2006 Finds page 5

Trinovantes Clacton type Celtic gold 1/4 stater 50BC 1.28g, 13.72mm

06.0492. Not much I can say about these except that the second one is probably the later of the two, struck from a rather more stylized reverse die. But 'later' in this context might only be a matter of days or weeks, I don't think these coins were struck over a very long period'.

10th/11thC Late Saxon stirrup mount - Type 12 openwork version Page 7 - fig 312, David Williams

20.10g, 46.78mm L x 27.47mm W x 4.99mm T

1586 Hans Krauwincel II Rose orb Jeton

1586 Hans Krauwincel II Rose orb Jeton

HANNS KRAVWINCKEL IN NVRENB

Fish design hunting buttton

 

1586 Hans Krauwincel II Rose orb Jeton

European copper dated 1810

'This is a 2 (or 4) Skilling Courant from Norway. Ruled at the time by the Danish king Frederik VI. The crossed hammers in the date are an "instant identifier" for Norway.'

It is not possible to see in the picture if it is 2 or 4 Skilling and they are also very close in size: 2 Skilling is 28 mm and 4 Skilling is 33 mm.The 2 Skilling 1810 is common, low value, but if it is 4 Skilling it is very rare! Only 4 years later, in 1814 Norway came under Swedish rule until 1905.

1603 James 1st, Gold Double crown, 2nd coinage, revalued coin weight - obv I.R.M BRITAN

Rev Crown with XI S

1895 Silver initialled ring - 'MIZPAH' - Birmingham hall mark date letter V 2.09g, 16.52mm dia

Lodge item . . . The Shriners.

19thC token - Tooles 'class whiskeys'

'R A1'

rev reads 'Leadenhall St London'

Neat find 18thC token - reads obv ' Good wine needs to bush'

'British Tea Warehouse - 4 Bitter Lane'

1619 -1625 Half gold laurel of James 1st square coin weight , 3rd coinage 4.20g

obv Crown XS, rev James 1st bust

Curious coin dated 1834 - William IV period - must be a token

'This coin is from the Ionian Islands acquired by Britain in 1809-14 and left to Greece in 1864. You can see the text "IONIKON KRATOS" on the coin and depending on diameter it can be 1 Lepton (15mm), 2 Lepta (22mm), 1 Obol (28mm) or 2 Oboli (34mm).

/Yngve

Fascinating copper alloy 'A' punch - Shaft has the markings VIIII on one face, F F F inscribed on the other three sides.

It is pre industrial as it is hand made with no machining so probably Georgian in date. It appears to have had a wooden handle and probably used in leather work.

1634 -36 Charles 1st Rose hammered copper farthing type 2

Obv CAEOLU D G MA FRA

Rev FRA ET HI REX

1844 Victorian half farthing (1/8 penny)

Fractional farthings were issued from 1839. Copper half farthings, 1920 to the pound, were used in Britain, and also in many Colonial countries where lower denomination coins were needed.
They were issued from 1839 to 1856, and their reverse design was the inscription "HALF FARTHING" in two lines, with a crown above.

4thC Roman Barbarous Radiate coin

No, it's not "Barbarous", it's an official issue of Rome - and more interesting speculating how it got to Britain for this, since it's Gallienus - almost certainly dating to his sole reign, 260-268 A.D. after the capture of his co-regnal father, Valerian I, by the Persians. Britain and Northern Europe were part of the break-away Gallic Empire at the time, most likely under Postumus. Unfortunately very little legend remains on that specimen to help pin it down specifically, and Gallienus had, by far, the largest and most varied number of coin-types in the 3rd century. That appears to be a centaur, left, so my best guess would be that the reverse legend should be: APOLLINI CONS AVG - a large series which included a number of mythical creatures as the reverses.

Mark