2022 April Finds page

c. 20 BC-AD 10 Eastern uninscribed Celtic gold qtr stater of Dubnovellaunos

12.19mm,1.34g

Dubnovellaunos in Essex quarter, VA 1660, BMC 2442, ABC 2395

1600-1700 mount

Early Post-Medieval copper alloy openwork lozengiform mount,

Badly clipped Medieval hammered silver penny

Quatrefoil at centre of reverse cross - York mint

Dolphin headed Roman open annular buckle

11,000 BC flint scrapers

1773's 5 pennyweight and 8 grains coin weight - gold guinea

DG 5, 8

Honi soit qui mal y pense (Old French: shame upon him who thinks evil of it)

THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS (1914 -1918)

Unknown mark at centre of reverse cross - No Bristol minted coins have any mark !!

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWR ANGLE DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/EBO/RACI - Bristol mint

Officers button - 1776 pattern

Post Medieval cast copper alloy buckle.

1500-1650 AD

Victorian lion mount

1873 Victoria silver spoon with full set of hall marks -London mint - Queens bust duty paid bust

Maker SS - Sarah Snatt

1889 dated pendant - ATA Crookshank Cross for six month's abstinence

Army Temperance Association (ATA) in 1893, which soon had over 70,000 members. The ATA also adopted the Soldiers’ Total Abstinence Association's motto of ‘Watch and Be Sober’.

It provided temperance institutes for its members, sponsored a wide range of sporting activities and promoted regimental campaigns towards sobriety. It continued awarding medals, such as that for three years' temperance

1625 Charles 1st hammered silver half crown - 30 pence

Group IV fourth horseman

1765 NETHERLANDS, GELDERLAND, DUIT, COPPER, KM:93

Victorian copper producer and produce copper name and weight tag

96LBS (POUNDS)

Brimsdown is a neighbourhood of eastern Enfield in the London Borough of Enfield

Roman bucket handle mount

Unknown artillery button

FKA ?

11,000 BC flint scraper

1327 Edward III hammered silver penny - quadrefoil with pellet at centre of reverse cross

Obv EDWARDVS. R ***********

Rev CIVI/TAS/EBO/RACI - York mint

1464-1470 Edward IV hammered silver long cross penny -Durham mint

Trefoil by neck

Rev EDWARD DI ***

Rev CIVI/TAS/*****

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv + EDW***** hYB

1314-17 Edward II hammered silver half penny Type 13b

Obv + EDWARDVS REX AN

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

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.

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR ANGLE DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

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

Obv + ERAN GLIE

Rev LONDONIENSIS/

1377 Richard II hammered silver half penny

Obv + RICARD x REX ANGLE

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1300-10 Edward III hammered silver farthing

Obv +EDWARDVS REX AN

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Unknown Henry hammered silver coin fragment

Obv Hen ***

Medieval Knights Templar finger ring

Founded in Jerusalem in 1118 by Hugo de Payns and eight other French knights, with the name of Poor Knights of Christ. Their mission was to protect pilgrims who came to the Holy Places. Later, the king of Jerusalem, Baldwin II, installed them in the near the ancient temple of Solomon palace, so they changed their name to the Knights Templar. During the time of the Crusades, the Templars actively participated in the defense of Palestine, which had many strengths. At the same time they acted as bankers pilgrims, so they obtained great wealth. Being expelled the Christians of Palestine, the Templars retreated to Cyprus. In the Iberian peninsula they were established during the twelfth century; first in Catalonia, Aragon and Navarra. They were responsible for the defense of the borders and participated in numerous expeditions against the Muslims (conquest of Lleida, Tortosa, Valencia, Mallorca, etc.). On the death of Alfonso the Battler were named heirs, along with other military orders, the kingdom of Aragon; in exchange for his resignation inheritance received various strengths. All this contributed to the economic and social dominance of the Templars were ever increasing, so that in the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries owned large estates in the eastern part of the peninsula. In the castellanoleonés kingdom they were established shortly after Aragon, also collaborating in the task of Recapture. Alfonso VII gave them the strength of Calatrava; They collaborated in making Cuenca, in the famous battle of Las Navas de Tolosa (1212) and the conquest of Seville. In France, the Templars had become bankers of kings. Philip IV the Fair, dedicated to seize their property, convinced Pope Clement V that initiate a process against the Templars, accusing them of impiety (1307). The Grand Master of the Order, Jacques de Molay, and 140 members were arrested. Presumed innocent at the Council of Vienne (1311), Clement V dissolved the order and created a commission to reeprendió the process. They were sentenced to prison, but the royal council of Philip IV sentenced to death by relapses. The king seized their chattels and gave his possessions to the hospital. In the other European countries did not prosper the allegations but, following the dissolution of the order, the Templars were dispersed and their property passed to the Crown (Castilla), other orders new foundation (Montesa in Valencia and Jesus Christ in Portugal).

Large 2nd C Roman coin sent for ID

8.86g,27.62mm

Appropriate to yesterday (April 26th was Aurelius’ birthday) your “Big Roman 2” is an as of Marcus Aurelius (Augustus, 161-180 AD)
The legends are totally trashed, but there’s just enough on the reverse to see it’s one of the “laundry list” type, (P M TR P [XYZ] IMP [VWX]) [C]OS (III) I’m pretty sure that the device is a figure of Pietas standing facing, both hands outstretched to sides, sacrificing over candelabrum-altar and holding box of incense, S – C in lower fields.
That’s just a guess, but it’s probably not very far off if it’s incorrect.

Mark

Unusual Plumed Bird Primary Saxon silver sceat 600- 700 AD -sent to EMC for recording and ID

0.875g,11.76mm

I have recorded this as EMC 2022.0187.

This is the Runic Æthiliraed type (Type 105), which has the runes for Æthili-raed in two lines. In the 19th century it was suggested that this is Æthelred of Mercia (674-704), but a moneyer's name is another possibility.

Best regards,

Army regiment badge

HONI SOIT QUI MAN Y PENSE

Honi soit qui mal y pense (Old French: shame upon him who thinks evil of it)

Large 2nd C Roman coin sent for ID

27.17mm, 8.864g

Now the  piece you call “Big Roman 3” is also an as, but there is even less I can be certain about since the condition is so rough.
I believe it might be Antoninus Pius (138-161 AD.)

I can’t make anything out of the reverse devices, perhaps I’m seeing “CO[M?]” around 11:00 - 12:00 in this orientation – or what I’m seeing as an “O” might be a figure’s head?
Sorry I can’t tell you much more than that on the basis of what I can pick out of the photos.
Mark

1327 Edward III hammered silver groat

Obv + EDWARD *****

Rev CIVI/TAS/LOND/DON - London mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LOND/DON - London mint

450 million year old fossil

Sea Urchin Echinoid

Medieval

bronze pot leg

The Primrose League was founded by Lord Randolph Churchill at the Carlton Club, London, on 17 November 1883. Churchill thought it would be of some limited use to him in his ruthless campaign, begun three years earlier, to secure a position at the forefront of the Conservative Party.

1858 Victoria milled Gothic type silver florin (24 pence)

mdccclviii

1859 Silver pendant with 1842 Victoria milled silver four pence coin sandwiched between the glass

Maker JS - Birmingham assay mark

Jesse Sargeant 1835
(registered Feb 1834) Caroline Street, Birmingham

1977 gold ring with stone - London hall mark 0.375

Maker JWF

2.0g, 17.4mm

Ashley gets her club freebies for such a great find

Agr- AD 35-43 Celtic gold qtr stater.

Corn ear without central stalk, CAM to L,CVN to R, , Horse rearing r, dashes to main, branch above, cross below, A in ex.



Extremely rare ref ABC 2999 Rudd 17.28


Suggested AGR is a Roman name like Agrippa or Agrippina.

12.36mm, 1.245g

1377-1399 Richard II hammered silver half penny

Obv +RICARD REX ****

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON London mint

1180-1189 Henry II hammered silver voided longcross halfpenny - Class 1,3

Obv RIC ***

Rev ELM *** - Moneyer Gocelm of Winchester mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv + EDW *** ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON London mint

Very unusual 5 mm thick Roman coin sent for ID

7.66g, 19.48 dia, 4.86mm thick

This is, I believe, a pretty uncommon find in British soil.
I can’t be 100% positive about details, since the legend is obscured with encrustations, but it appears this is a potin tetradrachm from Roman Alexandria (Egypt).
I can’t tell which ruler it is, although by the style of the portrait, it would have to be near the end of the period when the mint at Alexandria was still producing a few “Provincial” issues for use only in the homeland. Along with the entire Provincial mint system, all Provincial issues were scrapped. Alexandria and a few other major mints continued on striking Imperial types. Most Provincial mints were closed and the granting of mint rights to a city was no longer an important influence Rome had over “foreign” areas – they were no longer considered “foreign”, and after the changeover at Alexandria, all mints in the Empire struck only Imperial types.
Alexandria issued its final Provincial coins for the rulers of the 1st Tetrarchy (Diocletian, Maximian, Constantius I and Galerius), thereafter producing only Imperial types and denominations.
Eagles were a really common reverse type on the Egyptian potin tetradrachms and can be seen on some issues of the coins of almost every Roman ruler for whom coins were struck among the Provincial issues of Alexandria.
The photo is of a tetradrachm of Claudius II, “Gothicus” (who was the successor to Gallienus) Gothicus’ short reign was between 268-270 AD.
It’s the only prepared photo I could find (my website recently having been demolished, images of examples are a lot more challenging to find at the moment.) but I did find this one on which the eagle is in the same posture as the eagle on the reverse of your coin: standing to right, wings closed, head to left, wreath in beak.
Yours is probably a somewhat later ruler than Gothicus, but these were only struck up into the early 290’s, so it wouldn’t be long after the coin in the photo (from around 271/2 AD.)
The style of the portrait, the diameter and weight are appropriate for an Egyptian potin tetradrachm of one of the tetrarchs. Diocletian and Maximian are most commonly found on these – the Caesars, Constantius I and Galerius are scarce to rare - Without having a few letter of the obverse legend, I can’t say who is likely to be portrayed on yours.
Mark

Medieval lead pilgims badge

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

1842

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

Obv hENRICVS

Rev +DA***.ON. EVER - Moneyer Davi of York mint

16th C Tudor gilded silver pin head - reported as treasure to museum

4.89g, 12.17mm dia

Very thin like a 4thC type, good detail - sent for ID

1.472g, 16.93mm

1937 Ardleigh British legion badge - Birmingham assay office

Jeffery Colchester

Maker W.H.H

1282-89 Edward 1st hammered silver farthing - - narrow cheeks - London mint

Sterling silver issued farthing - no inner circles on Obv

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

Obv +EDW R ANGL DNS hYB

Rev VILLA/SCIE/DNV/NDI- Bury St Edmunds mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv + EDWR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON London mint

850 Bronze Age socketed axe head

Medieval decorated bowl leg - interesting cross etched onto bottom of foot

1834 Willian IV milled silver one and a half pence

The standard weight of this coin was 1/44 troy ounce or 10.9 grains. Struck for colonial use in Ceylon, where it was worth 4 stivers (1 fanam) and the West Indies (Jamaica, British Guiana and Trinidad) where it was equivalent to 1/4 real.

Scottish 1249 Alexander III hammered silver voided long cross halfpenny

6 pointed stars in quadrants

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

Obv EDWR ANGL'DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

Unknown c1800 Volunteers Army button

R W V ??

Unknown Navy button

GPV ??

RN Master buttons

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

Note: Anchors below stock

1770 £3 (36 shillings) coin weight

S 36

Mr Cox

Orkland hotel

19th C Stevenson's rocket railway button

Worlds first ever steam train

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

19thC East India Company lead bale seal

"The Company was established under this name in 1708, and traded not only with India, but also with China and much of the rest of Asia, including the areas now comprising Malaysia and Indonesia.

1918 GUERNSEY 8 doubles copper coin

19thC belt plate

'Cricket unites

1651 Thomas Steevens of Romford Essex hammered copper trade farthing

Ref Norweb 1354

Victorian London union button

Poplar,Bromley,Bow

Victoria crown

1843- 1890

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR ANGLE DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Unknown medieval heavily gilded hooked implement

Roman animal faced vessel handle wount

Celtic silver unit - need 'cooking' to remove crust

1216 Henry III hammered silver short cross penny

Obv HENRICVS REX

Rev ** VEL.ON.C** - Moneyer Samvel of Canterbury mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWA R ANGLDNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

First Condor half penny I have seen

1795 Newmarket half penny

Obv Druid head -'Current in the counties'

Rev Beehive - 'Industry has its sure reward'

Medieval silver ear wax scraper - reported as treasure to museum

1.71g

600 AD Saxon silver sceat - sent for recording and ID to the Early medieval corpus

1.025g,9.94mm

1327-35 Edward III milled silver farthing

Obv +EDWARDVS REX **G

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

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