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Tiberius Caesar Augustus was the second Roman emperor, reigning from AD 14 to 37

You have here two so-called “tribute pennies” – Tiberius basically only issued a single type of denarius in any quantity throughout his long (~ 23 years) rein so they’re really not in the least “rare” in the greater sense.
If it were not for the assumed biblical connection, these would be among the least expensive 1st century silver coins.
However, for whatever reason (personally, I think it was a brilliant piece of “marketing” on the part of a 19th century coin dealer) this type, which is actually fairly unlikely to have been circulating widely in the Levant at the presumed time – the Augustus, Gaius & Lucius denarii have a better chance of fitting the bill for the most likely coin – during the time the “incident” (if it was not pure allegory) occurred. This was the parable in which Jesus is asked a “gotcha!” question about money. He is famously supposed to have said words to the effect of: “see you this portrait – whose is it?” - “Why, Lord, Caesar’s portrait, of course” – to which he replied something on the order of, “So, render unto Caesar that which is Caesar’s and unto God that which is God’s” – ergo the coin, if the type were able to be determined, could be termed “The tribute penny”. A nice parable, at any rate, no matter how true or accurate it might be.
So, they are sought (and vastly overpaid for) by many, many non-numismatists who are impressed by the presumptive biblical connection. Therefore, these really fairly common denarii are among the most expensive early Roman Imperial coin-types to acquire. Due to their non-numismatic popularity, they bring prices more in line with the actual rarities of the Julio-Claudian era (like Caligula and Claudius, both of whose denarii are very difficult to find).
Although there are some who break this enormous issue up into presumed chronological classes separated by minor stylistic differences – Tiberius’ portrait aging, variations in the legs of the chair on the reverse, etc – they are generally referred to under a single catalog number.
RIC I, 26 and/or RSC 16.

Obv: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS – laureate head of Tiberius right.
Rx: PONTIF MAXIM - female (presumed by many to be Livia) seated right holding scepter and branch.

Happy and successful hunting, now that you’re able to get back in the field.

Mark

17thC seal matrix with swan impression

Picture sent from the field of a 600 AD Saxon silver sceat

Hoard coin - 19

1.44g,12mm

Reported as hoard addendum coin to museum

http://www.colchestertreasurehunting.co.uk/Saxonsceathoard.html

Mid 14thC c1449 Dolphin type bronze Jetton - south eastern France

Bowed Dolphin left, holding a purse in mouth

+LE:NOBLE:ET.FIER:POI

Rev Triple standed straight cross fleuretty within 4 arched tressure arpind C-A-V-E

1322-7 Edward III hammered silver farthing

Obv +EDWARDVS REX A

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Roman protected loop terret

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

Huge thick medieval spur rowel ?

Roman prick spur

Irish 1461-1470 Edward IV hammered silver long cross penny

Mullet by neck

Quadrefoil at centre of reverse cross

Medieval hammered silver long cross penny

Obv **ANGL D**

Rev **S/CAN/T - Canterbury mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver long cross penny

Egg waisted S - Closed C and E

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

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

Annulet stops

Obv EDWARDVS o

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

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

5.55g, 17mm dia

Addedomarus (sometimes written Aθθedomarus on coins) was a king of south-eastern Britain in the late 1st century BC.

1770's coin weight -three shillings and six pence

Obv S3 6D

1422-61 Henry VI hammered silver half penny - Rosette-mascle issue

Obv ++REX (Mascle)

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Medieval strap end

1377-1399 Richard II hammered silver half penny (reversed N's)

Class a(i)(i)

Obv + RICARD D x REX (xx) ANGL'

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Scottish 1371- 1390 Robert II hammered silver half groat

Obv *** TUS+D***SCO (ROBERTUS DEI GRA REX SCOTORUM)

Inner VILL/ED/***/hX - Edinburgh mint

Outer ** ECTO/ - (DNS PROT ECTO R MEUS)

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross farthing

Obv /CVS

Rev /HVL - London mint

1344-51 Edward III hammered silver long cross penny florin type

Obv *DWAR R ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

Unknown Jetton ?

14thC Cross moline type ?

1586 Hans Krauwincel II Rose orb Jetton

HANNS KRAVWINCKEL IN NVRENB

Medieval lead seal matrix

Georgian copper memorial ring

'09 1818 MEM0RY'

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Ren CIVI/TAS DVN/OLM - Durham mint

1280 Edward 1st hammered silver long cross penny Class 3f

Abbreviation marks after R and L

Obv +EDWR' ANGL'DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LIN/COL' - Lincoln mint

1300-10 Edward II hammered silver farthing - New issue inner circles both sides - Type 28

Obv +EDWARDVS REX

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1194-1204 John hammered silver short cross penny, Class 4a

Obv hENRICVS REX

Rev +STIVENE.ON.LVI - Moneyer Stivene of London mint (Class 2 -4b)

1762 George III milled gold qtr quinea

16mm, 2.04g

Unknown bullion weight - markings not in ref books

VIII, AR, IS

Size and weight comparison of two large 2ndC Roman bronze coins

The “better” one – with green in the fields, is a Domitian (81-96 AD) Sestertius – I’m assuming the denomination/diameter based on the size-ratio between the letters and the rest of the devices.
The obverse reads something like:
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS (II – XVI) CENS PER P P the consular number (COS…) is illegible so I gave you the range it could be in.
Rx: MONETA AVGVSTI S – C Moneta standing facing, head left, holding scales and cornucopiae
The piece with the more "brown” colored patina gives me the impression of a sestertius with a youngish portrait of Hadrian, although Antoninus Pius is also a possibility. The reverse yields only a vague outline of a figure and maybe an “N” around 11:00  – maybe Fortuna holding rudder and cornucopiae? (just a guess)
That’s about all I can give you without being able to examine the coins in-hand. I’m afraid there isn’t really anything else to base an ID on with this one on the basis of this photo.
Mark

Roman bronze sent for ID

18.68g, 32mm

Roman bronze sent for ID

9.93g,29mm

No idea what this is really

I thought it had IE on the back like a 17thC lead token but not sure.

1846 LB & SO railway button

London Brighton and South East

Medieval badges Ref Mitchiner p244 939 - 941

'A badge for a Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre in bronze and dating somewhere around C13/14th possibly very slightly later . This is a very scarce item and it relates to The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem being a Catholic chivalric order of Knighthood that traces its roots to Godfrey of Bouillon, principal leader of the First Crusade. According to reliable sources in the Vatican and Jerusalem, it began in historical reality as a mixed clerical and lay confraternity (association) of pilgrims which gradually grew around the most central of the Christian holy places in the Middle East, the Holy Sepulchre or the tomb of Jesus Christ.This would have been a pin for a member of the order , there is a mark on the reverse where the original pin would have been fixed '

1821 Napoleon Bonaparte gilded pendant

1461 Edward IV hammered silver penny -rose mint mark

E by neck - Quatrefoil at centre of reverse

Obv EDWARD **REX ANGL'

Rev CIVI/TAS/EB*** Bristol mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver long cross penny - Class 10ab

Ornate R

Obv +EDWAR R ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

1820 Norway Carl XIV Johan copper 1 Skilling coin

1863 Royal wedding medallion - Albert Edward Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra of Denmark

OBVERSE: Prince of Wales coat of arms.
Text : ALBERT EDWARD PRINCE OF WALES Born Nov. 9 1841.
REVERSE: Bust Princess Alexandra of Denmark, Legend: Married to H.R.H. Princess Alexandra of Denmark, March 10 1863.

45 BC to 25BC Addedomarus Celtic gold stater - Trinovantian tribe -Sent to museum for recording

5.43g, 19mm dia

Addedomarus (sometimes written Aθθedomarus on coins) was a king of south-eastern Britain in the late 1st century BC.

1801 George III milled gold 1/3rd guinea

2.80g,17mm

• Laureate Bust - Legend "FIDEI DEFENSOR + BRITANIARUM REX"
• Gold

• Laureate Bust - Legend "·MAG·BRI·FR·ET·HIB·REX·"
• Gold

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