2023 Oct finds page

1672-84 Charles II milled gold half guinea- 2nd bust - 3.72g, 21.38mm

1327 Edward III hammered silver penny

Obv EDWR ANGL D***

Rev CIVI/TAS**

Very interesting chunky hand made silver ring - I not certain but this could be a large diamond

Silver ring with stone -full hallmarks

2006 - .925 silver - London mint date letter g

Maker - MA

7.6g,22.08mm

Unknown military button

E..R SUFF

Sufolk Militia ?

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross penny -Class IIa

Obv hEN'RICVS REX TE'RCI

Rev NIC/OLE/***/WOI ?? Unknown mint

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross half penny

Rev

WWII Queen Mary Regiment badge

Surry Yeomanry

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross penny- Class 3a

Obv hENRICVS REX III

Obv NIC/OLE/ONL/VND - Moneyer Nicole of London mint

c10thC Saxon stirup mount - Type 1 group 1 - Class B

The central head has an aperture for its mouth and its sunken eyes and ears give it a curious aspect- Two Fe rivets survive.

Ref D Williams 399

Agostino Barbarigo LXXXIV Doge (1486-1501)

Soldino o Marchetto (AR) Biaggi 2938

D/ AV.BAR.S.M.V.DUX / S.Marco a s., il Doge a d.

R/LAVS TIBI SOLI / il Redentore

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

The Standing King series

Charles IV 1322-28 French Jetton

Obv 'king with sceptre standing beneath a gothic canopy'

Medieval hammered silver lonmg cross penny

Rev quadrefoil with pellet in reverse cross - York mint

1327 Edward III hammered silver groat

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1399-1413 Henry IV hammered silver half penny- star mint mark

Obv hENRIC REX ****AN **

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Dubnovellaunos 25 BC to 5 AD Celtic gold qtr stater

1.35g, 13.19 mm

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross penny- Class5

Obv hENRICVS REX III

Rev WILL/EM/ONL/LVND - Moneyer Willem of London mint

1327 Edward III hammered silver groat

Obv RANC + ED******

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

James VI of Scotland hammered silver Eighth Thistle Merk ( 20 pence)

Obv IACOBUS 6 D.G.R.SCOTORUM - James VI by the grace of god king of the Scots

Rev REGEM IOVA PROTEGIT 1602 - Jehovah protects the King 1602

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Quatrefoil with pellet at centre of reverse cross

Rev CIVI/TAS/EBO/RACI - York mint

Army volunteers button

LCV

1485-1509 Henry VII hammered silver groat -Type 3c

Crozier ends on cross

Obv DI+GRA*REX***

Rev TAS/*LON/D - London mint

1279 Edward III milled silver penny

Obv +E*****ANGL DNS hYB

Rev S/CAN/TOR- Canterbury mint

1471-1483 Edward IV hammered silver groat - Rare Class XV- Satire stops - Trefoils on cusps

Roses by neck

Obv ****** ANGL xZxFRA

Rev VI/TAS/LON - London mint

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided longcross

Rev OLE/VND - Moneyer Nicole of London mint

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided longcross farthing

Rev OLE - Moneyer Nicole

Obverse

Crowned arms of Zeeland dividing value, date above.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
1752
MON : NOV : ARGENT : ORDIN : ZELAND
6 ST

Unabridged legend: Moneta nova argentea ordinum Zelandiae

Translation: New silver coin of the province of Zeeland

Reverse

Three mast ship sailing to right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ITA RELINQUENDA UT ACCEPTA · ♜

Translation: It should be left as it's been received

Edge

4thC Roman bronze coin - sent for ID

Interesting that this is probably a Roman silver as you can see silver on the edges in the pictures.

Are you sure this isn’t silver?– it’s too tiny and lacks the “S-C” Imperial bronze would have carried– if it’s definitely base metal, maybe it’s a so-called “Limes Falsa” copy of a denarius – they were generally cast in molds made by pressing genuine coins into clay, so they tend to be accurate in detail. It also might be a semis or qudrans of a type with which I am unfamiliar. It looks as if, with a little careful cleaning, the obverse legend (or parts of it) might be made legible. Send it again if it gets cleaned and I’ll have another stab at it
Again, the obverse legend is too obscured to be certain who it is. It might be an adoptive emperor (possibly Trajan or Hadrian), or possibly one of the young Severans (Caracalla, Geta or Elagabalus). The limes types weren’t made too long past the time of the Severan dynasty, so it’s unlikely to be later than the 220’s, AD
Reverse is PAX (AVG) Pax standing facing, head left, holding laurel-branch and transverse scepter.

Mark

1.04g, 14.11mm

2nd Roman bronze coin - sent for ID

Antoninus Pius, (138-161 AD.) Brass sestertius  -  Female deity or allegorical personification standing facing, head left, holding uncertain objects – and again, too little legend and detail to be sure, but it m,ight be a globe and scepter that she’s holding

13.3g, 26.31mm

Georgian fob seal

'Alfred'

Weird Roman copper coin sent for ID

Time of Constantius II (337-361 AD – Probably Constantius II, although a small number of this same type were briefly struck for Constans, Constantius Gallus, Caesar, and Julian II, as Caesar – It looks more like Constantius II – no legend showing to prove it, however.
Billon reduced (or half-) majorina
FEL TEMP REPARATIO – soldier lunging left, spearing unfortunate fallen horseman – exergue illegible so impossible to tell the mint.

1.3g, 16.34mm

Unknown military button ?

PAB

1

Huge toy pistol

Unknown foreign coin - researching it

Similar coin ID

1272 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - Class10cf

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev VILL/SCIE/DMV/NDI - Bury St Edmunds mint

1272 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDW hYB +EDW'I DNS hYB- Double struck legend

1296-1318 Edward 1st hammered silkver penny

Pellet on breast Class2c

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev VILL/ABE/REV/VICI - Berwick mint

BC Republican roman silver coin - helmeted bust facing left- needs 'cooking to remove crust

20thC toy pistol

4thC Roman bronze sent for ID

Constantinian era - probably Constantine I, (306-377 AD), portrait looks like him, but legend is too unclear to be certain.
Billon centenionalis “GLORIA EXERCITVS” single standard, a soldier stands facing on either side, heads turned towards each other; each holds a spear in inner hand and rests on a shield with outer hand.
Exergue too unclear to determine mint.
Ca. 336/7 (or later)

1216 Henry III hammered silver short cross farthing

Rev LND - London mint

Prince Edward - 24th May 1927 medallion

'Our Empire Prince

'For god king and empire'

1950 Ariel motorcycle enamelled tank badge

4thC Roman bronze sent for ID

2.14g, 15.55mm

this is a contemporary copy of a mid-late 3rd century billon antoninianus. These unofficial pieces were very common in Britain and Gaul in the mid-late 3rd century and circulated alongside the few official pieces still in circulation at that point.
The obverse is the radiate head of a ruler. There is no legible legend at this time (might improve with a bit of cleaning) The portrait is not well-defined and too crude to tell who it's supposed to be, but on those (many do) which have either a clear legend or can be identified by facial features, the vast majority are meant to be Tetricus I, or Victorinus - both were less successful and far shorter reigning successors to Postumus and his Gallic Empire.
The reverse is, coincidentally enough, the same as on the Antoninus Pius sestertius I ID'd for you last night.
PAX [AVG] (I presume the 2nd half of the legend on the reverse is AVG, although I can't read it clearly.)
Pax standing facing, head left, holding laurel-branch "aloft" and scepter with "spaghetti" arms.
There's no way to assign this more closely as to who and where, exactly, it's supposed to be. It could be a product of anyone from anywhere for about a 25 yr-long period of chaos resulting in the break-away of the splinter empire in Gaul and Britain.
Mark

Medieval lead vessica seal matrix

S'DR' W D R I N D

4thC Roman bronze coin - sent for ID

This is a billon centenionalis issued by Constantine I to commemorate the beginning of the new Roman capital at Constantinople - it was minted as a part of the same huge emission which also features the very common "two standards flanked by soldiers" (GLORIA EXERCITVS) reverse.
The obverse legend, although unclear in the photo, would be "CONSTANTINOPOLIS" around the helmeted head of Constantinople (allegorical personification) left, with scepter over shoulder.
The reverse is anepigraphic, except for the (Rome) mintmark (PRS in exergue), and shows Victory standing left in the prow of a galley, holding spear and resting on shield.
These were first issued in 330 and continued to be struck through the first phase of Constantine's sons "sharing" the empire, ca 340 AD.
The obverses and reverses of this, and the similar City of Rome (VRBS ROMA) commemorative type (helmeted head of Roma / she-wolf with twins suckling) - a parallel issue to the Constantinopolis, part of the greater emission of billon centenionales in honor of Constantinople (330-340) - are also found as part of the so-called "official mules" - reduced module centenionales struck after 340.
These types plus several others, mainly carrying portraits of the Constantinids, but also honoring other members of the Imperial family and various other themes.
Very common!
Mark

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross - Class 3c

Obv hENRICVS REX

Rev EON/NOR/WIZ/hVG- Moneyer Hvge of Norwich mint

1351-3 Edward III hammered silver half goat - Pre treaty Series C - i.m. Cross 1 - No trefoils over crown - closed C & E's

Obv + EDWAR *****REX ANGLI Z FRANC

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1485-1509 Henry VII hammered silver half groat - double stuck crown

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR- Canterbury mint

1327 Edward III hammered silver penny

Obv + EDWAR R ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR- Canterbury 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.

4thC Roman bronze coin sent for ID

Not easy to "see", but it's the she-wolf standing left, looking back at the twins, Romulus and Remus as babies, suckling.
The exergue is mostly off-flan so I can't be sure which mint it's from - these various centenionalis patterns were struck at all the mints throughout the Empire, ca 330-340 AD.
Mark.

Tiny 1649 Commonwealth hammered silver half penny

0.23g, 9.22mm

Irish 1461 - 1470 Edward IV hammered silver penny

Pellets by neck

Quadrefoil with pellet at centre of rev cross

Elizabeth 1st sixpence V halfpenny size comparion

0.23g, 9.22mm

Foreign silver coin - researching it

1 Kharub of Mahmud I from Tunisia.

1167 (Arabic calendar - ~1754 AD).

https://en.numista.com/catalogue/pieces113016.html

Obverse

The arms of Lithuania above the date

Script: Latin

Lettering:
LIETUVA
1991

Translation:
Lithuania
1991

Engraver: Petras Garška

Reverse

Square ornament with triangle tulips in each corner and a symbol of the columns of Gediminas in the center

Script: Latin

Lettering:
1
CENTAS

Louis XII 1479-1515 French Jetton

IHS type

1928 Glasgow mint mark - silver brooch with white stones - date letter F, thistle mark

Make WHC

First 17/18thC gold plated posy ring I have seen

'God alone made us troo one'

5thC Roman gold coin - 4.36g, 21.03m - sent for ID

Constantine looking bust facing right

I’m going to need a while on this one. It does look like a solidus. Whether it technically falls within the “Roman” series or the “Byzantine” series I can’t tell at this point.
These distinctions are artificially imposed to fit existing modern opinions about the relationship between the Eastern and Western empires, and trying to accurately assign a point at which to begin calling Roman coins Byzantine coins, at best. They are part of a continuum of “Eastern Roman” issues.

Mark

Valentinian III, 425-455 AD.
AV solidus (your metrology goes here)
Mint of Rome, 425-6 AD. or 440-455 AD.
Obv: D N PLA VALENTINIANVS P F AVG  diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Valentinian III right
Rev: VICTORIA AVGGG valentinian in military garb standing facing, holding long cross and Victory on globe; R -  M in fields // COM OB (in exergue)
Cf. RIC X 2005-6 or 2014-2015
Mark

Gold spoil probably 6th C - reported as treasure to museum

13.7g, 16.09 mm L x 1.39 mm T

Really thick 4thC Roman bronze sent for ID - Mark sent me lots of examples of Celtic bronzes below.Lots of Lions on them.

-  not a really common European type, European lions having been hunted to extinction in the 1st millennium BC.
Whatever it is, I've never seen one like it - that's what I love about this stuff, there's always new things to find out.
Mark

8.6g, 21.4mm, 4.33mm thick

These are found in Kent and environs:
CELTIC, Britain. Cantiaci. Circa 50-30 BC. AE Unit (2.00 gm). Curly Lion Type.

CELTIC, Britain. Cantiaci. Circa 50-30 BC. AE Unit (2.00 gm). Curly Lion Type. Head right with curly hair, wearing neck torc / Lion left, tail raised, pellets and rings around, beaded border. Hobbs -; Van Arsdell -; "Coin Register," BNJ 1992, 87; SCBC -. Near VF, well centered head. Extremely rare. ($300)
Found near Southfleet, Kent.
Dr Philip de Jersey says: ‘Examples of this bronze unit have been around for a fair time, but only recently has a Kentish origin become clear. The first coin was recorded in the CCI back in 1973, found at Puckeridge in Hertfordshire the previous year, and apparently at that time in the hands of H. Mossop, although it does not seem to have stayed in his collection for long. In 1974 another turned up during the excavations of the defences at Silchester in Hampshire. We then had to wait until the early 1990s, when D. Holman began to record examples of this type coming up from Kent.’

CELTIC, Britain. Cantiaci. Circa 50-30 BC. AE Unit (1.43 gm). Canterbury Lion Type.

CELTIC, Britain. Cantiaci. Circa 50-30 BC. AE Unit (1.43 gm). Canterbury Lion Type. Leonine male head right with large eye and mane-like locks of hair / Lion left with S-shaped raised tail, ring above and below. Hobbs 2488; Van Arsdell 154-9; SCBC 176. VF, dark patina. Very rare. ($300)
Found near Southfleet, Kent.
This is one of the eight types of Cantiaci coins that Van Arsdell labeled ‘Kentish Uncertain’ due to their great rarity in the late 1980s and their typically very poor condition. He was unable to provide a picture of this type and said ‘too poorly preserved to identify’ and ‘possibly an earlier import from Gaul.’ Though still very rare, a few more specimens have emerged, and we are now able to see a very powerful Celtic head on one side, with large swept-back locks of hair, and a bouncy lion on the other side.

GAULE CELTIQUE, Carnutes ou Aulerci Eburovices, AE bronze, vers 40-30 av. J.-C. Classe IX au lion. D/ B. casqué à g., le cou orné d''un torque. Devant, [PIXTILOS]. Derrière, une branche. R/ Lion courant à g., la queue enroulée au-dessus du dos entre deux annelets centrés. En dessous, un oiseau (?). DT 2473; Scheers, RN (1979), 20; B.N. 7105. 2,24g Rare Traces de corrosion sur le bord. Patine verte.
Très Beau à Superbe
Very Fine - Extremely Fine
Les monnaies à la légende PIXTIL ou PIXTILOS présentent dix types différents inspirés de types romains. Elles ont été attribuées aux Carnutes ou aux Aulerques. La liaison à des prototypes romains permet d'établir une chronologie assez précise des dix classes, renforcée par la présence de bronzes des classes III et V dans le trésor de Jersey-6, enfoui vers 39 avant J.-C. Le droit de la classe IX s'est inspiré du buste de Minerve figurant sur les deniers de C. Vibius Varus frappé en 42 av. J.-C

GAULE BELGIQUE, Bellovaci, AE bronze. D/ T. barbue, stylisée à d., la chevelure formée de cinq grosses mèches. Devant, globules. R/ Lion à g. Les pattes antérieures manquent. Scheers, Traité, 471; Allen, BMC, 32; Scheers, Seine Mar., 646; L.T. 8577; DT 231. 2,96g Belle patine vert foncé.
Superbe

Cooked silver pictures

Roman silver coin sent for ID

above is a denarius of Trajan, 96-117 AD.
Mint of Rome, 104-107 AD.

Obv: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P laureate bust of Trajan right, drapery on left shoulder
Rev: S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI Fortuna seated left holding rudder and cornucopiae
RIC II 178; RSC 481

Mark

Royal Artillery

1840-1855 Worn during the interim period of the 'scroll less' version

This is an incomplete socketed arrowhead of Bronze Age date (c.2550-800 BC).

16.74g

Description: Crowned 21 with thistle spray below.  ​

Category:​​ Regular Army;

Type of button: Slightly convex 25mm ​;

Metal: Pewter; Backmark​: None;

​Date: c1800-1830 ​

Taco'd , 1377-1399 Richard II hammered silver half penny

Obv +RICARD REX ANGL'

Ancient gold strip - reported to museum as treasure

3.01g, 62.4mm L x 4.6mm W x 0.85mm T

Large 13thC heraldic enamelled shield pendant - chequy type -researching owner

Azure and Gules colours - some Or

Previous PAS record Unique ID: IHS-1CD2A4

Arms: Gatton, de or Warenne, de

There appear to be microscopic traces of dark blue in some surface pits, suggesting that the original tinctures were "chequy a metal and azure". Depending on whether the metal was gold or silver, the arms represented may have been those of Gatton or Warenne. Both Hamo de Gatton senior, and his supposed son, Hamo junior, used chequy argent and azure as their arms. Hamo senior, of Gatton in Surrey, served as sheriff of Kent in 1286; he was summoned to serve against the Welsh in 1277 and 1282, dying in 1292. Hamo junior was summoned to serve against the Scots in 1298, and died two years later, leaving a minor, Edmund, as his heir. The second, and perhaps most likely, possibility for the owners of these arms are the Warenne earls of Surrey who used chequy or and azure. The Warennes were arguably the wealthiest landowners in England in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries; their arms are thought to be some of the oldest known. The family's stature and wealth derived, to some degree, from their royal ancestry via one of Geoffrey of Anjou's illegitimate sons; Geoffrey was the father of Henry II, the founder of the Plantagenet dynasty. The Warennes' royal links were reinforced by the marriage of John de Warenne with Alice de Luisgnan, Henry III's half sister. John de Warenne generally served Edward I well: he was summoned to serve against the Welsh in 1277 and 1294, and against the Scots in 1291, 1297 and 1300, becoming 'Keeper of Scotland' in 1291. Warenne died in 1304, leaving a grandson, also John, as his heir.

Obverse

Legend on five lines, the top and bottom curved.

Lettering:
COLCHESTER
J. R.
BEDWELL
62 & 63
HIGH STREET

Reverse

Legend on five lines, the top three and bottom one curved.

Lettering:
FURNITURE BEDS AND PAPER HANGINGS *
PLATE
WATCHES
&

Description: Crowned 21 with thistle spray below.  ​

Category:​​ Regular Army;

Type of button: Slightly convex 25mm ​;

Backmark​: None;

​Date: c1800-1830 ​

Weird bronze coin ?

This is an VRBS ROMA - with helmeted Roma facing left on the obverse and the mythic Shewolf standing left on the reverse suckling Romulus and Remus.  These belong to the period 330-337 or so.

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

Obv +EDWA***REX ANGLI o Z o FRANC

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

4thC Roman bronze coin - sent for ID

This is an early Constantinian era centenionalis.
I believe it is Constantine I himself, struck in the early 320's (ca. 321-323).
The reverse is the 3 stars above globe, set on short altar or plinth, with votary inscription like VOT / I S / XX
the reverse legend should be something like BEATA TRANQVILLITAS but it may be misspelled on this piece, which I believe is a contemporary copy, but with better-than-average workmanship - or a bad day at the official mint (can't tell which mint it's supposed to be)
Mark

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR AN****

Medieval lead pilgrims ampullae

Many ampullae used the pre-eminent pilgrimage symbol of the scallop shell, as with a Norfolk example . Although most closely linked to the shrine of St. James at Santiago de Compostela, the scallop was a symbol of renewal and regeneration before Christianity. Beginning with representations of Venus, it became commonplace in Roman architecture and on sarcophagi

Medieval lead trade weight

1216 Henry III hammered silver short cross half penny

Rev .ON.CAN - Canterbury mint

German States Saxon 1798 1/12 Thaler

Obverse: Crowned large oval arms

Obverse Legend: FRID: AVGVST: D: G: DUX SAX: ELECTOR

Reverse: Value above date

Reverse Legend: CLX • EINE FEINE MARK •

16thC Jewelry item - gilded silver with sapphire stone setting - reported as treasure

0.75g, 13.51 mm dia

1625 Charles 1st oval gold coin weight - Unite 20 shillings

Obv .CAROLVS +REX Crowned draped bust in ruff left

ev Oval crowned shield of arms,xx below

1327 Edward III hammered silver penny

Obv + E****R'ANG*** NS hYB

Rev BO/RA***/*IVI/TAS - York mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv **ARDoANGL*****

Rev /DON/CI** - London mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWA**

Roman silver coin - sent for ID - 'cooking' to remove crust

96-117 AD.

This is obviously Trajan and very likely a denarius or Provincial drachma

It’s not easy to see, but this is another example of the so-called “Capitoline wolf” – the ancient bronze statue of the she-wolf. Self-explanatory to the typical Roman, it didn’t need the pair of suckling twins which added in the renaissance with which it is displayed today (in the Vatican? – not sure where, but it’s a famous museum).
Its use as a design, however, included the twins from an early time – coins were not the only place it might be seen – frescoes, “copycat” statues, even graffiti were common places to see it.
The she-wolf stands left, looking back at the twins suckling – on the common Constantinian-era AE’s, two stars are seen in the field above. I’m unsure what the large round feature is at 10:00 – it might be the head of a nail the remains of the point of which is visible protruding from behind Trajan’s head – or it might just be some corrosion, and that’s a big issue with this piece – as you can see three is a lamination issue, too.
I don’t know quite what to tell you for cataloging since the legend(s?) are pretty well obliterated. You say its silver (there are many AE coins of Trajan with wolf reverses), but without doing a line-by-line search through over 1000 listings of Trajan denarius types in the RSC, I don’t see this listed.
If I run across a listing, I’ll let you know. It might be a Provincial AR issue, too, again without any legible legend, it’s difficult to do a search in something like RPC as well.
Mark

Researching it as it has XI to the side of anchor

RN Capt / Commander - 1787
RN Lieutenant - 1787

65th Regiment of foot button

2nd Yorkshire North Riding 1782-1881.

NETHERLANDS EAST INDIES, Duit, 1808, Dordrecht,

Possible Cumberland token but Rev does not have Victoria bust

Reverse
A man, supposed to represent the Duke of Cumberland, in crude imitation of a gold sovereign, with the legends:-
TO HANOVER 1837

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

18thC Gold Guinea coin weight

Obv Crown GVINEA

Imperial Service

The Territorial Force Imperial Service Badge was a short-lived decoration of the United Kingdom awarded to those members of the Territorial Force (TF) who were prepared to serve outside the United Kingdom in defence of the Empire, in the event of national emergency. The conditions of enlistment for the TF laid down at their creation in 1908 did not allow for soldiers to be sent for service overseas against their will, as the TF was intended for home defence. However, any man could volunteer for the Imperial Service Section and serve abroad in times of war, which entitled him to wear this badge.[1]

The badge was worn on the right breast of the uniform. It was not compulsory for the badge to be worn.

1476 -1480 Edward IV hammered silver penny - ClassXXIb

B and key by neck - Quadrefoil with pellet at centre of reverse cross

Archbishop Lawrence Booth

Rev O/RA - York mint

17thC seal matrix - WB

Rare 1553-54 Mary hammered silver penny

Obv M.D.ROSA

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1509- 26 Henry VIII hammered silver half penny

Cross Fourchee- Narrow hair

Mint mudlark find

Obv HANS* KRAVWINCKEL GOTESS*

Rev *RECHEN*PEENING NVRENBER

Four different Krauwinckel makers made “rose and orb” type jettons, including brothers Damianus and Hans (I) Krauwinckel, and Egidius and Hanns (II) Krauwinckel who were the sons of Damianus.

Hans Krauwinckel (1562-1586)

Hans Krauwinckel II (1586-1635)

Hans Lauffer (1611-1632)

Hans Schultes

The reverse side of the “rose and orb” jettons depicts an imperial orb within a trilobe. The surrounding letters are often various verses from the Bible. Inscribed GOTES SEGEN MACHT REICH (“God’s blessing brings riches”).

GETRIVW HANDT KOMBT DURCH ALLE (“Truth succeeds over all”)

GLUCK BESCHERT IST VNGEWERT (“Fortune given is not guaranteed”)

GOTES REICH BLIBT EWICK (“God’s Kingdom remains eternal”)

GOTT ALLEIN DIE EERE SEI (“To God alone the glory”)

HEIT ROTT MORGEN DOTT (“Red today, dead tomorrow”)

VERBVM DOMINI MANET IN ETERN (“The Word of God remains eternal”)

Georgian gold half guinea coin weight - 10 shillings and 6 pence

S10 6D

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

Obv + **CVS REX

Rev **S.ON.WINC - Winchester mint

19thC Kings dragoon guards button

KDG

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

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv ***ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CA- Canterbury mint

1600-1700 mount

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

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

Rev EDWARDVS REX

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Post 1830 Navy button

1351-2 Edward III hammered silver groat

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Big Roman copper coin sent for ID

Not too sure what I can say about this one and not be completely guessing.
I have no particular reason - other than a really vague silhouette - on which to hang this suspicion, but at the moment, I believe it may be Trajan.
The reverse is similarly problematic - yes, it's a deity or personification standing left holding patera and, ?
- taking another look, I now believe it's supposed to be Victory standing left holding wreath and palm-branch (and/or trophy?).
I have the S - C, of course, and that appears on all Roman AE's for at least a century in both directions, and no hint of a concentric legend on either side.
Literally every emperor used a Victory reverse type at least similar to what I see here at some time or another, and with nothing more than a suspicion, even, of who is on the obverse,,, Well, you can see the problem here.
I'll go out on a limb and say "I think it might be" a Trajan sestertius with a Victory reverse. You also have sent me photos of a few Trajan-era pieces recently - if they were found around the same or in a similar place -Trajan was the immediate successor of Hadrian - I know the wall is a good bit north of you, but Hadrian-era Romans in Britannia would be likely to be carrying (and losing) Trajan's coins.
If you ever see it in a cleaner state, send me photos and perhaps there will be some letters or other clues exposed which would confirm or change my vague interpretation.
Mark

Massive 16thC Henry VII/VIII trade weight Crown H cipher

Stunning Georgain fob seal

James Blomfield Rush for murders at Stanfield Hall - Nov 16th 1848

Who was executed on Castle Hill on Saturday April 1849

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided farthing

Rev /OLE/ - Moneyer Nicole

Unknown foreign coin ID'd by Drew

1/8th rupee of Alamgir II, Madras Presidency, British India, circa 1817-1835.

OhioDrew

1467-68 Edward IV hammered silver half penny - Trefoils by neck

London light coinage

10-40 AD Cunobelin Celtic gold qtr stater - reported to museum

1.33g, 10.76mm

1189-199 Richard 1st hammered silver short cross penny - Lombardic E- Cross pattee i.m - Class4

Rev ON,E.+ Canterbury mint

1871 Victoria milled gold half sovereign

3.99g, 19.37mm

1891 Victoria milled gold full sovereign

8.0g, 21.92mm

1352-1353 Edward III hammered silver penny - Pre treaty- Archiepiscopal

Obv + EDWARDVS ****ANGLI

Rev CIVI *** RACI - York mint

Mid 4thC Roman bronze coin sent for ID

You might call this "the last gasp of Constantine's centenionalis".
When Constantine introduced this "new" denomination as a replacement for the moribund follis in 318, they were generally around 20mm and substantial and silvered. But, as you would no doubt expect, this coin underwent several official downsizings - as well as a few unofficial reductions in size and weight that just crept in, as they tend to do.
After the deaths of both Constantines, I in 337 and II in 340, the empire was in the hands of the two younger, surviving sons of Constantine I - Constans and Constantius II. Figuring it was time for a change and a new enlarged type of the flagship coin with new types, they made plans to create the Majorina coinage - these include the fallen horseman types as well as the rest of the FEL TEMP REPARATIO types and a handful of additional types you see a lot less commonly. The last few centenionalis types before the monetary change-over uncluded mainly two types - a series of votas-in-wreath, and this type - the VICTORIAE DD AVGG Q NN - two Victories facing each other (some school kids have insisted on calling these "two angels playing badminton")
Given the lack of legible legends, the obverse is either Constans (who lived till 350) or Constantius, helmeted bust. The reverse, as I mentioned, is two Victories standing, facing each other, each holding a wreath and  a palm-branch (Victory's long-term attributes). Some have an additional sequence or control mark between them - like the "M" in the middle on this one.
This type was minted between 348 - 350.
With the legends this illegible under deposits, I can't tell you which of the two Augusti is on the obverse of this one, or from which mint it was issued. If you happen to see it and get a chance to photograph after a cleaning, send me the photos again and I'll probably be able to specify the emperor and mint.

Mark

Enamelled medieval harness pendant

1352-1353 Edward III hammered silver penny - Pre treaty- Archiepiscopal

Obv + **ANGLI

Rev **TOR**- Canterbury mint

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

Obv +EDWR' ANGL DNS hYB'

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

Medieval heraldic enamelled shield mount - Thomas de Werblintone ?

Lozengy azure and Or ?

Lozengy azure and argent ?

18thC Pewter button

The 14th was the Bedfordshire Regt of Foot until 1809 when it changed to the Buckinghamshire. This design style remained in use until 1838.

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 +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1216 Henry III hammered silver short cross halfpenny

Obv RICVS R**

Rev +IV N**

1327 Edward III hammered silver half penny - inner circles both sides

Obv EDW**VS

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1422-61 Henry VI hammered silver half penny

Obv +hENR**ANGL

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

16thC Elizabeth 1st Quarter gold angle - revalued coin weight

Rev Crown IXD

Rev Angel

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv *DWARD ANGL **

Rev TAS/DVR***

1216 Henry III hammered silver short cross half penny

Rev AVR.ON - Durham mint

Roman silver coin - sent for ID

This is a weird one to find in Britain! It appears to be a Roman Provincial issue from somewhere in the east. It seems to portray either Septimius Severus or Marcus Aurelius. Fun fact: Severus declared himself "adopted" by, and the heir to Marcus Aurelius' fame and auctoritas. Aurelius had been dead for almost 20 years, so he wasn't in any position to object. The "crown" he's wearing looks sort of like ivy leaves, so, maybe Dionysos? He's not usually bearded...
There isn't really enough clear lettering on the reverse - where we would generally look to find an "ethnic" - to tell where it's from, but if I had to guess, I'd say it looks to me like it originated somewhere around the mid-east / Mesopotamian longitudes.
I can't make out what (or who) the reverse device is supposed to be - I rotated the image all around, through 360º, and although that will usually help me get a handle on even vague reverses, I am drawing a complete blank as to what, exactly, we're looking at here.

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Updated ID on this Saxon bronze brooch

I noticed a brooch on your website under October 2023 finds which is an early medieval Ansate brooch. Anglo-Saxon finds are not common in Essex so anything that can be confidently identified and closely dated should definitely be recorded. Here’s one from Cambridgeshire I recorded recently: Record ID: ESS-C6B4F1 - EARLY MEDIEVAL brooch (finds.org.uk). You can also read more about them on the brooches guide here: Brooches – Finds Recording Guides. Do you have all the details to be able to record it?

FLO 

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR AN**** hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv DVR/EM - Durham nint

Victorian British key registry and accident assurance tag

192 Hope St Glasgow

5 shilling reward

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

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR **** DNS hYB

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Obv CIVI/TAS/DVN/*** - Durham nint

1stC BC Celtic cosmetic wode grinder

1894 Silver pocket watch parts - Birmingham hall mark - Marker H.S

H Samuel Ltd

Originally registered as Harriet Samuel.

Watchmaker & jeweller, Market Street, Manchester

1422- 61 Henry VI hammered silver farthing - annulets by neck - Type A2 -plain cross

Obv +hENRICx REX ANGL

Rev VIL/ LAx/ CAL/ IS'x- Calais mint

Obv +h****REXxANGL'

Rev ASx/**/LAx

1646-8 Charles 1st hammered silver shilling - Sceptre mint mark

Tower mint under Parliament

1820-1821 Token - Caroline of Brunswick, Queen Consort of England

Obverse

Head of Queen Caroline with a feather headdress, facing to left. Legend around.

Script: Latin

Lettering: CAROLINE.QUEEN CONSORT OF ENGLAND.

Reverse

The royal crown irradiated in the center with the legend around.

Script: Latin

Lettering: BORN MAY 17.1768. MARRIED APPRIL 8.1795.

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided longcross farthing

Rev /OLE/ - Moneyer Nicole

1299-1300 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - Class 9b - Closed backed backed E- Cross pattee

Obv +EDWR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CICI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

1413-22 Henry V milled silver farthing- Type 1

Obv ***** REX.ANGL*

Rev VIL/****/IS: - Calais mint

1864 Silver pocket watch - Maker AB

Abraham Barrier

1471-83 Edward IV hammered silver half penny

Bishop of Durham - Bishop brooth

D in centre of cross

1307-1327 Edward II hammered silver penny- - Type 11- broken peal orament to left

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1216 Henry III hammered silver voide longcross half penny- Class 8

Obv SREX

Rev N.LVN - London mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

2nd C Roman bronze coin sent for ID

Antoninus Pius 138-161 AD

I'm afraid I can't add much, there's too little detail. It's still Antoninus Pius, the reverse has S - C in fields and a standing personification or deity, too damaged to say who - concentric legend, only hits of it visible COS III is a common reverse legend for Pius who struck multiple dozens of types of asses, so anything more I were to try to tell you would be strictly conjecture.
If it's the size of an as, it's an as - if it's the size of a sestertius, it's a sestertius.

1797 George III milled gold third guinea

2.76g, 16.85mm

16th Regiment of foot

O/R's - 1855-1881

1762 Friedrich von Dänemark -1 Marien Groschen

Rev 1 Marien Gros:

OLM 1762

Ferdinand & Isabella Half Real  Circa, 1474-1504. Silver Bundle of arrows, +FERNANDVS ET ELISABET D G. R. Flourished crown, M T mint mark below, Toledo mint.

Great mix of 18thC toy cannons some with exploded barrels

1855- 1891 Kilkenny Regiment button

A Victorian silver plated button centred with a crowned maid of Erin harp in a garland of shamrock and emblazoned 'KILKENNY';

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided longcross penny

Obv hENRICVS REX

Obv HEI/MON/LV/NDE- Moneyer Heimer - of London mint

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided longcross penny

Obv hENRICVS REX III

Obv NOR/W/hVG/EON - Moneyer Hvge of Norwich mint

1921 silver spoon - Birmingham nint

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

Crockard , chaplet of rosettes

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDW**NGL DN***

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

Alexander II 1214-49 Scottish hammerd penny

Obv ALEXANDER REX

1526-44 Henry VIII hammered silver penny Sovereign type

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Description: Crowned XX within spray of leaves.  ​

Category:​​ Regular Army;

Type of button: Slightly convex 19mm ​;

Metal: Copper Alloy silvered; Backmark​: Best Quality MS & ID;

​Date: 1800-1820

RN Purser - 1807
In use 1807 - 1825

Royal Regiment of artillery button

Post 1802 type

A garter strap inscribed Royal Artillery with the Royal crown above Georgian royal cipher 'GR'

1279 EDward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv + ****GL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS***

1327 Edward III hammered silver half groat

Obv +ED*** ANGL

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

19thC - 14th Regimentt of foot button

XIV

Celtic Torc ended shaped ring - not cetrain of the material but reporting it as potential treasure

The Celtic tribes had gold, silver and bronze examples

​1803-1808

The Tenbury Wells volunteers were founded in 1803 and dispersed by 1808 originally listed as 'Tenbury' a 1 Company unit CO Capt Edward Wheeler and 100 strong.

TWV

16th Regiment of foot

O/R's - 1855-1881

This appears to be a bronze loom shuttle fragment

Very rare early unrecoreded

Honourable Artillery Company Silver Plated Button

Prince of Wales feathers Hon Artillery Co'

As the oldest regiment in the British Army, it was set up by Henry VIII back in 1537 to offer support to the now prestigious establishment. Since 1768, the HAC has provided Guards of Honour in the City for visiting members of the Royal Family, overseas Heads of State or Commonwealth Prime Ministers.

William IV and Queen Adelaide, 1831 Coronation Medal

18thC 5 pennyweight and 6 grains coin weight

Obv DG 56

Scots Fusilier Guards
( Scots Guards )
Officer - 1856-1877

Leaf-shaped sword, 1000-800 BCE.

Bronze Age weapons have been discovered across Europe. They show how important warriors were in these early metal-working communities. Weapons have changed over time. At first flat daggers and knives were the most typical. These were followed by dirks and rapiers for stabbing and thrusting. Towards the end of the Bronze Age, the first true slashing swords became the weapons of choice. Bronze spearheads were also used. 3,700 years ago they replaced bows and arrows as the most common projectile weapon.

Leaf-shaped, with grooved and bevelled edges. The handle-plate is T-shaped and contains two rivet-holes, with one rivet remaining, and a depression for a third hole, but not actually bored. There were to have been two holes in the shoulders, but only the lower has been bored in each case.

Late Bronze Age sword

85.66mm L x 36.89m W x 8.66mm T

76.3g

1811 Norwich Castele - Norwich Condor penny

Obverse

Two sheep out in the field, one lying right, one behind standing left. Lettering above, date in curved exergue, beaded border

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BARKER, WOOLLEN DRAPER
1811

Reverse

Lower view of castle on hill, wall and vegetation below. Lettering around, beaded border

Script: Latin

Lettering: NORWICH CASTLE

Unknown 2nd regiment button

Same design as

Crowned 38 over 'Staffs' knot design. 

April 1690 James II copper 30 pence - gun metal coinage

Obverse

Script: Latin

Lettering: IACOBVS·II· DEI·GRATIA

Unabridged legend: Jacobus II Dei Gratia

Translation: James II By the grace of God.

Reverse

Month under crown, date above.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
MAG·BR·FRA·ET·HIB·REX·1689·
Nov: XXX

Georgian trade weight - Crown G cipher

50mm dia - 105g, 3.7 oz

1300 BC Bronze Age socketed lance head

49 mm L x 11mm w

7.49g

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