HENRICVS REX

Rev GIFREI ON NOR - Gifrei of Norwich

1935 George V milled silver shilling (231)

1582 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver sixpence - A mintmark 6th issue

1573-8 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat- Eglantine mintmark 4th issue

This coin has me totally stumped !!

First 1645 Charles 1st hammered silver three pence we have found - double struck coin which has obscured the mint mark. The coin has been rotated and double stuck and the combination of oval shield with this legend does not match. It is possible that it is a half groat and that the III behind bust is II. It could be a Tower half groat Group D, North 2254 but the crown is not that of a bust 4.

I suspect this is a very rare coin as I cannot match it in JJ North's ref book. The normal Tower legend is IUS THRONUM FIRMAT and most have the CHRISTO legend. Some coins had the IUSTITA written in full.

Is this an overstrike of a Ashby de la Zouche mint trying to cover the declaration coins in 1645/6 ? I will let the museum experts have a look when it is being recorded.

Rev IUSTITA THORNUM FIRMAT

17thC silver sixpence overstruck with RO and heart - love token (232)

Melted 19thC silver religious medallion

1604-19 James 1st hammered silver penny - no crown type 2nd issue

1939 George V milled silver sixpence (233)

1603 James 1st hammered silver six pence - 1st issue

Obv JACOBVS D G ANG SCO FRAN ET HIBER REX

 

Very interesting die type of a 10 to 40 AD Cunobelin 1/4 gold stater - note the blocked horse. Sent to Celtic Coin index for recording and more information on type 0.83g, 11.84mm

 

1649 Commonwealth hammered silver penny

1690 William and Mary milled silver one pence (234)

Interesting medal with hollow centre and slot on edge and back ?

LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE (legend translates to Liberty, Equality, Brotherhood)

REPUBLIC FRANCAISE

5 FRANCE

16thC Elizabeth hammered silver penny

Tiny 1843 Victorian milled silver one and a half pence (235)

Interesting Roman widget - hollow tube with tang - needs more research

Great Western Railways button

WWI Royal Cyclist Corp

Victorian Gilded jewellry item with green stone

1844 Victorian gold half sovereign

17thC mount with 2 integral lugs

16thC Tudor button

Royal artillery cap badge

Post medieval lead bales seal

Military button - not checked ref books yet

Neat glass bottle stopper

1840 Victorian milled silver 3 pence (236)

1341 Edward III hammered silver florin penny

Obv EDWR ANGL DNS HYB

CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1572-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat

1816 George III milled silver shilling (237)

1842 Victorian milled silver 4 pence (238)

1855 Victorian milled silver 4 pence (239)

13thC Medieval hammered silver shortcross cut half penny

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

Obv HENRICVS REX

Obv HE(N/RIO/NVL/VNDE -Moneyer Henri of London

1634 Charles 1st hammered copper rose farthing

Medieval gilded silver jester mount

17.11mm H x 9.12mm W, 1.80g

WWII French Navy button

Back mark , M &CE Paris

WWI Prussian Army button

RN Cap't / Commander - 1901

Fake - Line background never

existed. Possible on civilian

Jacket to avoid WWI

"White Feather" harassment.

Style In use 1901 - 1952

1634 Charles 1st hammered copper rose farthings

Victorian copper ally brooch

1550 -1650 buckle

RN Capt / Commander - 1843

RN Lietenant - 1843

RN Master - 1843

RN Surgeon - 1843

RN Purser - 1843

RN Midshipman - 1843

Victorian tree bark shaped silver fragment

17thC mount with 2 integral lugs

1572 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver sixpence fragment

18thC silver spoon handle

15thC lead token

Royal Gibraltar Regiment lapel badge

1723 George 1st Irish copper farthing

1421-1471 Fleur de lis gold half nobel coin weight

1582-4 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver sixpence - A mintmark

Army lapel badge - Royal Artillery

George II trade weight - Crown G and London hallmark

53.03g,36.12mm

1922 George V milled silver sixpence (240)

Medieval spur rowel

Really neat 18thC silver rabbit eteched onto a sixpence coin of the period

1897 Victroian milled silver sixpence (241)

1926 George V milled silver sixpence (242)

1655 Henry Lamb of Colchester hammered copper trade farthing

16th mount with 2 integral lugs

WWII Royal airforce

Medieval annular buckle

16thC lead coin weight - Averdepois mark 1.48g,11.69mm dia

Huge 2ndC Roman bronze coin - possible Commodus

Medieval lead apothecary weight 2.38g,11.87 mm sq -

Agate stone ball

17thC key hole cover

19thC silver bodkin needle handle

17thC decorated belt slide

Really neat 18thC token of Dr Fady, 30 Dean Street, Soho - Street in London

1422-61 Henry VI hammered silver halfpenny first reign

12.3mm, 0.41g

1817 George III milled silver sixpence (243)

1600 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny, O mintmark

1817 George III full gold sovereign - 8.04g, 22.16mm

Curious 17thC item - no apparent mounting points - some kind of early love token ?

1598- 1600 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat

1550 -1650 buckle

19thC livery button

17th mount with 2 integral lugs

17thC seal matrix - sailing ship

Stunning 16thC lead token

Obv Spread eagle

Obv Tudor Rose

What a neat relic - 1916 POW service military cap badge

50 BC 1/4 Celtic gold stater 14.32mm, 1.36g Similar to a Southern Commios tribe - Sent to the CCI for recording and ID

1341 Edward III hammered silver floin penny

Obv EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON

 

1341 Edward III hammered silver floin penny

Obv EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON

 

1938 George VI milled silver sixpence (244)

1817 George III milled silver shilling (245)

Continental silver coin - not checked ref books yet (246)

17th mount with 2 integral lugs

19thC Russian lead bale seal

16thC mount with single rivet fixing

16th C Tudor button

15thC lead token

17thC decorated belt slide

Medieval bronze pot leg

Medieval bronze pot foot

19thC Russian lead bale seal

Interesting decorated jewellry necklace part- Post Tudor in date

Post medieval lead bale seal

17thC William III milled silver sixpence (247)

17thC copper alloy clasp with 2 rivet fixings

WWII USA army buttons

1771   German  1  SCHILLING   COURANT milled silver coin (248)

Stunning Circa 13thC 'bust of christ' medieval seal matrix - working on inscription

MARTT NUE :PEVOSM

1855 Victorian milled silver 3 pence (249)

1926 George V milled silver shilling (250)

Unusual coin weight - not recorded

17thC printing block - Y

1815 Russian lead bale seal

Very unsual flowers and petals designed mount - Georgian

Interesting post medieval lead cloth seal with flying pipe design

'E.Edwards Charity button'

1721-1942

By will proved 1871 Edward Edwards left stock for gifts of bread, coal, or clothing, to Church of England widows of Coalbrookdale parish. In 1975 the income of his charity, which included a bequest of Elizabeth Edwards, was £10.

From: 'Madeley: Charities for the poor', A History of the County of Shropshire: Volume 11: Telford (1985), pp. 76-77. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=18075 Date accessed: 12 April 2009.

C10thC Saxon lead trade weight

Post medieval lead mould

Post medieval lead bale seal

Medieval long cross hammered silver coin fragment

1946 George VI milled silver sixpence (251)

1817 George III milled silver sixpence (252)

Georgian fob seal

PWG Navy button

19thC livery button

20thC button

RN Purser - 1807

Unknown navy button - sent for ID

Unrecorded 106th Ipswich volunteers button

17thC mount with 2 integral lugs

1879 Victorian milled silver coin 253)

16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver sixpence

1634 Charles 1st hammered copper rose farthing

1817 George III milled silver shilling (254)

1855 Victorian milled silver sixpence (255)

19th/20thC gold ring with diamond

Medieval lead papel badge

Tiny 1422-61 Henry VI hammered silver half penny - Henry VI neck 0.30g, 11.59mm

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

0.32g, 15.29mm

1430 - 1434 Henry VI hammered silver penny - Pinecone Mascle issue, mascle before LON

Obv HENRICVS REEX ANGKIE

Rev CIVIT/TAS/LON/DON

1341 Edward III hammered silver florin penny

Obv EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

0.95g,17.69mm

C12thC hammered silver shortcross cut half penny

1199 King John hammered silver short cross penny - Class 5b

NICHOLE( LE(N - Moneyer Nicole of Kings Lynn

1857 Victorian milled silver 3 pence (256)

13thC English jetton

Obv - Edward bust

Rev - Long cross and pellets

16thC Tudor hooked clothing fastener

19thC hunting button

17thC mount with 2 integral lugs

Very interesting Roman tool (possible writing stylis) with iron tang in the end for a blade - socketed end for a handle ?- shows traces of gilding - one for the museum 45.08mm L x 8.43mm dia

Possible Roman twisterd wire gilded bracelet - one for the museum

16thC sword hanger fitting - 2 rivet fixings

1853 Victorian milled silver sixpence (257)

1696 William III milled silver sixpence (258)

1649 Commonwealth hammered silver penny

1625 Charles 1st hammered silver penny

1930 German reich - 1 Fennig coin

Rider and jocky button

1550 to 1650 buckle

18thC toy cannon

17thC William III trade weight

1485-90 Henry VII hammered silver sovereign penny

York Archb Rotherham Keys below shield - single pillar

Lots of 1634 Charles 1st hammered copper rose farthings turning up

19thC silver thimble

Stunning medieval decorated book clasp parts - includes one rivet in situ

Great western railways button

VR Miltary button

Victorian silver jewelry fragment

Amazing find - medieval lead ring complete, we have only ever found the tops of these before and this is the first whole version

Similar to a Class II 15thC lead token

17th & 18thC thimbles

17thC hammered copper trade farthing

1586 Hans Krauwincel II Rose orb Jeton

HANNS KRAVWINCKEL IN NVRENB

17thC hooked hanger

Very unusual Roman loop protected terret type item - the base is serrated to prevent slippage and the bronze half ring is set onto an iron plate - one for the museum

RN Capt / Commander - 1843

RN Lietenant - 1843

RN Master - 1843

RN Surgeon - 1843

RN Purser - 1843

RN Midshipman - 1843

RN Warrant Officer - 1843

After this issue a Warrant

Officer will use the same

design as a captains button

In use 1843 - 1891

17thc William III milled silver sixpence (259)

15thC lead token - cross and pellets

Georgian watch winder

1817 George III milled silver sixpence (260)

 

Victorian silver brooch - marked 925 - Stering silver

17thC mount

Stunning 17thC Charles 1st trade weight - Crown C with London hallmarks

1465 Edward IV hammered silver half penny - Light coinage type - York mint July 1465 to Sept 1471- no trefoils by neck

Obv - EDWARD DI GRA REX A

Rev CIVI/TAS/EBO/RACI - York mint

11.77mm, 0.36g

 

1526- 32 Henry VIII milled silver half groat - Cross patonce initial mark

WA by shield Archbishop William Warham - Ref JJ North 1802

Obv HENRIC VII DI GRA REX AGL Z FRA

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

1.26g,19.39mm

19thC solid gold cufflink

16th/17thC seal matrix - DW

 

This is a very rare find - Miniature lead Ampulla which measures under an inch in length - 5.20g, 24.08mm L x 13.33mm W

Generally pilgrim ampulla date from the AD 1250 to 1400's but his type is not in Mitchener's Ref book. I have a feeling this is very early medieval perhaps even Edward the Confessor period - one for the museum

Pilgrim ampullae - holly water bottle made of lead 12th to 15thC,

These ampoule were brought from pilgrimage places as a souvenir

Mitchiner suggests that many ampullae were used in the annual springtime ’Blessing the Fields’ ceremony, in which the Holy Water they contained was sprinkled on the ground to give prayer for a good harvest. Having served this purpose, Mitchiner suggests that the ampullae were discarded. Others have suggested that the ampullae were buried along with their contents for a similar purpose.

 

 

17thC silver cane band - reported as treasure to Colchester museum

Georgian button

17thC buckle with integral chape

Interesting early medieval mount - design is like a Saxon key - one for the museum

1640's lead gun powder measure

1825 Russian lead bale seal

Post medieval lead bale seal - Fluer de Lis

Huge 1898 lead bale seal

Medieval harness hanging pendant - traces of yellow enamel remain

Georgian tobacco jar lid handle

Post medieval lead alange cloth seal

17th and 16th C thimbles

17thC lead token

17thC Spur rowell fragment

17th mount

17thC mount

1634 Charles 1st hammered copper rose farthing

17thC milled silver 6 pence (261)

Rowels probably originated in France or Spain in the 10th Century A.D., they are first recorded in Britain in Henry III's reign - two seals from 1240 depict the king - on one he wears prick spurs, and on the other rowelled.

In the following centuries spurs became associated with rank and chivalry. We speak of "earning one's spurs" - a disgraced knight would have his spurs and sword broken as part of his punishment. A knight would wear gold or gilt spurs and an esquire silver .
Through the fifteenth Century rowels became smaller and spur necks became longer. This was so that the spur could reach around the flanchards ( horse armour or barding ) The mediaeval horseman who rode with legs extended forwards also needed spurs with longer necks which could still reach their horse's sides. Over the following centuries, rowels changed shape and size, some developed "jingle-bobs". In seventeenth Century Germany spurs developed multiple necks and rowels, but these were probably for ceremonial or dress use only.

1697 William III milled silver sixpence (262)

1461-83 Edward IV hammered silver penny - Rose at centre of reverse cross

Durham mint

Medieval chaffing dish handle

18thC belt guide

19thC Enfield bullet - hollow base

Small lead ring

17thC decorated sissor handler

1st/2nd C Roman lead token

Obv animal facing right

Rev Standing woman

19thC hunting button

17thC mount withy 2 integral lugs

Post medieval lead cloth seal

17thC gilded and decorated button

17thC clothing fastener

Unrecorded 33rd regiment of foot button

16thC clothing fastener

Interesting military button ?

O**** Regiment - Harp design

3rdC Roman bronze sent for ID 4.30g, 24.65

19thC Titled family livery button

Capt / Commander - 1774-1787
RN Master & Mate - 1787-1807

18thC 38th Regiment of Foot - not in ref books - derivation of the buttons on the right we have found that are 19thC examples

( 1st Staffordshire )

38th Regiment of Foot

( 1st Staffordshire )

O/R's - 1855-1881

 

Romano/British twisted wire fastener

Tiny 1547 -51 Henry VIII Posthumous coinage - hammered silver half penny - Canterbury mint

0.33g, 11.81mm

Unknown Antwerp hand 16th/17thC coin weight - Maker CS not recorded

1341 Edward III hammered silver florin penny

Ob EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

17.92mm, 1.17g