Late medieval or early Tudor decorated gold ball- reported as treasure to museum

Huge gold treasure - Each decoratred 'tit' has a black emerald encapsualted in the tip. There is an opening for a needle or mounting point in one place on the item. This is too large to be a pin head - appears to be solid gold but there must be an inner core, possibly silver.

It is 18.55 mm in dia and 6.3g in weight

1422-61 Henry VI hammered silver half penny - annulet issue - two annulets in oppositing quadrants

Obv hENRIC REX ANGL

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

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

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/DVR/EME - Durham mint

17th/18thC jewellery item with blue stone - possible brooch - no hall marks - reported as treasure to museum

2.65g, 14.87mm L

Ancient gold finger ring - no hall marks - reported as treasure to museum

0.40g, 17.25 mm

1216 Henry III hammered silver short cross penny - Class 7c - 8

Obv hENRICVS ****

Rev **LVN + NIC(hOLE - Moneyer Nichole of London mint

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross farthing

Rev VND - London mint

1199 John hammered silver short cross farthing - Class 5c -6c1

Rev WAL - Moneyer Walter

First 1645 Charles 1st hammered silver cut half penny I have seen

A mint mark - Ashby

Royal Navy Lieutenant - 1748

RN Flag Officer - 1748
Full Dress - 1748 - 1767
G. P. Dress - 1748 - 1783
Full & Undress - 1748 - 1787

Georgian fob seal

17thC Andrew Gurney from Hull crotal bell

Maker AG

37th Regiment of foot button

O/R's - 1855-1881

37th Regiment of foot history site

Early Irish John or Henry hammered silver farthing probably - still researching it

1247 Henry III hammered silver Long Cross, Dublin.

1377-1399 Richard II hammered silver half penny

Obv +RICHARD REX ANGL'

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

c100BC - AS 50 Cosmetic Celtic woad grinder pestal - missing suspension loop

1300-10 Edward II hammered silver farthing- new issue with inner circles both sides - oval flan - Type 28f

Obv EDWARDVS REX AN

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

77th Regiment of foot button

Officer - 1845-1855

The 77th (East Middlesex) Regiment of Foot (The Duke of Cambridge's Own) was a line regiment of the British Army from 1787 to 1881

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver long cross penny

Obv +EDWR ANGLE DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TASCAN/TOR Canterbury mint

THE 2nd REGIMENT OF FOOT

The seven Royal Garrison Battalions were re-named Royal Veteran Battalions in July 1804

Unrecorded example with legend - 'Veteran Battalion'

The Second Regiment of Foot Guards i.e "The Coldstream Guards".

http://www.2ndfoot.org.uk/

http://www.napoleon-series.org/military/organization/Britain/Infantry/Regiments/c_Veterans.html

Domed lead spindle whorls are generally Roman but go through to the post medieval period. Before the use of spinning wheels, spinning was carried out with a spindle and a whorl. The spindle, or rod, usually had a swelling on which the whorl was fitted. A wisp of prepared wool was twisted around the spindle, which was then spun and allowed to drop. The whorl, acting like a flywheel adds momentum to the spindle. By doing this the fibres were extended and twisted into a yarn

Neat 16thC Tudor looking gold on silver jewelery link piece - reported as treasure to museum

Taco'd Circa 1350 Edward III hammered gold 1/4 noble - Cross 3 -Needs straightening to ID exact type from rev shield.

Obv + EDWARD DEI GRA REX ANGL

21.41mm 1.93g

Monster sized 18thC toy cannon

Scale is in cm's

1294-99 Edward 1st hammered silver farthing - Type 20a

Rev ER ANGLL AN

Rev CIVI/TAS/LOND/DON - London mint

1216 Henry III hammered silver short cross half penny

Rev NTE+hEN - Moneyer Hneri of Canterbury mint

Non hoard Roman silver coin - needs cooking to remove crust

19thC 79th Regiment of Foot button

( Cameron Highlanders )

1464- 70 Edward IV hammered silver groast - quatrefoils by neck - mint mark crown - reverse mint mark is Rose - Type VIII

Fluers on cusps except over crown

Obv EDWARD DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC

Rev CIVI/TAS/LOND/DON - London mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver long cross penny

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LOND/DON - London mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver long cross penny - reversed barrel N - composite S - Class 2 narrow face

Obv +EDWR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LOND/DON - London mint

1464 -70Edward IV hammered silver penny Dublin Ireland

quadrefoil with pellet at centre of reverse cross

Rev ACIE - Dublin mint

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

Obv hENRICVR REX III

Rev GIL/BER/TON/CAN - Moneyer Gilbert of Canterbury mint

1978 Gold ruby ring - Birmingham 0.375 - 9 carat - D date letter

Maker KR - not listed

20.80mm, 3.25g

1300-10 Edward II hammered silver farthing- new issue with inner circles both sides - oval flan - Type 28f

Obv EDWARDVS REX AN

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1603- 4 James 1st Halfcrown coin weight, 2nd coinage revalued

Rev IIs IXD

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver long cross penny =- Top tilted S

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LOND/DON - London mint

ost medieval cast copper alloy buckle frame

Circa AD 1600 - 1699

1390 - 1420 AD Medieval decorated buckles with integral box chape

Cast copper alloy trapezoidal shoe or knee buckle with concave sides

1660-1720

Cast copper alloy double-looped sub-annular shoe or knee buckle with bevelled internal edge

Circa 1650-1720

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross half penny

Rev ONC/AN - Canterbury mint

Medieval purse bar

1340 AD French Jetton

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

Royal Crown with 3 rosettes across body of crown

Rev Triple banded straight cross fleuretty AV

Medieval hammered silver long cross penny

Rev CIVI/TAS/LOND/DON - London mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver long cross penny

Obv ** WAR ANGL D***

Rev CIVI/TAS/LOND/DON - London mint

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

Obv hENRICVS REX III'*

Rev NDE/hEN - Moneyer Henri of London mint

1399 - 1413 Henry IV hammered silver half penny

Obv + *** IC REX ANGLx

Rev CIVI/***DON - London mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver long cross penny

Obv + ED ******* REX

Rev DVR - Durham mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver long cross penny

Obv + EDWAR ANGLE DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

15thC Venetian soldino hammered silver coin

Obv: Doge standing left, holding standard.

Rev: S MARCVS VENETI (Saint Mark of Venice). Winged and nimbate lion of Saint Mark facing.

16th to 17thC Elizabeth 1st to James 1st British made gold Angel coin weight

Obv V s

Rev Angel

Medieval vessica seal matrix

So AVICDE - Seal of avicde

17thC working toy petronel (pistol)

Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
Date from: Circa AD 1600
Date to: Circa AD 1640

The toy is based on the match-lock 'petronels' of the 16th and 17th Centuries

Large medieval cast Jester face bucket mount

1327 Edward III hammered silver long cross penny

Obv + EDWARDV **

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1280 Edward 1st hammered silver long cross penny - egg waisted S, class 3

Obv + EDWR' ANGL' DNS hYB

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

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver long cross penny

Obv + EDWR R ANGL DNS hYB

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

1485 Henry VII hammered silver half penny - Cross furchee - Open crown

Obv RIC ***

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

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

4thC Roman bronze coin sent for ID

This one is pretty simple, despite the near total lack of legend, it's clearly a posthumous CONSECRATIO issue billon antoninianus of Claudius Gothicus (died 270)

The rectilinear pattern on the reverse - an altar enclosure with paneled doors - was very easy for local engravers to copy, so this is one of the most frequently encountered pieces in the field of contemporary copies - second only to the Tetricus I PAX AVG copies. 

Gothicus official antoniniani - at least his later ones and posthumous issues - are among the most tawdry, slipshod productions to emerge from the huge minting establishment at Rome. One of the first things Aurelian, Gothicus' first serious successor, had to deal with was to put down what had become an armed rebellion by the (literally) thousands of workers and slaves in the Roman mint community - they had pretty much broken off from the Empire and were pursuing their own path as an independent organization given the power vacuum of the late 260's.

Mark

Doge Michele Steno (1400-1413). Venetian silver soldino

Obv: MICHAEL STEN' DVX (Michele Steno, Doge). Doge standing left, holding standard.

Rev: S MARCVS VENETI (Saint Mark of Venice). Winged and nimbate lion of Saint Mark facing.

1422 - 1461 French Charles VII 'Three circles' jeton of Tournai

Three circles each contain a quatrefoil:in each angle a lis

Obv + O IIIATE R DEI IIIEIIIEIITO IIIE

Rev Broad ended cross patty, simple floral oraments

Mitchener ref 607

C10thC Saxon silver coin centre - send for ID and as potential hoard to museum

This must be a Circumscription Cross type from before Edgar's reform, and so it cannot be part of the hoard.

Best wishes,

Martin

1855-1881

British 5th Regiment of Foot, fought at Lexington-Concord and Bunker Hill.

1351- 1361 Edward III hammered silver penny Pre Treaty- annulet stops

Obv EDWARDVSoREX ANGLI

Rev CIVI/TAS/L ** London mint

Medieval long cross hammered silver fragment

Obv NGL **

Rev /LON/ London mint

1461-70 Edward IV hammered silver long cross penny - quatrefoil to each side of neck - initial mark rose

Quatrefoil with pellet in centre of reverse cross - York mint

18thC George III gold third quinea

Grotty bronzes from the hoard

Roman silver coin with thick horn crust - cannot cook to clean it until it has been disclaimed by museum

Roman silver coin - sent for ID - cannot cook to clean it until it has been disclaimed by museum

I can't be 100% certain, but I'd be very surprised if it didn't turn out to be Trajan - one of his SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI denarii with a standing deity or personification. The portrait, I thought at first, looked a little more like Hadrian, but given the absence of useful legend on the obverse and the obvious encrustation lumps I'm going by the shape of the back of his head - and the legend on the reverse.
Cleaner, this could probably be dated to within a couple of years, but that's the manufacture. It seems like 107-113 is the range for this reverse legend issue. But, of course, it could have taken its time getting buried in Britannia. The hoard is better datable by the latest rather than the earliest coin.

Mark

Sent for ID

Nice late 2nd century piece - Commodus, 177-192 AD. AR denarius
Obverse, M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT P P. laureate head right.
Reverse, SEC ORB P M TR P XIIII COS V; in ex, DES VI - Securitas seated left holding globe.
Mint of Rome, 189 AD.
RIC III 190; RSC  695; SRCV 5694.

It's a common type, but this is a very nice find, comparitively speaking. It should turn out very attractive with some careful cleaning.

Mark

Interesting hoard coin sent for provisional ID

suspect this may be a relatively late (c. 90 BC) and common Republican denarius - or at least copied from one - like this:

http://www.stoa.org/gallery/album98/ML_20_Titia_den

Several of the earlier emperors had extensive "restitution" coinages in which they emulated the coins of earlier times - Titus and Trajan were both responsible for major series of restitution coinage.
When you have this denarius a bit cleaner, I may be able to tell if it's original or a restitution issue.  I can't quite tell if I'm seeing a legend on the obverse - and of course, if there is a legend, then it would have to be one of the later re-issues. 

Or, if we discover an emperor's name or titles on the coin and it isn't one of those who deliberately and consiously copied older types, it might be a denarius by someone who just wanted to put a Pegasos on his coinage - the portrait (such of it as can be seen under the encrustatioin) looks like it might be Septimius Severus and although I'm not certain, offhand, whether Severus had a Pegasos reverse, it's possible - he struck a multitude of different types of denarii.

Mark

Roman silver hoard coins with thick horn crust - cannot cook to clean it until it has been disclaimed by museum

50BC Cantii Celtic gold qtr stater

It is a Floret Trophy type VA 146,BMC 436 attributed to the Cantii tribe - sent to PAS for recording

1.28g, 12.08mm