2016 September finds page

1361 -63 Edward III hammered gold 1/4 noble - Cross potent

Edward III (1361), Quarter-Noble, Transitional Treaty Period, quartered shield of arms - annulets

Obv + EDWAR DEI GRA REX ANGLx D

Lions in angles, lis above lion in fourth quarter, within beaded and linear tressures of eight arcs, trefoils in spandrels, beaded circle surrounding, saltire stops in legend, +exaltabitvr: in: gloria

19.91mm,1.96g

Repaired

Staggeringly beautiful 16thC Tudor gold key brooch - reported as treasure to museum

1.80g, 36mm L

1485 Henry VII hammered silver groat - Two arches to crown, only outer jeweled - Bust 3 (pupils to eyes, realistic hair)

Mint mark Rose - trefoil stops - trefoil stops to reverse legend

Obv + hENRIC DI*GRA* ******

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

22.5mm, 2.58g

Bent, annealed and fixed

1279 - 84 Irish Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv EDWR ANGL DNS HYB

Rev CIV/TAS/WATE/RFOR - Waterford mint

1351-1361 Edward III hammered gold 1/4 noble - Cross 3 - Pre Treaty

Obv + EDWAR DG REX ANGL .Z. FRANC

Lions in angles, lis above lion in fourth quarter, within beaded and linear tressures of eight arcs, trefoils in spandrels, beaded circle surrounding, saltire stops in legend, +exaltabitvr: in: gloria

21.41mm 1.93g

Early 70BC uninscribed 'Q' Gold - 'Remi 'Type Celtic gold qtr stater - sent to PAS for recording

1.35g,13.74mm

The Remi were a Belgic people of north-eastern Gaul (Gallia Belgica). The Romans regarded them as a civitas, a major and influential polity of Gaul,The Remi occupied the northern Champagne plain, on the southern fringes of the Forest of Ardennes, between the rivers Mosa (Meuse) and Matrona (Marne), and along the river valleys of the Aisne and its tributaries the Aire and the Vesle.

Their capital was at Durocortum (Reims, France) the second largest oppidum of Gaul on the Vesle. Allied with the Germanic tribes of the east, they repeatedly engaged in warfare against the Parisii and the Senones.They were renowned for their horses and cavalry.

Debased 3rdC Roman silver coin sent for ID

Large 18thC toy cannon

1835-1848 India-British 1/12 Anna, 1 Pie

1774 Brazilian copper coin 5 Reis as a Portuguese colony

A globe was a popular emblem on Brazilian coins during the 1700s and early 1800s. And the reis denomination called out in large Roman numerals also appeared on many of these coins.

1701 Danish 2 skilling milled silver billion coin

Obv X. II.SKILLING.DANSKE 1701

1762 George III milled gold 1/4 guinea

2.13g,25.72mm

Large Victorian gold half sovereign old bust gilded ring

1361- 1369 Edward III hammered silver half groat - treaty B -9 arches to treassures - Unbarred N's

Obv +EDWARDVS REX ANGL : DNS : HYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LOND/DON - London mint

Outer + POSV/I:DEVM/*ADIVTO/RE:MEV

Early medieval gilded horse harness pendant

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross half penny

Rev O/NLV/ - London mint

1351 - 61 Edward III hammered silver penny - Pre Treaty

Obv + E******* Z FR

Rev DVR - Durham mint

300-10 Edward 1st hammered silver farthing- Type 28

Obv ****RDVS REX

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

600-775 AD Primary Saxon silver sceat - sent to Fitzwilliam for ID and recording

Many thanks. This is EMC 2016.0251.
Best wishes,
Martin

Taco'd c1400 Venetian AD hammered silver soldino

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

17thC Joh Smith, chandler of Thorpe Le Soken Essex hammered copper trade farthing

Obv ISS

Reg Norweb 1402

1667 Karl XI of Sweden 1 OR silver billion coin

Obv Crowned King's monogram within sprigs.

Lettering: C XI

Rev Three crowns divide value and date.

Lettering:
1667
I ÖR

1351 1352 Edward III hammered silver penny - Pre treaty

Obv EDWARD REX ANGLI F

Rev CIVI/TAS/DVR/**E - Durham mint

1199 John hammered silver short cross penny Class 6b2

Rev hENRICVS REX

Rev RI ON CANT- Moneyer Henri of Canterbury mint

1500-1700 mount

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

1815 George III Bank of England milled silver 3 shillings (36 pence)

14.5g, 35mm

15thC half angel coin weight - German no reverse type

St Michael spearing a dragon

Medieval seal matrix - squirrel facing right

Medieval harness pendant

1351 Edward III hammered silver penny - Pre treaty A

Obv EDW****REX***

Rev TAS/D*R/RE* - Durham mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

1500-1700 mount

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

16thC stone caronade shell

42mm dia

Huge lead post medieval lead seal matrix 47mm dia, 81.54g

Obv CHOO***V HAKENRICK & SON

Rev CANT

Early medieval gilded red, green and blue enameled hooked mount

58mm long

Medieval religious mount - could even be a weird seal matrix design

Inscribed TD

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Rev +EDWAR R ANGLE DNS hYB

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

1369-77 Edward III hammered silver penny -post treaty period- London mint

Extra pellets in quadrants in reverse

1stC BC Celtic bronze wode grinder - suspension loop type worn around the neck

55mm L

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - Late S, open E

Obv +EDW **** NS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Spectacular Medieval seal ring - Madonna and child

Medieval seal matrix

Jack rabbit facing right with long ears

Legend IVEIS'V * CI

Seal of Iveis

Medieval gilded ring

1280 -86 Scottish Alexander III hammered silver penny

Obv ALEXANDER DEI GRA

Rev R REX SCOTOR VM

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

Obv + EDWARDVS ****

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

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

Obv +EDWARDVS REX A

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Post medieval gilded copper sweatmeat bowl - 105mm L

Medieval seal matrix

1485 Henry VII hammered silver sovereign penny - Keys by shield - Archbishop Rotherham - no pillars to throne

York mint

1280 -86 Scottish Alexander III hammered silver half penny

Obv ALEX****** GRA

Rev SCO/TOR

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

Obv + EDWARDVS REX

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Quadrefoil at centre of reverse cross - York mint

Rev CIVI/TAS/EBO RACI - York mint

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross half penny

Ren/NIC - Moneyer Nicole

1361 - 1369 Edward III hammered silver penny - Treaty period

Obv EDWARD R ANG **

Rev CIVI/TAS/**/**N - London mint

1468-9 Edward IV hammered silver penny - Crown mint mark - Royal Issue

Quadrefoil with pellet at centre of reverse cross

Obv EDWARDxDI ****

Rev CIVI/TAS/EBO RACI - York mint

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

32 BC Roman silver coin - 'cooking' it to remove crust

32 BC Mark Antony, Legionary silver Denarius. ANT.AVG.III.VIR.R.P.C Galley, Legionary Eagle between two standards

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1422-27 Henry VI hammered silver penny - annulet issue

Annulet by neck - extra annulets in two qtrs of reverse cross

Calais mint

Medieval lead pilgrims ampulla - East Anglian type with petal design

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

These ampoulla 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 ampulla were discarded. Others have suggested that the ampulla were buried along with their contents for a similar purpose.

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross half penny

Rev GIL/BER - Moneyer Gilbert of Canterbury mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv EDW**********

Rev RACI/ - York mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv EDWAR ANGL DNS ***

Rev MV/NDI/V - Bury St Edmunds mint

Medieval hammered silver long cross half penny

Obv ** DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/T**ON - London mint

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

Obv hENRICVS REX III

Rev ROB/ERT/ONC/ANT - Moneyer Robert of Canterbury mint

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross half penny

Obv *ICVS REX*

Rev WIL/LEM - Moneyer Willem

1770's 2 pence coin weight

Obv D 2

17th bronze decorated finger ring

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - Serpentine S

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross farthing, Class IIb - IIIc

Rev /REI/ -Moneyer Gefrie of Oxford mint

1299- 1300 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - Class 9c - Villa type, unbarred N

Obv *** D IIS hYB

Rev L/IIOV/C - Newcastle mint

1279 Edward 1st hammed silver penny

Obv ** REX ANG **

Rev TAS/EBO ** York mint

1790 George III milled gold half guinea

4.08g,20mm dia

1890 Victorian Silver cane band - Birmingham

GL&Co

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv EDWAR R ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

British Army belt buckle

Dieu et mon droit (French pronunciation: ​[djø e mɔ̃ dʁwa]) (meaning God and my right) is the motto of the Monarch of the United Kingdom outside Scotland.

Medieval buckle

1509-23 Henry VIII hammered silver sovereign penny - Radiant star

Durham mint

11,000 BC flint scraper

Huge 150 mm high copper duck garden ornament - probably 20thC

Unknown copper token ??

Prince of Wales feathers and double bust of King and Queen facing right

1526- 44 Henry VIII hammered silver halfpenny - 2nd coinage rev cross fourchee - Type 3 single arched crown

Obv *** ROSA xSIEx SPIA

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv EDWA******B

Rev TAS/LON/ - London mint

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross half penny

Rev ANT/NIC- Moneyer Nicole of Canterbury mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWR ***

Rev CIVI/TAS/EB * - Bristol mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv EDWAR *** hYB

Rev TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross farthing

Rev /ONC/ - Canterbury mint

1625-1627 Charles 1st hammered silver half groat - Group A 'teo pellets' mint-mark

Obv rose with CDG Rosa Sone Spina

Rev rose with IVS THRONVM FIRMAT

This is how it was dug with no black or crust so is it the 10% gold type issue ? Reminds me of a 620 AD English Crondall Witmen type - sent to Fitzwilliam museum for recording and ID

Turns out to be a Saxon gold shilling, amazing !!!!!!!!!!!

This new find (EMC 2016.0248) is indeed a Witmen type gold shilling. It is similar to some coins in the Crondall hoard but from dies not represented in the hoard.
The coin should be about 50-55% gold.
An excellent start to the season.
Best wishes,
Dr Martin Allen

1.14g, 10mm dia

1291-4 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - barred A wedge tailed E

Class 6a

Obv EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1413 -1422 Henry V hammered silver penny - Star by crown, should be a mullet as reverse legend has satire stop after TAS - broken annulet to right of crown

Obv hENRIC****

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Large Roman 2ndC Roman bronze coin - sent for possible ID

32mm dia, 18.85g

I have to say first that this is only a guess based on the ghostly silhouette on the obverse, but solely on the basis of the portrait, I think it's probably Hadrian.

Mark

1665 William Reeca of Barking Essex hammered copper trade farthing

Obv WRV

Romano-British protected loop terret.

'Protected loop terrets are usually considered to be Roman and dating to the late first and second centuries AD'

Roman gilded cast copper dog figurine - traces of red and green enamel remains

16thC cannon ball - 60mm dia

Best match the gun known in the sixteenth century as the falcon with a calibre of 2 1/2 inches and a shot weight of 2 pounds

50-60 dia balls were used in battles of 1460 AD and 1640's civil war

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv EDWAR ANGL D*****

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1356-1361 Edward III hammered silver groat - annulet below breast

Obv **REX ANGL Z FR***

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1280 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - Class 3d

Obv +EDWAR ANGL****YB

Rev LIN/COL/CIVI/ - Lincoln mint

A badge for a Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre in bronze and dating somewhere around C13/14th

Medieval badges Ref Mitchiner p244 939 - 941

1485 Henry VII hammered silver halfpenny - single arched crown

'brushed hair' type

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross farthing

Rev /IER / = Moneyer Ieremie or Ierveis

16th Regiment of foot

O/R's - 1855-1881

16thC Tudor gilded silver clothing fastener - reported as treasure to museum

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

70mm long

c1000BC Bronze Age casting slag, includes a fragment of a socketed axe bottom right

Saxon Stirrup terminal

Early Medieval 11th century