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2nd - 1300 BC gold Torc - reported as treasure to museum

27.8g, 82.3 L mm x 7.7 mm dia

Gold Luckenbooth brooch reported as treasure to museum

0.91g, 20mm H x 16mm W

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross penny

Obv hENRICVS REX III

Moneyer Nicole of Canterbury mint

Royal Navy Lieutenant - 1748

RN Flag Officer - 1748
Full Dress - 1748 - 1767

British museum London SW - silver item tag J56545

No results from searching BM website

c50BC Celtic gold qtr stater

1.38g, 11.56mm

Latest views from the experts from previous coin we found


"it's an early (perhaps c. 50-40 BC) quarter stater, possibly produced in Essex.
It seems to have developed out of the Gallo-Belgic D quarter stater (Van Arsdell
69), imported in large quantities into Britain from Belgic Gaul, possibly with
some influence from the so-called 'Kentish trophy type' (Van Arsdell 147) of a
very similar period.


This particular type is unpublished in any major catalogue,

1247 Henry III hammered silver penny

Obv hENRICVS REX

Rev ROB/ERT/ONL/VND - Moneyer Robert of London mint

1195 - 1230 William 1 The Lion of Scotland hammered silver penny - Short cross and stars issue

Obv WILE****

Rev ADAM ON RORE - Moneyer Adam of Roxburgh mint

Medieval silver utensil - reported as treausre to museum

15thC Venetian soldino hammered silver coin

Obverse description: Doge kneeling left holding banner. Often mint control marks to right (a star/letters).
Obverse inscription: [Name of Doge]

BR in right field
Reverse description: Winged and nimbate lion of St Mark facing within a circle, holding book of gospels.
Reverse inscription: S MARCVS VENETI

1279 Edward 1st class hammered silver penny 9b

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

18thC crotal bell

Victorian Globe badge

Crown Anchor

RNR

Kings crown

Victorian Sweetheart Brooch RNR button on Gold Bar

Crown Anchor

RNR

Queens crown

Stunning condition (1422-1427) Henry VI Annulet issue hammered silver half groat Calais Mint

Calais mint - Annulet issue - annulets by neck and between two sets of opposing pellets

Standard F type JJ North 1429

Obv hENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL Z FR'

Rev inner VILLA CASTISIE - Calais mint

1351-1352 Edward III hammered gold noble fragment

Obv EDWARD DEI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC D hYB

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

Waterford Militia

Between 1793 and 1815 the 33rd Light Infantry Regiment assembled in Waterford for a month’s training each year with the reservists being paid over this period. The concept was simple if there was a landing by a foreign force these men could be called upon to defend the country. Following the defeat of France in the Napoleonic wars this threat diminished and the militia was disbanded. 

Officer - 1848-1853

80th Regiment of foot button

Description: 80 under Staffs knot under crown within wreath.

Category:​​ Regular Army;

Type of button: Convex 18mm ​;

Metal: Copper Alloy gilt; Backmark​: C JENNENS LONDON 

​Date: 1820-1830  ​

Victorian button of Royal Humane Society

The Royal Humane Society awards medals, testimonials and certificates for acts of bravery in the saving of human life and for effecting successful resuscitations.

1883 Hawaii Kingdom Kalākaua I Historical silver Token

The "1883 Hawaii Kingdom Kalākaua I Historical silver Token" refers to a series of Kalākaua coinage, specifically silver coins (like dollars, half dollars, quarters, and dimes) issued in 1883 under King David Kalākaua I of the Hawaiian Kingdom to promote national pride. These coins feature a portrait of the King on the obverse and the Hawaiian coat of arms on the reverse, were struck at the U.S. Mint in San Francisco, and financed by Claus Spreckels

Victorian ALLISON & Co- Trade token

Victorian Thompson advertising token

Tea, Coffee and Spices sold genuine as imported

An Oz of the best mixed tea

London

1821 Royal mint weight - half gold sovereign - penny weights and grains

Lion stg, left on crown

2.13

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv + EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

Irish 1272 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv EDW ***

Rev CIVI/TAS/DVBL/INIE - Dublin mint

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

Note: Anchors below stock

1817 silver spoon - London mint, George III duty paid bust - b date letter

Maker

William Eley I & William Fearn

(registered Jan 1797 & Oct 1814)

16thC Tudor clothing fastener with religious inscription

IHS: dating from the 8th c., this is an abbreviation for "IHESUS," the way Christ's Name was spelled in the Middle Ages (despite popular belief, the monogram stands neither for "Iesus Hominum Salvator" --"Jesus Saviour of Men" -- nor for "In His Service.") Popularized by St. Bernardine of Siena, the monogram was later used by St. Ignatius of Loyola as a symbol for the Jesuit Order.

The IHS monogram is an abbreviation or shortening of Jesus' name in Greek to the first three letters. Thus ΙΗΣΟΥΣ, ιησυς (iēsus, "Jesus"), is shortened to ΙΗΣ (iota-eta-sigma), sometimes transliterated into Latin or English characters as IHS or ΙΗC.

The symbol is said to appear rarely in the catacombs, only in the catacomb of Priscilla and the atrium of the Capella Gr�ca (Greek Chapel).1 It was popularized in the fifteenth century, however, by Franciscan disciple Bernadine of Sienna as a symbol of peace. In 1541 St. Ignatius Loyola adopted the symbol with three nails below and surrounded by the sun as the seal of the Jesuit order.

Contrary to some authors, the monogram originally stood for neither for Iesus Hominum Salvator ("Jesus Savior of Men") nor for "In His Service." Some attribute its origin to Constantine's vision, where he saw a cross with the inscription "In hoc signo vinces" ("in this sign you shall conquer,"2 which is abbreviated, according to them, as IHS. However, this seems to require a stretch, as do claims that it is really a pagan symbol. The simplest explanation, as an abbreviation of Jesus' name, is best.

Too cracked to clean - could be a

1158 -1189 AD Henry II hammered silver penny ' Tealby' cross and crosslet type

Description: XI with REGIMENT in garter on crowned eight pointed star.  ​

Category:​​ Regular Army;

Type of button: Slight convex 22mm ​;

Metal: Copper Alloy; Backmark​: I NUTTING & SON KING STREET COVENT GARDEN;

​Date: c1803-1820 ​

1794 Hungary Franz 1- miller silver 3 kouzer

Ruler:Emperor Francis II (Franz I)

70BC Morini 'boat tree' Celtic gold qtr stater - reported to museum

1.42g, 10.21mm

Tiny 1300 BC gold ring - reported as treasure

0.36g, 6.7mm dia

1803 Gold ring - London date letter H -duty paid bust of George

1.0g, 22.3 mm L

Maker SG - Could be Saml. &
George but missing the W

One piece Navy button

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

Crown Anchor

RNR

Kings crown

19thC military button

GR

1422-61 Henry VI hammered silver half penny - trefoil by neck

Obv **REX A +

Rev EBO- York mint

Unknown mount with gold rivet

Enamelled Roman figures

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

THE ARMY SERVICE CORPS (1914 -1918)

Taco'd - 1327 Edward III hammered silver groat

London mint

1422-61 Hemry VI hammered silver half penny- Leaf issue -plain cross

Obv + hENRICVS *** LI

Rev CALI/SIE- Calaise mint

1770's George III gold half guinea coin weight

2 pennyweight and 16 grains

1640's Civil War iron cannon ball

42.4mm, 1.6 ich dia - 10oz

Heart attack finds - Modern French 1999 gold Euro coins that look like you popped a gold coin !!

1247 Henry III voided long cross penny

Rev WILLEM - Moneyer Willem

O/R's - 1855-1881

c 1881 - THE 41st REGIMENT OF FOOT. / AFTER 1881 :- 1st Battalion The Welsh Regiment

17thC silver bodkin needle - reported as treasure

Interesting Roman period hanger

1461-1464 Edward IV hammered silver half groat - Heavy issue

Quadtrefoils by neck

9 arches to tressure, fleur on cusps none over crown

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1640's Civil War iron cannon ball

30 mm, 1.2 inch dia -3.5 oz

Beauty 17thC silver seal matrix - Charles II marriage symbol - reported as treasure to museum

1427-30 Henry VI hammered silver groat

Rosette Mascle issue

Obv +hENRIC DI GRA*REX ANGL*Z FRANC

Rev VIL/LAxx/CAL/SIE * - Calais mint

1369- 1377 Edward III hammered silver groat - Closed C & E, St Andrews cross - Post Treaty

Obv + EDWARDx DIx GRAx REXx AN****

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON- London mint

WW1 Silver Wound Badge For King and Empire Services Rendered Replacement Badge

 For King and Empire Services rendered

The solution was the retrospective award of a special badge, made from sterling silver, to indicate that the wearer had once honourably served his King and Country but was no longer fit enough to do so. It was called the Silver War Badge and bears the inscriptions 'For King and Empire' and 'Services Rendered'.

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver farthing

Obv +EDWARDVS REX

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

0.35g, 11.26 mm

1327-35 Edward III hammered silver farthing - Type 32

Obv **** REX AG

Rev CIVI/TAS/**/DON - London mint

0.31g, 11.85 mm

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv **WAR **

Rev Quadrefoil at centre of reverse corss - York mint

1603 -4 James 1st hammered silver penny

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Rev **RANGL DNS

Rev CIVI/;TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

The 92nd Highland Regiment was a British infantry regiment raised in 1794 by the Duchess of Gordon with a shilling between her lips. They formed the 2nd battalion of the Gordon Highlanders on its inception in 1881.

Description: 92 within plain inner circle.

Category:​​ Regular Army;

Type of button: Convex 15mm ​;

Metal: Copper Alloy silvered; Backmark​: EXTRA STRONG PLATED 

​Date: c1820-1840  ​

1504-9 Henry VII hammered silver half groat -Martloet mint mark

York, Archbishop Bainbridge - two keys under shield

Size comparison Henry VII half groat to George penny

Very Rare 1100 AD Henry 1st hammered silver half penny - Quadrilateral on cross fleury type

Born around 1068, very little is known of Henry’s early life: as the youngest son of William the Conqueror he had never expected to be king.

Inheriting the throne from his eldest brother William II, Henry embraced his new found role in an enthusiastic manner, introducing modernising reforms and centralising the powers of the crown.

He was an educated and decisive ruler, being the only brother who was literate and fluent in English he earned himself the nickname Henry Beauclere, meaning good writer.

His path to becoming king and his subsequent rule however was not without its challenges, which all began with his father’s death in 1087.

In his inheritance, having lost one son to a hunting accident, William the Conqueror left his patrimonial lands of Normandy to his eldest son Robert. His younger son William Rufus was destined to receive England whilst Henry was given a considerable sum of money as well as his mother’s lands in Buckinghamshire and Gloucestershire.

The brothers however were far from satisfied with the arrangement and continued to war with each other throughout their entire lives.

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv *AR ANGL DNS hBY

Rev CIVI/;TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

Victorian Westminster work house button

A corroded button from an inmates uniform at the St Margaret and St John, Westminster Union workhouse

The parish of St James Piccadilly erected a workhouse on Poland Street in 1725 for the able-bodied poor. This was taken over by the newly-formed Westminster Union in 1868. The workhouse closed in or shortly after 1913.

In 1914 the site was used for housing wartime refugees - 200 Russian Jews, mostly from Antwerp. It became the Poland Street Institute for Jews. 1925 much of the site was reconstructed as a garage, but not the western section where the plaque is found.

Scotland Alexander 1249-1286 hammered silver penny Class 4

obv - ALEXANDER DEI GRA

Rev -REX SCOTORUM - King of Scotland

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver half penny

Obv +EDW ***** DNS hBY

Rev CIVI/;TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver half penny

Obv +EDWA**

Rev N/TOR -Canterbury mint

Georgian lead tobacco jar lid handle

1300-1310 Edward II hammered silver farthing

0.336g, 12.15mm

Obv +ED**** X

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Large 1stC Roman bronze coin sent for ID

6.96g, 25.6mm

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross penny

Rev IVR/DAN/**/**N - Moneyer Ivrdan of Winchester mint

First World War period Canadian Expeditionary Force MGC cap badge; die stamped bronze / brass crossed vickers guns surmounted by a crown with 'CANADA' scroll below.

Anacient gold ring - reported as treasure to museum

Top part of ring is soldered

5.2g, 68.2mm L

Examples of twisted wire Viking rings with cross hatching

45 BC to 25BC Addedomarus Celtic gold full stater - Trinovantian tribe - reported to museum

5.48g, 15.9mm

45 BC to 25BC Addedomarus Celtic gold full stater - Trinovantian tribe- reported to museum

5.48, 18.33mm

1569 Elizabeth 1st hammerede silver sixpence - Coronet mint mark

1485-1509 Irish Henry VII hammered silver penny

Rose at centre of reverse cross

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

obv hENRIC DI GRA REX ANGLIE Z FRANCE

Rev inner VILLA CASTISIE - Calais mint

Rev outer - POSVI DEVM ADIVTORE MEVM

1189 Henry II hammered silver short cross penny - Class 1b-2

Obv hENRICVS REX

Rev ON.LVNDE +RAVL Monyer Ravl of London mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - Cross Pattee Class 8a

Obv +EDWAR' ANGL DNS hYB

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.

45 BC to 25BC Addedomarus Celtic gold full stater - Trinovantian tribe- reported to museum

5.45g, 20mm

Dubnovellaunos 25 BC to 5 AD CCeltic gold qtr stater- reported to museum

1.36g, 12.34mm

1300 BC Bronze Age socketed axe head

55.24mm L x 32mm W x 11.42 mm T

1300 BCBronze Age socketed chisle

400mm L x 27mm W x 15.88 mm T

Large Bronze Age ingot- mutiliple chunks found with the axe hoard

82.81 mm W x 18.8 mm T x51.3 mm H

17thC gilded decorated finger ring

1602 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

1327 Edward III hammered silver groat

Obv + EDW*********

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1351-2 Edward III hammered silver groat (4 pence) - Series C

Obv + EDW*** REX ANGL Z FRANC

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

O/R's - 1881-1901

THE 16TH. (THE QUEEN'S) LANCERS (1812 - 1922)

Unknown 1800's 73rd Volunteer regiment

GH ?

Unknown Loyal Volunteers button

LW

1353 - May 1355 Edward III hammered silver groat

Obv + EDWARDVS REX ANGLI Z ***

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWA***** hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

Unknown copper arrow shaped relic

1247 Henry III hammered silover voided half penny

Rev VND/NIC - Moneyer Nicole of London mint

c1784-1797 ​ 31st Regiment of foot button

Notes: ​The 31st Regt of Foot gained the Huntingdonshire title in 1782. This style is believed to have stayed in use until around 1820.

1422- 60 Henry VI hammered silver penny

Rose on breast - quadrefoil and pellet at centre of reverse cross

Rev TAS/EBO - York mint

4.4g, 20.6mm

Great Find!
too bad it's so banged up, but I have seen jewelers' restorations of waffled and folded dug gold that look like they were never damaged.

Valentinian I, 364-365 AD
Obverse: D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG / Reverse: VICTOR-IA AVGG
Valentinian I and Valens seated facing.
I can't make sense of the exergual mintmark which should be something like TR • OB if it's from the mint at Trier, as is likely for a British find - what I can see looks like COM [.]. There does appear to be T - R in the fields to left and right of the emperors, so maybe the exergue is actually COM • OB ("good gold")
If it were CON we'd have Constantinople, but according to my references, Valentinian I didn't strike this type of solidus at Constantinople (only at Trier, Siscia and Thessalonica)- so it's a little puzzling. Of course, I really don't see all that much Roman gold so I don't know all the ins and outs of the series.
A totally off-the-wall mint mark can sometimes be a marker for a contemporary copy (I hate saying ancient "counterfeit" or "forgery"), but it's a possibility.
Insofar as I can tell from the visible details, it looks like official Imperial workmanship. Also, gold typically comes out of the ground a bit cleaner than this since pure gold is non-reactive and doesn't accumulate the deposits you find on silver or bronze, so who knows?
If it gets cleaned up (I'd recommend mild detergent in warm water and gentle scrubbing with nothing stiffer than a cut-down toothbrush) send me new photos and I'll try to dial in the attribution more closely.
Cheers!
Mark

Ancient gold band - Bronze Age design c 1300 BC

3.8g, 28.6 mm L x 14.34 mm H x 0.6mm T

1632-3 Charles 1st hammered silver half crown (30 pence) - harp mint mark

14.2g, 34.2mm x 3.1 mm T

978-1016 Aethelred II Saxon hammered silver penny - sent to EMC for ID and recording

Obv Armoured bust left to edge of coin, legend commences at lower left

Obv + EÐELRED REX ANG,

Rev Voided cross and quatrefoil

+AR.NDO M-O EOF - York moneyer Arnthor

1.35g, 19.49mm

1682 Dutch duit hammered copper coin

Dutch Colonial New York Penny

Victorian button

Royal Alfred Aged Merchant Seaman's Institution

A Post Medieval biface bone token, dating to the 19th century. The token is circular with 2d (Two pence) carved into each side.  Obverse: 2d Reverse:

PAS :LON-CD7E3C

Unknown medieval hammered silver penny- not known legend errors

Possible Continental imitation

Obv +E *********** A

Rev LOC/IVI

From the end of the 12th century, the English penny, known for it's good silver, became a standard in north-west Europe. Merchants in the Low Countries (especially Flanders, Brabant, Hainaut) went to England to buy the high quality wool and paid with English pennies.
To get them they exchanged silver bars and/or light weighted coins in English coin work shops. To avoid exchange rates and increase profits, they soon started minting their own copies. In the same alloy and weight but also in baser material to earn more money. As the majority of the medieval population could not read, it was no problem if the legends were not correct or with the name of the local count and mint. If it looks correct, it must be correct!

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

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

Note: Anchors below stock

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

1935 Enameled trumpet badge

Button and badge makers, medalists, based 116 & 118, Branstone Street., Birmingham 18; Harold William Miller succeeded founder William Miller in 1935; noted for production of earliest Robinson's Golly brooches

1351 Edward III hammered silver penny - Pre treaty A

Annulets in 4 quadrants in reverse pellets

Obv EDWAR **ANGLIE

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1356-61 Edward III hammered silver half groat- Pre Treaty Series G

Annulet in one quadant on reverse

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1351-2 Edward III hammered silver groat - Cross 1 Type F

Obv + EDWARD D G REX ANGL Z FRANC D HYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Bronze Age ingots and casting waste from Axe hoard reported to museum

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve

Kings crown

Columbia token

The 1820-1830 'Columbia' Farthing is a British-made copper token, likely minted in Birmingham, that features "COLUMBIA" on the obverse and a figure of Britannia on the reverse. It is an enigmatic piece, possibly produced with the intention of being exported to the new country of Colombia, but was not. It was never used there and remains primarily found in Britain, likely rejected because Colombia did not use such base metal coinage at the time

Capt / Commander - 1774-1787 period

Unknown Navy button

MSA

Unknown Victorian 'Hospital Staff'' Army button

Queens crown

Bronze Age ingots and casting waste from Axe hoard reported to museum

166g, 40mm L x 34mm H x 24.8mm T

1353- 1355 Edward III hammered silver half groat - Pre treaty series E , annulet stop on obv, IM Cross 2, closed C&E, 9 arches to tressure No trefoils over crown

Obv + EDWARDVS REX *** II CI

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Royal Navy Tunic Button, British Anchor Brass Reeded Button

Kings crown

Army belt buckle

Queens crown

Interesting looking gold band with chamfered edges

0.79g, 23.5mm L

Bronze Age ingots and casting waste from Axe hoard reported to museum

17g, 33 mm L x 14.8mm W x 11.3mm T

Bronze Age ingots and casting waste from Axe hoard reported to museum

13.4g, 21.8 mm T

Post medieval Animal headed coat hook

Bronze Age ingots and casting waste from Axe hoard reported to museum

45mm L x 36mm H x 23mm T, 172g

1830 College royal de Rennes button

Bouton COLLÈGE ROYAL DE Rennes . France, Vers 1830.

Early medievaal gilded mount

Description: 63 incised within eight pointed star.

Category:​​ Regular Army;

Type of button: Flat 22mm ​;

Metal: Copper Alloy silvered; Backmark​: I McGOWAN GERRARD ST LONDON

​Date: c1800-1820  ​

An officers example to the 63rd unusally with incised rather than raised numerals, known as the 63rd Regt of Foot 1758-1782 and then West Suffolk 1782-1881.

1454-1460 Henry VI hammered silver penny- Cross pellet

Quadrefoil with Cross at centre of reverse cross

Rev CIVI/TAS/EBO/RACI - York mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON

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