2019 Oct Finds page

Mint condition 1500-1550 'Normal orb' German jetton with crown initial mark

Annonymous issue

Pond silt find

Georgian clay pipe

Post medieval key

Medieval harness pendant - red enamel and gilding

1340 AD French Jetton

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

Royal Crown annulets across body of crown

Obv AVE MARIA GRACIA

Rev A-V-E-M

Rev Triple banded straight cross fleuretty

Ref Mitchiner 663 (close to)

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv + EDWR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Medieval hammered silver penny

Quatrefoil with pellet at centre of reverse cross - York mint (Archiepiscopal issues)

WWI 156th Infantry Battalion Cap Badge CEF

The Battalion was raised in Leeds and Grenville Counties of Ontario, with mobilization headquarters at Brockville under the authority of G.O. 151, December 22, 1915. The Battalion embarked Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard the S.S. Northland on October 18, 1916, under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel T.C.D. Bedeil with a strength of 28 officers and 778 other ranks, arriving on the 28th. Once in England, the Battalion was broken up and absorbed into the 2nd, 21st and 38th Infantry Battalions, the P.O.C.O.I. and the 6th Reserve Battalion. It was disbanded on September 15, 1920.

1355/6 Edward III hammered silver half groat - Crown mint mark

Obv EDWARDVSo REX *** ACI

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

1641 -3 Charles 1st hammered silver shilling - triangle in circle mint mark

THE 44th REGIMENT OF FOOT. / AFTER 1881 :- 1st Battalion The Essex Regiment

O/R's - 1782-1820

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv + EDWR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1422-1430 Henry VI hammered silver half groat - Annulet issue - extra annulets in two opposing quadrants on reverse

Obv hENRI****xGRA **ANGL'Z F

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DONx - London mint

Outer POSVI/DEVM/DVTO/RExMEx

Saxon hammered silver penny fragment - sent for ID

King Offa - 780 - 792 King of Mercia hammered silver

This is a coin of the Canterbury moneyer Ethelnoth in Offa's light coinage. Derek Chick's book The Coinage of Offa and his Contemporaries records three coins of this type (Chick type 232, Nirth 321), and this is the first new find of the type in EMC since the book was published.

EMC 2019.0291

1216 Henry III hammered silver shortcross penny

Obv HENRICVS REX

Rev ** RAVF ON ** - Moneyer Ravf

Order of the Eastern star

1909 Silver 'Star in East'pendant

Birmingham mint -Sterling silver date letter K

Marker V&S

Vaughton & Sons

General Grand Chapter logo. The Order of the Eastern Star is a Masonic appendant body open to both men and women. It was established in 1850 by lawyer and educator Rob Morris, a noted Freemason. The order is based on teachings from the Bible, but is open to people of all religious beliefs.

10th/11thC Late Saxon stirrup mount - Class A type 1

10-40 AB Cunobelin Celtic gold stater - sent to museum and CCI for recording

17mm,5.38g

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

1377-1399 Richard II milled silver half penny

Obv +RICARD REX ****

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON- London mint

Interesting bright yellow hinged bezel with blue and yellow stones/enamel

Sent off to museum for their views

0.76g, 17.5mm H

850BC Bronze Age socketed axe fragment

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.

The very First time in my 16 years of running this club Cal Mark has found the only Tin coin in remarkable condition I have ever seen.

He dug the William Mary farthing and also the half penny in pastureland where no oxygen had got to it. You can clearly see the copper plug in the middle of the coin.

William & Mary (1688-94), Tin Farthing, 1690, copper plug at centre, second conjoined laureate and draped busts right, rev Britannia seated on globe with spear, shield and spray of leaves,…

Cal Dave

1stC BC Celtic gold neck torc - reported as treasure to museum

Great link on Celtic gold torcs with pictures

33.72g

Cambridgeshire Gold torc

Cambridgeshire Gold torc - clasp shape

1859 Victoria milled gold half sovereign

3.97g, 19.3mm

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

Obv + EDWR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1299 -1300 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - Class 9b

Obv + EDWR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Early 70BC uninscribed 'Q' Gold - 'Remi 'Type Celtic gold qtr stater

Possible Maldon wheel - reported to museum and CCI

1.33g,11.61mm

Mint 1498-9 Henry VII hammered silver half groat - Tun mint mark - double arched crown

Obv HENRIC ***ANGLI Z FR

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

c1490-1500 the 'ship-penny'jettons

Obv Profile of a sailing ship

VOLGVE LA GALI DE OD BLA

Rev Four fleur de lis in a lozenge

Ref Mitchiner 1142

One of a kind Offa Rex penny

757-796 AD Offa Saxon silver penny
Serpent type

1.12g, 15.5mm

Moneyer CIOLHARD - London or Canterbury mint


Ref North page 89 -317


No coin exists with this Obverse



The reverse is Chick type 18 (North 317), known from twelve coins listed in Derek Chick's book The Coinage of Offa and his Contemporaries and two further coins in EMC. The obverse type is new.
Best,
Martin

Many thanks. I have recorded this as EMC 2019.0309.

An important find.

Best regards,

Martin

1562 AD Hans Krauwinckel I Master German Lion of St Mark Jetton

Lion of St Mark standing left with both wings shown. Book of the Gospels between fore- paws.Halo, rising into the margin, is surrounded by a star:

Obv *S*MARCVS * EVANGELLIST*GOTT***

Rev Imperial Orb surrounded by cross patty witin an ornate tressure *HANNS * KRVRENBER

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv ***DWR ANGL DNS **

Rev VIL/***/CAS/TRI - Newcastle mint

10-40 AB Cunobelin Celtic gold stater - sent to museum and CCI for recording

18.25g,5.42g

10-40 AB Cunobelin Celtic gold stater - sent to museum and CCI for recording

17.33,5.41g

1817 George III milled gold full sovereign

8.02g,22.17mm

1806 George III milled gold third guinea

2.58g,17,8mm

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.

1369-1377 Edward III hammered silver penny - Post Treaty - Satire stops

Obv FR+ ED***

Rev CIVI/

Medieval Edward hammered silver penny

Obv ARD*****

Rev AS/EB- Bristol mint

1422-27 Henry VI First reign hammered silver half penny. A.2., roundabout mint mark

Annulets by neck, annulets in centre of pellets in 2 qtrs

Obv +hENRIC REX ANGL

Rev VILLA/CAL/ISIE - Calais mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv - ***ANGL D***

Rev N/CIVI/ - London mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv YB+EDW ***

Rev N/TOR/ - Canterbury mint

8000 BC flint spear head

1842 Victoria milled gold half sovereign

3.99g,19.30mm

1352-1353 Edward III hammered silver penny - pre treaty - quatrefoil with pellet at centre of reverse cross,

Obv EDWARDVS REX ANGL.F

Rev CIVI/TAS/EBO/RACI- York mint

1931 Birmingham mint sterling silver pendant

William Adams Ltd

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

28.8mm,5.11g

5.06g

Spink ref S2520

Fixed Elizabth 1st hammered gold half pound coin

T. Hollington Spitalfields market 1 shilling token

Tokens from Spitalfields Market

Bounded by Commercial Street to the East, Lamb Street to the North and Brushfield Street to the South, this wholesale market was the largest in the borough. Granted a charter by Charles II in 1682, it was largely rebuilt by Robert Horner in the 1890's. He sold the lease to the City of London Corporation in 1920 and they extended it considerably. The market moved to a new site outside Tower Hamlets in 1991 and most of the 20th century buildings have now been demolished. The Horner building survives and is the venue for a very busy Sunday market. The market dealt in vegetables, fruit and flowers. Over the years thousands of traders must have operated from Spitalfields and there are many tokens recorded. Denominations range from 2d to £5 in a variety of metals and shapes. Almost all of these tokens were made in London, primarily by the firm of R Neal and its successors.

Georgian clay pipes found in pond silt

Georgian clay pipe found in pond silt

Unknown 1st regiment/militia button

1 S

Unknown Essex regiment/militia button

S Crown B - Essex

Royal Engineers

Officer & O/R's - 1937-1952

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv + EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Fixed 1180 Henry II hammered silver short cross penny - Class 1b

Obv hENRICVS REX

Rev + WILLELM ON EV* - Moneyer Willelm of York mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv + EDWR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Monogrammed button

WBC

1205/5 King John hammered silver short cross penny - Class 5b

Obv hENRICVS REX

Rev WILLELM L.ON.LV - Moneyer Willelm L of London mint

11,000 BC flint scraper

Big Roman with partial legend sent for ID

I’m afraid I’m not going to be able to give you a really specific ID here – I’m afraid the fragments of obverse legend are of the wrong parts of said legend and the name of emperor is gone. The portrait is similarly roached, but on the basis of what is visible I’d say chances are pretty good this is either Trajan or Hadrian. The reverse type (rotate the reverse image about 30º counter-clockwise so the “S” in the field comes upright) is almost certainly Pietas. That both-arms-raised pose is just about exclusive to representations of Pietas. What we’re not seeing is that she’s probably sprinkling incense over a small lit altar.

Another possibility for the personification on the reverse might be Annona, as on this as of Hadrian:

http://old.stoa.org/gallery/album92/ML08_Hadrian_Annona_as?full=1

And now that I look at the photos side-by-side, I am seeing a rudder in the figure’s left hand on your coin. In fact, this is so similar that I’d say chances are pretty good this is the as-sized version of your sestertius – it wasn’t unusual for the same reverse to appear on nearly all the denominations at the same time in that era – so you should probably think of the figure on yours as Annona, even despite the absence of the modius of grain-ears on yours.

However, I guess I don’t need to tell you this is more and more typical of farm-field finds. Pesticides and fertilizers plus several years harrowing does a terrible number on the Æs – nibbling the edges and chipping off the stable patina.
Mark

1.99g, 1.93g,3.94g,7.86g 15.76g

Fantastic relic found - I managed to open the clasp on the pot and was staggered to find a full set of marked 1802 George III brass nesting cups

Maker is SG - Continental hinged lid type - Bullion weight

The 5 smaller bronze weights are open cups and contained in the largest weight which has a bronze lid.

It appears that the total weight of all 6 weights together is about 121gms - 1, 2, are marked inside two of the bigger weights

Two weights are hallmarked SG

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR R ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/SON - London mint

Victorian W.Ford Borough Market, Percival St

10 shillings token

THE 33RD REGIMENT OF FOOT. / After 1881 :- 1st Battalion The Duke Of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment

O/R's & Officer - 1782-1840

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWA *** GL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Beauty Georgian fob seal matrix - sailing ship facing right

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/SON - London mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny -Class 1c

Obv +EDW REX ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/SON - London mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TASCAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

16thC silver ring - reported as treasure to museum - Greek Cross like on Elizabeth 1st hammered silver coins

'ICET'

Fantastic huge 17thC toy petronel working match lock pistol

Large 18thC toy cannon

Roman silver hoard addendum coin reported to museum

Send for ID

British Colonial:1822 West Indies George IV milled silver -1/16th dollar

Obverse

Coat of arms on ornate shield

Lettering: GEORGIVS IV D:G: BRITANNIARUM REX F:D:

Translation: George by the Gods grace king of Britain, defender of faith

Reverse

Crown over anchor

Lettering:
COLONIAR: BRITAN: MONET:
XVI XVI
1822

Translation: Colonial money of Britain

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TASCAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

1984 gold ring - Birmingham hall mark 0.375 - date letter K

LLIP markers mark

1377-1399 Richard II hammered silver half penny

Obv +RICHARD ***

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv ***GL' DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1180-1189 Richard II hammered silver short cross penny - Class 2 to 4b

Rev VLARD ON CANT - Moneyer Vlard of Canterbury mint

Huge 11,000 BC Stone Age axe

1413-22 Henry V milled silver half penny

Broken annulet by left of crown

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

450 million year old fossil

Sea Urchin Echinoid

Medieval lead vessica seal matrix

1820 George III milled gold half sovereign

3.94g,19.36mm

25BC Eastern uninscribed Celtic gold qtr stater of Dubnovellaunos

Reported to museum and CCI

1.32g,11.75mm

25 BC Clacton Cross type, ABC 2356, the companion quarter to British F, the Late Clacton stater, ABC 2332. In ABC it's illustrated as a 'three men in a boat' design but the obverse is probably a degraded boar ; at the moment there are around 30 known, mostly from Essex and Suffolk so it's a definite Trinovantian type.

Martin

Reported to museum and CCI

1.41g,13.88mm

Truly amazing relic out of pond silt - this is an iron medieval arrow head unaffected by rust

1638-9 Charles 1st hammered silver shilling - anchor mint mint

5.54g, 30.12mm

Three 14th century iron nails,

Other examples Unique ID: BERK-9C7065

Amazing pond silt finds - huge iron nails and tent peg ?

1684-87 James II milled tin farthing

Another amazing pasture land find - first ever James II tin coin find I have ever seen with copper plug still remaining

Medieval silver annular brooch - reported as treasure to museum

Georgian watch winder

A. Downing Manningtree

WWI Army lapel badge

Royal 1st Derbyshire Yeomanry

Medieval balance scale arm

5thC Roman gold sent for ID- my quick guess below

Anastasius AV Solidus. 491-518 AD. 4.41 g. Constantinople. DN ANASTA-SIVS PP AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust three-quarter face to right, holding spear over right shoulder and shield on left arm / VICTORI-A AVGGG and officina letter, Victory standing left, holding long jewelled cross, star to right (rarely: a cross). Mintmark CONOB. Sear Byz. 3; DO 3-5; MIB 3-5.


Byzantine currency, money used in the Eastern Roman Empire after the fall of the West, consisted of mainly two types of coins: the gold solidus and a variety of clearly valued bronze coins. By the end of the empire the currency was issued only in silver stavrata and minor copper coins with no gold issue.

4.46g, 20.23mm

Interesting inscribed fob watch

VINTAGE REMONTOIR CYLINDRE 10 RUBIS POCKET WATCH

' Rwmontoir Cylindre Brubis'

Remontoir refers to the way it's wound, with a winding staff as opposed to a key. it's not the company name.

450 million year old fossil

Sea Urchin Echinoid

1762 George III milled gold quarter guinea

2.07g, 16mm

850 BC Bronze Age axe head

17thC Robert Walford of Castle Hedingham hammered copper trade farthing

Spelt Heningham

Norweb 1300a

Officers button - 1776 pattern

1650 Raven Tavern of Gloucester was held by William Warwick - hammered copper trade farthing

Rev WWA

Norweb 1676a

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver long cross half penny

Rev ** ANGLI +

Additional annulet in quadrant

1901 silver ring - Birmingham hall mark

Clipped 5thC Roman silver coin sent for ID

12.67mm, 0.89g

19thC musket trigger guard

C600 -775 Saxon silver sceat hoard coin 12 - reported as hoard to museum

1.31g,11.79mm

C600 -775 Saxon silver sceat hoard coin 13 - reported as hoard to museum

1.42g,11.62mm

Unknown large silver widget with with red carved stone - no idea of it use yet ? Freat ID by Cal Tony below

37mm long

This looks pretty close, from Rubylane.com, a vintage jewelry site. For sale $995

“A fabulous chunky Victorian Scottish agate and sterling silver bracelet dating from around 1860.

The polished faceted agate barrels are beautiful shades of deep carnelian orange with lighter and darker striped bands.

The bracelet secures with a heart padlock which is engraved with a silver scrolling design on one side and a polished shield-shaped agate on the other. The heart is held secure with its original safety chain.

Scottish jewellery was made popular by Queen Victoria from the mid 1800s, when she frequently visited Scotland and her Scottish castle Balmoral.

In excellent antique condition.

Size: Just over 7 inches inside circumference. Locket measures 20mm across x 32mm down. The safety chain is 3 inches long. Each silver-capped agate barrel is 2.5cm long.

Weight: 41g.”

Cal Tony

Uknown continental hammered silver coin - researching it

0.75g, 14.45mm

20 Reis coin of Alfonso VI of Portugal (1656-1667) - here's a picture of a similar one:

Cross side:
https://images.app.goo.gl/rDnD8Ya8iTh8vKJb9

Other side:
https://images.app.goo.gl/BRS5hrnkPVWzRgiz5

Can Drew

Interesting pond silt finds - Early leather shoe and wooden spike.

Early 14th nails come out of this silt looking like bronze

Date​: c1798-1809 ​

Loyal Greenwich button

Description: GR royal cypher around written 'HONORE ET ARMIS' with outer legend 'LOYAL GREENWICH' ​​ Category:​​ English Volunteer Infantry; ​

Type of button: Slightly convex, flat back 19mm ​;​

Metal: Copper Alloy, silver plated; Backmark​: None ;

​

Notes: The Loyal Greenwich Volunteer force was raised in 1798 and disbanded in c1809. The dates can be 1798-1801 and 1803-08/14 a four company unit under CO. Major Robert Campbell. Re-raised in July 1803, as a full battalion.

1485 Henry VII hammered silver halfpenny - Single Arched crown- Cross ends fourchee

Obv hENRIC DI GRA REX

Rev CIVI/TAS/LOND/DON- London mint

1216 Henry III hammered silver short cross half penny

Obf hE***

Rev ON LVD - London mint

Almost 'cooked' Roman silver coin - sent for ID

1464 Edward IV hammered silver groat - E on breast

Obv ** ARDVS REX **

Rev /ATER/EOB -Unknown mint

1640 Civil war iron cannon ball

1485-1509 Henry VII hammered silver groat - type 2

Obv hENRIC ****

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON- London mint - Double rosette stops

1422 -61 Henry VI hammered silver half penny - pellets by crown

Obv +hENRIC REX ANGLI

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

English type Georgian nesting weight lid

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1783 monogrammed silver spoon handle - London mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv ANGL DNS h***

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

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv + EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbuty mint

Augustus, 27 BC – AD 14 Roman silver coin

17th C lead gunpowder measure. Cap for the powder horn and measure for the gunpowder

450 million year old fossil

Sea Urchin Echinoid

16thC Tudor silver mount - reported as treasure to museum

1422 -61 Henry VI hammered silver half penny - pellets by crown

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

2ndC Roman silver coin - needs cooking to remove crust

Georgian seal matrix

'ever eat'

Cleaned up seal matrix - ram head facing right

Stunning 1670's Charles II silver button showing full bust - never seen this type before

Victorian letter clip

'Henry Phipson & Partners'

'Letter clip'

'Jan y 1845'

Roman bronze mount

Our first ever Richard III coin -very rare to find

Obv RICARD D (E)I GRA REX ANGL - Board's head mint mark

Quadrefoil at cente of reverse cross - York mint

1636-8 Charles 1st hammered silver shilling (12 pence)- Tun mint mark

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