2023 Sept finds page

1640 - Civil War iron cannon ball - 57.6mm- 2.3 inches ,1.57Ibs

Interesting silver ring with inscription

11,000 BC flint scraper

Scotland 1602 James VI hammered silver Eight Thistle Merk, I shilling and eight pence (20 pence)

Obv - JACOBUS 6 D.G.R SCOTORUM

Rev - REGEM IOVA PROTEGIT 1602

2nd C Roman silver coin - sent for ID

It's Marcus Aurelius, as you probably are already aware - the long, pointed beard and curly hair should make this easily identifiable as Aurelius.
It dates to the emission of December 165 through summer 166 AD
Obverse legend is: M ANTONINVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX
laureate head right
Reverse: PAX (in ex) TR P XX IMP IIII COS III
Pax standing facing, head left, holding branch and cornucopiae
RIC III 145, RSC 434

Irish1461 Edward IV hammered silver penny

Obv ** S REX **

Rev TAS/*** E - Waterford mint

Victorian silver finger ring

JLL Wooton - silver

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - Obverse and reverse error

Obv + EDW BLE AL'DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/ORI/***

Edwardian silver brooch with diamonds

1327 Edward III hammered silver half penny

Obv *WARD R**

Rev CIVI/***

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv **WAR ANGL****

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv *** ShYB +

Rev DVR/E - Durham mint

1653 Hammered copper trade farthing - unlisted in ref books - Norweb

Obv THM

Thomas MVDBAT ?

Rev Long +

Mid 2nd C BC

Gallo- Belgic A type

175 BC Celtic gold qtr stater - 1.68g, 14.85mm

18thC silver posy ring

'LET VERT'

1310-14 Sterling bust English Jetton Edward II Class XI

Rev - Long cross patonce 6 pellet clusters in angles, border pellets

Obv - Bust Class II in circle, border pellets

1913 Silver cat pendant - Date letter O for Birmingham mint

Maker BW

1300 BC gold armlet ring - reported to museum as treasure

6.42g, 14.22mm dia, 5.66mm T

Dubnovellaunos 25 BC to 5 AD Celtic gold qtr stater

1.24g, 12.38mm

Recorded on PAS

Bronze Age (c.1500-1400BC) cast copper alloy primary shield pattern palstave, dating to the Acton Park Phase.

263.0 g, 120mm L x 53.3mm W x 21.44mm T

1756 George II milled gold half guinea - love token

4.077g ,20.64mm

1835 William IV milled gold half sovereign

3.96g, 19.27mm

1351- 1361 Edward III hammered silver groat - Pre treaty period

Std F type

Obv EDWARD DG REX ANGL Z FRANC D HYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON

1526 -44 Henry VIII hammered silver half penny- Brush hair - single arched crown-

Obv hENRIC DI GRA REX

Rev CIVI/TASx/LON/DON - London mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDW***ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

1413-22 Henry V hammered silver penny - mullet by crown

Quadrefoil at centre of reverse cross

Rev CIVI/TAS/EBO/RACI - York mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR A**

Rev TAS/DVM- Durham mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv - ****ANGL DNS

Rev CIVI/TAS ***

1880-1890 John Robert Bedwell token Colchster Essex

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
&

1327 Edward III hammered silver groat - fragment

Obv **WARD.RE**

Rev /EBO/** - York mint

1327 Edward III hammered silver half groat - fragment

Obv **WARD.RE**

Rev /TOR/** - Canterbury mint

Medieval gold ring with ruby - reported as treasure to museum

1.835g, 24.29mm

1340 AD French Jetton

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

Royal Crown with 3 rosettes across body of crown

Rev Triple banded straight cross fleuretty AV

18thC silver clog fastener

Maker WH

Doge Michele Steno (1400-1413).

Obv: MICHAEL STEN' DVX (Michele Steno, Doge). Doge standing left, holding standard.

Rev: S MARCVS VENETI (Saint Mark of Venice). Winged and nimbate lion of Saint Mark facing.

Doge standing left, holding banner, * / m in right field

1810 silver spoon handle - London mint

Maker GG

George Gray 1782 registered

1285-1305 Jetton struck for Kings administration -French medieval jetton - 6 lis in a shield

Rev Broad ended linear cross fleurty with central circle

1356 Edward hammered III silver penny -pre treaty F

Crown mint mark

Obv EDWA **

Rev TAS/LON/DON -London mint

1526 - 1544 Henry VIII hammered silver sovereign

penny - Star both sides, radiant star Obv only

CD besides shield - Bishop Cuthbert Tunstall

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDW**DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LO** - London mint

Medieval hammered silver penny - Continental imitation

Obv DWR LLG ***

Rev TAS/LON **

Interesting Tudor period silver item - possible pin head or mount - reported to as treasure to museum

1789 George III milled gold half guinea

4.2g, 20.7mm

1910 Silver ring - Chester halll mark, date letter K

Maker C.H

Charles Horner

Charles Horner Ltd (from 1910)

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +E*****ANG**DNS hYB

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

Hans Krauwinckel (1562-1586)

German rose orb jetton

Early bevelled plain gold ring - no hallmarks - reported to museum as treasure

1.81g, 18.96mm

Quarter-noble, fourth coinage 1351-77, Treaty period 1361-1369, Tower mint, mintmark cross potent, annulet before Edward-Lis in centre, double satire stops

Obv shield quartered with the arms of England and France within a treassure of eight arches

Obv +oEDWARD xx DEI xx GRAxxREX xxANGL

Rev +EXALTABITAR IN GLORIA

1.92g, 19.6mm

17thC enamelled gold posy ring-reported as treasure to museum

'I am but a token'

1.73g, 15mm

5.56g, 18.62mm

45 BC to 25BCAddedomarus - Trinovantian tribe - reported to museum

Addedomarus (sometimes written Aθθedomarus on coins) was a king of south-eastern Britain in the late 1st century BC. His name is known only from his inscribed coins, the distribution of which seem to indicate that he was the ruler of the Trinovantes.

1.33g, 10.57mm

Dubnovellaunos 25 BC to 5 AD Celtic gold qtr -reported to museum

Dubnovellaunus is the name of a king who, based on coin distribution, appears to have ruled over Kent east of the River Medway. He was the first king of the Cantiaci to issue inscribed coins: some of his coins appear to date from as early as 40-30 BC. Towards the end of the 1st century BC he seems to have been succeeded by a king called Vodenos or Vosenios, although it is possible the two kings' reigns were contemporary or overlapped.

A king called Dubnovellaunus succeeded his father Addedomarus as king of the Trinovantes ca. 10-5 BC and ruled for several years before being supplanted by Cunobelinus of the Catuvellauni.

1.26g,12..33mm

70BC uninscribed 'Q' Gold - 'Remi 'Type Celtic gold qtr stater -reported to museum

The Remi were a Belgic people of north-eastern Gaul (Gallia Belgica). The Romans regarded them as a civitas, a major and influential polity of Gaul,The Remi occupied the northern Champagne plain, on the southern fringes of the Forest of Ardennes, between the rivers Mosa (Meuse) and Matrona (Marne), and along the river valleys of the Aisne and its tributaries the Aire and the Vesle.

1865 Gold ring - date letter Q matches Birmingham

8-13 AD Cunobelin biga type qtr gold stater -reported to museum

1.32g, 12.01mm

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 +EDW***** hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Unknown Continental hammered silver short cross coin - researching it

Pfennig of Otto IV, 1198 - 1218.

DEUTSCHE MÜNZEN UND MEDAILLEN
DORTMUND. REICHSMÜNZSTÄTTE. Otto IV., 1198-1218.
Pfennig. 1,09 g. OTTO • INPEATOR Gekröntes Brustbild v. v., auf dem Rand Hand mit Zepter//+ TANCTACOLON Doppelfadenkreuz, in den Winkeln je vier Kugeln. Berghaus 67.
Von großer Seltenheit. Prägeschwäche, sehr schön.

GERMANY, Dortmund (Royal mint city). Otto IV. 1198-1218. AR Pfennig (18mm, 1.37 g, 2h). Crowned facing bust / Voided short cross; quatrefoils in angles.

Ohio Drew ID'd it

c12thC Medieval heraldic shield type lead trade weight - sword symbol

A complete cast copper alloy buckle of post-medieval date. The buckle is a double loop asymmetrical shape

Circa 1575- 1700

A complete cast copper alloy buckle of post-medieval date. The buckle is a double loop asymmetrical shape

Circa 1575- 1700

4thC Roman bronze coin - sent for ID

This one's a little later than most of what you usually seem to find. It's a centenionalis of Valentinian I, 364-375 AD. Obv: D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right.
The reverse legend is GLORIA ROMANORVM, the emperor walking right, head left, dragging barbarian captive by the hair and holding labarum. It's from the mint at Siscia: ( [illegible symbol] ΓSIS in exergue), the most prolific European mint for this type and in this era. There are 4 full pages in RIC IX. just to list all the minor field-markings on centenionales of the several members of the House of Valentinian - part of an early quality control attempt. I can't tell if there are any field marks on this one or not. If there are no field marks, it's probably from earlier in the reign.
Some nice stuff your guys are digging, so far.
ML

Great detail on this 2nd C Roman silver - just sent for ID

The province is Bithinia, not Mysia - working too late and shooting from the hip last night.
The Nicaea AE's are very unusual in that they seem to turn up more often far afield from their origin (eg: Britain) than almost any other sort of Provincial Roman coin. Legionaries must have carried them around - possibly unable to spend them - after being paid in Bithinia (?)
I'm not familiar with this exact reverse type - it's a less commonly seen variety. Far more common is a line of 3 or 4 standards with the ethnic broken up in the spaces between them (and exergue, sometimes). The obverse may be beyond help - it's certainly illegible in its present condition. These are most commonly from the Severan era, from Septimius up through Gordian III ca. 200-140 A.D.
ML

4thC Roman bronze coin - sent for ID

Constantius II, AE majorina or fraction. FEL TEMP REPARATIO soldier skewering fallen horseman.
ML

1216 Henry III hammered silver short cross half penny

Ov hENRICVS **

Rev .ON.LV - London mint

Unknown button

Crown TWPO

One piece Navy buttons

HONI SOIT QUI MAN Y PENSE

PACKET

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

RN - Packet Service
( Mail & Supplies Delivery )

c.1800-1811
Firmin & Co

1422-27 Henry VI hammered silver groat - Annulet issue - Annulets by the neck and two sets of opposing pellets on reverse- double satirte stops

obv + hENRIC DI GRA REX ANGLIE Z FRANCE

Rev outer - POSVIoo DEVMxx ADIVTORE MEVM

obv hENRIC DI GRA REX ANGLIE Z FRANCE

Rev VIL/LAxxCASTISIE - Calais mint

Interesting medieval ring with enamel - not gold or silver

A complete cast copper alloy buckle of post-medieval date. The buckle is a double loop asymmetrical shape

Circa 1575- 1700

Royal artillery button

Post 1831 version - three cannons pointing left with the Royal crown over- The design was changed in 1840 with the addition of the 'Ubique' scroll below the lower cannon

1890's Victorian style riveted copper knife

Weird silver chunk ?

10.99g, 18.1 mm L x 14.9mm W

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Ob +EDWR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1422-27 Henry VI hammered silver groat

obv ***REX ANGLIE Z FRA**

Rev /TASxx/LON/- London mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Rev +EDWAR **

Rev /RACI - York mint

1526-44 Henry VIII hammered silver half penny - brush hair- single arched crown- cross ends plain

Obv *h' D G ** SPIA

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

0.33g, 11.32mm

1874 Victoria milled gold half sovereign

3.99g, 19.42mm

1356-61 Edward III hammered silver groat - Fourth coinage: Pre Treaty -Series G - Std F type - annulet stops - Pot hook N's -extra annulet in one qtr

Annulet below bust

Obv + EDW AR******* REX o ANGL o Z FRANCo D'o hY

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

4.36g, 26.92mm

Medieval groat v half penny size comparison

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided longcross farthing

Rev VND - London mint

Medieval vessica seal matrix - Bird facing right

1stC BC - ECE Celtic silver unit - East Anglian silver unit- needs more 'cooking' to remove crust

Obv - 2 opposed crescents a & 2 pellets in hexagon crossed by 5 alternating pellet/plain lines

Rev - horse L, 6 pellets on shoulder, double forelegs, above pellet-ring f, below ECE.

Ref Hobbs 4534

Medieval hammered silver penny

Rev EBO/ - York mint

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