2011Novfindspage

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2011 Nov finds page

C 1stC AD Celtic drinking vessel spout - face decoration 34.94mm W x 20.63mm L - 27.20g

1640's Civil war lead bullet melting bowl ?

June 1361-1369 Edward III hammered silver half groat - Treaty B - double annulet and satire stops, Treaty X Obv EDWARDVS REX ANGL DNS HYB Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON 21.97mm, 2.24g		16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny

1604 James 1st hammered silver penny		Medieval buckle with integral plate

Stunning 16thC Tudor clothing fastener - gold on silver reported to museum as treasure

1634 Charles 1st hammered copper rose farthing		16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny

17thC George Nicolson, grocers of Thorpe Le Soken Essex hammered copper trade farthing		1464 -70 Edward IV hammered silver halfpenny - Trefoils by neck Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1475 Dutch -Karel de Stoute -silver DOUBLE STUIVER		1475 Dutch -Karel de Stoute -silver DOUBLE STUIVER

1935 George V milled silver sixpence		Medieval purse bar

A Post Medieval cast copper alloy lozenge shaped mount Chronology Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL Period from: POST MEDIEVAL Date from: Circa AD 1500 Date to: Circa AD 1700		Roman lead ballista shot

Medieval lead gaming piece	Roman lead trade weight	1204 King John hammered silver penny - Class 5a2 Obv WALTER.ON.LVD - Moneyer Walter of London
BC Republican Roman silver straight into the 'cooker' to remove crust 32 BC Mark Antony, Legionary silver Denarius. ANT.AVG.III.VIR.R.P.C Galley, Legionary Eagle between two standards Amazing detail under the crud, I think I recognise this coin as a Mark Antony Galley coin - sent to Mark Lehman for ID - more cooking to do yet That's right, although I wouldn't call this a "tribute" type, this is a denarius struck by Marc Antony to pay the troops and for supplies during the campaign which ended in the defeat of his forces by those of Octavian (later Augustus) and Agrippa at the great sea-battle of Actium in 31 BC. These pieces, which enumerate his various legions on the reverse, are presumed to have been struck by a travelling mint accompanying his forces during the winter of 32/31 BC at his headquaters in Patrae. Some of the legions named on the coins are found only occasionally or rarely if at all. This one appears (as well as I can make out from the photo) to name legion II (2) - you can look at the area between the "aquila" - the legionary eagle and the standard to the right on the reverse to confirm which legion is named with a Roman numeral. If it is II, it's one of the more commonly found legions in this series. The legend on the obverse, along with the galley, is ANT AVG III VIR R P C, which names Antony as Augur and Triumvir. Due to being somewhat debased silver, these remained in circulation in some areas for 250-300 years and are often found in northern European hoards worn so smooth that all you can do is identify them as legionary denarii - this piece is in far nicer condition than these are generally found - it must have been lost relatively soon after it was minted. Mark


Georgian axe mount

Georgian Naval fob seal - Man standing leaning left resting on anchor

1940's George VI milled silver sixpences

1927 George V milled silver sixpences		18thC Condor token

Georgian mount	Royal Irish Constabulary	1820 George III milled silver sixpence

1344 Edward III hammered silver penny - Florin type Obv EDWAR R ANGL DNS YB Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR- Canterbury mint		Medieval buckle plate

Roman handle mount		1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny

1634 Charles 1st hammered silver penny		18thC clog fastener	15thC lead token

Royal Navy - Officers (Roped Rim) Lined Background 17.5mm - 1843-1891	15thC casket key	1464-70 Edward IV hammered silver penny - Quatrefoils by neck

1464 Edward IV hammered silver penny - quatrefoil in reverse cross - Quatrefoils by neck Rev CIVI/TAS/EBO/RACI - York mint

Monster find - C12thC Early medieval gold ring - reported as treasure to museum Interesting hand punched lettering which has a barred A with additional top bar like on short cross coins of Class7 and an unbarred A also on the ring. "DEBAL GUD GUDANI +" which is Gothic, meaning "God of Gods" 4.22g, 4.49mm H x 22.59mm W
As dug, nearly 'cooked' and final pictures - just sent to Mark for his final ID 17.81mm, 3.28g Equals the oldest coin found in Britain at 211 BC
Early Roman silver coin - straight into 'cooker' to clean off horn silver crust This dates, as far as I can tell - since no trace of symbol has become visible beneath the horses or between the heads of the Dioscuri - to the earliest issue of actual Denarii, as distinct from the earlier Drachma-denominated silver coinage. It dates to the period 211-206 BC (according to the most recent scholarship on dating) and would be RSC # 2 (Roman Silver Coinage) - if that catalog number gives you some idea of how close to the beginning of the book it's found. This first coinage was anonymous, lacking even symbols to potentially indicate via association (or pun) the names of the families of moneyers. This is actually the 3rd type produced (so far as I can tell) "ROMA" in the exergue of this specimen appears to be in relief. On the very earliest ROMA was incuse, and a transitional type had ROMA partially incuse and partially in relief. The general types, however, the helmeted head of Roma, inspired by (and, frankly, copied from) the helmeted head of Athena on Corinthian didrachms) with "X" mark of denomination (10 Asses of bronze to the silver Denarius - later it would be re-tariffed at 16) and the Dioscuri, Castor & Pollux, galloping right with levelled lances would be among the very most common devices used on denarii over the next 150 years. When there was no specific bit of history or family fame being related on a moneyer's denarii, this was one of the 3 main "stock" types, along with Jupiter driving a quadriga and Victory driving a biga. I believe this is the earliest Roman coin you folks have turned up, to date. It is, at least, the earliest I recall being forwarded to me for identification. With the exception of the slightly earlier (and very much more rare) "Romano-Campanian" Quadrigati (Didrachmae), Drachmae and Semes, this is about as early as you can go in the "Roman" coin series. Mark

Not sure if this is a medieval silver hawking bell fragment so I reported it to Colchester museum as potential treasure		1871 Victoria milled silver sixpence

1344 Edward III hammered silver penny - Florin type Obv EDWAR R ANGL DNS YB Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON- London mint		19thC Army button	1887 Registered design - Victorian gilded ink well cover ?

3rdC Roman bronze sent off for ID Unless you can make out some letters in the exergue - the area below the "ground line" on the reverse - I won't be able to tell you much more than I have already about this piece. In general, Diocletian is a very important ruler in terms of the coinage as well as being a political innovator - he thought up the tetrarchy system, breaking the Empire down into manageable chunks shared-out between 4 or more Imperials. He completely re-vamped and reformed the Roman economic system during the 280's & 290's. One of his major changes in the coinage was the introduction of the follis - a large (the earliest ones can be upwards of 35mm) billon coin with silvering. This was then the main circulating denomination for the next 50+ years or so, although it underwent an inexorable process of debasement and diminution of size so that the final pieces of this general denomination will be in the vicinity of 15mm and 1.5 - 2.0 gms. If we can read the exergual mint mark (or, in one case, show that there is none) we can then place it to both a mint and a time-range - usually of no more than a year or two. Without the exergual mintmark, just on the basis of size and type, it's likely to be around 300 AD, give or take a few years. Diocletian abdicated in 305 and became one of the few Roman emperors to die in his own bed at home. Mark		1634 Charles 1st hammered silver penny

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - Cross Moline - Class 9a Obv EDWAR ANGL DNS YB Rev CIVI/TAS/DVR/ENE- Durham mint		Roman silver coin fragment

1215 Henry III hammered silver short cross half penny		1635-6 Charles 1st hammered silver half groat - crown mintmark

18thC 1 Scruple apothecary weight A unit of apothecary weight equal to about 1.3 grams, or 20 grains		Georgian Royal engineers button	Georgian watch winder

1815 Russian lead bale seal		Medieval gilded decorated strap end fragment
As dug Teresa's Roman silver starting to 'cook' up nicely - sent to Mark Lehman for ID This is a denarius of Hadrian (117-138 AD) who did some building in your part of the world as a part of his program to consolidate the governable parts of the expanded Empire left him by his predecessor Trajan. Trajan, if you will recall, was the emperor under whose reign the Roman Empire reached its largest size, so Hadrian, being a practical sort of fellow, trimmed-off the ungovernable places (Like the lands won from the Parthian Persian Empire) and did what he could to make other areas as practical to be goverened as possible. In Britain, as you know, this meant building and maintaining a string of fortresses and garrisons, all connected by a wall across the narrowest part of your island to keep the increasingly Romanized south from overmuch depredation from the "barbarian" north. Being a hands-on sort of ruler, Hadrian made it his business to visit every part of the Empire at least once during his rule. Often his coins reflected his journeys, almost like "official postcards" from his travels around the Empire. This piece shows a personification of Africa - the Romans were big on putting human faces onto abstract concepts as a part of their well-developed system of personifications - as a woman reclining at ease against a rock, wearing an elephant-skin headdress and holding a scorpion and a cornucopia, a basket of corn-ears and fruit at her feet. Africa represented a nearly never-ending source of exploitable riches for the Romans, the fertile areas of the north provided a major portion of the grain without which the Empire would not have had the bread for its "Bread and Circuses". And indeed Africa produced an unending supply of exotic beasts and people to populate the circuses as well. The personification of Africa appeared on Roman coins of all denominations towards the end of Hadrian's relatively long reign - your piece dates to about 136 AD. RIC II 299, RSC 138. This is a somewhat scarce type and considered very desirable. Mark
'Cooked'
Great detail on this broken Roman silver - sent for ID The one with the concave break is a Trajan (96-117 AD) Fortuna Redux Denarius - Fortuna seated left holding a rudder (visible at her feet) and cornucopiae. The reverse legend refers to Trajan's victorious campaigns against the Parthians. The land acquired in these victories was the first that Hadrian "got rid of" - gave back to the Parthian Empire in the interests of peace - in his reign which succeeded Trajan's - but it was part of what brought the Roman Empire to its largest size in lands held. This occurred under Trajan, at just about the time this type was struck - the later part of Trajan's reign - around 116 AD, give or take a year. I'm not sure yet about who's on the one with the convex break. The portrait makes me think it's probably Flavian era (Vespasian, Titus & Domitian, end of the 1st century AD) I'll need to try to tweak the images a bit to get a better idea from these photos, but a "post-cooking" photo would probably give me more clues. Mark

Celtic pure gold wrist Torc fragment - 1.63g, 30.18mm L x 2,5 mm dia

Monster sized 1696 William III milled silver half crown (30 pence)
As dug Cooking Almost 'cooked - just re sent it back off to Mark for a further ID
2ndC Roman silver coin - 'cooking' it to remove crust This is probably a Flavian (Vespasian, Titus or Domitian) but it is a similar reverse with sacrificial implementia. This one has "TRI POT" (Tribunicia Potestatum or the Tribunician Powers) across the bottom of the reverse, and that's a common reverse type for the Flavians. Other emperors used the sacrificial implements as a reverse type. So I can't be certain who it is until there's a bit more obverse detail to go on. I can tell you that they're often associated with issues for the Caesar - the "heir apparent" - (if there is one) so I'd make a guess there's a good chance this may be Titus, but I believe Vespasian used this same reverse. When you've revealed some obverse details I should be able to tell you better what you've got here. Mark I'm not certain which (if any) member of the family or reference number I might have quoted you before, but as far as I can tell this is Vespasian - the missing part of the obverse legend would be" [IMP CAES VESP AV]G P M COS IIII. None of the other Flavians used this exact reverse type, AVGVR / TRI POT. It's from the mint at Rome and dates to 72/3 AD. RIC II 42; SR 2282. Mark

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided short cross half penny Moneyer Willem of Bury St Edwmunds mint		1180 Henry II hammered silver short cross half penny - Class 1b Obv HENRICVS REX Rev WILL **** RW Moneyer Willelm of York mint

1873 Victoria milled silver three pence		Sterling silver St Christopher medallion

1842 Victoria milled silver four pence		1180 Henry II hammered silver short cross qtr penny Moneyer Gilberd of Exeter mint

Superb eye ball find -C16thC Henry VIII stone round shot cannon shell - out of use by the 17thC

Medieval D buckle	1550-1650 buckle	1854 Victoria milled silver three pence

1816 George III milled silver sixpence		2ndC Roman fibular brooch with red enamelling and gold cross decoration remaining

1485 Henry VII hammered silver halfpenny Single arched crown - Key to left of bust Rev CIVI/TAS/EBO/RACI - York mint		Little and large of silvers found

Crusty Roman 'cooking' to remove crud
Miss Jeff left it in the clod so I could soak it slowly to keep the pin intact - never found one with the pin still in place
Stunning 16thC Tudor gilded silver ornate pin - reported as treasure to the museum

Another crispy Roman silver straight into the 'cooker'		1842 Continental 2 skilling silver coin

20thC good luck badge		Hammered silver coin - needs straightening to ID properly

1215 Henry III hammered silver qtr penny		1858 Victoria milled silver shilling (12 pence)

1795 Russian lead bale seal		15thC lead token - type 2	1550-1700 buckle

16thC Tudor buttons	Neat mongrammed19thC plated silver knife handle	15thC lead token - type 2	1550-1650 buckle

Really neat gold Georgian watch winder - snake biting its own tail

1300 Edward 1st hammered silver farthing - New issue with inner circles both sides - Type 28d Obv +EDWARDVS REX A Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON		Interesting worn hammered silver coin with Apothecary weight emblem

		18thC decorated crotal bell	Georgian watch winder

18thC silver clog fastener - Maker WT WW		17thC apothecary weight

Medieval bar mount - some gilding remains		Interesting early item like a protected loop terret - offset wear means it is some type of strap guide

C10thC Saxon lead coin weight		TVC ?	WW1 Bavarian Army button

8th Royal Veterinary battion button	112th Regiment of foot button (King's Royal Musqueteers) 1761-1763	Roman hooked mount

1500-1700 mount		Great eyeball find clay marble	Georgian buckle

Medieval gilded bead		16thC Tudor clothing fastener

Medieval lead trade weight	15thC lead token type 2	1634 Charles 1st hammered copper rose farthing

1870 Ceylon Victoria 1 cent		34th French regiment of the line - Napoleonic period	Georgian watch winder

16thC Tudor religious clothing fastener - IHS IHS: dating from the 8th c., this is an abbreviation for "IHESUS," the way Christ's Name was spelled in the Middle Ages (despite popular belief, the monogram stands neither for "Iesus Hominum Salvator" --"Jesus Saviour of Men" -- nor for "In His Service.") Popularized by St. Bernardine of Siena, the monogram was later used by St. Ignatius of Loyola as a symbol for the Jesuit Order. The IHS monogram is an abbreviation or shortening of Jesus' name in Greek to the first three letters. Thus ΙΗΣΟΥΣ, ιησυς (iēsus, "Jesus"), is shortened to ΙΗΣ (iota-eta-sigma), sometimes transliterated into Latin or English characters as IHS or ΙΗC. The symbol is said to appear rarely in the catacombs, only in the catacomb of Priscilla and the atrium of the Capella Gr�ca (Greek Chapel).1 It was popularized in the fifteenth century, however, by Franciscan disciple Bernadine of Sienna as a symbol of peace. In 1541 St. Ignatius Loyola adopted the symbol with three nails below and surrounded by the sun as the seal of the Jesuit order. Contrary to some authors, the monogram originally stood for neither for Iesus Hominum Salvator ("Jesus Savior of Men") nor for "In His Service." Some attribute its origin to Constantine's vision, where he saw a cross with the inscription "In hoc signo vinces" ("in this sign you shall conquer,"2 which is abbreviated, according to them, as IHS. However, this seems to require a stretch, as do claims that it is really a pagan symbol. The simplest explanation, as an abbreviation of Jesus' name, is best.

18thC spur fitting		17thC knife quillion

15thC lead token	15thC lead token	17thC lead token

15thC lead token	15thC lead token	1604 James 1st hammered silver half groat

1634 Charles 1st hammered silver penny - double stuck C in CAROLVS		1604 James 1st hammered silver half groat

1422 Henry VI hammered silver groat - annulets by neck Rev VIL/LA/CAL/IS - Calais mint		19thC livery button	15thC lead token

Early medieval lead token	1634 Charles 1st coin weight - crown C cipher	1485 Henry VII hammered silver half groat - Two arches unjewelled Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny- Class 9b Obv EDWR ANGL DNS HYB Rev VIL/KYNCES/TON - Kingston upon Hull mint First coin of that mint we have ever found		1819 George III milled silver sixpence

1816 George III milled silver sixpence		18thC toy cannon
Excellent find - Cannon ball 15oz ( approx 1 pound, 1.9 inches dia) - Used from 1642 -45

Huge Medieval Heraldic crest lead mount - needs researching to find family name 100mm dia

1845 Victoria milled silver sixpence		1189 Henry II hammered silver short cross penny - class2 Obv HENRICVS REX Rev ESTIVENE ON.LDND - Monyer Stivene of London mint

1914 George V milled silver sixpence		1843 Victoria milled silver four pence

1886 Victoria milled silver sixpence		1696 William III milled silver shilling (12 pence)

1634 Charles 1st hammered silver twenty pence - XX		Post revolution Republic of France Army button	Georgian pastry jigger

17thC clothing fastener	15thC lead token	16thC mount	Georgian watch winder - Turner and Bonner watch makers Colchester

1634 Charles 1st hammered copper rose farthing		Victorian silver shell shaped mount

1554 Mary hammered silver groat
9 carat gold - .25 carat diamond ring - 1.51g Continental and English hall marks - HG Ltd
50 BC Canti - 1/4 Celtic gold coin -2.06g, 10.43mm - Uninscribed 'P' gold -'Trophy' type VA147 Cantiaci / Cantii This Celtic tribe occupied the south-eastern corner of Britain, probably from the second century BC. Its territory traditionally comprised Kent, eastern Surrey, East Sussex and London south of the Thames. The Cantiaci, or Cantii, were bordered across the Thames by the Catuvellauni and the Trinovantes, although the former may only have expanded to the Thames between 54-30 BC. It is unclear who controlled the north bank of the Thames before that - perhaps a minor tribe that was later absorbed by the Catuvellauni. To the west were the various peoples that made up the Atrebates, including the Regninses. Like many of their neighbours in the south-east, the Cantii were Belgic people from the North Sea or Baltics, part of the third wave of Celtic settlers in Britain. They formed a recognisable territory which may not have been a single unified kingdom until the start of the first century AD, but which instead appears to have been several smaller kingdoms which operated as a confederation in times of trouble. The four individuals who flourished around 55 BC may have been rulers of each of the Cantii kingdoms, perhaps operating together under the authority of Cassivellaunus of the Catuvellauni. Certainly Julius Caesar recorded the Cantii as having four leaders who were kings in their own right. The Cantii at this time were strongly influenced by their Belgic neighbours, the Atrebates, who were more recent arrivals in the country. Their customs were also much the same as the Celts of Gaul, and they were wont to die their skins with blue woad which made them look more terrifying in battle. This custom died out south of the Antonine Wall following the Roman Conquest. That conquest may have caused some of the Cantii to flee northwards where a tribe called the Decantae was noted, just once, by the Romans in Pictland around AD 140.

French copper- alloy Jeton 15th Obv Shield of France bearing three fleur de lys		1500-1700 shield mount

1928 George V milled silver florin (24 pence)		Very interesting Iron age bead with crude decoration on the front - this also has a gold content - perhaps made from a low grade nugget

1848 Victoria milled silver 4 pence		1341 Edward III hammered silver penny - Florin type Obv EDWAR ANGLE DNS HYB Rev CIVI/TAS/DVR/E *** - Durham mint

1625 - 42 Charles 1st hammered silver penny - tower mint uncrowned - rose each side no bust - inner circles Group A		1587 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat

16thC Tudor clothing fastener with religious inscription IHS: dating from the 8th c., this is an abbreviation for "IHESUS," the way Christ's Name was spelled in the Middle Ages (despite popular belief, the monogram stands neither for "Iesus Hominum Salvator" --"Jesus Saviour of Men" -- nor for "In His Service.") Popularized by St. Bernardine of Siena, the monogram was later used by St. Ignatius of Loyola as a symbol for the Jesuit Order. The IHS monogram is an abbreviation or shortening of Jesus' name in Greek to the first three letters. Thus ΙΗΣΟΥΣ, ιησυς (iēsus, "Jesus"), is shortened to ΙΗΣ (iota-eta-sigma), sometimes transliterated into Latin or English characters as IHS or ΙΗC. The symbol is said to appear rarely in the catacombs, only in the catacomb of Priscilla and the atrium of the Capella Gr�ca (Greek Chapel).1 It was popularized in the fifteenth century, however, by Franciscan disciple Bernadine of Sienna as a symbol of peace. In 1541 St. Ignatius Loyola adopted the symbol with three nails below and surrounded by the sun as the seal of the Jesuit order. Contrary to some authors, the monogram originally stood for neither for Iesus Hominum Salvator ("Jesus Savior of Men") nor for "In His Service." Some attribute its origin to Constantine's vision, where he saw a cross with the inscription "In hoc signo vinces" ("in this sign you shall conquer,"2 which is abbreviated, according to them, as IHS. However, this seems to require a stretch, as do claims that it is really a pagan symbol. The simplest explanation, as an abbreviation of Jesus' name, is best.


Georgian watch winders		1550-1700 buckle

Post medeival lead cloth seals		1929 George V milled silver sixpence

Stunning finds, 5th Dragoons guards buttons - Crimean war period - unrecorded in any ref book

1586 Hans Krauwincel II Rose orb Jetton HANNS KRAVWINCKEL IN NVRENB		1835 William IV milled silver sixpence

1922 George V milled silver florin (24 pence)		Decorated lead hem weight

C 9thC Saxon lead trade weight - snake design

1603 James 1st hammered silver penny		1856 Victoria milled silver sixpence

1852 Victoria milled silver sixpence		1422-61 AD Bronze coin weight - French Ecu - Three lis in shield type

Georgian silver thimble		18thC clog fastener	17thC clothing fastener

RN Capt / Commander - 1787 RN Lieutenant - 1787	17thC baldric buckle	1461 Paris type Jetton - 'lozenge containing four lis' VIVE:LE:BON:ROI:DE:FRANCE

1816 George III milled silver forgery		Crown GM button ?	1550-1650 buckle

1816 George III milled silver sixpence		19thC monogrammed button - MC	19thC hunting button
45 BC Addedomaros Celtic gold full stater 5.45g, 17.21mm Obv cross of 3 plain & 2 pellet lines with 2 opposed crescents b in centre Rev horse r ., above pellet in ring, pellet in wheel below

Amazing huge 11,000 Stone Age flint axe head - this is beautifully crafted with a thumb slot for easy holding 155mm L x 48.63mm W

Post medieval lead bale seal		18thC Continental copper coin

1586 Hans Krauwincel II Rose orb Jetton HANNS KRAVWINCKEL IN NVRENB		19thC Royal engineers button	19thC livery button

1873 Victoria milled silver sixpence		1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross penny - Class 5b Obv HENRICVS REX III Rev ALE/IN/ONC/ANT - Moneyer Ale/in of Canterbury mint

1816 George V milled silver sixpence		2ndC Roman silver - 'cooking it to remove crust

1894 Victoria milled silver sixpence		Superb 17thC jug handle - great eyeball find

1800 Russian bale seal		S.S. Canton enamelled badge S/S Canton, the last ocean liner to carry P&O's traditional black & stone livery. But within a year of her introduction she was repainted in P&O's new white and buff livery. She was the last passenger ship to join the P&O fleet before the outbreak of the Second World War. During the Second World War the Canton had perhaps the most arduous service of any of the P&O liners. She had steamed 221,000 miles over the war period. After a full overhaul and refurbishment in 1946, she had the honour of re-establishing passenger services to the Far East in October 1947. Initially the route was not extended to Japan due to the legacy of the Second World War. She continued in service for a few years before being retired in 1962 and sold for scrapping in Hong Kong.

WWI - Essex regiment lapel badge	Roman lead spindle whorl	Medieval harness pendant - traces of red enamel remain

Decorated medieval sword pommel

Roman buckle - traces of gold decoration remain

1816 George III milled silver shilling forgery		1341 Edward III hammered silver florin penny Obv EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

1327 Edward III hammered silver penny Obv EDWR **** Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint		1634 Charles 1st hammered silver half penny - rose both sides no legend

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross penny - Class 5 Obv HENRICVS REX III Rev ERT/ONC - Moneyer Robert of Canterbury mint		1890 Victoria milled silver sixpence

Medieval barrel lock

1500-1650 buckle

19thC livery button

1327 Edward III hammered silver penny

Obv EDW ****

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Medieval lead weight

15thC lead token

1775 Russian lead bale seal

1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat

18thC clog fastener

16thC Tudor button

1500-1700 mount

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross half penny - Class 2

Obv HENRICVS REX III

Rev LIP/ONN/ - Moneyer Phelip of Northampton mint

17thC lead token

Generic merchant Navy button C 1900

17thC lead token

18thC Royal artillery button

Georgian button

MN - G & J Burns Ltd In use 1842 - 1922

Possible treasure as it looks like a T brooch but I am not sure of date- reported to museum

Medieval lead weight

North Eastern Railways button

As dug and then 'cooked'

Final cleaning - Aurelian (270-275)

Not too much for me to go on - What I can say with certainty is that i'ts an antoninianus, and silvered antoniniani date to the period between 265-290 AD.

I suspect, although/because the portrait doesn't look much like him, that this is an early issue by Aurelian (270-275) - He instituted a reform in the coinage which made the coins larger and generally of better workmanship with better silvering.

All I can make of the reverse type, by placing the long line at the bottom as a "ground-line" is that the "V" shaped object at the left on the ground looks like a bent-over captive on which Aurelian might be stepping. IF that's what it is, then this would be likely to be one of the myriad of varieties of the ORIENS AVG type showing Sol right or left, standing or walking, with 3, 2, 1 or no captives, etc.

Here's an ORIENS AVG with a somewhat similar reverse to what I think I'm seeing on this coin.

http://www.stoa.org/gallery/album76/ML_05_Aurelian_Oriens_Avg_ant2

also:

http://www.stoa.org/gallery/album76/ML_04_Aurelian_Oriens_Avg_ant1

Mark

The smallest ancient gold coin I have ever seen dug - Size of a Saxon sceat with Celtic gold type markings - checking the ref books as I have never seen a gold like this before

0.42g, 7.85mm

11,000 BC Stone Age axe

Anglo Irish 1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny- CIVI/TAS type

Needs straightening to fully ID

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross qtr penny

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross half penny

1485 Henry VII hammered silver halfpenny - Single Arched crown- Cross ends fourchee

Obv hENRIC DI GRA REX

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON -London mint

1914 George V milled silver 3 pence

1594-6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half penny - Tun mint mark

(1501-1521).
Venetian Soldino hammered silver coin

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.

Solid silver - Royal Navy artillery badge

The Royal Naval Artillery Reserve or Volunteers as they were initially known, were established in 1873 and were recruited from either keen amateur sailors or those who were in the merchant service.

1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny

18thC Royal artillery button

19thC Army button

A Late Medieval/ Early Post-Medieval (15th-early 16th century) cast one-piece copper-alloy mount, convex and cinquefoil in shape

134 AD Hadrian Roman bronze coin

Rough Roman bronze 'grots'

Rough 17thC trade farthings

Roman decorated pot shard

1550-1650 buckle

18thC Royal artillery button

18thC bayonet frog

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver farthing

1696 William III milled silver sixpence forgery

16th C lead ampullae - no handles or decorations

1743 George II hammered silver penny

Little and large of coins comparison - Elizabeth 1st shilling next to George II penny

1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver shilling - Martlett mint mark

1.08g,11.96mm

Saxon silver sceat - Circa 600-775 AD - cooking it to remove crust - partially cooked now and sent off to the Fitzwilliam museum for recording

Huge 4thC Roman cruciform brooch

Roman decorated dagger pommel

2ndC Roman silver coin - cooking it to remove crust

A copper-alloy mount of post-medieval (probably 17th century) date. The object is asymmetrical and irregular in shape.

Post Medieval quatrefoil mount with red enamelling remaining

Huge Rifle regiment badge

Model 1815 British Army Infantry insignia

THE 33RD REGIMENT OF FOOT. / After 1881 :- 1st Battalion The Duke Of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment

Officer - 1848-1853

17thC crotal bell

Georgian fob seal top and watch winder

1215 Henry III hammered silver half penny

17thC lead token

15thC lead token

19thC mourning ring

1634 Charles 1st hammered copper rose farthing

1819 George III milled silver sixpence

1778 Russian lead bale seal - St Petersburg

17thC clothing fastener

Georgian button

Navy button H.M. Coast Guard
O/R's Button
In use 1820 - 1836 ?
button

18thC Royal artillery buttons

Britain - Canada
Merchant Navy
Private Purchase - 1774-1812

C7thC Saxon pendant made from a Roman bronze coin

Can Dan cleaned up one of his crusty copper coins to reveal a neat Condor token

1794 ½ Penny Token (D & H 26 - Suffolk, Bury)

Obverse -	Arms of the town of Bury St. Edmunds. (Azure, three pairs of arrows in saltire or, each pair enfiled with a ducal coronet of the last), and
Crest:	(On a wreath above a helmet, a wolf sejant proper, holding between his fore paws the head of a man, couped at the shoulders of the last, ducally crowned or).
Legend:-	SUCCESS TO THE PLOUGH AND FLEECE and a small ornamental stop.

Reverse -	An imperial Crown within crossed laurel and palm branches, surmounted by the cypher P D in ornamental script capitals.
Legend:	THE COMMERCE OF BRITAIN

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