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

    Obv HENRICVS REX III

    Rev HEN/RIO/NVL/NDE - Moneyer Henry of London

    1.43g, 17.89mm

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

    Obv HENRICVS REX III

    Rev NIC/OLE/ONL/VND - Moneyer Nicole of London

    1.26g,17.63mm

    13th C Medieval seal matrix - need soaking to remove crust on seal face The Royal Highlanders regiment button - Black Watch

    13th C Edward 1st hammered silver farthing - new issue with inner circles both sides - Needs further 'cooking' to remove horn crust to ID the class and mint

    Photo'd next to silver penny for size

    0.47g,11.33mm

    18thC Continental Skilling copper coin - Sweden 1696 William III milled silver sixpence
    1838 Victoria milled silver four pence Medieval lead cross mount

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

    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

    Royal Western Yacht club

    In use 1845 - 1901

    15thC casket key

    18thC medallion

    Rev 18thC sailing ships

    1603 James 1st Irish hammered silver sixpence
    17thC Royal Navy seal matrix - Anchor and rope 1634 Charles 1st hammered silver half groat

    1204/5 King John hammered silver short cross penny Class 5

    Obv HENRICVS REX

    Rev ANDREVD.ON. CANTR- Moneyer Andreu of Canterbury mint

    1794 Charles IIII of Spain 1/2 Real
    1740's Royal Navy silver button 19thC Military button blank

    1212-42 Henry III hammered silver short cross penny - Class 7b

     

    Obv HENRICVS REX

    Rev RAVF.ON.LVD - Moneyer Ravlf of London mint

    19thC hunting button 19thC liver button 1819 George III milled silver sixpence
    George Ist 1723 milled silver sixpence - issued by South Sea Company
    1422 -1460 Henry VI hammered silver penny - broken annulet by neck

    1351-1353 Edward III hammered silver half groat - Pre Treaty series

    IM Cross, annulet stops, wedge shaped R, single punched S

    Obv EDWARDVS.REX.ANGLI

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

    Medieval lead gaming piece 19thC 98th regiment of foot button
    Huge 18thC bullion cup weight - first one I have seen with solid handle fitting
    Huge 1770's Royal Navy button 19thC hunting button Royal Artillery cap badge
    15thC lead token with casting sprue still attached 15thC lead token - type II Roman bronze decorated hanger
    Georgian pendant with red glass stone
    Royal Navy - Officers (Roped Rim) Lined Background 17.5mm - 1843-1891
    1853 Victoria milled silver 3 pence

     

     

     

    London Scottish Volunteers army button

    Founded in 1859

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

    Good to hear from you again - I guess it is that time of year, so I wish you good diggin' this season.

    Your coin is definitely Antoninus Pius, 138-161 AD.  I believe the reverse is Victory standing left holding wreath in outstretched right hand and a long palm-branch in the left.  I believe the reverse legend is IMPERATOR II.  If it is Imperator II, a fairly common type, it dates to about 143 AD from the mint at Rome.

    Mark 

     

    1572 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence - 2nd issue Ermine mintmark Amazing double bust Edward III hammered silver penny - CIVI/TAS type reverse
    1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver one pence - 2nd issue Cross Crosslet mintmark

    1215 Henry III hammered silver short cross penny - Class 7b

    Obv HENRICVS REX

    REV ** TISNOR** Unknown moneyer

    1377 Richard II hammered silver penny

    Obv RICARDVS REX ANGLIE

    Rev CIVI/TAS/EBO/RACI - York mint

    1340 Edward III hammered silver penny - Class 15d

    Rev EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev SCIE/DNV/NDI/VIL - Bury St Edmunds mint

    1816 George III milled silver sixpence 1836 William IIII milled silver four pence

    1272 Edward 1st hammered silver penny Class 1d

    Rev EDWR ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

    1911 George V milled silver sixpence

    1834 gold ring - London with duty paid bust Maker is probably James Young

    1.43g, 19.55mm

     

    Solid gold Georgian watch winder

    3.59g,28.28mm
    1578 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver 3 pence
    1853 Victoria milled gold half sovereign

     

    As dug,almost 'cooked' and finally cooked

    1stC Celtic silver unit - straight into the cooker to remove the horn crust

    Cunobelin 20 AD Celtic silver coin

    The Cunobelin silver is very nice, and a rare type at that. Seated figure facing left. The only standard reference for the type is no. 308 in Spink's Coins of England, it's not in Van Arsdell or the BM catalogue. You can see the amphora which the seated figure is holding quite clearly, but the CVNOBE doesn't show up too well on either. I don't have the exact figures here for rarity, but I don't think there are more than a dozen of these recorded at most. Date is perhaps somewhere in the middle of Cunobelin's reign, say perhaps c. 20-25 AD.

    Thanks again for all these,
    Best wishes
    Philip

    Very crisp 1595 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver sixpence

    First decent Roman bronze with crisp detail sent to Mark for ID

    The first thing that's clear - oddly enough - is the mintmark.  That's distinctive for the mint at Lugdunum and that exact type was used only during the year 332. This type, the 2-standard Gloria Exercitvs, was struck for only 3 people, Constantine I Augustus, Constantine II and Constantius II, Caesars.  The issue in telling you any more than that is in the ability to read any of the obverse legend.  It's "sort of" visible, but frustratingly unclear - the possibile obverse legeds are:
    CONSTANTI - NVS MAX AVG
    CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C
    FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C

    Since it appears there may be a break in the legend above the portrait's head, I will provisionally guess that it's Constantine I - "The Great".  But I can't be certain because the legend is frustratingly unclear.  So, I can give you the date and mint with complete certainty, but not the emperor.

    Mark

    1272 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

    Obv ***ANGL DNS**

    Rev ISTO/LLIE/VILL/ - Bristol mint

    1582-3 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
    1943 George VI milled silver florin (24 pence) 1931 George V milled silver shilling (12 pence)
    Roman mount C10th C Saxon heavily gilded clothing fastener
    Medieval lead Boy Bishop token 19thC buckle 1550-1650 buckle

    1371-1379 Duchy of Guelders jetton

    Rampant Lion with a tall erect two forked tail was first introduced as the emblem of Limburg

    Rev Rampant Lion with a tall erect two forked tail of Limburg- all in 6 arched tressure -margin M repeated

    Rev Double stranded arcuate cross fleuretty with rampant lion (single tail) in each angle:margins crowns

    Roman baldric mount - yellow enamel and silver highlights remain 18thC crotal bell
    Georgian horse bell Medieval trapezoidal buckle 18thC crotal bell
    16thC Tudor button 16thC Tudor button 1711 Anne milled silver sixpence
    Charles 1st Aberystwyth - Furnance mint 1648/9 hammered silver half groat 1841 Victoria East India Company milled silver 2 Annas
    THE 28th REGIMENT OF FOOT. Early Glostershire Regiment button

    THE 20th REGIMENT OF FOOT East Devonshire Regiment

    Officer - 1830-1855

    84th Regiment of Foot
    ( York & Lancaster )

    O/R's (Brass) - 1855-1881

    19thC livery button

    Another typical example found here

     

    1816 George III milled silver sixpence

    "fourree" silver-over-copper denarii

     

    Fascinating find Roman silver forgery coin showing exposed copper core which swelled and forced off one face of the coin. Shows clearly how the forgery was constructed

    19thC Nunn Wix Store tokens, £1 and half sovereign Early French copper coin

     

    850 BC Bronze Age sword blade fragment

     

    West Somerset Regiment lapel badge 1550-1650 buckle 17thC decorated ring
    1500-1700 mount 20thC silver badge
    19thC regiment button 19thC livery button 17thC sword belt slide

    Continental crown Army button 17thC book clasp 16thC knife pommel
    Georgian watch winders
    Capt / Commander - 1774-1787
    Royal Horse Artillery
    Generic Issue

    Officer & O/R's - 1873-1901
    1550-1650 buckle 1550-1650 buckle Edge off a huge Georgian trade weight - Crown G cipher
     
    16thC Tudor clothing fastener 19thC livery button

    Royal Navy Lieutenant - 1748

     

    1341 Edward III hammered silver penny

    Obv **REX ANGL

    Rev CIVI/TAS/EBO/RACI

    Quatrefoil with pellet on rev cross - York Archiepiscopal issue

    1845 Victoria milled silver sixpence

    1327 Edward III hammered silver half groat

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

    1422-61 Henry VI hammered silver halfpenny- annulet issue -Type A1a 'Bib' chest

    Annulets in VIL and CAL qtrs

    S.1849; N.1435

    Obv +HENRICxREXxANGL'

    Rev VIL LAx CAL ISx

    1942 George VI milled silver half crown (30 pence) 1938 George VI milled silver shilling (12 pence)
    1706 Anne milled silver penny

    Venetian Soldino issued by Doge Michele Steno (1400-1413).
    Obv: MICHAEL STEN' DVX (Michele Steno, Doge). Doge standing left, holding standard.
    Rev: S MARCVS VENETI (Saint Mark of Venice). Winged and nimbate lion of Saint Mark facing.

    Doge standing left, holding banner, * / m in right field

    1816 George III milled silver half crown (30 pence) size comparison with sixpence
    1815 Condor copper token - not researched yet

    1180 Henry II hammered silver short cross penny - Class 1

    Obv HENRICVS REX

    Rev ** CARD + O - Moneyer Ricard of Oxford mint

    1696 William III copper farthing 19thC Nunn Wix Store tokens, £1 and half sovereign
    1775 George III copper farthing

    Mid 4thC Roman bronze coin sent for ID

    Unfortunately, Murphy's law of Constantinian legends comes into play on this piece. 
    Murphy says: "The more numerous the possible whoms or whats a legend might indicate, the more likely it will be that the crucial bit will be missing."

    Although this is clearly a 2 soldiers and 1-standard GLORIA EXERCITVS, dating to 336-340 AD, and even the mintmark is clear enough for me to read without magnification - SMTS[A] - Thessalonica, what we have visible on the obverse is "CONSTAN.......VG" which means this could be any one of the 4 primary members of the family of Constantine the Great who were Augusti at some point.  Constantine I or II, Constantius II or Constans - all had legends as Augustus beginning CONSTAN and ending VG on their Thessalonica 1-standard issues.
    These are the possibilities:

    CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG

    CONSTANTI-NVS PF AVG

    CONSTANTI-VS PF AVG

    CONSTANS-PF AVG

    So there you have it, a datable, mint-specific but otherwise perfectly generic Constantinian Æ3.

    Mark

    1936 George V millled silver half crown (30 pence) 1936 George V milled silver six pence
    18thC silver Royal Navy button 1500-1650 buckle 17thC Charles II silver button - reported as treasure to Colchester museum
    Early Dutch copper coin 1490-1504 Henry VII hammered silver sovereign penny,
    1872 Victoria milled silver sixpence 1921 George V milled silver sixpence
    1817 George III milled silver sixpence 1660-85 Very rare find and our first ever Charles II milled silver shilling (12 pence)
    1582-4 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - A mintmark 1924 George V milled silver sixpence

     

    C1351 Edward III hammered gold qtr noble - needs straightening to D exact type

    1.79g

    1601-2 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat 1830 Russian lead bale seal
    1670 Charles II copper farthing 1735 George II milled copper half penny
    17thC lead mount George 1st coin weight - Crown G cipher London 1737 George II milled silver one pence

    1341 Edward III hammered silver penny florin penny

    Obv EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

    1582-4 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat

    1205 William 1 The Lion Scottish hammered silver half penny

    Obv LE REI WILAM - Wilam the King

    Rev Voided cross with a star in each quadrant

    17thC clothing fastener 15thC lead token
    1855 Victoria milled gold half sovereign

    Henry VI 1422-27 Hammered silver half groat - Calais mint - Annulet issue - annulets by neck and between two sets of opposing pellets

    Obv HENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC

    Outer legend POSVI DEVM ADIVTORE MEVM

    Inner legend - VILLA CALISIE - Calais Mint

    26.21mm, 3.72g

    18thC Continental billion silver coin - in the 'cooker' to remove crud 1846 Victoria milled silver sixpence

    1199 King John hammered silver short cross penny Class 5b

    Obv HENRICVS REX

    Rev TOMAS ON EV** Moneyer Thomas of York mint

    1866 Victoria milled silver three pence
    1603 James 1st hammered silver penny 1603 James 1st hammered silver penny
       
    1696 William III milled silver sixpence - love token 1567-70 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver 3 pence - Coronet mint mark

    Saxon silver sceat - Circa 600-775 AD

    Need 'cooking' before sending for recording to Fitzwilliam museum

     

    1668 Charles 1st hammered silver shilling 1509 -26 Henry VIII hammered silver groat
    18thC clog fastener 15thC lead token - type 2

    A Medieval (1250-1450) sheet copper alloy (0.50mm thick) domed sexfoil belt mount

     

    Broad period: MEDIEVAL
    Period from: MEDIEVAL

    Date from: AD 1250
    Date to: AD 1450

    A copper-alloy cast mount. The mount is quatrefoil in shape with a cusp in each angle

     

    Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
    Date from: Circa AD 1600
    Date to: Circa AD 1700

    1500-1650 buckle

    RN Capt / Commander - 1825
    RN Lieutenant - 1825
    RN Midshipman - 1825
    In use 1825 - 1827

    Roman scale armour plate 1272 Edward 1st hammered silver penny
     
    16thC Tudor button C10thC Saxon harness cheek piece 17th harness pendant  
    1831 William IIII milled silver sixpence 1696 William III milled silver shilling
    1887 Victoria milled silver sixpence 1846 Victoria milled silver sixpence
    1839 Victoria milled silver sixpence 1247 Henry III hammered silver voided qtr penny
    17thC crotal bell Georgian horse bell
    1846 Victoria milled silver sixpence 1849 Victoria milled silver four pence
    1825 George IV milled silver shilling 1917 George V milled silver shilling

    Heart attack find - 1955 Yugoslavia coin - looks just like gold in the hole !!

    Images of youthful people and themes thought to represent the power of ordinary citizens. They also represent two pillars of Yugoslavian Communist society - agriculture and industry, farmers and workers, villages and cities.

    1590-2 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Hand mint mark 1158 -1189 AD Henry II hammered silver half penny ' Tealby' cross and crosslet type
    Twisted silver wire ring - reported as potential treasure to museum as Romans loved these type of rings
    1770's 1 Guinea coin weight - 21 shillings - 252 pence 18thC weight
    1000 BC to 400 AD Iron Age decorated bead
    1500-1650 buckle 19thC livery button c10thC Saxon harness cheek piece centre
    c13thC medieval gilded harness pendant hanger Georgian furniture mount Georgian furniture mount

    19thC whistle RFA- Royal Fleet Auxiliary regiment lapel badge
    Royal fuseliers cap badge
    1573 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 1887 Victoria golden jubilee medallion
    1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat
    RN Capt / Commander - 1787
    RN Lieutenant - 1787
    CVWC ? 16thC Tudor clothing fastener
       

    BC Roman silver appearing after 6 months of 'cooking. Reverse is chariot type c 100 BC

    Some detail showing through on this real crusty Roman silver

       

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