3ndC Roman coin sent for ID

23.36g, 34mm

he "As" (depending on size, it might be a sestertius) is Julia Mamaea, mother of Severus Alexander, 222-235 AD. (and the real power behind the throne).  The reverse type is FELICITAS PVBLICA with Felicitas cross-leggedly lounging against a conveniently located short column, holding a caduceus.  It's known in at least 2 different sizes - Sestertius and Dupondius/As.  Since the bust is not on a crescent, we can rule out Dupondius, so depending on size, it's either an As or a Sestertius.  This type dates to 228 AD.  Here's a photo of a Sestertius of the same type in my collection - http://www.stoa.org/gallery/album97/ML_20_J_Mammaea_Felicitas_sest

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2ndC Roman silver coin as dug and partially 'cooked' to reveal some of the detail 3.14g, 19mm

The Denarius is a poshumous commemorative issue in remembrance of Antoninus Pius, by Marcus Aurelius, c. 161, AD.  "DIVVS ANTONINVS / CONSECRATIO"; eagle on garlanded altar. 
It looks as though it should have a lot of good detail and may wind up a very attractive coin, given how unkind British soil seems to be to Æ's, at least.  It's a rather common type, but in the condition this seems to be, it's a quite decent find.

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Roman silver coin fragments 'cooking' since Nov to break down horn silver crust. Top one is a Roman Republican BC period.

Bottom left is the one I discovered mixed in with a guys buttons in his export pouch - it has a great detailed bust showing through

15thC Medieval knopped silver spoon handle - reported as treasure to museum

1603-1604 Irish James 1st hammered silver sixpence - First coinage

Obv JACOBUS D.G. ANG SCO FRA ET HIB REX

Rev TUEATUR UNITA DEUS

850BC Bronze age socketed axe

Very interesting large plaque find - Tenn Brad thinks it is 'The script is gothic textura prescisus vel sine pedibus. 13th-14th century' in Latin

'that bronze piece with two lines of Latin looks very much like the edge piece of a paten. The plate used in eucharest'.

lilatte Polt

nlefl Mi

Ex dono Revernd mi Patris in Christo Sam Providentia Divina Tuamensis ...

+SVMMITVR HINC NVNDA DIVINI SANGVINIS VNDA

2ndC Roman bronze coin sent for ID

The 1st one here is (I'm almost completely sure) a Marcus Aurelius with winged thunderbolt reverse.  These typically date to fairly late in his career as Augustus - the late 170's AD.  But I'm not sure what the denomination is.  I couldn't quickly find an example of an As with the winged thunderbolt reverse, only a Dupondius. However, it doesn't appear that Aurelius is wearing the radiate crow of Helios/Sol - and all his Dupondii are radiate - so I'm a little uncertain about the denomination, but it surely is Marcus Aurelius and a winged thunderbolt reverse.

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4thC Roman bronze coin sent for ID

12.45g - 18 carat gold seal ring - very tricky to date as the assay office mark is worn and appears to be Chester.- the crown 18 carat mark was introduced in 1790 and the date letter style 'i' best suits 1784 although the lower case 'i' was also used in 1872. It is probably 1872 because of the crown 18 mark.

I cannot find the maker T.P listed

Tenn Brad is deciphering the latin inscription

1341 Edward III hammered silver florin penny

London mint

As dug 2 silver coins stuck together - old and new bust Victorian shillings

1883 Victoria milled silver shilling (12 pence)

1892 Victoria milled silver shilling (12 pence)

Roman silver coin - as dug and partially cooked - back in the 'cooker' to remove crust

4thC House of Constantine Roman bronze sent for ID

The BEATA TRANQVILLITAS - 3 stars above a globe atop an altar inscribed VO / TIS / XX - of Constantine I appears to be from the mint at Trier.  This is one of the earlier mass issues in the "Constantinian" era. Dating to the early 320's, they come just after the VLPP's and VIRTVS EXERCIT types and immediately precede the "campgate" types.  This one is clear enough to show the "bands" on the globe and make it relatively certain to be meant to represent the "Orbis Terrarum", or the celestial sphere surrounding the Earth. 

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4thC House of Constantine Roman bronze sent for ID

There isn't quite enough detail on the reverse to be sure which mint it's from, but the single-standard GLORIA EXERCITVS here names Constantine II in a relatively uncommon obverse legend ending "...IVN N C" Only Constantine II ever had IVN in his title and the use of N C instead of NOB C or NOB CAES is limited to a few of the Western European mints - Trier, Arles & Rome.

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4thC House of Constantine Roman bronze sent for ID

1586 Hans Krauwincel II Rose orb Jeton

HANNS KRAVWINCKEL IN NVRENB

1341 Edward III hammered silver Florin penny

Obv EDWAR ANGLE DNS HYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

1341 Edward III hammered silver Florin penny

Obv EDWAR ANGLE DNS HYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Edward 1st to 3rd hammered silver penny

Obv EDW********

Rev /EBO/*** - York mint

C14thC medieval emerald gold ring - reported as treasure to the museum 0.48g, 14.54mm

Anglo Saxon disc brooch of the Middle period C9thC - some silvering remains

Hattatt Page 379

1761-1780 18thC decorated silver clog fastener

Hester Bateman

First recorded English woman silversmith
maker's mark in cursive

London Assay office

Hester Bateman is without doubt the most popular and renowned of all women silversmiths. Yet Hester's career as a silversmith was never intended. Widowed at the age of 51, she inherited her husband's small workshop practice and for the next thirty years, this unlikely shrewd business woman, grew the workshop into a thriving silver manufacturing firm. Hester Bateman was born in 1704 in Clerkenwell, London (England), and married John Bateman (a goldsmith) in about 1725. They had six children; John, Letticia, Ann, Peter, William, and Jonathan. The family lived at 107 Bunhill Row in the Parish of St. Luke in North London for more than a century. John and Hester purchased the houses on both sides of theirs, and two of the children occupied those homes in later years. Although his sons Peter & Jonathan were both doing their silversmithing apprenticeships, when John Bateman died in 1760, he bequeathed all his tools to Hester suggesting that she was already an accomplished silversmith. However, even with the skills of the trade, Hester had no small task ahead of her to continue the business. In these times, women-owned businesses were generally not accepted, and the industry was highly competitive. Unperturbed, Hester registered her mark of a scroll HB at Goldsmiths Hall in 1761 and aided by her son's Peter and Jonathan along with Jonathan's wife, Ann, the business boomed. In 1790, Hester finally retired at the grand old age of 81. Sadly, the following year her son Jonathan died, leaving Peter without his two long term partners. He turned immediately to his sister in law Ann, making her a partner in the business and registering their joint mark in 1791. From then Ann became the driving force in the business until her retirement in 1805. In 1800, Jonathan and Ann's son, William, became a partner in the family business, completing possibly the most famous of all silversmithing dynasties. Unlike most silversmiths who specialised in just one area of production, the Batemans were masters of many, producing fine wares right across the board. The main reason for their success was due to Hester's attention to design, detail and quality. All the pieces that left the workshop would be inspected to the highest standard and with this attitude the business grew. Many pieces of Hester Bateman's silver show identifying characteristics such as bead detailed edges and fine designs of bright-cut engraving. They received many commissions from The City Guilds, various religious establishments, and private individuals

A complete copper alloy medieval bar mount. The copper alloy sheet bar is folded to create a loop and has a single or double rivet hole.

Broad period: MEDIEVAL
Period from: MEDIEVAL

Date from: Circa AD 1300
Date to: Circa AD 1400

Roman dragon headed dagger chape- gilding and red enamel remains

66.96mm L ,43.91g

Viking sword and scabbard with chape at end

Open mouthed beast zoomorphic type - red eyes

This a fascinating Scottish hammered silver coin as it does not match any in the ref books. All of the James 1st to V reigns have a legend starting IACOBUS

The legend clearly reads MAR and the only match is Queen Mary 1542 - she issued long cross pennies with a crown in two angles and cinquefoil in other two angles.

This coin has 3 pellets in 3 angles and star in 4th quadrant

Could be an unknown issue - needs more research

As dug and 'cooked'

This is Faustina Junior (or "II", or "the Younger" - different sources title her differently). She was the daughter of Antoninus Pius and Faustina Senior and marrried Marcus Aurelius, Antoninus' adopted son and chosen successor soon after he was made Caesar, in 146 AD. and predeceased him by a few years in 175. Therefore, you have 3 separate "sources" of coinage for her. The first group of issues was authorized by Antoninus Pius and is thought to date to the period soon after her elevation to Augusta in 147. Marcus Aurelius issued coins in her honor after Antoninus' death as well as a large posthumous coinage towards the end of his reign.
Typically, although their names and types tend to be similar or the same, you can easily tell Faustina Jr's coinage from that of Faustina Sr. by the characteristic bun in which she wore her hair - usually low on the back of her head - as opposed to her mother who went in for a more elaborate "do" with a bun at the top of her head.
This type, SAECVLI FELICIT, shows a throne with two infant boys seated on it. These were the future emperor Comodus and his twin brother Antoninus who died in childhood. This issue is dated to soon after their birth in 161, just after Aurelius' elevation to Augustus.
Uncharacteristically for the nobility of the era, their marriage was evidently warm and she accompanied him on most of the military campaigns which occupied the later years of his rule. A favorite of his troops, she was styled "Matri Castrorum" or Mother of the Camps. Some few of her coins use that as the reverse type and legend.

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1471 -83 Edward IV hammered silver groat first reign light coinage -Type 5C - Trefoils on cusps except over crown - initial mark rose - quatrefoils by neck - Extra pellet under DON on reverse

Obv EDWARD.DI.GRA.REX.ANGL.Z. FRANC

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

2.83g, 18.50

Mid 4thC House of Constantine Roman bronze coin sent for ID - 1.44g, 16.31mm

1351-3 Edward III hammered silver half goat - Pre treaty Series C - no trefoils over crown, wedge tailed R, closed C & E

Obv EDWARDVS REX.ANGLI.Z. FRANC

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

c 8thC Saxon gold coin - sent to Fitzwilliam museum for recording and ID

Unusually thick coin for a Saxon

1.31g,9.51mm x 1.61mm thick

Many thanks for this new coin, which I have recorded as EMC 2011.0044.

Most 'Saxon' gold coins found in this country are Merovingian tremisses, and this is no exception to that rule. As you rightly say it is too thick to be Anglo-Saxon. The absence of an readable inscription is a problem and I have been unable to find an illustration of a similar coin in the reference books on Merovingian coins (not an unusual experience).
If I get any further with this coin I shall let you know.

Best wishes,

Martin

2000 BC Early Bronze Age flat axe - 95.92mm L x 43.11mm W

1341 Edward III hammered silver Florin penny

Obv EDWR ANGLE DNS HYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross cross 1/4 penny - Class IIIa-c

Obv *** ENR ** - HENRICVS REX

Rev **/NNE/** - Newcastle mint

Huge 2ndC Roman bronze sent off for ID

Roman Republican BC silver coin fragment - more cooking to do on the Obv 18.21mm,1.95g sent for ID

As dug and 'cooking'

Roman silver coin straight into the 'cooker' - sent for ID

Very rare find

BC Roman republican silver - sent for ID 3.23g,20.52mm

1217/8 Henry III hammered silver short cross penny - Class 7C

Rev NICbOLE ON LV - Moneyer Nicole of London mint

1341 Edward III hammered silver Florin penny

Obv EDW ****** DNS HYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

1272 Edward 1st hammered silver farthing- inner circle both sides - plain cross 3 fleurs

Obv EDVVARDVS REX

Rev CIVI/TAS -, London mint only

0.27g, 10.47mm

1194-1205 Richard 1st hammered silver short cross penny - Class 4b

Rev STIVENE ON R ? Moneyer Stivene of London mint

17.43mm,1.58g

17th/18thC Gold posy ring inscribed LOVE VIRTUE HATE VICE

Maker WH

Reported to museum as possible treasure

Medieval cast copper alloy bar mount.

Period from: MEDIEVAL

Date from: AD 1200
Date to: AD 1450

Tiny Roman minim coin sent for ID

14thC Medieval heraldic seal matrix - plain shield with single fesse

Tamas de Kent ?

Huge Roman key

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