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Celtic gold qtr stater Cunobelin biga type 10 to 40 AD

Sent to CCI for recording 1.36g, 10.93mm

11,000 BC stone age axe head

125.18mm L x 51.60mm W x 26.01mm T

17thC Charles II silver button - reported the museum as treasure
15thC lead token

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided half penny- Class II or III

Obv HENRICVS REX

Rev - ***/ARD/ONL/*** - Moneyer Richard of Lincoln

1487-9 Henry VII hammered silver halfpenny - Rose mintmark - crosses by neck - open crown

Type 1C

Obv HENRIC DI GRA REX - colon stops to end of legend

 

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

12.85mm,0.41g
1819 George III milled silver shilling (12 pence)
Medieval lead papel badge
RN Capt / Commander - 1774
Var. 03 . . . 1774 - 1787
In use 1774 - 1787
RN Capt / Commander - 1825
1855- 1930 Princess Royal 7th Dragoon guards button
18thC clog fastener
1849 Victoria milled silver groat (4 pence)
Post medeival lead bale seal
Roman bronze cotter pin
This lead figurine looks very old and the animal is a strange beast - one for the museum to look at
1930's safety razor handle ?
Interesting jewelry clasp with arabic type inscription
 
Medieval buckle
18thC silver button
Medieval lead coin weight
  

1917 Chester hallmarked 18 carat gold ring with diamond maker W&H Ld

William Hutchinson
Belgrave Terrace
Birmingham

Assay Office Chester
Georgian gold on silver signet ring - no hall marks

13thc Vessica seal matrix - Sacificial lamb of god - ECCEAG NVS DEI

Huge Medeival cloisonné enamel-work mount

1723 George 1st milled silver shilling - SSC first bust

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided half penny

DAV/ION/LVN/DEN - Moneyer Davi of London mint

1217-1242 Henry III hammered silver short cross half penny - Class 7b

Moneyer Ilger of London mint

1351 -1352 Edward III hammered silver penny - Cross 1 - Pre treaty Series C

Obv EDWARDVS REX ANGLI

Rev CIVI/TAS/DVNE/LIME - Durham mint

1856 Victorian milled silver sixpence

1789 Irish miners Conder half penny

OBVERSE: A bishop's head in profile. CRONEBANE HALFPENNY. Without Crosier. No period. REVERSE: ASSOCIATED IRISH MINERS ARMS dated 1789. Crest has windlass, shovels, picks, etc. EDGE: PAYABLE IN LANCASTER LONDON OR BRISTOL

 
1907 Edward VII milled silver sixpence
17thC Charles II silver button - reported the museum as treasure

1217/8 Henry III hammered silver short cross half penny - Class 6d

Rev *NTE + TOM - Moneyer Thomas of Canerbury
Not sure of the date of this silver brooch with gold eyes but it's construction could be 16thC Tudor - reported to museum as potential treasure
1580-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - 5th issue latin cross mintmark
1573-8 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver 3 pence - Eglantine mintmark

1377 Richard II hammered silver half penny- Type 3

OBV +RICARDxREXx:ANGL

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint
Roman Faustina II - wife of Marcus Aurelius (161-180 AD)
Mid 4thC House of Constantine Roman bronze coin
Mid 4thC House of Constantine Roman bronze coin

2nd C Roman bronze sent for ID

What you have here is an early-issue As of Hadrian (I assume it's an As, based on your size-description)  Even though I can't guarantee I'm quoting you the entire set of legends verbatim, the bust-type is the one Hadrian used at the beginning of his reign - c. 117-122, so the obverse legend should be IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG. and the "...NVS...", visible at 12:00 obverse, fits with that legend-type and the long-chested (short bearded) busts of this era.
The reverse type is Fortuna Redux seated left, holding rudder and cornucopiae, and probably has for its circumferential legend PONT MAX TR POT COS III; S - C - and, as you can clearly read, FORT[una] RED[ux] in the exergue.
 
According to RIC vol II (not the most up-to-date reference at the moment, and in the process of being re-written), the only time an As of this type occured in the series was c. 120-122, # 578.  It's a common type recurring almost yearly on both sestertii and dupondii, but since this is the only mention of an As for this type, that's the only reason I can give you such a presumably accurate date and details of the parts you can't see or read on this coin.
 
Mark

 
Not sure on this early seal matrix as the lettering is North Afican or Asian - does anyone know what is means >- one for the museum

Victorian gold pendant found by Org Eric

Monster relic - 4thC Roman gold coin contemporary forgery 1.28g, 17.59mm

This coin has a Shewolf & Twins reverse which is typically found on the VRBS ROMA, City of Rome commemorative, reduced-module folles introduced around 330 AD., at the time Constantinople became the official seat of Constantine's government. These have a helmeted and mantled bust of the allegorical personification of the City of Rome facing left on their obverses.  

Mark Lehman

That's a very interesting piece - however, even though counterfeits came into existence about 3 hours after coins were invented, this isn't a counterfeit.  It's not an ancient forgery or counterfeit made to deceive, at any rate.   It's also not an "official forgery" (like the plated Athenian Owls) and is unlikely to be a simple contemporary copy with some local, semi-legitimacy, because there simply was no gold coin of this type.
 
Typically, fourres of Roman gold coins date to a somewhat earlier time - primarily the 1st century - I don't think gold circulated much after that time.  It was used as a store of value or for major transactions like land purchases, but people weren't carrying it around as a regular thing in the 4th century.  The fact that almost all the gold of this era ever found is virtually uncirculated attests to the lack of circulation.  Those 1st century BC & AD fourres were typically made by wrapping a base (generally copper) core with a fairly thick foil of silver (the vast majority of fourres are silver) or gold which was "soldered" to the core by introducing a layer of a powdered flux and heating the resulting blanks before striking.  Except when the die-sinking was so amateurish that it's impossible to miss, or the core becomes exposed, these are fairly believable - except that their weight is generally low for the type. However, this expensive, labor-intensive foil-wrap technique had gone just about totally out of existence in the late 2nd, early 3rd century, since the silver it was made to copy had become so debased that the official "silver" itself had to resort to surface-enrichment techniques to pass for silver.  Those same techniques were a lot cheaper and easier for the forgers, too, so you find "silvered" fourres beginning at this time.
 
However, this appears to have been plated by electrolysis (possibly a pre-electric, strictly chemical process) or some other type of plating, rather than wrapping or selective reduction (surface enrichment) technology.  It's obviously been buried a while - the edge-chipping seems consistent with contemporary types you find (these date to the period 330-340) and the host coin appears to be a completely legitimate piece - RIC VII 561 from Trier.  This puts it in an "after-market plating" situation.  And the reasons people plate coins are numerous, and being personal, are seldom easily explained.  This doesn't seem, strictly speaking, to be a "modern" plating job (post 1500), but it really could have been done at any time and for any reason - except to be a "counterfeit" by the strict definition of a counterfeit.
 
The VRBS ROMA / shewolf & twins reduced folles were silvered when issued - although the silvery coating seldom survives to the present day.  We nevertheless need to be sure this isn't discolored silvering.  If it was definitely an applied, "golden" coating (gold or otherwise), it could have been done at any time.
 
Mark

 
Victorian silver ring - part makers mark showing
15thC leasd token - type 2
15thC lead token
Georgian buckle
15thC lead token
18thC bullion cup weight - outside weight set with handle locations
18thC decorated ramrod guide
1554 Mary hammered silver groat
19thC livery button
16thC clothing fastener
Saxon gilded silver T brooch ? The serpent design is typically Saxon, is it a modern copy ? - reported to museum as possible treasure

 

C10thC Saxon fretwork strap end - 39.19mm L x 20.90mm W

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
19thC livery button
19thC 24th Regiment of foot button
18thC clog fastener
Royal Marines button
19thC silver thimble
1550-1650 buckle
1600-1720 buckle
Royal Air force cap badge
Roman bronze mount
Post medieval lead Belgium bale seal
1931 George V milled silver sixpence
1746 George II milled silver penny
1696 Willliam III milled silver sixpence - Coventry mint
1901 Victoria milled silver shilling (12 pence)
1684 Charles II milled silver 4 pence

1781 Friedrich II milled silver 1 Schilling

German State of Mecklenburg-Schwerin

18thC silver button
78th Regiment of Foot
( Ross-shire Buffs )
 
Officer (Silver)- 1793-1810
1877 Victoria milled silver sixpence
Royal Navy - Officers (Roped Rim) Lined Background 17.5mm - 1843-1891
15thC lead token
1817 George III milled silver sixpence
1898 Victoria milled silver shilling (12 pence)

1729 French Louis XV milled silver - 1/2 ECU (44 Sols)

13.98g, 32.75mm

 

 

Part 'cooked'

Roman silver coin straight into the 'cooker' to remove the 'crust'

1696 William III milled silver sixpence
1911 George V medallion - Presented by Norris the Mayor of Fulham borough
18thC toy cannon
48th Regiment of Foot
( Northamptonshire )
O/R's - 1855-1881 (Var)
15thC lead token - type 2
RN Capt / Commander - 1774
Var. 03 . . . 1774 - 1787
In use 1774 - 1787
Victorian silver padlock
16thC serpent buckle

Medieval hammered silver penny

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON
18thC bell clapper
16thC Tudor button
Essex regiment cap badge
Interesting key ?
17thC mount with black stone

1190-1194 AD Richard 1st hammered silver shortcross penny - Class 3

Obv - HENRICVS REX

Rev WILLELM.ON.LVD - Moneyer Willelm of London mint

1.33g, 19.94mm
1639-40 Charles 1st hammered silver shilling (12 pence) - Tower mint under Charles - Triangle mintmark

1215 Henry III hammered silver shortcross penny - Class 7b

Obv - HENRICVS REX
1645 Charles 1st hammered silver half groat (2 pence) Tower mint under Charles - Eye mintmark
1787 George III milled gold half guinea
Decorated gold locket with red stone - reported as possible treasure to museum
c13thC Medieval seal matrix - impression appears to be mythical beast

1217/8 Henry III hammered silver penny - Class 6d

Obv HENRICVS REX

Rev TOMAS.ON.CANT - Moneyer Tomas of Canterbury mint

1341 Edward III hammered silver florin penny

Obv EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint
1891 Victoria milled silver sixpence

 

1341 Edward III hammered silver florin penny

Obv **WR AN *** -

Rev ** VI/TA** Civitas coin
15thC lead token
Georgian button
1913 George V milled silver sixpence
1939 George VI milled silver sixpence
Religious medallion
Georgian button
19thC livery button
French King Louis XVI (b1765-d1793) copper coin .  His bust is encircled by the Latin legend LUD-XVI-D-G FR-ET-NAV-REX (Louis XVI, King of France and Navarre

Unknown hammered silver penny - Rampant Lion in shiled which should make it Scottish, voided long cross making it around 1247, cross type 3 in quadrants on reverse, initial mark cross type 3 like an Edward III.

Facinating coin I will be researching more
Medieval gilded hooked mount - 2 rivet fixings
Medieval pot leg
134AD Hadrian roman bronze coin
Medieval lead coin weight
19thC livery button

1341 Edward III hammered silver florin penny

Obv EDWAR R ANGL DNS HYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint
1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat (2 pence) - Marlet mint mark
1649 Commonwealth hammered silver half groat (2 pence)

1204/5 King John hammered silver shortcross penny - Class 5c

Obv HENRICVS REX

Rev WALTER .ON.LVD
Georgian gold watch winder
Medeival lead gaming piece
Georgian silver thimble
Curios silver hall mark not in book ? 3 turrets of Newcastle ?
Georgian harness mount
18thC bayonet frog
Cast copper alloy mount of probable late medieval or post medieval date (1400-1600).

Harness mount

Date from: AD 1540
Date to: AD 1700

1653 Jeremy Erds of Manningtree Essex hammered copper trade farthing

c13thC Medieval seal matrix - sacrificial lamb type
 
1915 Silver cane band - London hall mark - date letter U
18thC silver button
  
1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross halfpenny
Medieval (1250-1500) cast copper alloy bar mount
1667 Richard Barrell, Grocer of Hadleigh Suffolk hammered copper trade farthing

1341 Edward III hammered silver penny - die error

Obv EDWR C ANGL DNS HYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint
1642 Charles 1st hammered silver penny- Shrewsbury mint
Medeival hammered silver longcross penny
Late medeival silver mount - reported to museum as treasure
Facinating coin find - Tudor period copper coin when no copper coins were produced. Possible Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat forgery ?
1582-4 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat (2 pence) - A mintmark

1356-1357 Edward III hammered silver half groat - Pre treaty Series Ga

Annulet between pellets under POSV on reverse

Obv EDWARDVS REX ANGL FRAN

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint
11,000 BC flint axe head
1907 Edward VII milled silver sixpence
Cast copper alloy mount of probable late medieval or post medieval date (1400-1600).
1634 Charles 1st hammered copper rose farthing
Royal Army mediecal corp cap badge

 
Large lead arm from a figurine
1500-1700 mount
15thC lead token - type 2
Georgian watch winder
15thC lead token - type 2
1550-1650 buckle
13thC hammered silver shortcross cut halfpenny
Royal Marines button
RN Capt / Commander - 1774
Var. 03 . . . 1774 - 1787
In use 1774 - 1787
17thC lead token
16thC Tudor S buckle
UNITED KINGDOM
Royal London Yacht Club
R. T. Y. C. - R. T. Y. C.
London, England
In use 1837 - 1901
Britain's Merchant Navy
Generic Design Issue
In use 1900 's onwards
Victorian 1/2 oz trade weight
17thC decorated crotal bell

Harness ring or terret ring from the late Iron Age

Broad period: IRON AGE
Period from: IRON AGE

Date from: Circa 300 BC
Date to: Circa AD 100

Superb decorated medieval hawking bell - reported as treasure to the museum

Medieval strapend

1801 Danish 2 skilling silver coin
1606-7 James 1st hammered silver one pence - Escallop mint mark
1866 Victoria milled silver sixpence
18thC silver button
15thC lead token
1350-1500 Medieval French coin weight - unrecorded - similar design to the parisis d'or of Philip IV
1592-5 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny -Tun mintmark
Unusual love token - 1818 George III milled silver sixpence - stamped WP
1544 Henry VIII hammered silver groat (4 pence)
15thC lead token
Georgian silver fob seal hanger
1696 William III milled silver sixpence
1909 Edward VII milled silver sixpence
1504-7 Henry VII hammed silver groat - Cosslet mint mark - Regular profile issue. Three bands to crown, hair to shoulders

1718 George 1st milled silver shilling (12 pence)
1582-4 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat (2 pence) - A mintmark
1935 George V milled silver sixpence

Taco'd 1216 Henry III shortcross hammered silver penny - Class 7b

Rev +GIFFREI.ON.LVD - Moneyer Giffrei of London mint

1582-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat (2 pence) - Bell mintmark
1893 Victoria milled silver shilling

1793 Suffolk Sudbury Halfpenny Condor

OBVERSE: Shield of Arms of Sudbury; dog, lion. MAY THE TRADE OF SUDBURY FLOURISH. REVERSE: PRO BONO PUBLICO 1793. EDGE: PAYABLE AT GOLDSMITH & SONS SUDBURY .XXX.

19thC livery button
Silver thistle - possible Scottish regiment badge

1897 Birmingham - Silver initialed brooch - 'MIZPAH'

Marker Sydenham Bros
Tenby Street
Birmingham

Mizpah (emotional bond), an emotional bond between people who are separated
1816 George III milled silver sixpence
1882 French 5 centimes copper coin
19thC buckle
Georgian button

 

97th Regiment of Foot
( Earl of Ulster's )
O/R's - (Brass) - 1855-1881

 
Netherlands
Royal Netherlands Navy

Engineering

From 1890
1550-1650 buckle
WWII Air raid police button
19thC horse harness bell
1795 Royal artillery
   
   
   

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