2024 Sept finds page

Season kicks off 4th Sept 2024

Page updated 26th Sept

45- 40 BC

Raunds Wing type gold stater ABC 2466.
Wreath across corded line- Annulate horse r, sunburst above - pellet in ring below - Chrid Rudd 30.67 Extremely rare

Reported to museum

1.152g, 11.32mm

Catuvellauni tribe

Very rare Heybridge Horse type Celtic gold qtr stater - Trinovantes tribe c50-BC

Wreath between two pellet lines,stylised locks of hair above, crescents and pellet ring motifs below

Horse r,large rump,various pellets around, pellet boss below ABC 2359 Extemely rare

1.25g, 12.88mm

Reported to museum

The Trinovantes or Trinobantes were one of the Celtic tribes of pre-Roman Britain. Their territory was on the north side of the Thames estuary in current Essex and Suffolk, and included lands now located in Greater London. They were bordered to the north by the Iceni, and to the west by the Catuvellauni. Their name derives from the Celtic intensive prefix "tri-" and "novio" - new, so meaning "very new" in the sense of "newcomers", but possibly with an applied sense of vigorous or lively - so the name could mean "the very vigorous people". Their capital was Camulodunum (modern Colchester), one proposed site of the legendary Camelot.

Shortly before Julius Caesar's invasion of Britain in 55 and 54 BC, the Trinovantes were considered the most powerful tribe in Britain. At this time their capital was probably at Braughing (in modern-day Hertfordshire). In some manuscripts of Caesar's Gallic War their king is referred to as Imanuentius, although in other manuscripts no name is given. Some time before Caesar's second expedition this king was overthrown by Cassivellaunus, who is usually assumed to have belonged to the Catuvellauni. His son, Mandubracius, fled to the protection of Caesar in Gaul. During his second expedition Caesar defeated Cassivellaunus and restored Mandubracius to the kingship, and Cassivellaunus undertook not to molest him again. Tribute was also agreed.

The next identifiable king of the Trinovantes, known from numismatic evidence, was Addedomarus, who took power c. 20-15 BC, and moved the tribe's capital to Camulodunum. For a brief period c. 10 BC Tasciovanus of the Catuvellauni issued coins from Camulodunum, suggesting that he conquered the Trinovantes, but he was soon forced to withdraw, perhaps as a result of pressure from the Romans, as his later coins no longer bear the mark "Rex", and Addedomarus was restored. Addedomarus was briefly succeeded by his son Dubnovellaunus c. 10–5 BC, but a few years later the tribe was finally conquered by either Tasciovanus or his son Cunobelinus. Mandubracius, Addedomarus and Dubnovellaunus all appear in later, post-Roman and medieval British Celtic genealogies and legends as Manawydan, Aedd Mawr (Addedo the Great) and Dyfnwal Moelmut (Dubnovellaunus the Bald and Silent). The Welsh Triads recall Aedd Mawr as one of the founders of Britain.

The Trinovantes reappeared in history when they participated in Boudica's revolt against the Roman Empire in 60 AD. Their name was given to one of the civitates of Roman Britain, whose chief town was Caesaromagus (modern Chelmsford, Essex). The style of their rich burials (see facies of Aylesford) is of continental origin and evidence of their affiliation to the Belgic people. Their name was re-used as Trinovantum, the supposed original name of London, by Geoffrey of Monmouth in his fictitious Historia Regum Britanniae, in which he claimed the name derived from Troi-novantum or "New Troy", connecting this with the legend that Britain was founded by Brutus and other refugees from the Trojan War.

5 BC to 25BC Addedomarus - Trinovantian tribe

5.44g,16.96mm

Reported as hoard addendum coin 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.


He was the first king to produce inscribed coins north of the Thames, perhaps as early as 45 BC, although some estimates are as late as 15 BC. He seems to have moved the Trinovantian capital from Braughing in Hertfordshire to Camulodunum (Colchester, Essex). For a brief period (ca. 15-10 BC) he seems to have been supplanted by Tasciovanus of the Catuvellauni, who issued coins from Camulodunum at that time. Addedomarus then appears to have regained power and reigned until 10-5 BC, when he was succeeded by Dubnovellaunus.

1762 George III milled gold qtr guinea - love token

2.07g, 15.63mm

13th C seal matrix - bird facing left

1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver shilling - Martlet mint mark

Romano British riveted bronze head mount

36mm L x 24.9mm W x 3.83mm T

1300-1310 Edward III hammered silver halfpenny - new obverse legend

Obv **RDVS REX ANG'

Rev Obv CI**/LON/DON - London mint

1413-22 Henry V hammered silver half penny - Type 11 -trefoil to left and annulet to right of bust - satire stops

Obv + hENRICxREXx ANGL'

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - Londone mint

1780 - 2 Skilling - Christian VII

Obverse

Crowned monogram

Script: Latin

Lettering: D.G.DAN.NOR.VAN.GOT.REX

Reverse

Crowned shield with 3 lions and 9 hearts
Two crossed hammers (Denotes Norway)

Script: Latin

Lettering:
1780 2 SKILLING DANSKE
HIAB

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross half penny

Rev ANT -NIC Moneyer Nicole of Canterbury mint

49BC Roman silver coin

That was a lucky find! - I have one a friend of mine found. Heavily encrusted in a lot of uncleaned, mainly 4th century Æ's - it's pretty beat, too, but this is such a popular coin - everybody who knows anything about Roman history wants one - that even "mediocre" specimens bring hefty prices.
So, on to the requisite cataloging...
Julius Caesar, (born ~ 100 B.C.; Consul, 49 B.C. Dictator, 45 B.C. died 44 B.C.)
AR denarius (your metrology - mm; g; h - goes here)
Mint in Italy, 49 B.C.
Obv: elephant walking right, trampling on "dragon" (this may actually be a large serpent-headed war trumpet - folks go either way describing this) // in exergue: CAESAR
Rev: anepigraphic, simpulum, aspergillum, axe and apex (emblems of the pontificate)
RRC 443/1; CRR 1006; CRI 9; BMCRR Gaul 27; RSC 49

Glad to hear you're into your post-harvest season. You started off pretty impressively, here's to keeping up the good fortune!
Mark

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross penny

Obv hENRICVS REX III

Ref GEF/REI/ONO/XON - Moneyer Gefrie of Oxford mint

25BC Dubnovellaunus Celtic gold qtr stater

1.307g, 10.32mm

Dubnovellaunos 25 BC to 5 AD

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.

Mid 3rdC Barbarous radiate Roman bronze coin

his appears to be a "garden variety" mid-later 3rd century contemporary local copy - the sort of thing which is liable to be referred to (although I hate the term) as a so-called "barbarous radiate".  It's stylistically very interesting in that the stick-figure reverse device is built up out of almost all straight lines and angles, where these generally tend to be made up of curvy or loopy, freehand-engraved lines.

Ancient gold sheet - 0.65g, 17.5mm L

C 1250 AD Non Heraldic personal seal of freeholders. 4 have been found attached to pasture rights.

Medieval (13th century) lead alloy seal matrix. It is circular in plan, with a small triangular suspension loop on the reverse. The central design is a flower with six petals. The legend is slightly illegible but

Reads GVWIRONVS - Guwironus

17thC William III lead trade weight

Obv Fleur over WR

1509-26 Henry VIII hammered silver halfpenny - single arched crown -Cross fourchee

9.39mm, 0.27g

Mid sized Roman bronze coin sent for ID

117- 138 AD Hadrian

3.94g, 22mm

This also appears to be Hadrian, this one's an as. From the photos, it's the sort of thing I'd want to moisten with water or spit in the field to try to bring up a little more visible detail/contrast.
With what I'm able to do, the reverse appears to have a military theme, deity or personification. You can see the hips-forward attitude of the standing figure and the pteregys of a warrior's "skirt" armor - also, there might be a shield the figure is holding, or possibly an outstretched arm. Typically, this sort of reverse might Minerva or Mars or Virtus - or some more generic soldier. The reverse actually reminds me of a common as of Claudius (but this isn't him) with Minerva holding a shield high to the right and hefting a spear - let me see if I can find a photo for you.

Huge 2ndC Roman bronze coin - sent for ID

117- 138 AD Hadrian

18.6g, 32.9mm

This appears to be a sestertius of Hadrian with several major plow-strikes. The reverse is some one of the many allegorical personifications used on coins (and often worshiped as demi-goddesses) but not enough detail remains for me to make a realistic stab at telling you which it may have been.
Sorry I can't make a catalog-worthy writeup on the basis of the little surviving obverse legend, or guess at one looking at the reverse - but at least it's clearly Hadrian.and might be able to be cleaned up a bit.
Mark

Gold bead found in 2022 and reported as treasure is ID'd as Saxon and aquired by museum - great find

BEAD

Unique ID: ESS-E72093

Object type certainty: Certain
Workflow status: Awaiting validation

Interesting inlaid bronze widget - not sure what it is yet

c600 AD Saxon silver sceat - sent to EMC database for recording

1.27g, 11.25 nn

Thanks for this first find of the season, which I have recorded as EMC 2024.0301.

The details of the coin are not entirely clear but this seems to be Series E, variety G4, a Continental variety with 26 coins on EMC.

Best wishes,

Martin

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross farthing

Obv hEN***

Rev \EF.O ***

Charles 1st Royal farthing - Harp Type 3 Maltravers 'rounds' 1634- 36, woolpack mint mark

obv CAROLUS D G MAG BRIT

Rev FRAN ET HIB REX

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross farthing

Obv VIII***

Rev /ILT/ - Moneyer Wilton of Canterbury mint

5thC Roman silver coin sent for ID

Here's your first AR - a siliqua, I presume (about the size of an old AR or CU-NI threepence, isn't it?)
I tweaked it a bit to make it easier to read.
You have:
Arcadius, AD 383-408
AR siliqua (presumably - your metrology goes here: mm, g, h.)
Mint of Milan, AD 397-402
Obv: D N ARCADI-VS P F AVG pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Arcadius right
Rev: VOT / X / MVLT / XV in four lines within wreath // MDPS
RIC IX 27a and RIC X 1224; RSC 27c; SRCV 20768

Mark Lehman

25BC Dubnovellaunus Celtic gold qtr stater - reported to museum

1.37g, 12.52 mm

Dubnovellaunos 25 BC to 5 AD

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.

Probably one of the smallest hammered silver coins you can find, 1/3rd the weight of a Medieval silver farthing

1640's Civil War cannon ball - 73.42mm (2.8inches)

1.6 Lbs, 25.6 oz

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross halfpenny

Obv **REX III

Rev LEM/ONC - Moneyer Willem of Canterbury mint

c600 AD Saxon silver sceat - sent to EMC database for recording

1.24g, 12.02 mm

Roman lead sling shot

44.3mm dia , 61.9mm L, 644g

1902 Edward VII Coronation Medal 40mm WE4560A White Metal by Spink

Very interesting Roman coin - small bust and almost looks like a silver - sent off to Mark Lehman for his ID

Although the obverse legend is unreadable - probably illiterate - and the portrait both faces left and seems to be radiate (the official ones were never radiate, only laureate or helmeted) given the small size of the bust, I'm going to guess this was probably based (perhaps several generations earlier) on a piece with Crispus' portrait.
The reverse has two Victories standing, facing each other, between them they hold a shield inscribed "VOT / P R" in two lines above a small altar.
The issues of the mint at Siscia were especially commonly used as prototypes for the unofficial issues given the proximity of Siscia to the upper Danube.
There's no way to tell which, if any, "mint" was named on your copy - and even if it were legible and a Siscia mintmark, it most likely comes from elsewhere in the region. 
That's about all I can say - these contemporary copies are almost as common as the official pieces, so they turn up all the time. It is interesting that a piece most likely from the Danube basin turned up in Britain - but it might be from some other area closer in northern Europe/Gaul.
Mark

This is a contemporary copy of a "VLPP" (VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP - "[our] victorious, rejoicing, ruler for all time" ) centenionalis. ca. approximately 318-325
This type was one of the very first issues of Constantine I's replacement for the sadly shrunken Diocletianic follis. called a centenionalis (ref: David Sear) In this denomination, "pagan" reverses (Jupiter, etc) were scrapped in favor of non-religious themes. It was a silvered billon coin issued for Constantine and Crispus. They were extensively copied, particularly in the Danube area.  Some of these unofficial copies are almost as well made as the official issue - others were crude and, over time, became far cruder. often the legends were reduced to a decorative border feature or were simply gibberish. The engraving of the main devices also deteriorated to a nearly unrecognizable state.
This is one of the better official specimens of the VLPP

1666 Tomas Peeke of Colchester trade farthing

Medieval monkey picture

Stunning detailed high carat gold animal figurine - reported to museum as potential treasure

This was on a site with 1300 BC items found, Roman and Celtic gold finds so impossible to date - I will go for medieval

3.0g, 24.4 mm L x 3.9mm W

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TASDVR/EME - Durham mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +ED******YB

Rev CIVI***** N - London mint

1199- 1216 John hammered silver short cross penny Class 6b1

Obv hENRICVS REX

Rev +RAVF ON LVNDE -Moneyer Rav(l)F of London mint

Continental Army button - not a British crown

'PRQS'

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

1.22g, 11.04mm

c600 AD Saxon silver sceat - sent to EMC database for recording

1.216g, 11.61mm

I have recorded this new find, which is Series C1, as EMC 2024.0318.

In the attached reoriented images you may just be able to see a right-facing bust on the obverse and a standard with tufa above on the reverse.

Best wishes,

Martin

Flanders, Philip 'de Stoute' (The Bold), 1384-1404, Gold Noble, (Noble d'Or), in the style of the English Coinage

Brugge, Gand or Mechelen mint
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Obverse: The Count standing facing in ship holding upright sword and quartered shield bearing the French and Burgundian arms, ship rigging with two ropes to left, and one rope to right, with Latin legend surrounding: P | HS | DEI : GRA : DVX : BVRG : COMES . Z . DNS : FLAND
Reverse: Large P at centre of ornamental floriated cross with lis terminals, crowned leopards in angles, trefoils in spandrels, all within a beaded and linear tressure, with Latin legend surrounding: + IhC .' AVTEM : TRANSIENS : PER : MEDIV : ILLORVM : IBAT

Flanders, Philip 'de Stoute' (The Bold), 1384-1404, Gold Noble,

Monster sized gold noble - almost an exact match as one above but it has a half rose on top of crown, two pellets left, one pellet right to ship front castle - similar legend with double satire stops.

Needs more research to get exact type

7.9 grams, 31mm

'G. Eastern Railway and Steam ships C.'

The Great Eastern Railway ordered three steamships to operate the service. The ships were named Amsterdam, Berlin, and Vienna to publicise some of the rail connections from the Hook of Holland. Berlin was built in 1894 by Earles Shipbuilding and Engineering Company of Hull.

1310-14 Edward II hammered silver penny - Class 11b

Ponted back E - Barred T

Obv + EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - LONDON MINT

1351 Edward III hammered silver half groat - Pre treaty - IM Cross 1, annulet stops - Trefoils over crown - 9 arches to tressure - N's reversed

Obv +EDWARDVS REX ..ANGL *****

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - LONDON MINT

1216 Henry III hammered silver voided short cross halfpenny

Rev N.WINC- Winchester mint

Hardie and Von Leer's company in 'The Fast Mail', 28 Nov- 3 Dec 1892

'The Fast Mail'
Genre: Melodrama
Directors: Frank A Gordyn and Haldane Crichton
Author: Lincoln J Carter
Scenery painted by Charles Rider Noble and Sidney Thompson
Featured actors: John Davidson, Charles Cassie, Charles Harley, John Ottaway, Gerald Spencer, George Dudley, L R Croff, John Kogen, Otto Wight, James Moore, Harold Thornton, Charles Osbourne, H C stanleigh, Mal Cook, Richard Price, Frank Holiday, Tom Kennedy, Julia Listelle, Marie de Roos, Douglas Barron

Roman prick spur

1205 -1230 Scotland William 1st The Lion hammered silver short cross half penny - 5 star in each qtr

Posthumous coinage

Obv LE REI ***

18th C

96th (Queen's Own Germans) Regiment of Foot

1824 96th Regiment of Foot
raised at Manchester

Description
Coin: James I, 1603 - 1625, silver halfgroat, no date (third coinage 1619 - 1625). Obverse: I D.G.ROSA.SINE.SPINE rose with crown above, mint mark of lis. Reverse: TEATVR VNITA DEVS thistle with crown above, mint mark of lis.

17thC hammered copper trade farthing

Non Essex Norweb Ref 467-9

Obv THM

1199 John hammered silver short cross penny - Class 5

Rev ** VT + TOM*** - Moneyer Tomas of Rhaddlan mint

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross penny

Obv hENRICVS ***

Rev /ANT/ - Canterbuy mint

British India Steam Navigation Company

The Calcutta and Burmah Steam Navigation Company was formally registered on 29 September 1856. The East India Company had opened the door to Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co in 1855, when they invited tenders for a regular mail steamship route between Calcutta and Rangoon. The partners were successful in their bid, and Mackinnon acquired a small fleet of steamers for his Royal Mail service, two of which maintained the initial fortnightly run between Calcutta, Akyeb, Rangoon and Moulmein. During the Indian Mutiny of 1857 the infant Calcutta and Burmah carried troops, beginning a long tradition between the company and Her Majesty's forces. In 1858 the monopoly of the East India Company also came to an end, and direct rule from Whitehall brought far reaching developments for trade in the area. The Calcutta and Burmah Steam Navigation Company played an important part in the resulting period of expansion in Indian commerce and overseas trade.In 1862 the company was awarded two new mail contracts, which included a fortnightly service between Bombay and Karachi, and a service that ran eight times a year between Karachi and the Persian Gulf ports. In December of that year, the company was reorganised and renamed the British India Steam Navigation Company (BISN Co.). The size of the fleet was gradually increased and new routes opened up. Important new services included the Suez Canal and Calcutta-Mauritius (opened 1869); Aden-Zanzibar (1873); London-Basra (1874); Bombay-Laurenco Marques, and London-Queensland (1881); Calcutta-Australia (1885); Calcutta-New Zealand, and Bombay-East Africa (1896). The fleet was composed of modern screw steamers, and important relationships were formed with the shipbuilders William Denny & Bros. of Dumbarton, and A. & J. Inglis of Glasgow.Mackinnon died in 1893, and James Mackay joined the Board in 1894 (a partner of Mackinnon, Mackenzie & Co since 1881). He went on to become Chairman of the Board in 1913. Significant dates in the history of the company following the death of its founder included the opening of new services to Amoy and Swatow (1904), and Calcutta-Japan (1907). On 1 October 1914 the company amalgamated with the Peninsular & Oriental Steam Navigation Company (P&O), although it continued to operate as BISN Co. In 1957 the P&O and BISN Co. Boards separated, with Sir William Currie remaining Chairman of both. In 1970 Mr Ford Geddes became chairman of P&O, and BISN Co. was absorbed in the P&O Group reorganisation.

Early military pewter button

Local Militia

Georgian watch winder

AA Parsons and Son

1471-83 Edward IV hammered silver halfpenny - 2nd Reign - C in centre of reverse cross

Rev CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

RN Capt / Commander - 1787
RN Lieutenant - 1787

Fantastically crisp condition sceat found in a previous orchard field

c600 AD Saxon silver sceat - sent to EMC database for recording

1.243g, 12.65mm

The coin (EMC 2024.0319) is Series E, VICO variety 1b. This type has symbols that might be read as VICO within the standard on the reverse, which might be a reference to a continental trading centre or vicus.

Best wishes,

Martin

1634 Charles 1st hammered copper rose farthing

1377-1399 Richard II milled silver half penny

Obv RICAR***

Rev /TAS/LON - London mint

Taco'd 1279 Edward 1st hammered silver long cross penny

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1199 John hammered silver voided short cross half penny - Class 5b -5c

Obv hENRIC ****

Rev BENERIT **** - Moneyer Beneit of London mint

Tiny Roman bronze with great detail - sent for ID - turns out to be 600 AD Saxon sceat- just sent off more details so we can get an EMC number issued.

055g, 10.98mm

This is a Series O (Type 40) 'sceat'.

I have recorded this  coin as EMC 2024.0322.

From the evidence of lamination in the images and the low weight this seems to be a contemporary copper alloy plated imitation. Plated imitations seem to have become an increasing problem as the 'sceat' coinage progressed in the first half of the eighth century.

1422-61 Henry VI hammered silver halfpenny - annulet issue

double saltire stops - annulaets in oppoising quadrants on reverse

Obv +hENRIC x REX x ANGL

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Unknown thick copper coin Crown C7 ID'd by Virg Phil

2.63g,14.75mm

Features

Issuer	Danish India
King	Christian VII (1766-1808)
Type	Standard circulation coin
Year	1770
Value	4 Cash (4 Kas) (1⁄20)
Currency	Royalin (1730-1818)
Composition	Copper
Weight	2.4 g
Shape	Round (irregular)
Demonetized	Yes
Number	N# 71420

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver farthing - Type 30 -chubby cheeks

Obv *** DVS REX A

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Roman bronze ring

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