2019 March Finds page

13thC vessica seal matrix

It's our old friend CREDE MICHI -- "believe me" -- i.e. you can believe what is written beneath this seal as being genuine. The lettering is not perfect however! I'd transcribe CREDE [M]IChI. -- possible that the letter before the final C is meant to be MI ligatured, but if so, it's been bungled!

Keep 'em coming -- and, ideally, nice easy ones like this!

regards,

Malcolm

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR- Canterbury mint

1280 Edward Ist hammered silver farthing - Type 10 - bust to edge of flan

Obv +ER ANGLIE

Rev LON/DON/IEN/SIS London mint

C600 -775 Saxon silver sceat - sent for recording and ID to EMC

1.09g,12.28mm

Thanks for this Series D (Type 2c), which I have recorded as EMC 2019.0088.
Best wishes,
Martin

Unknown Leaf trefoil issue for Calais

1422-61 Henry VI hammered silver farthing - trefoils by neck

Obv +hENRIC****

Rev /SIE - Calais mint

Interesting Roman silver coin sent for ID

Titus. AD 79-81. AR Denarius (17mm, 3.19 g, 7h). Rome mint. Struck January-June AD 80. Laureate head right / Elephant, wearing armor, standing left. RIC II 115; RSC 303

Mark

1285/6 Edward 1st hammered silver farthing - new issue inner circle both sides - Type 28

Obv +EDWARDVS REX A

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1427-1430 Henry VI hammered silver penny

Quatrefoil with pellet in reverse cross

Obv hENRICVS REX ANGLIE

Rev CIVI/TAS/***

1351 Edward III hammered silver penny-Pre treaty series A, double annulet stops on obverse

Extra Annulets in 4 qtrs on reverse

Obv +EDWARDVS REXo ANG ***

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

11000 BC flint scraper

1300 Edward 1st hammered silver farthing- type 28

Obv EDWARDVS REX

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Michele Steno 1400-1413 (Type 1)

Italian States-Venice, Michele Steno as Doge (1400-1413), Soldino, Venice Mint
+ MICHELE-STEN . DVX
Doge standing left, holding banner, * / m in right field
+ . S . MARCVS  . VENETI .
Winged lion of St. Mark facing left, holding book with both front paws all in inner circle
Plain Edge

1216 Henry III hammered silver short cross halfpenny Class 7b

Rev N CANT -Moneyer Norman of Canterbury mint

Ancient gold band - possible wrist torc fragment - reported as treasure to museum

11.16g, 4.33mm dia x 49.12mm L

Stock Jetton for the Queen and her almony 14th to15th C

Emblem of Queen marguerite de Provence, wife of Louis IX

Moor's head right with hair bound

Obv X AVE MARIA GRACIA PLNA

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR R ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON- London mint

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

Obv +hENRICVS REX ANGL

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON- London mint

1300 Edward 1st hammered silver farthing- type 28

Obv EDWARD****

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Stunning 1777 George III milled gold half guinea

4.20g,20.61mm

Huge Religious medallion

Obv SIGNATION : the act of making the sign of the cross

Rev ROMA

54.12mm

These are hard to find 1709 Anne milled silver shilling (12 pence)

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

Obv EDWARD R ANGLE DNS

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON- London mint

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

Britain's Merchant Navy
Generic Design Issue
In use 1900 - 2000's

Bliss Bros Ltd

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv EDWAR ANGLE DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON- London mint

1790 Silver spoon handle - London min t- George III tax paid bust date letter P

Maker:Sarah & John William Blake

1413-22 Henry V hammered silver half penny - pellets both sides of crown

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON- London mint

Tiny old bust Victoria copper medallion

Crowned 28th June 1838

Crisp Roman silver coin sent for ID

2.62g,18.35mm

Hadrian, 117-138 A.D. AR denarius, Mint of Rome, 135 A.D.
Obv: HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P laureate head of Hadrian right 
Rx: ANN-O-NA AVG modius containing grain-ears and poppy
RIC II 230, RSC 170a

Nice one for a dugup in agricultural fields. You got this one more or less just in time before it suffered more significant degradation from the fertilizers and pesticides.
I don’t have one of this type myself (actually, I have little more than a sparse representative run of denarii/antoniniani/siliquae – I’ve always favored the larger Æ denominations

Mark

70 BC Morini Celtic gold qtr stater- reported as hoard addendum to museum

1.47g,10.79mm

CCI 19.1420.

Best Wishes

John

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv EDWAR ANGLE DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR- Canterbury mint

15thC Venetian silver soldino

Obverse: [Doge’s Name] DVX; Doge standing left, holding banner; mint control marks in right field
Reverse: S MARCVS VENETI; Winged lion of St Mark, holding book of gospels

13thC hammered silver sterling imitation

c 1290 AD Crockard - Chaplet of roses to crown

Medieval hammered silver penny - Continental imitation , E(a) Sterling type

Maubeuge issue- revolt against John of Avesnes 1293

Obv + ICOM***YONIE

Rev IEN/SIS/MEL/BOD

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv LON/ - London mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - quadrefoil with pellet at centre of reverse cross - York mint

Obv +ED*** ANGLI

70 BC Morini Celtic gold qtr stater- reported as hoard addendum to museum - tiny undersized coin

0.76g, 10.19mm

As you say, it's a standard Gallo-Belgic D type from the early Gallic War period.  I think the clue to its very low weight probably lies in the very irregular flan, which suggests that it was either struck on an abnormal, mis-shapen blank, not intended for use, or that it has been clipped in antiquity to illegally siphon off gold, much as medieval silver was clipped.  Difficult to be sure but clipping is more likely,

All the best

CCI 19.1419

John

1820 -24 Georgian advertising token

Obv Health Restored

Rev Dr Eady, 38 Dean Streer Soho (London)

13thC hammered silver Pollard

Medieval hammered silver penny - Continental imitation , E(a) Sterling type

Obv CI/GA

Rev MON/ET

Decorated medieval hooked bar - ear wax scraper ?

South Africa 1900 -2 badge

5th City of London Regiment

1770's - 5 pennyweight 8 grains coin weight

Gold Guinea weight

Unknown continental copper coin ?

1753 Liege Bishopic John-Theodore of Bavaria.
It’s something called a Liard ( or a Liege Liard)

1744-1763. But I can make out the 5 and 3 in the photo, so must be 1753.

Ps. So John-Theodore was a Bavarian Cardinal, and he was the Prince-Bishop of Liege,
Which included Belgium. So the coin is Belgian, not Bavarian.

BC Republican Roman silver coin sent for ID

T. Carisius. 46 BC. AR Denarius (17mm, 4.05 g, 4h). Rome mint. Head of Sibyl Herophile right, hair elaborately decorated with jewels and enclosed in a sling, tied with bands / Sphinx seated right; T • CARISIVS above, III • VIR in exergue. Crawford 464/1; CRI 69; Sydenham 983a; Carisia 11; BMCRR Rome 4061; RBW 1613
Technically, this would more correctly fall into the “Imperatorial” category, but you’re not wrong if you want to call it Republican
Mark

Henry VII 1493-5 hammered silver half groat - rosette stops

Obv HENRIC DI GRA REX A** Z FR- Tun Mintmark - Class II

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross penny

Obv hENRICVS REX III

Rev TER/TER Not known

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross penny

Obv WIL/LEM/ONC/ANT - Willem of Canterbury mint

Unlisted East Essex Militia button

The East Essex Militia were formed in 1759 and became the Essex Rifles Militia in 1853

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

Obv hENRICVS REX

Rev IOhAN. ON .WINC- Moneyer Iohan of Winchester mint

4thC Roman bronze coin sent for ID

It’s not possible to tell you with 100%  certainty which of the Constantine clan has his portrait on this one, but I can tell you a good bit about it and make an educated guess about the person. As for that, given the position of the very few legible letters on the obverse and the clear officina letter on the reverse, I think it is probably Constans, Caesar.
The denomination is centenionalis and the reverse type is GLORIA EXERCITVS with two soldiers flanking two legionary standards. These were struck with 2 standards from 330-335, in 335, the weight standard was reduced slightly and the number of standards reduced to one.
The exergual mint mark, however – more often the illegible part of otherwise clear reverses - is clearly the mint mark for Rome. This is pretty clearly “R star P” meaning it’s from the first (Primus) officina or workshop of the mint at Rome.
If it’s what I believe it to be, it would be RIC VII Rome 367 if it’s Constans, Caesar (also a chance it’s Constantine I and if so, it would be 363.) Only Constantine I and Constans, Caesar  are listed as striking in officina P for this (2-standard) issue and Constans, Caesars’ pieces are supposed to be a lot more common than Constantine’s in this issue.

1216 Henry II hammered silver voided short cross penny- Class 1b

Pellet before REX

Obv hENRICVS REX

Obv **IERES.ON ***- Moneyer Pieres of London mint

1216 Henry III hammered silver short cross half penny

Rev ON.C - Canterbury mint

1377-1399 Richard II hammered silver half penny

Obv + RICARD REX ANGL

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON- London mint

Debased 1547-51 Edward VI hammered silver groat - bust 4

Issued under name of Henry VIII

Obv HENRIC.******FRA****REX

Henry VIII legend

Toward the end of Henry VIII's reign, the silver was progressively debased from 9oz.2dwt. (.758) in 1544, through 6oz.2dwt (.508) in 1545, to 4oz.2dwt. (.342) in 1546. At this last standard, the blanched silver surface of the coins soon wore away to reveal the copper alloy beneath which earned for Henry the nickname 'Old Coppernose'.

Irish 1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross penny-conquefoil to right of neck - Ref IH31D-025

Obv HENRICUS REX III

Rev Ricard on Davi - Dublin mint

Early gold ring - no hallmarks

1.96g,22.3mm dia

Large 2ndC Roman fibular brooch

1821 George IV milled gold sovereign

8.01g,22.13mm

1.45g,11.96mm

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

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

Obv EDWARDVS REX A

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Roman silver hoard coin addendum No47 - reported to museum and sent for ID

This one is Caracalla, 198-217 A.D. AR denarius, Mint of Rome, 199 A.D.
Obv: ANTONINVS AVGVSTVS laureate youthful head of Caracalla right
Rx: SEVERI PII AVG FIL Caracalla in military garb standing facing, head left, holding Victory and spear, bound Parthian captive at his feet
RIC IV 45; RSC 589

Mark

Unknown Army button

EWR ?

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross farthing -

Rev NIC/ - Moneyer Nicole

Interesting obverse on this big Roman bronze - sent for ID

It was actually pretty easy – and this is a fairly scarce and desirable type.
Nerva (96-98), Sestertius, Rome, AD 97
Obv: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P laureate head of Nerva right,
Rx: PLEBEI VRBANAE FRVMENTO CONSTITVTO, modius containing six wheat-ears and a poppy in field, S - C.
RIC 89; C 12
Mark

Alexander III 1249-1286 hammered silver voided long cross half penny

Rev AN/DER - Moneyer Ander of St Andrews mint

Roman bronze coin sent for ID

Without being able to read any more letters than are legible on this, I would suggest that it might be a billon antoninianus of Probus or one of the other late 3rd century Illyrian emperors, like this – I couldn’t find one on line with the control letter on the right, but otherwise, it seems to be a potential match.
Almost all the Illyrian emperors had Minerva reverses with either COMES AVG or PAX AVG legends on the reverses and a control letter in the left field.

3 Crusty Elizabeth 1st sixpences - need a good clean up to date

1502-4 Henry VII hammered silver groat - Martlet mint mark

+HENRIC+VII DI ERA REX ANGL

1356 -1361 Edward III hammered silver half groat - 4th coinage Pre treaty period - Series G (b) annulet stops

Pot hook N's

Obv +EDWARDVS *****GLI o Z FRANC

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Roman bronze coin used as pendant - sent for ID

On the basis of what I can see I can’t give you a book reference, “chapter and verse”, but I can tell you it’s a Diocletianic follis of Maximian and the general era is 294-305 AD.

Obv: IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Maximian right
Rx: GENIO POPVLI ROMANI Genius of the Roman People standing facing, head left, holding patera and cornucopiae – exergue illegible
Taking all the active mints and the length of issue into account, there are literally hundreds of variations of this basic theme for each of the members of the 1st Tetrarchy, so the devil’s in the details and not quite enough details are visible here for a 100% ID.
Mark

1711 Anne milled silver shilling

1526-44 Henry VIII hammered silver half penny - 2nd coinage - type D

Obv h'D'*G xROSA*** SPIA'- Mint mark arrow

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1509-1547 Henry VIII hammered silver half penny - 1st coinage -

Obv ** DI C ***

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1199 John hammered silver short cross half penny - type 5

Rev RICARD -Moneyer Ricard

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - Egg wasted S

Obv EDWR ANGLE DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1300-10 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - Closed E & C - Crown 4 - Class 10

Obv EDWAR ANGLE DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

15thC silver spoon handle - reported as treasure to museum

Medieval harness pendant

10-40 AD Cunobelin Celtic gold Classic Bow type qtr stater - reported to PAS

1.32g,11.38mm

Ref Rudd 75 57 - Excessively rare

The Classic Crescent Triad quarter, ABC 2825 var., is another matter entirely.  It's from dies 50/71, my no. 592, and is only the second known coin to read CAM inside a fine pellet border; it's the border that's the distinguishing feature here, along with the complex base of the corn ear (compare the base of DK 591, the standard ABC 2825 type).  It's the last known quarter issue struck by Cunobelinus, which probably accounts for its rarity.

All the best

John

CCI 19.1425 - Cuno Classic quarter, ABC 2825 var., dies 50/71, one other.

Taco'd 19thC Victorian milled gold half sovereign

HARNESS FITTING

Chronology

Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period from: EARLY MEDIEVAL
Period to: MEDIEVAL
Ascribed Culture: Anglo-Scandinavian
Date from: Circa AD 1000
Date to: Circa AD 1150

Materials and construction

Primary material: Copper alloy
Manufacture method: Cast
Completeness: Incomplete

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

10-40 AD Cunobelin Celtic gold Linear type qtr stater - reported to PAS

Ladder main - branch above

11.19mm,1.34g

Ref ABC 2810 - Rare

10-40 AD Cunobelinus 'Spiky' silver unit

Obv Head L, spiky hair CAMV in front,occ CAM with VL behind/Seated victory r,holding bowl or wine cup int,hand.CVNO below chair

Ref ABC 2855 VA 2045 - Very rare

1.36g,14.04mm

Romano British enameled brooch - white enamel remains

Bust facing right ?

Stunning gilded Viking type bronze harness pendant

1369-1377 Edward III hammered silver half groat - Post Treaty- Lombardic Ns - 9 arches to tressure, trefoils on all cusps

Obv +EDWARD:DI: ** GRA REX***

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

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

Obv EDWARDVS REX AN

Obv +EDWARD***AN

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Post Medieval cast copper alloy single loop buckle frame.

1500-1650 AD

1247 Henry III hammered silver half penny

Obv *hENR***

Rev OND/VND -London mint

BC Roman silver - cooking to remover crust - sent for provisional ID

I’m afraid you’ll need to reveal a bit more here before I have any real chance to ID it. I have a short list of things the reverse might have been, but not enough specific detail to tell if it’s a leaping dog or horse – or a galley rowing along – or a crocodile – or something else altogether. I’m not sure what you see on the obverse, but that is also too unclear to be accurately oriented.
If you get an “after” picture when it’s been cleaned, at least somewhat, I’ll be glad to have another stab at it.
Mark

1361-1369 Edward III hammered silver penny - Treaty period

Obv +EDWARD ANGL R DNS HYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/DVR/LMIS - Durham mint

c25-35 AD Cunobelin Celtic gold full stater - reported to PAS

'plastic A' series, VA 2010-3. Believed to have preceded the classic type, so perhaps from c. 25 - 35 AD. About ninety of these are recorded including at least one coin in the British Museum (BMC 1819 in Hobbs's Catalogue of Iron Age coins in the BM).

5.45g, 16.88mm

CCI 19.1423 - Cuno Plastic stater: this is the ABC 2786 type, which comes in two common varieties, one with a ringed pellet below the horse and the other with a pellet only (as on this coin).  The rare ABC 2789 type reads CVNOB, unlike this one, which reads CVNO on other examples from this reverse, with no B.

Victorian Daily Chronicle token

Advertisement 20 Words 6D - 6 pence

Unknown military button

Horse over cannon

Not in reference books

It's to the  Preventive Water Guard - established in 1809. The coast of Britain was divided into three divisions, Carlisle to Landsend, Landsend to North Foreland and North Foreland to Berwick. Naval Officers with the title of Inspecting Captains were appointed to each division and given command of a small fleet. In 1816 the Preventive Water Guard was made responsible to the treasury. The Preventive Water Guard operated in coastal waters to tackle smugglers who evaded revenue cruisers. If the weather was rough, they operated from the shore. All recruitment was from demobilised Royal Navy sailors.
Credit to Steve Newman of the British Military Buttons website for the info.

Dutch colonial New York Penny

Obv: CIV TRAIECT 1687 , City of Traiectum -Latin name of Utrecht.

Crusty Roman silver with unusual detail showing through that our expert Mark might be able to ID before cooking.

Tiny Medieval seal matrix - sent off for our seal expert Malcolm views

Medieval domed bronze mount

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross farthing

Rev /IO.I/ - Unknown legend

Linear type qtr stater - reported to PAS

Ladder main - branch above

11.36mm,1.28g

Ref ABC 2810 - Rare

1675 Charles II milled silver penny

10-40 AD Cunobelin Celtic gold Linear type qtr stater - reported to PAS

Ladder main - branch above

11.36mm,1.28g

Ref ABC 2810 - Rare

CCI 19.1424

Weird tiny debased gold coin - Celtic ?? sent to Fitzswilliam museum for their views

0.88g,9.07mm

CCI 19.1426 - base AV ?blank

The side with the lines resembles the 'design' on Gallo-Belgic Bb Crossed Lines quarters, but the weight is barely half what it should be and it looks much too base.

It's most likely to be a blank for an unknown, possible Iron Age, type, or perhaps an early Saxon issue if the weight and fineness corresponds to any of them.

All best

John

Trinovantes Clacton type Celtic gold 1/4 stater 50BC - reported as hoard addendum

0.83g,12.35mm

Ancient looking bright yellow rolled gold sheet reported as potential treasure to museum

3.11g,17.38mm L x 3.47mm T

Interesting lead seal matrix - Piper facing right

'BOORSEIS'

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Rev ** DNS hYB

Obv CIVI/TAS/EXO/NIE - Exeter mint

1369-77 Edward III hammered silver penny - post treaty

Obv EDWAR **** C

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross farthing

Rev /ASO/ Moneyer Tomas

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv EDWA***ANGL DNS***

Rev CIVI/TAS/DVR/EME - Durham mint

Tiny square Sun in shield type coin weight

Issued AD 1475 for the French gold ecu as soleil and 1/2 ecu

Ecu was worth 4 shillings ( 48 pence in England)

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver half penny

Obv EDWA***

Rev CIVI/TAS ***

2ndC Roman silver coin sent for ID

This is Antoninus Pius, 138-161 AD, successor to Hadrian
AR denarius, Mint of Rome, 153/4 AD    
Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVII laureate head of Antoninus Pius right    
Rx: COS IIII Annona standing facing head left, holding grain-ears and resting hand on modius set on galley-prow
RIC III 231; RSC 291

Mark

4thC Roman bronze coin sent for ID

Crispus (“the Unfortunate…”) Caesar, 316-326 AD.
Billon centenionalis, Mint of London, ca. 321 AD.
Obv: CRISPVS NOBIL C laureate and cuirassed bust of Crispus right
Rx: BEAT TRANQLITAS 3 stars above “globus terrarrum” placed atop altar inscribed VOT / IS / XX in three lines (P – A in fields?) // PLON
Cf. RIC VII 218; SRCV 16724.

Mark

1190-1205 John hammered silver short cross half penny- Class ii

Obv hENR****

Rev SIMOND.- Moneyer Simond of Rhuddlian mint

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross farthing

Rev /ARD/ - Moneyer Richard

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross half penny

Rev /VCE/ON - Gloucester mint

1291 Edward 1st hammered silver penny Class 6B

Obv + EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB:

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Roman silver coin - reported as potential hoard

3.01g,19.55mm

Roman silver coin - reported as potential hoard

3.57g,17.04mm

1285/6 Edward 1st hammered silver farthing - new issue inner circle both sides - Type 28 Oval flan

Obv + EDWARD *****

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Roman silver coin - non hoard

18.05mm,2.04g

Roman silver coin - reported as potential hoard

3.42g,17.98mm

1282-89 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Class 4d - pellet before EDW

Obv +.EDWR ANGL***

Rev /DON/CIVI - London mint

Victorian copper employee pass

An International Health Exhibition, under the patronage of Her Majesty Queen Victoria and the presidency of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, was held in London in 1884.

Obv I.H.E 1884 Employee Pass 2900

Rev Not transferable If transfered will be cancelled and person presenting liable to proscecutiom

4thC Roman bronze coin - sent for ID

Very interesting – not a type I recall you ever encountering – at least while I’ve been looking at your Roman finds. This is a posthumous commemorative reduced billon centenionalis struck under Constantine II, Constantius II and Constans in honor of Theodora. She was the step-daughter of Maximian (and so (somewhat distantly) related to the Imperial group from the beginning). She had also been the 2nd wife of Constantius I (but not the mother of any of the Constantine clan), who had a bright, if short career in Britain and died, if I’m not mistaken, in York, er… “Eboracum”. If you’ve never heard of Theodora, you’re not alone – these aren’t exactly rare, but she’s about as obscure a cousin, stepmom, etc, as the Constantine clan ever honored on a large-production type. These date to the time-frame 337-340, immediately after the death of Constantine I and only during the brief reign as Augustus of Constantine II before his early death.  They represent the three divisions into which the Empire was split by the wishes of Constantine I shortly before his death.
The exergual mintmark is either illegible or off-flan here, but these were struck at only 3 mints, by Constantine II in his territory at Trier, by Constans in his area at Rome, and by Constantius II at Constantinople.

Given what I usually see from your finds, I’d guess it’s most likely to be from Trier – although there’s no special scarcity or other defining factor of one mint over the other two. If, when you’re cleaning this, you find the exergual mint mark begins “TR…”, it’s from Trier; “R…” if from Rome or “CONS…” if from Constantinople.

Obv: FL  MAX THEODORAE AVG her diademed and draped bust right.
Rx PIETAS ROMANA Theodora (presumably) as Pietas standing facing, head right, and holding infant at her breast.

Crusty Roman silver - needs 'cooking' to reveal detail

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR***

Rev LON - London mint

Huge medieval pot foot

1216 Henry III hammered silver short cross penny

Obv hENRICVS***

1634 Charles 1st hammered copper rose farthing

Large Rose Ryal gold coin weight of James 1st 3rd coinage

1619-25 AD

C600 -775 Saxon silver sceat - sent for recording and ID to EMC

1.14g,11.98mm

Many thanks for this very helpful information about the find, which is EMC 2019.0125.
This is Series E Primary Phase, VICO variety 1, with reverse oriented as in the attached adjusted image.
Best wishes,
Martin

2ndC Roman silver coin - sent for ID

2.88g,17.41mm

Very nice – I’m sure I don’t need to tell you this is Domitian since the name is so clearly readable on the obverse. He was Vespasian’s younger son and the last of Suetonius’ “12 Caesars”, that’s Gaius Julius through the Flavian dynasty, ~ the end of the 1st century AD. He also came to be hated and feared nearly on a level with folks like Caligula and Nero due to his increasing paranoia and reactionary policies.

Domitian, (81-96) as Caesar under Vespasian, 69-79 AD. AR denarius, Mint of Rome, 79 AD.
Obv:  (legend CCW.) CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS COS VI laureate head of Domitian, Caesar, right
Rx: PRINCEPS IVVENTVTI Salus standing facing, head right, resting on short column and feeding from patera a serpent she holds in her arms.
RIC II 1084, RSC 384
My advice is to be careful not to overclean this piece – a little thinning of the deposits would help, but you’ll ruin this moderately valuable piece if you try to make it “shiny”.
Mark

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv EDWAR R ***

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1299-1300 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - pot hooked N - Class 9b1

Obv EDWR ***

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv ******NGL 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

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

Rev +WILL*M.ON.CANT - Moneyer Willem of Canterbury mint

1762 George III milled silver three pence

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

4thC Roman bronze - sent for ID

I’m not saying yours is an exact match, but since the legends on it are all pfft (except for …VS… at top of reverse, so the legend here is VIRTVS AVG and the galley seems to be sailing right rather than left – they go both ways) and we won’t be able to read the mintmark (if it ever had one), this is the description for my piece:
Allectus, 293-296 AD.  Æ "quinarius" (or half-antoninianus)
19mm, 2.33gm, die axis: 195º - Mint of Clausentum / Camulodunum (?)
Obv: IMP C ALLECTVS P AVG radiate and cuirassed bust of Allectus right.
Rx: VIRTVS AVG galley sailing left with mast and rigging, 5 oars, 7 rowers, and steersman standing at helm, steering-oar aft, no waves; in ex: QC.
RIC V, ii 128, SR 13874, VM 11.
Mark

I failed to mention – but I assume you already know – that Allectus was the heir to Carausius’ British Roman Empire. Only he wasn’t quite as sharp as his predecessor and so lasted only a relatively short time before the “regular” Romans disposed of him and the incipient “Empire”. Basically, it has a strong British connection which might be completely lost on or perhaps not immediately apparent to the finder if (s)he is from elsewhere than the Happy Isles.
Mark

Crusty Roman silver sent for ID

2.70g ,18.24mm

I won’t be able to tell you much about a piece at this level of legibility. As far as I can tell from what the outline of the portrait seems to be, it’s probably/possibly Antoninus Pius. No guarantee that’s correct and without more detail there’s really nothing I can add about the reverse, etc.
Mark

1830 George IV 'King of Great Britain' medallion

Crowned July 19th 1821

Commemorative Memorial Medal for George IV.

1762 George III milled gold qtr guinea love token

2.07g,15.35

450 million year old fossil

Sea Urchin Echinoid

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.

17thC William Hubert of Harwich Essex hammered copper trade farthing

Georgian spur

1377-1399 Richard II hammered silver half penny - type 1e

Obv +RICARDxREXxANGL

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Not sure of this type yet - similar to 50 BC Maldon Wheel type sent for recording and ID from PAS

1.35g,13.66mm

Georgian name tag

2ndC Roman Zoomorphic enamelled brooch - bird type

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided longcross farthing

Rev /ARD/- Moneyer Richard of Canterbury mint

Unrecorded 18thC

'Light Horse Volunteers' button

1335-1343 Edward III hammered silver half penny- Star marked coinage

Obv EDWAR*****

Rev AS/*L - London mint

Victorian silver edge trim - marked 925 silver

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided longcross half penny- Class IIA-IIIb

Rev LVC/ASO/NNO/RbA - MoNEYER Lvcas of Nothampton mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDW ***ANGL D** hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Medieval knife pommel

Unknown 18thC Royal Navy button

MS either side of anchor

1199 John hammered silver short cross penny Class 4 to 5b

Obv hENRICVS REX

Rev + FVLkE.ON.LVNDI - Moneyer Fvlke of London mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - quadrefoil with pellet at centre of reverse cross- York mint

Obv ****DVS R

1353 - May 1355 Edward III hammered silver groat - Pre Treaty - No lis above crown - annnulat stops

Obv ***DVS o REX o AIIGL ** FRANCI

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1859-1923

London, Chatham and Dover railway button

2ndC Roman silver coin - hoard addendum reported to museum

2.16g,17.34mm

1369-1377 Edward 1st hammered silver penny -Post Treaty

Obv ED****ANGLIE

Rev CIVI/TAS ****

1216 Henry III hammered silver short cross half penny - Class 5b-7b

Obv ** VS REX

Rev ND+ILG - Moneyer Ilger of London mint

Georgain 12 pence coin weight

Obv D XII

Rev D XII

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv + EDWRD ANGL DN***

Rev VILL/BRI/STO/LIE- Bristol mint

Surry militia (3rd Pattern)

Description: 'SURRY' written around crown on buckled eight pointed star ​ Category: English Infantry Militia​​; ​

Type of button: ​Flat ; ​

Metal: Copper Alloy.; Backmark ;

​Date: c1790-1801 ​

Notes:  The Surrey Militia (also spelt Surry) were reformed in 1763 before gaining the Royal Title in 1801.

1344-51 Edward III hammered silver half penny - Florin coinage - Type 7

Obv +EDWARDVS REX

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Unrecorded version

First raised in 1797 and stood down in 1801. Re-raised in 1803 as a much larger affair, they opted to become Local Militia and became the 3rd Essex LM in 1809 (see ref 132).

1344 -1351 Edward III hammered silver penny - Florin type in Class 15

Obv +EDWAR R ANGLE DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

Celtic gold qtr stater - not certain of tribe yet- send for recording and ID

1.38g, 13.42mm

50 BC Clacton Dragon type

Rev Traces of 'three men in a boat' design

Obv Central bar with appendages forming 'dragonesque' motif

Great find, it's a new reverse variant of the British F 'Dragon' type, ABC 2353 for an earlier version with open-mouthed beast clearly visible and DK 422 for a later, jumbled variant; all the known examples are from the same obverse die, here seen quite worn.

As with the Maldon quarter I'll send a CCI number as soon as I've finished the Iceni silvers.

All the best

Stunning silver mounted Georgian intaglio

4thC Roman silver coin - looks like a siliqua of Gratian, 367-383 AD - sent for ID

The reverse type is VRBS ROMA with Roma enthroned left holding Victory.

0.93g, 15.36mm

Great find Unrecorded 103rd Regiment of foot button

Royal Genadiers button ?

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

41st Regiment of foot button

The 41st Regt of Foot were the 41st Regt of Invalids from 1751-1787, the 41st Regt of Foot 1787-1831,then became the Welch Regt of Infantry from 1831-38, the 41st Welch Regt 1838-52, The Welch 1852-62 and the 41st Welsh Regt of Foot 1862-81 .

Unrecorded

Rare find 19thC Harwich Loyal Volunteers army button

Napoleonic period

Victoria jubillee button

20th June 1887

Romano-British protected loop terret

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

East Essex Militia (2nd Pattern)

E over EX within French scroll with dot at top join.

c1780-c1790

The East Essex Militia were formed in 1759 and became the Essex Rifles Militia in 1853 during this period they had five styles of known button of which this is the second

1679 Charles II milled silver penny

Love & Lamented Crowned July 1821 - George IV King of Great Britain

Born 12 th Aug 1762

Died 26th June 1830

1763 Continental milled silver bullion coin

Allemagne, Schleswig-Holstein, Christian VII, 2 sechsling (1 shilling) Norway.

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

​An officers example to the 63rd , known as the 63rd Regt of Foot 1758-1782 and then West Suffolk 1782-1881.

63 incised within eight pointed star.

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR R ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR- Canterbury mint

Taco'd 1199 John hammered silver short cross penny - Class 5

Rev +RICARD.ON.LVND - Moneyer Ricard of London mint

Georgian 20 shilling coin weight

Obv S 27

Early medieval hooked hanger

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - Class 1 - composite S

Obv +EDWR' ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv EDWAR ANGLE DNS HYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/** DVR - Durham mint

Georgian silver engraved knife

1610-11 Irish James 1st hammered silver sixpence - Bell mint mark

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

Rev TUEATUR UNITA DEUS

Romano/British socketed hanger ?

Huge glass item ?

Roman vessel handle mount

1 Ecu d'Or 1494-1547 France Ecu d'Or au Soleil, François Ier à la Croisette

Obverse legend : (SOLEIL) FRANCISCVS: D: GRA: FRANCOVM REX. (MM). (TRÈFLE).

Obverse description : Écu de France couronné ; lettre d'atelier à la pointe de l'écu.

Obverse translation : (François, par la grâce de Dieu, roi des Francs).


Reverse

Reverse legend : + XPS VINCIT. XPS. REGNAT. XPS IMPERAT (MM) (TRÈFLE).

Reverse description : Croix plaine alésée dans un double polylobe tréflé (11 lobes).

Reverse translation : (Le Christ vainc, le Christ règne, le Christ commande).

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR ANGLE DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

Royal Artillery Royal Artillery Regiment Old Comrades Association OCA Lapel Badge

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross halfpenny

Rev NIC/OLE - Moneyer Nicole

1427-1430 Henry VI hammered silver penny - Rosette - Mascle issue - star by left crown

Obv +hENRICVS REX ANGLIE

Rev CIVI/**

Castle Gold foil siser

W&A Gilbey

Obverse

Chess piece below wording.

Lettering:
CASTLE
GOLD
FOIL
SAUMUR
W & A GILBEY

Reverse

Chess piece below wording.

Lettering:
CASTLE
GOLD
FOIL
SAUMUR
W & A GILBEY

W & A Gilbey was founded in 1857 in London by brothers Walter and Alfred. Initially, they sold South African wines (As a British colony, these were subject to lower import duties than European wines), but later branched out into spirits and European wines

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

Medieval tiny knife/implement handle

Primary Saxon silver sceat 600- 700 AD - sent to Fitzwilliam museum for recording and ID

11.66mm,1.18g

Series B II (Type 27b) as EMC 2019.0155.

Primary Saxon silver sceat 600- 700 AD - sent to Fitzwilliam museum for recording and ID

12.58mm,1.17g

(EMC 2019.0156) is Series E, Plumed Bird variety

4thC Roman bronze coin sent for ID

Constantine I, Æ centenionalis. Mint of Trier, 322 AD
Obv: CONSTAN-TINVS AVG cuirassed bust of Constantine I right wearing crested helmet
Rx: BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS (concentric); VO/TIS/XX in three lines on altar surmounted by the orbis terrarrum and three stars // STR pellet
RIC VII Trier 341
Not too badly degraded and chipped in comparison with a lot of the contemporary Æ’s you’re getting out of farmed soil.
I don’t seem to have a prepared photo of a similarly helmeted Constantine bust right – these were struck with a whole galaxy of different bust types as well as for Crispus and Constantine II, Caesar in several bust types and legend forms each. This type was struck only at the Westernmost of mints – London, Trier & Lugdunum.

Mark

18thC - 28th regiment of foot - not in my ref books

Crown above 28

What a rare relic - 17thC clothing fastener with the 1649 Commonwealth double shield design

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

Obv EDWARDVS REX **

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Medieval seal matrix - cleaning in order to take a wax impression

By my count on the database there are 4 boars' heads coouped with legend CREDE MICHI, 2 with PRIVE/PREVE SV, 1 LEGE TEGE and 1 "IE SV CEI IEL" [which must be IE SV SEL LEL] -- if you orient it so that the head is exactly horizontal, you'll see the "New Readers start here" star exactly at 12 o'clock where it should be, and then one of the few letters I can make out is the prominent V -- exactly where it should be for PRIVE/PREVE  and I think I can see the following SV ... BUT! the lettering seems to continue, so if it is PRIVE SV or PREVE SV, there must be another word or two after that, e.g. E LEL (and loyal/faithful) which I think does sometimes occur as an extension of the simple PRIVE SV -- I'm not saying yours DOES say E LEL -- merely quoting that as an example!

Malcolm

1413-22 Henry V hammered silver half penny - Type 8 annulets by crown

Obv HENRIC REX***

Georgian Royal Engineers button

Crown GR

Mid 4thC Roman bronze coin - sent for ID

it’s almost certainly Victory walking left, and I can read: REIPVBLICAE” on the right side of the reverse, so there are two types it might possibly be, a Valens centenionalis or Arcadius half-centenionalis.
It seems as though, from the obverse legend, it’s likely to be Valens (364-378). The mintmark is either off-flan or completely illegible.

Mark

1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered gold half pound coin - (10 shillings, 120 pence)

28.8mm,5.11g

78gn

Spink ref S2520

1982 gold ring - London mark- Crown 0.375 9 carat mark - date letter H

0.98g,23.8mm

Anglo Saxon cruiform brooch - missing lobes

1634-5 Charles 1st hammered silver sixpence - bell mint mint

189-1890 Bovril token

Farthing token Bovril London & Paris coin

Bovril 50 times more nourishing than meat extract

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross half penny

Rev hEN/RIO - Moneyer Henri

Medieval book clasp

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross penny

Rev RIC/ARD/ONL/VND -Moneyer Ricard of London mont

1501-1521 Leonardo Lauredan, Doge

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.

Victorian decorative silver trim

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross penny

Obv HENRICVS REX

Rev ONL/VND- London mint

850 BC bronze age socketed axe head

50 BC Uninscribed 'P' gold - 'Trophy' Type - 1/4 Celtic gold coin - 1.35g, 11.31mm - sent to CCI for recording

Beaded trophy quater, ABC 2243, BMC 435, not in VA.  Extremely rare, 10 others known.  An interesting Essex type because of its Kentish associations (derived from the Kentish trophy issue but a separate type), it may have been struck by an otherwise unknown offshoot of the Cantii.

1762 George III milled gold half guinea - love token

2.08g,15.44mm

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv + EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

1614-25 James 1st hammered copper farthing

General type Obv. IACO D G MAG BR (IT)

Rev. FRA ET HIB REX

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

Rev CIVI/**

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

Obv ** REZ A +

Rev ON/DON - London mint mint

4th Roman bronze barbarous radiate - sent for ID

Official-issue Gallic Empire antoniniani. Basically, I think it’s likely to be an official issue, not a contemporary copy (or “barbarous” if you prefer.)
It’s in pretty tough shape, but you’re aware of that. I’m sure it’s one of the Tetrici from the “…ETR…” legible from about 10:00-12:00 obverse. One reference tells me that I should only expect to see this reverse type “LAETITIA AVG(G? or N?)” on coins of Tetricus I, always shown mature and bearded. Another says the clean-shaven Tetricus II is also known to have used Laetitia. It is a bit difficult to tell, being off-center to the south, whether the portrait is bearded or not. If it proved on further cleaning to be a clean-faced youth, then it’s going to be Tetricus II.

Mark

Scottish 1249 Alexander III hammered silver penny - Class 3

Obv ALEXANDER REX

Medieval mount

Animal headed medieval dish handle

18thC Royal artillery buttons

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