2024 April finds page

1422 - 61 Henry VI hammered gold qtr noble - London - Lis mint mark

Obv hENRIC DEI GRA REX ANGL

Rev **REX A ** IV

1.735g, 19.83mm

10-40 AD Cunobelin Celtic gold stater - biga type - reported to museum

camvl in garnished tablet on vertical wreath, heart-shaped symbols in quarters, rev. biga left, leaf above, wheel and [cvnobelin] below (ABC 2771;

5.44g, 19.03mm

45 BC to 25BC Addedomarus - 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.

5.52g, 16.87mm

17thC silver bodkin needle - reported as treasure to museum

Scotland Alexander II 1214-1249 hammered silver half penny

Obv **AND **

Rev /RES - Moneyer Pierres of Rosburgh mint

11,000 BC flint scraper

FAKES

1717 George 1st milled gold half guinea

4.16g, 20.84mm

Interesting Roman bronze nount - 30 cm long

1654 Theo Lambe of Colchester Essex hammered copper trade farthing

St Botolph's Gate neighbourhood

AT BVTTIS GATE

1509-1526 Henry VIII hammered silver half penny - first coinage - double arched crown - portcullis mint mark -cross fourchee

Obv HENRIC DI GRA AGL Z

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

1526-44 Henry VIII hammered silver penny Sovereign type

London mint

1422-1460 Henry VI hammered silver penny Cross-Pellet (York)

Quatrefoil at centre of reverse cross

Rare rose each side with legend and no inner circles - only 2nd one I have seen dug

1625 Charles 1st hammered silver penny

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
&

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LOND/DON - London mint

1356-61 Edward III hammered silver penny -Pre Treaty - annulet stops

Obv +EDWA****A o NGLI

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

Series: Queen Charlotte

Obverse

Head of Queen Charlotte facing right.

Script: Latin

Lettering: H.M.G.M.QUEEN CHARLOTTE.

Reverse

Script: Latin

Lettering:
BORN MAY 19. 1744.
MARRIED SEPR. 9. 1761.
DIED AT KEW NOVR. 17. 1818.
AFTER A VIRTUOUS REIGN WITH HER BELOVED KING OF 57 YEARS

1770's twelve pence coin weight (1 shilling)

D XII

Huge Roman lead slingshot

56.8mm L x 43mm W, 570g, 1.3Lb

Smaller Roman lead slingshot

40.72 mm L x 32mm W, 232g, 0.5Lb

A Roman Lead Sling Bullet from the time of Julius Caesar, Late Roman Republic, ca. 46 BCE, Known to the Romans as "Glandes", lead shot used by slingers, such as this example, were accurate at ranges up to 600 feet. This example is from the Battle of Munde in 46 BCE where Julius Caesar defeated Pompey the Great.

1422-61 Henry VI hammered silver half penny - leaf on breast- satire stops - Leaf issue

Obv hENRIC REXx A

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1344- 1351 Edward III hammered silver penny - Florin type

Obv +EDWAR R ANGL DNS YB

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

Stunning 2nd C Roman fibular brooch - inlaid with coloured stones and enamel

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - Class 4d

cross with pellet of centre of reverse cross - pellet before CIVI

Obv DW** REX x ANGL **

Rev CIVI/TAS/EBO/RACI - York mint

1344- 1351 Edward III hammered silver penny - Florin type

Obv +EDWARDVS REX AIN

Rev CIVI/TAS/DVN/ELM - Durham mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +ED***DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1272 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv ** WAR ANGL ***

Rev **VI/TAS/LO - London mint

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross penny- Class3

Obv *hENRICVS REX

Rev HEN/RIO/NLV/NDE - Moneyer Henri of London mint

1603 James 1st 20 shilling coin weight

XX

Mich Dave pops a 1778 George III milled gold half guinea

4.2 g, 20.5mm

1327 Edward 1st hammered silver penny- florin type

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev VILL/***/***/NIE - Durham nint

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

Circa 1575- 1700

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

Tom send me a picture from the field and he has found what looks like 1300 BC deorcated gold band - not played with it yet

Post medieval cast copper alloy two piece spur buckle

C1650-1725

German States 1 Schilling 1813 s-ss Friedrich Franz I. (1785 - 1837)

Obv Crown FF

Rev 1 Schilling Courant Mecklenb Schwerin Munze

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

Obv +E******SCONE**ES

Rev NON/***/OVA

1204- 1207 John hammered silver short cross penny - Class 5b

Obv +hENRICVS REX

Rev ** AN ON SAND - Moneyer Iohan of Bury St Edmunds

16th Regiment of foot

O/R's - 1855-1881

Society of Ancient Britons

The Honourable and Loyal Society of Ancient Britons in existant from 1715 until the end of the 81th century

Royal Veteran Battalion

Description: The No. 1 around written 'Royal Veteran' surmounted by crown ​ ​Category:​​ Regular Troops; ​

Metal: Copper Alloy

​Date​: 1802-1817 ​

1422 -61 Henry VI hammered silver half penny - roundabout Initial cross- pellets by crown - satire stops

Possible leaf issue

Obv HENRIC REX ANGLI

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Thick solid silver bracelet - marked Italy .925

2nd Roman trumpet fibular brooch

Unknown 90th Regiment of foot button

Date: c1820-1840 

Military volunteer regiment ?

FLV

Primary 600AD Saxon silver sceat

1.27g,12.15mm

Spectacularly crafted multi stranded BC gold band - reported to museum as treasure

1.19g, 21.6mm L x 5.83mm W x 1.1 mm T

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Rev CIVI/TAS/DVR - Durham mint

1764 1/12 Thaler German States Silver -Principality of Brunswick

Obverse

Prancing horse on the left, legend around.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CAROLVS D·G·DVX BR·ET LV
I · D · B

Reverse

Name and date in the center, legend around.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CLX EINE FEINE MARCK CONVENT · M ·
12
EINEN
THALER
17664

Great Britain: Weight of Musket Balls

Lead wall piece lead ball - large calibra

105g, 22mm (1/4Lb) 0.88inch

Irish 1461- 1470 Edward IV hammered silver penny

2 pellets by neck

1stC BC Cunobelin Celtic silver coin - 'cooking' it to remove crust

C4 (M215, V2045, BMC 1863-65) Obv. head 1., spiky hair floating behind head. Variety with pointed ?bearded chin has CAM in front, VL behind head; others with less pointed chin have CAMV or CAMVL in front. Pellet border. Rev. seated Victory r., holding bowl in outstretched r. hand. Pellet in ring in front. CVNO below exergual line. Pellet border.

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWA*** DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/T** -Canterbury mint

1422-1460 HenryVI hammered s ilver penny- Quatrefoil with cross on centre of reverse cross

Rev RACI - York mint

1794 Silver spoon - London mint - duty paid bust sysmbol daye letter t

Marker PB AB

Peter & Ann Bateman

Basket, creamer, cruet, decanter label, flatware, mustard, salt, tea caddy, teapot

1790..1799
(registered May 1791)

1770's 6 shilling and 9 pence coin weight

S6 9D

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

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross half penny

Moneyer Nicole

THE 6TH REGIMENT OF FOOT. / After 1881 :- Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Description: Antelope over 6 within garter with motto surmounted by crown .  ​

Category:​​ Regular Army;

Type of button: Convex 19.5mm ​;

Metal: Copper Alloy, silver plated; Backmark​: LEWIS INKSON LONDON ;

​Date: c1810-c1820 ​

Description:Lion on ground over IV with legend KINGS OWN Regiment around.

Category: Regular Army; ​

Type of button: Convex 20mm ;

Metal: Gold plated. Backmark:None;

​Date: c1790-c1800

RCI which is Royal Chelsea Infirmary.

Royal Corp of Invalids

As a result the men were often poorly clothed until the hospital was ordered to provide funding from October 1704. The 21st-century uniform of the Chelsea Pensioners maintains the link with the corps, with the buttons showing the initials "RCI" for the Royal Corps of Invalids.

450 million year old fossils

Sea Urchin Echinoid

Echinoids (sea urchins and sand dollars) are echinoderms, related to sea stars and crinoids. All echinoderms have external skeletons made of numerous plates of the mineral calcite (a form of calcium carbonate), and a unique water vascular system that drives most of their motion. Echinoids have rounded or flattened shells, called tests, which bear numerous spines. Tiny tube feet, connected to the water vascular system, extend through holes in the test and allow the animals to move on or within the sea floor. All echinoids exhibit the characteristic five-fold symmetry of echinoderms.

c 8thC Saxon gilded mount - circule design

Unique ID: PUBLIC-AAB71E

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: On review

Beauty medieval gilded and enamelled mount - red blue and gold remains

A Romanesque enamel mount depicting a saint - of the type produced in the Limoges area in Central France during the 12th and 13th centuries. Mounts like this were typically attached to a reliquary or religious book. The mount is sub-rectangular, convex at the front and hollowed at the rear. It depicts the head and upper body of a robed male figure - probably a saint. The head projects from the top of the rectangular body and is moulded in the round with a stylised mouth and nose. There are two small recesses for the eyes, filled with blue enamel. The top of the head is flattened and angled with a slight scar, possibly from the attachment of a missing halo. a stylised mouth and nose. The neck is long and oval in cross section. It joins to sloping shoulders at the top of the body. At the base of the left side of the body there is an angled recess where the right arm of the figure is depicted as bent upwards to the chest. The forearm and hand are detailed in a reserve of metal with linear recesses around (filled with degraded enamel). The hand appears to be raised in benediction. The left arm is a simple reserve of metal along the right side of the body with a recess alongside filled with blue enamel. Over the rest if the body are several linear recesses in-filled with blue enamel and depicting the folds of the robe. Towards the centre of the chest and set in a diagonal across it are two angular recesses filled with red enamel. It is possible that these represent an item of clothing or an object associated with the saint, but is not clear which. There are two large circular attachment holes through the body, set on the longitudinal axis. The rear is hollowed and undecorated

1625 Charles 1st 10 shilling coin weight

Obv Crown XS

1770's gold half guinea coin weight - 10 shillings and 6 pence

Obv S10 6D

'3rd Essex Local Militia gilt (b/m: Charles Jennens. London).

This is the 3rd Reg't of the Essex Local Militia.
Formed march 15th 1809, Disbanded 1816, for the Napoleonic Wars.
Based at Colchester, Lt. Col.Com. John Bawtree.

Tim'

 Description: 3 within circle surrounded by ESSEX LOCAL MILITIA ​ ​​

Category:​​ Local Militia; ​

Type of button: Slightly convex​; ​

Metal​: Copper Alloy, gilded; Backmark​: S FIRMIN STRAND;

​Date​: 1809-1816 ​

1300 -1307 Edward II hammered silver penny - Class 10

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVIT/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

1461-4 Edward IV hammered silver penny-

Obv +EDWARD' REX AN***

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1000 BC Bronze Age awl

45.8mm L x 11.6mm W x 6.88 mm H

13.9g

Bronze Age awls comprise a range of small rod-like tools that are usually round or rectangular in cross-section and pointed at one end with a square or chiselled edge at the other. They were probably used for perforating leather, wood and bone working and other crafts. Early researchers suggested they may have been used for tattooing human skin. 

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