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  • 2011 Nov finds page

     

    C 1stC AD Celtic drinking vessel spout - face decoration

    34.94mm W x 20.63mm L - 27.20g

     

    1640's Civil war lead bullet melting bowl ?

    June 1361-1369 Edward III hammered silver half groat - Treaty B - double annulet and satire stops, Treaty X

    Obv EDWARDVS REX ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON

    21.97mm, 2.24g

    16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
    1604 James 1st hammered silver penny Medieval buckle with integral plate
    Stunning 16thC Tudor clothing fastener - gold on silver reported to museum as treasure
    1634 Charles 1st hammered copper rose farthing 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
    17thC George Nicolson, grocers of Thorpe Le Soken Essex hammered copper trade farthing

    1464 -70 Edward IV hammered silver halfpenny - Trefoils by neck

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

    1475 Dutch -Karel de Stoute -silver DOUBLE STUIVER 1475 Dutch -Karel de Stoute -silver DOUBLE STUIVER

    1935 George V milled silver sixpence Medieval purse bar

    A Post Medieval cast copper alloy lozenge shaped mount

    Chronology

    Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
    Period from: POST MEDIEVAL

    Date from: Circa AD 1500
    Date to: Circa AD 1700

    Roman lead ballista shot
    Medieval lead gaming piece Roman lead trade weight

    1204 King John hammered silver penny - Class 5a2

    Obv WALTER.ON.LVD - Moneyer Walter of London

     

    BC Republican Roman silver straight into the 'cooker' to remove crust

    32 BC Mark Antony, Legionary silver Denarius. ANT.AVG.III.VIR.R.P.C Galley, Legionary Eagle between two standards

     

    Amazing detail under the crud, I think I recognise this coin as a Mark Antony Galley coin - sent to Mark Lehman for ID - more cooking to do yet

     

    That's right, although I wouldn't call this a "tribute" type, this is a denarius struck by Marc Antony to pay the troops and for supplies during the campaign which ended in the defeat of his forces by those of Octavian (later Augustus) and Agrippa at the great sea-battle of Actium in 31 BC.  These pieces, which enumerate his various legions on the reverse, are presumed to have been struck by a travelling mint accompanying his forces during the winter of 32/31 BC at his headquaters in Patrae.

    Some of the legions named on the coins are found only occasionally or rarely if at all.  This one appears (as well as I can make out from the photo) to name legion II (2) - you can look at the area between the "aquila" - the legionary eagle and the standard to the right on the reverse to confirm which legion is named with a Roman numeral.  If it is II, it's one of the more commonly found legions in this series.

    The legend on the obverse, along with the galley, is  ANT AVG III VIR R P C, which names Antony as Augur and Triumvir. 

    Due to being somewhat debased silver, these remained in circulation in some areas for 250-300 years and are often found in northern European hoards worn so smooth that all you can do is identify them as legionary denarii - this piece is in far nicer condition than these are generally found - it must have been lost relatively soon after it was minted.

    Mark

     
    Georgian axe mount
    Georgian Naval fob seal - Man standing leaning left resting on anchor
    1940's George VI milled silver sixpences
    1927 George V milled silver sixpences 18thC Condor token
    Georgian mount Royal Irish Constabulary 1820 George III milled silver sixpence

    1344 Edward III hammered silver penny - Florin type

    Obv EDWAR R ANGL DNS YB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR- Canterbury mint

    Medieval buckle plate
    Roman handle mount 1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny
    1634 Charles 1st hammered silver penny 18thC clog fastener 15thC lead token
    Royal Navy - Officers (Roped Rim) Lined Background 17.5mm - 1843-1891
    15thC casket key 1464-70 Edward IV hammered silver penny - Quatrefoils by neck
     

    1464 Edward IV hammered silver penny - quatrefoil in reverse cross - Quatrefoils by neck

    Rev CIVI/TAS/EBO/RACI - York mint

     

     

     

    Monster find - C12thC Early medieval gold ring - reported as treasure to museum

    Interesting hand punched lettering which has a barred A with additional top bar like on short cross coins of Class7 and an unbarred A also on the ring.

    "DEBAL GUD GUDANI +" which is Gothic, meaning "God of Gods"

     

    4.22g, 4.49mm H x 22.59mm W

    As dug, nearly 'cooked' and final pictures - just sent to Mark for his final ID

    17.81mm, 3.28g

    Equals the oldest coin found in Britain at 211 BC

     

    Early Roman silver coin - straight into 'cooker' to clean off horn silver crust

    This dates, as far as I can tell - since no trace of symbol has become visible beneath the horses or between the heads of the Dioscuri - to the earliest issue of actual Denarii, as distinct from the earlier Drachma-denominated silver coinage.  It dates to the period 211-206 BC (according to the most recent scholarship on dating) and would be RSC # 2 (Roman Silver Coinage) - if that catalog number gives you some idea of how close to the beginning of the book it's found. This first coinage was anonymous, lacking even symbols to potentially indicate via association (or pun) the names of the families of moneyers.  This is actually the 3rd type produced (so far as I can tell) "ROMA" in the exergue of this specimen appears to be in relief.  On the very earliest ROMA was incuse, and a transitional type had ROMA partially incuse and partially in relief.

    The general types, however, the helmeted head of Roma, inspired by (and, frankly, copied from) the helmeted head of Athena on Corinthian didrachms) with "X" mark of denomination (10 Asses of bronze to the silver Denarius - later it would be re-tariffed at 16) and the Dioscuri, Castor & Pollux, galloping right with levelled lances would be among the very most common devices used on denarii over the next 150 years.  When there was no specific bit of history or family fame being related on a moneyer's denarii, this was one of the 3 main "stock" types, along with Jupiter driving a quadriga and Victory driving a biga.

    I believe this is the earliest Roman coin you folks have turned up, to date.  It is, at least, the earliest I recall being forwarded to me for identification.  With the exception of the slightly earlier (and very much more rare) "Romano-Campanian" Quadrigati (Didrachmae), Drachmae and Semes, this is about as early as you can go in the "Roman" coin series.

    Mark

    Not sure if this is a medieval silver hawking bell fragment so I reported it to Colchester museum as potential treasure 1871 Victoria milled silver sixpence

    1344 Edward III hammered silver penny - Florin type

    Obv EDWAR R ANGL DNS YB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON- London mint

    19thC Army button 1887 Registered design - Victorian gilded ink well cover ?

    3rdC Roman bronze sent off for ID

    Unless you can make out some letters in the exergue - the area below the "ground line" on the reverse - I won't be able to tell you much more than I have already about this piece.

    In general, Diocletian is a very important ruler in terms of the coinage as well as being a political innovator - he thought up the tetrarchy system, breaking the Empire down into manageable chunks shared-out between 4 or more Imperials.  He completely re-vamped and reformed the Roman economic system during the 280's & 290's.  One of his major changes in the coinage was the introduction of the follis - a large (the earliest ones can be upwards of 35mm) billon coin with silvering.  This was then the main circulating denomination for the next 50+ years or so, although it underwent an inexorable process of debasement and diminution of size so that the final pieces of this general denomination will be in the vicinity of 15mm and 1.5 - 2.0 gms.

    If we can read the exergual mint mark (or, in one case, show that there is none) we can then place it to both a mint and a time-range - usually of no more than a year or two.  Without the exergual mintmark, just on the basis of size and type, it's likely to be around 300 AD, give or take a few years.  Diocletian abdicated in 305 and became one of the few Roman emperors to die in his own bed at home.

    Mark

    1634 Charles 1st hammered silver penny

    1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - Cross Moline - Class 9a

    Obv EDWAR ANGL DNS YB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/DVR/ENE- Durham mint

    Roman silver coin fragment
    1215 Henry III hammered silver short cross half penny 1635-6 Charles 1st hammered silver half groat - crown mintmark

    18thC 1 Scruple apothecary weight

    A unit of apothecary weight equal to about 1.3 grams, or 20 grains

    Georgian Royal engineers button Georgian watch winder
    1815 Russian lead bale seal Medieval gilded decorated strap end fragment

    As dug

     

     

    Teresa's Roman silver starting to 'cook' up nicely - sent to Mark Lehman for ID

     

    This is a denarius of Hadrian (117-138 AD) who did some building in your part of the world as a part of his program to consolidate the governable parts of the expanded Empire left him by his predecessor Trajan.  Trajan, if you will recall, was the emperor under whose reign the Roman Empire reached its largest size, so Hadrian, being a practical sort of fellow, trimmed-off the ungovernable places (Like the lands won from the Parthian Persian Empire) and did what he could to make other areas as practical to be goverened as possible.  In Britain, as you know, this meant building and maintaining a string of fortresses and garrisons, all connected by a wall across the narrowest part of your island to keep the increasingly Romanized south from overmuch depredation from the "barbarian" north.
    Being a hands-on sort of ruler, Hadrian made it his business to visit every part of the Empire at least once during his rule.  Often his coins reflected his journeys, almost like "official postcards" from his travels around the Empire.

    This piece shows a personification of Africa - the Romans were big on putting human faces onto abstract concepts as a part of their well-developed system of personifications - as a woman reclining at ease against a rock, wearing an elephant-skin headdress and holding a scorpion and a cornucopia, a basket of corn-ears and fruit at her feet.  Africa represented a nearly never-ending source of exploitable riches for the Romans, the fertile areas of the north provided a major portion of the grain without which the Empire would not have had the bread for its "Bread and Circuses".  And indeed Africa produced an unending supply of exotic beasts and people to populate the circuses as well.

    The personification of Africa appeared on Roman coins of all denominations towards the end of Hadrian's relatively long reign - your piece dates to about 136 AD.  RIC II 299, RSC 138.
    This is a somewhat scarce type and considered very desirable.

    Mark

    'Cooked'

    Great detail on this broken Roman silver - sent for ID

    The one with the concave break is a Trajan (96-117 AD) Fortuna Redux Denarius - Fortuna seated left holding a rudder (visible at her feet) and cornucopiae. The reverse legend refers to Trajan's victorious campaigns against the Parthians. The land acquired in these victories was the first that Hadrian "got rid of" - gave back to the Parthian Empire in the interests of peace - in his reign which succeeded Trajan's - but it was part of what brought the Roman Empire to its largest size in lands held. This occurred under Trajan, at just about the time this type was struck - the later part of Trajan's reign - around 116 AD, give or take a year.

    I'm not sure yet about who's on the one with the convex break. The portrait makes me think it's probably Flavian era (Vespasian, Titus & Domitian, end of the 1st century AD) I'll need to try to tweak the images a bit to get a better idea from these photos, but a "post-cooking" photo would probably give me more clues.

    Mark

     

    Celtic pure gold wrist Torc fragment - 1.63g, 30.18mm L x 2,5 mm dia
    Monster sized 1696 William III milled silver half crown (30 pence)

    As dug

    Cooking

     

    Almost 'cooked - just re sent it back off to Mark for a further ID

     

    2ndC Roman silver coin - 'cooking' it to remove crust

    This is probably a Flavian (Vespasian, Titus or Domitian) but it is a similar reverse with sacrificial implementia.  This one has "TRI POT" (Tribunicia Potestatum or the Tribunician Powers) across the bottom of the reverse, and that's a common reverse type for the Flavians. 

    Other emperors used the sacrificial implements as a reverse type. So I can't be certain who it is until there's a bit more obverse detail to go on. I can tell you that they're often associated with issues for the Caesar - the "heir apparent" - (if there is one) so I'd make a guess there's a good chance this may be Titus, but I believe Vespasian used this same reverse.

    When you've revealed some obverse details I should be able to tell you better what you've got here.

    Mark

    I'm not certain which (if any) member of the family or reference number I might have quoted you before, but as far as I can tell this is Vespasian - the missing part of the obverse legend would be" [IMP CAES VESP AV]G P M COS IIII.
    None of the other Flavians used this exact reverse type, AVGVR / TRI POT. 
    It's from the mint at Rome and dates to 72/3 AD.  RIC II 42; SR 2282.

    Mark

     

    1247 Henry III hammered silver voided short cross half penny

    Moneyer Willem of Bury St Edwmunds mint

    1180 Henry II hammered silver short cross half penny - Class 1b

    Obv HENRICVS REX

    Rev WILL **** RW

    Moneyer Willelm of York mint

    1873 Victoria milled silver three pence Sterling silver St Christopher medallion
    1842 Victoria milled silver four pence

     

    1180 Henry II hammered silver short cross qtr penny

    Moneyer Gilberd of Exeter mint

     

    Superb eye ball find -C16thC Henry VIII stone round shot cannon shell - out of use by the 17thC

     

    Medieval D buckle 1550-1650 buckle 1854 Victoria milled silver three pence
    1816 George III milled silver sixpence 2ndC Roman fibular brooch with red enamelling and gold cross decoration remaining

    1485 Henry VII hammered silver halfpenny

    Single arched crown - Key to left of bust

    Rev CIVI/TAS/EBO/RACI - York mint

    Little and large of silvers found

    Crusty Roman 'cooking' to remove crud

    Miss Jeff left it in the clod so I could soak it slowly to keep the pin intact - never found one with the pin still in place

    Stunning 16thC Tudor gilded silver ornate pin - reported as treasure to the museum

    Another crispy Roman silver straight into the 'cooker' 1842 Continental 2 skilling silver coin
    20thC good luck badge Hammered silver coin - needs straightening to ID properly
    1215 Henry III hammered silver qtr penny 1858 Victoria milled silver shilling (12 pence)
    1795 Russian lead bale seal 15thC lead token - type 2 1550-1700 buckle
    16thC Tudor buttons Neat mongrammed19thC plated silver knife handle 15thC lead token - type 2 1550-1650 buckle
    Really neat gold Georgian watch winder - snake biting its own tail

    1300 Edward 1st hammered silver farthing - New issue with inner circles both sides - Type 28d

    Obv +EDWARDVS REX A

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON

    Interesting worn hammered silver coin with Apothecary weight emblem
      18thC decorated crotal bell Georgian watch winder
    18thC silver clog fastener - Maker WT WW 17thC apothecary weight

    Medieval bar mount - some gilding remains Interesting early item like a protected loop terret - offset wear means it is some type of strap guide
    C10thC Saxon lead coin weight TVC ? WW1 Bavarian Army button
    8th Royal Veterinary battion button

    112th Regiment of foot button

    (King's Royal Musqueteers)

    1761-1763

     

    Roman hooked mount
    1500-1700 mount Great eyeball find clay marble Georgian buckle
    Medieval gilded bead 16thC Tudor clothing fastener
    Medieval lead trade weight 15thC lead token type 2 1634 Charles 1st hammered copper rose farthing
    1870 Ceylon Victoria 1 cent 34th French regiment of the line - Napoleonic period Georgian watch winder

    16thC Tudor religious clothing fastener - IHS

    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.

     

     
    18thC spur fitting 17thC knife quillion  
    15thC lead token 15thC lead token 17thC lead token
    15thC lead token 15thC lead token 1604 James 1st hammered silver half groat
    1634 Charles 1st hammered silver penny - double stuck C in CAROLVS 1604 James 1st hammered silver half groat

    1422 Henry VI hammered silver groat - annulets by neck

    Rev VIL/LA/CAL/IS - Calais mint

     

    19thC livery button 15thC lead token
    Early medieval lead token 1634 Charles 1st coin weight - crown C cipher

    1485 Henry VII hammered silver half groat - Two arches unjewelled

    Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

    1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny- Class 9b

    Obv EDWR ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev VIL/KYNCES/TON - Kingston upon Hull mint

    First coin of that mint we have ever found

    1819 George III milled silver sixpence
    1816 George III milled silver sixpence 18thC toy cannon

    Excellent find - Cannon ball 15oz ( approx 1 pound, 1.9 inches dia) - Used from 1642 -45

     

    Huge Medieval Heraldic crest lead mount - needs researching to find family name

    100mm dia

    1845 Victoria milled silver sixpence

    1189 Henry II hammered silver short cross penny - class2

    Obv HENRICVS REX

    Rev ESTIVENE ON.LDND - Monyer Stivene of London mint

    1914 George V milled silver sixpence 1843 Victoria milled silver four pence
    1886 Victoria milled silver sixpence 1696 William III milled silver shilling (12 pence)
    1634 Charles 1st hammered silver twenty pence - XX Post revolution Republic of France Army button Georgian pastry jigger
    17thC clothing fastener 15thC lead token 16thC mount Georgian watch winder - Turner and Bonner watch makers Colchester
     
    1634 Charles 1st hammered copper rose farthing Victorian silver shell shaped mount  
     
    1554 Mary hammered silver groat  

    9 carat gold - .25 carat diamond ring - 1.51g

    Continental and English hall marks - HG Ltd

    50 BC Canti - 1/4 Celtic gold coin -2.06g, 10.43mm - Uninscribed 'P' gold -'Trophy' type VA147

    Cantiaci / Cantii

    This Celtic tribe occupied the south-eastern corner of Britain, probably from the second century BC. Its territory traditionally comprised Kent, eastern Surrey, East Sussex and London south of the Thames. The Cantiaci, or Cantii, were bordered across the Thames by the Catuvellauni and the Trinovantes, although the former may only have expanded to the Thames between 54-30 BC. It is unclear who controlled the north bank of the Thames before that - perhaps a minor tribe that was later absorbed by the Catuvellauni. To the west were the various peoples that made up the Atrebates, including the Regninses.

    Like many of their neighbours in the south-east, the Cantii were Belgic people from the North Sea or Baltics, part of the third wave of Celtic settlers in Britain. They formed a recognisable territory which may not have been a single unified kingdom until the start of the first century AD, but which instead appears to have been several smaller kingdoms which operated as a confederation in times of trouble. The four individuals who flourished around 55 BC may have been rulers of each of the Cantii kingdoms, perhaps operating together under the authority of Cassivellaunus of the Catuvellauni. Certainly Julius Caesar recorded the Cantii as having four leaders who were kings in their own right.

    The Cantii at this time were strongly influenced by their Belgic neighbours, the Atrebates, who were more recent arrivals in the country. Their customs were also much the same as the Celts of Gaul, and they were wont to die their skins with blue woad which made them look more terrifying in battle. This custom died out south of the Antonine Wall following the Roman Conquest. That conquest may have caused some of the Cantii to flee northwards where a tribe called the Decantae was noted, just once, by the Romans in Pictland around AD 140.

     

    French copper- alloy Jeton 15th Obv Shield of France bearing three fleur de lys

    1500-1700 shield mount
    1928 George V milled silver florin (24 pence) Very interesting Iron age bead with crude decoration on the front - this also has a gold content - perhaps made from a low grade nugget
    1848 Victoria milled silver 4 pence

    1341 Edward III hammered silver penny - Florin type

    Obv EDWAR ANGLE DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/DVR/E *** - Durham mint

    1625 - 42 Charles 1st hammered silver penny - tower mint uncrowned - rose each side no bust -

    inner circles Group A

    1587 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat

    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.

       
    Georgian watch winders 1550-1700 buckle
    Post medeival lead cloth seals 1929 George V milled silver sixpence
    Stunning finds, 5th Dragoons guards buttons - Crimean war period - unrecorded in any ref book

    1586 Hans Krauwincel II Rose orb Jetton

    HANNS KRAVWINCKEL IN NVRENB

    1835 William IV milled silver sixpence
    1922 George V milled silver florin (24 pence) Decorated lead hem weight
    C 9thC Saxon lead trade weight - snake design
    1603 James 1st hammered silver penny 1856 Victoria milled silver sixpence
    1852 Victoria milled silver sixpence

    1422-61 AD Bronze coin weight - French Ecu - Three lis in shield type

     
    Georgian silver thimble 18thC clog fastener 17thC clothing fastener
    RN Capt / Commander - 1787
    RN Lieutenant - 1787
    17thC baldric buckle

    1461 Paris type Jetton - 'lozenge containing four lis'

    VIVE:LE:BON:ROI:DE:FRANCE

    1816 George III milled silver forgery Crown GM button ? 1550-1650 buckle
    1816 George III milled silver sixpence 19thC monogrammed button - MC 19thC hunting button

    45 BC Addedomaros Celtic gold full stater 5.45g, 17.21mm

    Obv cross of 3 plain & 2 pellet lines with 2 opposed crescents b in centre

    Rev horse r ., above pellet in ring, pellet in wheel below

     

    Amazing huge 11,000 Stone Age flint axe head - this is beautifully crafted with a thumb slot for easy holding

    155mm L x 48.63mm W

    Post medieval lead bale seal 18thC Continental copper coin

    1586 Hans Krauwincel II Rose orb Jetton

    HANNS KRAVWINCKEL IN NVRENB

    19thC Royal engineers button 19thC livery button
    1873 Victoria milled silver sixpence

    1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross penny - Class 5b

    Obv HENRICVS REX III

    Rev ALE/IN/ONC/ANT - Moneyer Ale/in of Canterbury mint

    1816 George V milled silver sixpence 2ndC Roman silver - 'cooking it to remove crust
    1894 Victoria milled silver sixpence Superb 17thC jug handle - great eyeball find
    1800 Russian bale seal

    S.S. Canton enamelled badge

    S/S Canton, the last ocean liner to carry P&O's traditional black & stone livery. But within a year of her introduction she was repainted in P&O's new white and buff livery. She was the last passenger ship to join the P&O fleet before the outbreak of the Second World War.

    During the Second World War the Canton had perhaps the most arduous service of any of the P&O liners. She had steamed 221,000 miles over the war period. After a full overhaul and refurbishment in 1946, she had the honour of re-establishing passenger services to the Far East in October 1947. Initially the route was not extended to Japan due to the legacy of the Second World War.

    She continued in service for a few years before being retired in 1962 and sold for scrapping in Hong Kong.

    WWI - Essex regiment lapel badge Roman lead spindle whorl Medieval harness pendant - traces of red enamel remain
    Decorated medieval sword pommel

    Roman buckle - traces of gold decoration remain
    1816 George III milled silver shilling forgery

    1341 Edward III hammered silver florin penny

    Obv EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

    1327 Edward III hammered silver penny

    Obv EDWR ****

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

    1634 Charles 1st hammered silver half penny - rose both sides no legend

    1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross penny - Class 5

    Obv HENRICVS REX III

    Rev ERT/ONC - Moneyer Robert of Canterbury mint

    1890 Victoria milled silver sixpence

    Medieval barrel lock
    1500-1650 buckle 19thC livery button

    1327 Edward III hammered silver penny

    Obv EDW ****

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

    Medieval lead weight 15thC lead token 1775 Russian lead bale seal
     
    1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 18thC clog fastener 16thC Tudor button
    1500-1700 mount

    1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross half penny - Class 2

    Obv HENRICVS REX III

    Rev LIP/ONN/ - Moneyer Phelip of Northampton mint

    17thC lead token Generic merchant Navy button C 1900 17thC lead token 18thC Royal artillery button
    Georgian button MN - G & J Burns Ltd In use 1842 - 1922 Possible treasure as it looks like a T brooch but I am not sure of date- reported to museum
     
    Medieval lead weight North Eastern Railways button  

    As dug and then 'cooked'

    Final cleaning - Aurelian (270-275)

    Not too much for me to go on - What I can say with certainty is that i'ts an antoninianus, and silvered antoniniani date to the period between 265-290 AD.
    I suspect, although/because the portrait doesn't look much like him, that this is an early issue by Aurelian (270-275) - He instituted a reform in the coinage which made the coins larger and generally of better workmanship with better silvering.
    All I can make of the reverse type, by placing the long line at the bottom as a "ground-line" is that the "V" shaped object at the left on the ground looks like a bent-over captive on which Aurelian might be stepping. IF that's what it is, then this would be likely to be one of the myriad of varieties of the ORIENS AVG type showing Sol right or left, standing or walking, with 3, 2, 1 or no captives, etc.
    Here's an ORIENS AVG with a somewhat similar reverse to what I think I'm seeing on this coin.
    also:
    Mark

    The smallest ancient gold coin I have ever seen dug - Size of a Saxon sceat with Celtic gold type markings - checking the ref books as I have never seen a gold like this before

    0.42g, 7.85mm

    11,000 BC Stone Age axe

    Anglo Irish 1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny- CIVI/TAS type

    Needs straightening to fully ID

    1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross qtr penny
    1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross half penny

    1485 Henry VII hammered silver halfpenny - Single Arched crown- Cross ends fourchee

    Obv hENRIC DI GRA REX

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON -London mint

    1914 George V milled silver 3 pence 1594-6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half penny - Tun mint mark

    (1501-1521).
    Venetian Soldino hammered silver coin

    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.

    Solid silver - Royal Navy artillery badge

    The Royal Naval Artillery Reserve or Volunteers as they were initially known, were established in 1873 and were recruited from either keen amateur sailors or those who were in the merchant service.

    1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 18thC Royal artillery button 19thC Army button

    A Late Medieval/ Early Post-Medieval (15th-early 16th century) cast one-piece copper-alloy mount, convex and cinquefoil in shape

    134 AD Hadrian Roman bronze coin
    Rough Roman bronze 'grots' Rough 17thC trade farthings
    Roman decorated pot shard

    1550-1650 buckle 18thC Royal artillery button 18thC bayonet frog
    1279 Edward 1st hammered silver farthing 1696 William III milled silver sixpence forgery

     

    16th C lead ampullae - no handles or decorations
    1743 George II hammered silver penny Little and large of coins comparison - Elizabeth 1st shilling next to George II penny
    1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver shilling - Martlett mint mark

    1.08g,11.96mm

    Saxon silver sceat - Circa 600-775 AD - cooking it to remove crust - partially cooked now and sent off to the Fitzwilliam museum for recording

    Huge 4thC Roman cruciform brooch
    Roman decorated dagger pommel
    2ndC Roman silver coin - cooking it to remove crust A copper-alloy mount of post-medieval (probably 17th century) date. The object is asymmetrical and irregular in shape.
    Post Medieval quatrefoil mount with red enamelling remaining

    Huge Rifle regiment badge

    Model 1815 British Army Infantry insignia

    THE 33RD REGIMENT OF FOOT. / After 1881 :- 1st Battalion The Duke Of Wellington's (West Riding) Regiment

    Officer - 1848-1853

    17thC crotal bell Georgian fob seal top and watch winder 1215 Henry III hammered silver half penny
    17thC lead token 15thC lead token 19thC mourning ring
    1634 Charles 1st hammered copper rose farthing 1819 George III milled silver sixpence
    1778 Russian lead bale seal - St Petersburg 17thC clothing fastener
    Georgian button

    Navy button H.M. Coast Guard
    O/R's Button
    In use 1820 - 1836 ?
    button

    18thC Royal artillery buttons
     
    Britain - Canada
    Merchant Navy
    Private Purchase - 1774-1812
      C7thC Saxon pendant made from a Roman bronze coin

    Can Dan cleaned up one of his crusty copper coins to reveal a neat Condor token

    1794 ½ Penny Token (D & H 26 - Suffolk, Bury)

    Obverse - Arms of the town of Bury St. Edmunds. (Azure, three pairs of arrows in saltire or, each pair enfiled with a ducal coronet of the last), and
    Crest: (On a wreath above a helmet, a wolf sejant proper, holding between his fore paws the head of a man, couped at the shoulders of the last, ducally crowned or).
    Legend:- SUCCESS TO THE PLOUGH AND FLEECE and a small ornamental stop.
    Reverse - An imperial Crown within crossed laurel and palm branches, surmounted by the cypher P D in ornamental script capitals.
    Legend: THE COMMERCE OF BRITAIN