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1361-1369 Edward III hammered gold qtr noble - Treaty period -I.m. Cross potent, Large pellet in panel with annulets at angles

Obv: EDWAR DEI GRAC ANGLI (D)

Rev: + EXALTABITUR IN GLORIA I

Obv shield quartered with the arms of England and France within a treassure of eight arches

1.66g,17mm

1216 Henry III hammered silver short cross farthing

Rev MIL

1853 Victoria milled gold half sovereign

3.89g,19mm

Great picture of Can Ron's groat stuck to a rock when he dug it - had to soak it to get it off

1351-2 Edward III hammered silver groat - Cross 1 Pre treaty series C

obv EDWARD D G REX ANGL Z FRANC D HYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

25mm, 4.40g

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Quadrefoil with pellet at centre of reverse cross

Obv EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/EBO/RACI - York mint

15thC Venetian hammered silver soldino coin

Obv: Doge standing left, holding standard.

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

1327 Edward III hammered silver penny

Quadrefoil with pellet at centre of reverse cross

Obv EDWARDVS *****

Rev CIVI/TAS/EBO/RACI - York mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv EDWR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON -London mint

Plain gold ring found on park by Mayl Ron - no hall marks - low carat gold ?

1604 James 1st gold Crown coin weight- bust right

Rev I R M BRIT

Obv Crown over Vs VID - 5 shillings and sixpence

1843 Victoria milled silver one and a half pence- minted in London for colonial use

The 1843 UK three halfpence obverse features the bust of young Queen Victoria facing left, with the surrounding legend:

'VICTORIA D:G: BRITANNIAR:REGINA F:D:'

The reverse shows the royal crown with

'1 1/2' below, then the date underneath, framed by a wreath.

1279 -80 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - Class 2a

Obv EDW ***

Rev EBOR/ACI - York mint

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

Rev ND/BEN -Moneyer Benet of London mint

1216 hammered silver short cross half penny

Rev ON VND - London mint

Roman silver hoard coin addendum No42 - reported to museum

2.99g,17mm

Nerva, 96-98 AD. AR denarius, Mint of Rome, Jan-Sept 97 AD
Obv: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P  laureate head of Nerva right.
Rx: CONCORDIA EXERCITVVM  clasped right hands.
RIC 14, RSC 20.

Mark

Roman silver hoard coin addendum No43 - reported to museum

3.30g, 19mm

Caracalla, 198-217 AD. AR denarius, Mint of Rome, 205 AD.
Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG laureate and draped bust of young Caracalla right, seen from behind
Rx: PONTIF P M TR P VIII COS II Salus enthroned left feeding serpent arising from altar
(If this is correct identification) RIC 82; RSC 422.

Mark

Georgian pipe tamper Venus figurine

PIPE TAMPER
Unique ID: IOW-5606A2 example

A complete post-Medieval cast copper-alloy tobacco pipe tamper (c. 1800-c. 1900).

This tamper is in the form of a naked female (Venus) standing in a classical pose. One hand is resting on the left hip and the other is raised above the head holding a vessel from which water pours. The face is glancing upwards to the left and the facial features are not well defined. On the back of the figure, wavering lines running vertically may represent flowing hair or water being poured from the vessel in the hand. The breasts are small and the female genitals are apparent. The feet rest upon a turned base in the form of a column which is flat on the underside.

1st C Celtic bronze bucket face mount

1553-4 Mary hammered silver groat

Pretty 1919 9 carat gold ring - Birmingham assay office date letter 'u'

1841 Victoria milled gold half sovereign

4.02, 19mm

17thC Elizabeth Chapman of Halstead Essex hammered copper trade farthing

Obv EC

1794 Colchester half penny(y)

OBVERSE: A view of Colchester Castle to the edge of token. Ex: 1794. REVERSE: A weaving loom. SUCCESS TO THE BAY TRADE. EDGE: PAYABLE AT CHARLES HEATHS BAY MAKER COLCHESTER .X.

1842 Victoria milled gold half sovereign

4.03g,19mm

1902 Edward VII medallion

In Commemoration of the Coronation of H.M.King Edward VII

Medieval Edward hammered silver penny fragment

Obv DWARD*****

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross penny

Rev NIC/OLE/ON/CANT - Moneyer Nicole of Canterbury mint

Really neat Victorian engraved silver pendant with bust relief

'Paques 1901'

1918 George V India milled silver 1 rupee

1299 - 1300 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - pot hook N's - closed E- Class 9b

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

1282 - 1289 Edward 1st hammered silver penny- egg wasted S- open C & E

Class 4

Obv +EDWR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Roman bronze key

55-50 BC Celtic gold qtr stater - sent to museum for recording

1.51g,12.33mm

It's a class 3 Great Waltham type quarter, no. 400 in Divided Kingdoms (same dies), essentially a slightly later and cruder version of the Ingoldisthorpe quarter, which is class 2 in the British Ab/Ac north-east Thames series.  I list 14 other examples in DK but there are at least 15 now.

Hope this is of some help,

All the best

John

127 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross penny

Obv hENRICVS REX

Rev NIC/OLE/ONC/ANT - Moneyer Nicole of Canterbury mint

18thC Dutch milled silver coin

Obv Zee Lan Dia

C600 -775 Saxon silver sceat hoard coin 1 - reported as hoard to museum

1.32g,11.90mm

C600 -775 Saxon silver sceat hoard coin 2 - reported as hoard to museum

1.16g, 11.73mm

C600 -775 Saxon silver sceat hoard coin 3 - reported as hoard to museum

1.41g,11.74mm

C600 -775 Saxon silver sceat hoard coin 6 - reported as hoard to museum

1.05g,11.98mm

C600 -775 Saxon silver sceat hoard coin 5 - reported as hoard to museum

145g,12.84mm

C600 -775 Saxon silver sceat hoard coin 7 - reported as hoard to museum

1.41g,12.35mm

C600 -775 Saxon silver sceat hoard coin 8 - reported as hoard to museum

1.41g,12.33mm

C600 -775 Saxon silver sceat hoard coin 4 - reported as hoard to museum

1.25g, 12.06mm

C600 -775 Saxon silver sceat hoard coin 9 - reported as hoard to museum

1.43g,11.97mm

C600 -775 Saxon silver sceat hoard coin 10 - reported as hoard to museum

1.39g, 12.17mm

45 BC to 25BC Addedomarus - Trinovantian tribe Celtic gold qtr stater -

1.30g,13.12mm

1935 9 carat gold collar stud

Interesting Rose mint mark added to Sheffield in 1903

Gold dental plate

2nd C Roman silver coin - needs cooking to remove crust

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross half penny

London mint

Undiagnostic plain gold ring

0.78g,22mm dia

Roman silver hoard coin addendum No44 - reported to museum

3.22g, 19.13g

Large copper figurine of a man fighting a beast - not sure of date yet

Medieval bronze door key

Iron Age Celtic dress toggle fastener

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

Circa 1575- 1700

First one I have seen dug

1829 George IV milled silver one pence

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv **NGL DNS

Rev LON/DO - London mint

Unknown Army button

RICG

1600 -1700

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

N Master - 1807-1825
RN Ass't Master - 1807-1825
RN Volunteer Gr.II - 1824-1825
In use 1807 - 1825

Note: Anchors below stock

c1816-1845 ​55th Regiment of foot button

Raised 55 on chequered background within incised wreath on octagon.

​Known as the 55th Regt of Foot from 1757-1782, then Westmoreland between 1782-1881.

c1803-1815

​

LLV monogram surmounted by crown.

English Volunteer Infantry

1361 Edward III hammered silver Florin penny

Obv EDWAR R ANGL*** hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/DVN/ELME - Durham MINT

1327 Edward III hammered silver half groat

Obv +EDWAR***** A

Rev CIVI/TAS/**/**R - Canterbury mint

1610-11 James 1st hammered silver half penny - mullet mint mark

024g,9.51mm

Medieval barrel spigot with cockerel type tap - similar recorded on PAS below

(c. AD 1400-1600). The key (or handle) is a two-dimensional representation of a cockerel, with a large ring and dot eye, open beak, small crest and curved tail being the only detail applied

Record ID: BERK-A3B3B5

Record ID: SOM-901263

Medieval hammered silver long cross penny

Obv **DND hY**

Rev CIVI/TAS

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR ANGLE DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

1526 - 1544 Henry VIII hammered silver sovereign penny - Star both sides, radiant star Obv only

CD besides shield - Bishop Cuthbert Tunstall

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv ****DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TA

1894 Victoria milled gold half sovereign

19.2mm,3.99g

c100 BC Roman Republican silver coin - sent for provisional ID but needs a good 'cook' to remove crust

I’m afraid I can add almost nothing to my earlier comments.  The photo wasn’t particularly “tweakable” for detail.  It’s definitely Republican, probably relatively early and very possibly anonymous. Until you cook a bit of the crud off and we can see if there is any lettering beneath the quadriga and/or the circumference of the obverse, it’s probably safe to call it “Republican denarius, probably anonymous, ca. 150-100 B.C.” – this time-frame estimate is rather more what we call a “WAG” on this side of the briny. If cleaning reveals any letters, monograms or privy controls it will be with a lot more confidence that I could place it any closer in time, etc. than I can from these first photos.
Mark

45 BC - 25 BC Addedomarus Celtic gold qtr stater - Floral type - sent to PAS for recording

1.29g,12.46mm

Addedomarus (sometimes written Aθθedomarus on coins) was a king of south-eastern Britain in the late 1st century BC. His name is known only from his inscribed coins, the distribution of which seem to indicate that he was the ruler of the Trinovantes.

Very interesting hand inscribed gold mount/button - sent off to museum for dating

15.32mm dia,0.97g

Viking sword

Early medieval sword pommel

The pommel, which is hollow and is curved at the base, has 5 lobes and appears to be of the Peterson L Type VI variety (Peterson 1919)

The pommel is of probable Viking/Anglo-Scandinavian origin, a hybrid of both Saxon and Viking styles and dates from the 9th to 11th century

1864 Victoria milled silver Florin (24 pence) Gothic numeral type

mdccclxiv - 1864

18thC Royal Navy silver cuff link

1427- 1430 Henry VI hammered silver penny - Rosette Mascle issue iii (York)

Mullets each side of crown

Quadrefoil at centre of reverse cross - York mint

1770's George III gold guinea coin weight

Obv George III bust facing right

Cast copper alloy double-looped sub-annular shoe or knee buckle

Circa 1650-1720

Pure gold medieval gold ring with red stone

Reported to museum as treasure

0.98g, 13.69mm L

Medieval copper bale seals

Scotland 1371-1390 Robert II hammered silver penny

5 pointed star

Obv ROBERTUS REX SCOTTOR

Rev VILLA EDINBURGH - Edinburgh mint

1377-1399 Richard II hammered silver half penny

Obv + RICARD: REX: ANGL'

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON- London mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Ob +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON- London mint

Medallion August 1762

English fleet occupies Havana ?

1216 Henry III hammered silver short cross penny

Obv hENRICVS REX

Rev + HENRI *** VND - Moneyer Henri of London mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Ob +EDW****S hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/DVN/EM** - Durham mint

Celtic gold votive offering as ring money

Gold ring money- 1st C BC
Smooth ring with blunt ends Van Arsdell 1-3 Taylor pl33 Hobbs-- SCBS-- CE4244

6.86g, 32mm L

2.91g,28mm L

Gold dental implement. Sheet metal palette. This may have served to mount teeth retrieved from barber surgeons or graves - 'Waterloo Teeth' were collected from grave pits at many battlefields in Europe after the Napoleonic Wars (1803-1815). Gold remained a favoured material for dental work until its replacement with syntheti…

Facinating large Bronze Age lump - socketed with a hole through the middle

Not sure of its use - Bronze Age hammer ?

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided half penny

Rev NIC/OLE - Moneyer Nicole

1679 Charles II milled silver shilling

Very rare - 1247 Henry III voided long cross farthing- error

Voided long cross both sides ?

Medieval gilded harness pendant

1864 Victorian store 1 pence token - John Lewis & Co

Oxford street London

Officer - 1844-1871

c 1800 THE 56th REGIMENT OF FOOT. / AFTER 1881 :- 2nd Battalion The Essex Regiment

Medieval purse bar swivel

45 BC to 25BC Addedomarus - Trinovantian tribe- reported as hoard addendum to museum

5.58g.16.90mm

Huge flint with engraving or fossil impression ?

1279 Edward III hammered silver penny

Canterbury mint

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross half penny

Rev NN/ORB Northampton mint

Georgian fob seal - ship with oars facing left

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVCI/TAS/LON/DON London mint

Medieval purse bar - Lombardic script both sides

ARIA XX CITCI

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

Circa 1575- 1700

National fire service button

c1000 BC Bronze Age sword blase fragment

1216 Henry III hammered silver short cross halfpenny

Rev .ON.LV+ - London Mint

1216 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross farthing

Rev /WIL/ - Moneyer Willem

25BC Eastern uninscribed Celtic gold qtr stater of Dubnovellaunos - reported to museum

1.23g,13.27mm

Undiagnostic pure gold sheet - reminds me of two beat to death Roman gold coins we have found

1.03g.15.05mm L x 0.80mm T

A complete copper-alloy toggle or strap fitting of late Iron Age to Roman date, c. 100 BC - AD 100.

Post medieval cast copper alloy buckle frame

Circa AD 1600 - 1699

Post Medieval cast copper alloy single loop buckle frame.

1500-1650 AD

Cast copper alloy trapezoidal shoe or knee buckle with concave sides

1660-1720

Post Medieval cast copper alloy single loop buckle frame.

1500-1650 AD

1864 Victorian silver decorated handle - Birmingham mint

Victorian 1 shilling token

CD&S Parrish Spitalfields

London Market

1770's George III gold half guinea coin weight - ten shillings and sixpence

Obv S10 D6

2 pennyweight and 16 grains

Medieval (13th century) lead alloy seal matrix. It is circular in plan. The central design is a flower with six petals.

Post Medieval cast copper alloy single loop buckle frame.

1500-1650 AD

Post Medieval cast copper alloy single loop buckle frame.

1500-1650 AD

Undiagnostic gold ingot

9.7mm L, 0.68g

450 million year old fossil

Sea Urchin Echinoid

1216 Henry III hammered silver short cross penny

Obv hENRICVS REX

1280 Edward 1st hammered silver farthing - Sterling issue - no inner circle on obverse - Type 10

Obv + ERAN GLIE

Rev LONDONIENSIS/

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR Canterbury mint

Unusual small lead tube with flower patterns both ends ?

Huge 1653 Commonwealth hammered silver half crown (30 pence)

14.39g,34.66mm dia x 2mm T

Medieval (13th century) lead alloy seal matrix with complete supsension loop - Fleur de Lis

17thC seal matrix

13thC Islamic hammered silver coin - recoded on EMC database

0.28g, 14.92mm L x 9.51mm W x 0.72mm T

Monster ancient gold ingot - 81.54g,40.82mm L, 21.05mm W, 10.02mm T - reported a streasure to museum

Pure gold ancient ring

11.22g, 25.64mm -reported a streasure to museum

Medieval hammered silver penny

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Medieval purse bar

2000 BC Early Bronze Age flat axe

1859 Victoria milled silver Gothic Florin (24 pence)

Gothic numeral type

mdccclix

1926 George V Straits Settlements milled silver 5 cents

Crowned bust facing right

Lettering: GEORGE V KING AND EMPEROR OF INDIA

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1908 Edwardian decorated silver mount- London mint date letter N

HFD&Co

H F Daltrey & Co - Reg Feb 1906

4thC Roman silver coin - meeds cooking to remove crust

Yep, you’re right, not too much to go on.
If you’re certain its silver it might be a House of Valentinian REPARATIO REIP with emperor standing left, or it might be a very crudely engraved version of Roma seated left – from a broad time span in the 4th & 5th centuries
Or, it could be a contemporary imitation by some Gothic tribe.
Send me photos when/if you reveal any legend on either side – that would make a huge difference.
Mark

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/DVR/EME - London mint

1413-1422 Henry V hammered silver penny

Annulet to right of crown - quadrefoil with pellet at centre of reverse cross

Rev ** ACI/TAS - York mint

Royal Horse Artillery
Generic Issue

1873-1901

1770's 9 shilling coin weight

Obv S9

Unknown cupped widget - pouring measure ??

1504-9 Henry VII hammered silver half groat - Martlet mint mark

Key by neck - Archbishop Savage

Obv +hENRIC DI GRA REX AGL Z A

Rev CIVI/TAS/EBO/RACI - York mint

1216 Henry III hammered silver short cross half penny

Obv HENRIC **

Rev ON.SAM - Moneyer Samvel

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross half penny

Rev /RIO/N - Moneyer Henri

1st Essex local militia

The 1st Essex Local Militia were formed in 1809​​​

Medieval harness fitting

19thC Corporation button

'Tout Marine' - All Marine

1279-80 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - Class 2a

Obv +EDWR' ANGL DNS ANGL hYB

Rev VILL/ABR/ISTO/LLIE

1604-19 James 1st, 2nd coinage, revalued 5 shillings and six pence coin weight - Britain crown

Obv VsVID

1464 Edward IV hammered silver half groat

9 Tressures - no Lis or trefoils on cusps

Obv *****X ANGL Z FRA

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

1873 P Smith & sons - name badge

166 The Strand London

Clock and watch makers

1327 Edward III hammered silver half groat - Lis on cusps but not above crown - 9 tressures

Obv ** WARDVS REX **

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

2ndC Roman silver coin cleaned up by Boston Beau

This is a very nice example of Commodus (177-192) AR denarius, Mint of Rome, 184-6
Obv: M COMM ANT AVG P BRIT FEL laureate head of Commodus right
Rx: FEL AVG P M TR P X IMP VII COS IIII P P Felicitas standing facing, head left, holding  Victory and caduceus
RIC III 109; RSC 112

Mark

WWI France's day 1917 token made by Fattorini in Bolton

A British fund-raising badge sold in aid of French support charities during France’s Day. The obverse shows a nicely detailed and low relief image of Marianne, the national symbol of France. The reverse side has the wording FRANCE’S DAY 1917 and the maker’s name.

France’s Day was celebrated on July 14th in Britain to show solidarity with their French allies and was supported by numerous celebrations and charity fund raising events.

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv + EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross farthing

Rev ONL - London mint

Roman bronze terret ring

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

c1784-1797 ​31st regiment of foot button

Copper Alloy silvered

The 30th Regt of Foot gained the Cambridgeshire title in 1782.

17thC Willaim Hartley of Colchester hammered copper trade farthing

Norweb Ref 1182

O/R's - 1798-1830

1640's Civil War lead gun powder measure and cap

2nd Life Guards button

c1780-1800.

Crowned LG over 2 within crowned garter and motto.

The 2nd Life Guards gained the name in 1788 which was retained until 1922 when they were amalgamated with the 1st.

O/R's - 1855-1881

16th Regiment of foot button

1765 Continental silver coin - Duchy of Courland
(Livonia)

Obverse

Bust facing right surrounded by legend.

Lettering: D · G · ERNEST · IOH · IN · L · C · & · S · DVX

Translation:
Dei Gratia Ernst Johann In Livoniae Curlandiae Et Semigalliae Dux
With God's grace, Ernst Johann, Duke of Livonia, Courland, and Semigallia

Reverse

Shield with eagle beside shield with horseman under crown and above value, all surrounded by legend.

Lettering:
MON · ARGENT · DVC · CVRLAND · 1764 ·
3
I · C · S ·

Translation:
Moneta Argentea Ducum Curlandiae
Silver coin of the Duchy of Courland

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross penny

Rev NLV/NDE- London mint

1640's Civil War gunpowder measure and cap

19thC name tag - British Vice Admiral Sir Charles Napier ?

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver long cross penny

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNShYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

2ndC Roman silver coin - cooking to remove crust (July 2016 BB) - just sent for ID

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