2014 Sept finds

1490 - 1500 Henry VII hammered silver half groat- Two arches unjewelled crown

King and Archbishop Morton Class IIIc

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

1600-1700 AD

A copper-alloy cast mount. The mount is quatrefoil in shape with a cusp in each angle. The reverse has two attachment lugs.

complete cast copper alloy buckle of post-medieval date. The buckle is a double loop asymmetrical shape

Circa 1575- 1700

Post medieval cast copper alloy rectangular two piece buckle

C1650-1725

Post medieval cast copper alloy buckle frame

Circa AD 1600 - 1699

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - Class 9b

Obv + EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

Rev VILL/SCIE/DNV/NDI - Bury St Edmunds mint

1721 Portuguese Moidore copper coin

IN HOC SIGNO VINCES

'in this sign you shall conquer'

1300 -10 Edward 1st hammered silver farthing - Sterling type - inner circles both sides - Type 28

Obv EDW *** REX

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross farthing

Moneyer David

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - Class 4 Egg waisted S

Obv + EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

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

1464-70 Edward IV hammered silver groat - Light coinage - quatrefoils by neck - Mint mark crown - fleurs on cups

Obv EDWARD DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC

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

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - Class 10cf

Obv + EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR- -Canterbury mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv + EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

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

1189-1199 Richard 1st hammered silver short cross half penny

Obv hENRICVS

Rev + hERNAVD - Moneyer Hernavd of Canterbury mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv AR ANGL

Rev /aBE/REV/ - Berwick Upon Tweed mint

18thC Huge token/medallion

EASTERN DISTRICT

AND

ENGLAND

BRANCH

E + C

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny class 9b

Rev /STO/LI - Bristol mint

1199- 1216 John hammered silver short cross half penny - Class 5b

Rev NOC+ AIL - Moneyer Ailwine of Oxford mint

1247Henry III hammered silver voided long cross penny

Obv hENRICVS REX III

Obv ONC/ANT - Canterbury mint

1327 Edward III hammered silver penny - Cross 3

Obv EDW**** HYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/EBO - York mint

Stunning BC Roman silver sent for ID - needs minimal cleaning

Not terribly old, but it is a very nice, clear specimen.  This is a huge type which was produced in great quantities at the time of the wars with the Marsic Confederation and for which dozens of minor varieties and some several hundred separate dies are known.  Additionally, his son revived the type and produced it on a much smaller scale in c. 60-65 BC.

L. Calpurnius Piso L.f. L.n. Frugi, 90 BC. Laureate head of Apollo left (this is a little unusual, it's normally to the right) / Naked horseman galloping right, holding whip. [L] PISO LF FRV[GI] below. RSC-Bab. Calpurnia 6-12d

I'm pretty certain that yours is from the father's (Lucius) run of coinage.  If you clean this at all it may become possible to figure out what the various fieldmarks and symbols might be - they're all pretty vague and obscured at this point, as is the 1st letter in the name on the reverse.  If it happens to be "C" rather than "L", then it's from the son's later run of issues.

This is really one of the most common of all Republican denarii, but this is a really nice specimen, it would appear.

Mark 

50 BC Celtic gold Gallic import qtr stater - new one for me - sent to PAS and CCI for recording

Crossed lines with rider ABC 37, VA 37

Classed as scare

1.86g, 10.15mm

Caletes tribe, Normandy coast

1586 Hans Krauwincel II Rose orb Jeton

HANNS KRAVWINCKEL IN NVRENB

1341 Edward III hammered silver penny - Florin

Obv EDWAR R ANGL DNS HYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/DVN/ENE - Durham mint

C6thC Saxon gilded disc brooch

Anglo-Saxon 'Class Ai' Button Brooch

Fascinating seal matrix - bird of prey attacking rabbit with lombardic A lettering and reversed R making it medieval period

The iron shank has me stumped. I cannot find a combined seal ring/key on PAS.

Obv GRAYIC

1341 Edward III hammered silver penny - Florin

Obv +EDWAR R ANGL DNS HYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

Mid 4thC Roman bronze sent for ID

You surely are familiar with the common GLORIA EXERCITVS types, 2 soldiers standing, facing one-another, each holding spear in outer hand and resting on shield with inner hand, flanking one (or two) standard(s).  The 2-standard type was introduced in c. 330 as part of the huge emission of centenionales in celebration of the inauguration of Constantinople as Constantine's new capital.  The double-standard became a single standard c. 335 when there was a reduction in size and weight of the Centenionalis.  The single-standard Gloria Ex's were struck on-and-off after Constantine's death, and these later ones are a lot less common than the issues from the lifetime of Constantine I.  They're still hardly what you'd call "rare", or even particularly scarce, but compared to the huge volume of the earlier coinage are seen much less often.

This one, I'm afraid I can't be certain who is on the obverse, but it appears that this mintmark - ending in a crescent - and with an "M" on the banner of the standard - limits it to the Mint of Trier. This seems reasonable as many of the Constantinian-era coins you find seem to be from Trier and other western/northern European mints, so the date-range would be 337-41 or 346-8 AD.  It can also only be either Constantius II or Constans, as this specific type (M in banner, crescent after mint mark) was struck after the death of Constantine I, and wasn't struck at Trier for Constantine II.

Of course, if I have mis-interpreted the symbol in the banner of the standard, the forgoing will only be partly accurate - so if you can see that it's something other than an "M", let me know and I'll amend my ID to fit the facts.

Mark

19thC medical token

Obv - Dr Wynns Black and Blue reviver for restoring all kinds of

Sole manufacturer - Faded Mourning

Rev - 1 York building opposite Surrey Plane Kent Road London

1485 Henry VII hammered silver penny - T and trefoil by neck

Quatrefoil centre of reverse cross - extra pellet in 2 reverse quarters

Rev CIVI/TAS/EBO/RACI - York mint

Medieval dagger quillion

A cast copper alloy dagger guard dating from the late Medieval

Quillon guards would have been mounted on a dagger in between the blade and the handle, helping to protect the hand from a blow and also preventing it slipping down the blade

1422- 1430 Henry VI hammered silver half groat - annulet issue -

Cross V - old F

annulets by neck- extra annulet in opposing qtrs on rev

Obv + hENRIC DI GRA REX ***ZF'

Rev VIL/LA/CAL/ISx

Having difficulty ID'ing this gold coin same weight and size as a

1559 -78 Elizabeth 1st hammered gold half crown ?? but has harp in bottom qtr

2.09g, 16mm

50BC Gallo belgic gold stater - sent to PAS for recording

6.46g, 20mm

Probably British A1 or E stater. 

13thC Complete suspension loop type, medieval Vessica seal matrix - cleaning it up to reveal legend

Obv S'IOhIS - Seal of Iohis son of R

The central design
shows the "Holy lamb of God" (symbol used by the Knights Templars).

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross - Class 3c

Obv hENRICVS REX III

Rev RIC/ARD/ONL/VND - Moneyer Richard of London mint

The distinguishing feature of this book format is its long extension of the leather cover
along the lower edge of the book, which allows it to be carried by hand, or be tucked
under the belt, held there by a large knob or hook incorporated into the overhanging
leather. Judging by contemporaneous representations in paintings, sculptures, drawings and in verbal descriptions the majority was made between about 1450 and 1650, mainly in what is now Germany, the Netherlands and England. Only about two dozen still exist, making it a very rare witness to medieval life between six hundred and seven hundred years ago.

Medieval buckle

AD 1250-1500

Medieval buckle

AD 1250-1500

1341 Edward III hammered silver penny - Florin

Obv +EDWAR R ANGL DNS HYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

13thC medieval seal matrix

Image of

Jesus or possibly the Virgin Mary holding a staff topped by a cross

1485-90 Henry VII hammered silver groat - Two arches jewelled crown - Class IIIb - pansy

Obv hENRICVS DEI *****

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR ANG**

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

20thC National Benzol key fob

THE NATIONAL BENZOLE ASSOCIATION was formed in 1919 by the producers of benzole to market a surplus of 'Benzole' as a motor fuel additive.

1846-1922

London, Brighton South coast railway button

1216 Henry III hammered silver short cross penny - Class 6c1

Obv + hENRICVS REX

Obv RAVF 0N.SANTEED - Moneyer Ravf of Bury St Edmunds mint

1770's pattern 3 pounds 12 shillings coin weight

Obv £3 12 S

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross cross penny - Class 5g

Obv + hENRICVS REX III

Rev REN/AVD/ON/LVND- Moneyer Renavd of London mint

9th-10thC gold finger ring - reported as treasure to museum

2.05g, 10.33mm W

17thC William Wilkison of Harwich hammered copper trade farthing

Unknown type

The Standing King series

Charles IV 1322-28 French Jetton

Obv 'king with sceptre standing beneath a gothic canopy'

Post Medieval cast copper alloy single loop buckle frame.

1500-1650 AD

1340 AD French Jetton

Crown introduced in 1340 by Philip VI (1328-50)

Royal Crown

Rev Triple banded straight cross fleuretty AV

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv + E ****NGL DNS HYB

1344 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - Florin type

Obv +EDWR ANGL DNS HYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Cast copper alloy buckle frame 1500 -1700

Charles 1st hammered silver gilded penny - fake gold during civil war rebellion at Colchester ??

1641-3 Charles 1st hammered silver penny - mintmark 2 dots

King had left London and Parliament stuck these coins

1344 Edward III hammered silver penny - Florin type

Obv +EDWAR R ANGL DNS YB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Medieval hammered silver half penny

Canterbury mint

Medieval seal matrix - Birds head

Obv * VANAVA

1300-10 Edward II hammered silver farthing - New issue inner circles both sides - Type 28

Obv +EDWARDVS REX

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

French copper- alloy Jeton 1380AD Obv Shield of France bearing three feur de lys

Rev trefoil x 4 Ottery St Mary

Taco'd 1327 Edward III hammered silver penny

Obv EDWARDVS REX ****

Cast copper alloy tapering D-form buckle of 17th century date. The buckle has a leaf-shaped projection on the outer edge.

AD 1600 - 1700

Post Medieval cast copper alloy single loop buckle frame.

1500-1650 AD

1351 Edward III hammered silver penny - Cross 3 - Pre Treaty coin - Extra pellet in all 4 qtrs of reverse

London mint

1377-99 Richard II hammered silver half penny

Obv +R ***********GLIE

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Great eyeball finds 2 - 1640's English Civil war stone cannon balls

58mm dia & 36 mm dia

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWR ANGL DNS YB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1327 Edward III hammered silver penny

Obv EDWARDVS REX ****

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Large single integral lug type mount. Edward 1st type crown above W emblem and previously enamelled.

Probably late medieval in date and heraldic crest, worth researching

1427-1430 Henry VI hammered silver penny - Rosette Mascle (ii)

Quatrefoil with pellet in reverse cross - satires by crown

Obv hENRICVS REX *****

Rev CIVI/TAS/EBO/RACI - York mint

(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.

Never seen a class 4c with pellet at start of obv legend

Class 4c also has a crown with a nick to left

1282- 89 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - Class 4c

Obv + .EDWR ANGLE DNS HYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

2 - 1603 James 1st hammered copper farthings

Rev Harp

Continental Jetton or copper coin ?

Liard on behalf of Philip II, minted in poop Dordrecht, Holland County South Holland province today), in 1579.
The city raised arms against Spanish rule, perform "insurrectionary" coinage from 1574-1579.

Unknown 1667 His Halfpenny hammered copper trade farthing

Rev RPM or RRM

1377-1399 Richard II hammered silver half penny

Obv + RICARD REX x ANGL'

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON- London mint

1789-1804 French republic 1 centime (Paris)

Rev UN CENTIME L'AN

1502-4 Henry VII hammered silver half groat - Marlet mint mark

York

Post Medieval cast copper alloy single loop buckle frame.

1500-1650 AD

Post-medieval copper-alloy buckle frame

C AD 1650-1720

Army badge

London Scottish Regiment formed 1859

Hans Krauwinckel II c1585- 1635

1189 Richard 1st hammered silver short cross penny - Class 3

Obv hENRICVS REX

Rev REINAVD ON. CAN - Monyer Reinald of Canterbury mint

1300-10 Edward 1st hammered silver penny- Class 10ab

Obv EDWA*** ANGL DNS HYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/DVN/EMIE- Durham mint

1351 - 2 Edward III hammered silver groat- Cross 1 - C open & E closed - Series C

Obv + EDWARD o D o G o REX ****

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1300-10 Edward 1st hammered silver penny- Class 10cf

Obv EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR- Canterbury mint

16thC Tudor gilded silver pendant - reported to museum as treasure

2.03, 19.17 mm H

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv EDWA** ANGL DNS HYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR- Canterbury mint mint

1604 James 1st half crown coin weight - Arched crown on reverse

Obv Crown I XS I XD

Rev Bust facing right

1422- 61 Henry VI hammered silver half penny - Leaf issue - Leaf on breast

Obv +hENRICxR ***

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1770's 27 shilling coin weight

Obv S 27

1327 Edward III hammered silver penny

Quatrefoil with pellet in reverse cross

Obv +ED ****

Rev CIVI/TAS/**/RACI - York mint

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