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    2013 Sept Finds Page 2

    1844 Victoria milled gold half sovereign

    2000 BC bronze flat axe - very rare find for Essex

    47.46mm L x 35.71mm W

    Large Georgian silver seal brooch

     

    Medieval (1250-1500) cast copper alloy gilded bar mount.

    Unknown NEW type - mullet by crown

    1509 - 26 Henry VIII hammered silver farthing - Mullet by crown - Long Cross Fourchee, brush hair - Portcullis initial mark - single arched crown

    Obv HENRIC DI GRA AGL'

    Rev CIVI/TAS/ ****

    Post medieval cast copper alloy rectangular two piece buckle

    C1650-1725

    1603 James 1st hammered silver penny
    1625 Charles 1st hammered silver half groat

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

    Obv HENRICVS REX III

    Rev WIL/LEMONC/ANT - Moneyer Willem of Canterbury mint

    Great shappe 1860 Victoria milled copper penny Georgian fob seal

    A total monster relic !!

    Biggest relic we have ever dug - This weight weighs 18.8 Lbs and is 139mm dia x 102 mm H

    It is a steelyard weight - probably medieval - need to do some research on PAS

    Post-medieval copper-alloy buckle frame

    C AD 1650-1720

    Post Medieval cast copper alloy single loop buckle frame.

    1500-1650 AD

    Boys Brigade badge

    This could be a 50BC Cantii Celtic gold qtr stater - sent to CCI for recording and confirmed ID

    11.19mm, 1.40g

    Just found Jim's Celtic in my new Chris Rudd book and it is classed as Extremely rare - only 6 to 15 exist


    It is a Floret Trophy type VA 146,BMC 436 and as I ID'd correctly attributed to the Cantii tribe

     
    Military button - not checked ref books yet   Post medieval lead bale seal

    1501-1521).
    Venetian Soldino hammered silver coin 0.26g,12.08mm

    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.

    1816 George III milled silver shilling

    1422- 61 Henry VI hammered silver half penny - plain cross - Annulet issue

    Annulets in oppposing quadrants on rev CIVI

    Obv hENIC ***REX ANG**

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

    Celtic bronze unit - currently soaking to try and clean up for ID
    Medieval knife pommel

    Rare 13th Light dragoon guard button

    'Still unrecorded, but I have it in my book as the below'

    Tim

    13th Light Dragoons

    Officer - 1800-1830

     
    1603 Irish James 1st hammered silver sixpence 18thC Royal navy silver button  

    1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 17thC coppper ring inscribed MARY

    1399-1413 Henry VI hammered silver hallf penny - light coinage - annulet to right of neck

    Obv + HENRICxREXxANGL

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

    Medeival hammered silver short cross penny
    1603 James 1st hammered silver half groat 1834 William III milled silver shilling
     
    Stunning 1625 Charles 1st double crown coin weight  

    Spectacular condition 1stC Celtic cosmetic woad grinder

    Cast copper alloy cosmetic grinder (also known as woad grinder) of late Iron Age to early Roman date - 1stC BC - mid 1stC AD

    Best one I have ever seen dug especially with complete hanging loop

    Legend - X CLDVTIOEIS

    Face with spikey hair - Spear and sword to each side

    13thC seal matrix

    1715 Milled silver Denmark coin - researching it

     

    Frederick IV (1699-1730), 2 skilling 1715

    1422-61 Henry VI hammered silver farthing

    Obv hEN ***

    Obv CIVI/TAS/L*** London mint

     

    4th/5thC Roman gold coin - this is the 3rd 'sandblasted' looking example we have found

    3.8g, 19.89mm

    1775 George III milled gold full guinea (21 shllings, 156 pence)

    24.64mm,8.41g

    1590-2 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Hand mintmark

    1533- 56 Henry VIII hammered silver half penny - Wheel mint mark - 2e

    Archbishop Thoman Cranmer - TC at sides of bust

    OBV hxDxGxROSAxSIExSPIA

    Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Casnterbury mint

    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

    1344 Edward III hammered silver florin penny - Cross 2

    Obv EDWR ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev VILL/BRI/STO/LIE - Bristol mint

     

    1914 George V milled silver sixpence Stunning condition 1675 Charles II milled copper half penny
    Post medieval crossed keys bale seal 15thC lead token 15thC lead token 15thC lead token
    1500- 1700 mount 16thC Tudor clothing fastener 1770 Royal navy button
     
    Georgian silver thimble   1625 Charles 1st hammered silver penny
    WWII Royal Airforce badge 1780 Russian lead bale seal

    1526- 44 Henry VIII hammered silver half penny - Single arched crown - 'Brush' hair

    OBV hxDxGxROSAxSIExSPIA

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

    1604-19 James 1st Unite gold coin weight - 2nd coinage revalued

    Obv Crown XXII (22 shillings)

    1604-5 James 1st hammered silver half groat - Lis mintmark 1603 Irish James 1st hammered silver sixpence

    The thistle identifies the Scottish made thistle crown of James 1st (1603)

    IIIIs 4d1/2 on reverse below crown

    Weights have I R to sides of thistle

    20thC Dorset Regiment cap badge
    1913 George V milled silver sixpence 15thC thimble
    1576-79 Antwerp hand coin weight - KI is an unknown maker

    Surrey Yeomanry - Queen Mary's regiment

    In 1901 the Regiment was granted the title Princess of Wales's which was changed to Queen Mary's when George V became the King

    This is the best Scottish silver I have seen dug,stunning coin

    1249-1286 Scottish Alexander III hammered silver penny

    Rev ALEXANDER DEI GRA

    Rev REX SCOTORUM +

    Ref SA31D-280

    Victorian silver clasp Georgian silver spoon
    Nurnberg Type ll - mid 16thC thimble
       
    18thC toy cannon Weird hammered silver coin ?? - checking ref books, Islamic

    2ndC Roman silver coin - cooking to remove crust - sent to Mark Lehman for initial ID

    You know, I'm sure, that with as few definitive features showing (legend letters, etc) as this piece is exhibiting in its current state, this has got to be a guess no more inherently accurate than thowing darts in the dark, but on the basis of the silhouette of the head and the star in the field next to the standing figure on the reverse, it seems like there is a good chance that this is one of the later Severan emperors - Elagabalus or Severus Alexander. 218-222 & 222-235 respectively.

    I'll be able to tell you a good bit more, I believe, after this comes out of the cooker.

    Mark

    Roman bust type Celtic silver unit - 'cooking' it to remove crust

    1344 Edward III hammered silver penny florin penny -Cross 1

    Obv EDWARR ANGLE DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

    c10thC Saxon stirrup mount

    Stunning English medieval jetton not in ref books

    Appears to be the same period and design circa 1280 like the Lions of England type but this has a winged bird of prey on Obv

    1770's pattern coin weight - 6 shillings and nine pence ( 81 pence)

    Obv SD 6.9

    Rev SD 6.9

     

    Georgian trade weight Not checked ref books yet for this military button
    1634 Charles 1st hammered coppper rose farthing Roman lead token
    16thC Elizabethan illegal tavern token

    1327 Edward III hammered silver penny - quadrefoil with pellet in centre of reverse cross

    Archiepiscopal issue

    Obv DVS***

    Rev /EBO/ - York mint

    1566 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver 3 pence 1509 -26 Henry VIII hammered silver half penny - single arched crown

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

    Satire leaf issue

    Obv HENRIC'xREX:ANGL

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

    17thC mount Medieval mount
    Medieval hammered silver long cross penny 18thC Officers Queens dragoon guards button
    1260's AD Non Heraldic personal lead seal matrix

    Medieval badges Ref Mitchiner p244 939 - 941

     

    'A badge for a Knight of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre in bronze and dating somewhere around C13/14th possibly very slightly later . This is a very scarce item and it relates to The Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem being a Catholic chivalric order of Knighthood that traces its roots to Godfrey of Bouillon, principal leader of the First Crusade. According to reliable sources in the Vatican and Jerusalem, it began in historical reality as a mixed clerical and lay confraternity (association) of pilgrims which gradually grew around the most central of the Christian holy places in the Middle East, the Holy Sepulchre or the tomb of Jesus Christ.This would have been a pin for a member of the order , there is a mark on the reverse where the original pin would have been fixed

    1307 -1327 Edward II hammered silver penny - Cross Moline- angular backs to letters - Class 11b

    Obv E *** ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/DVR/ENE - Durham mint

    18thC toy cannon
    Late Medieval/ Early Post-Medieval (15th-early 16th century) cast one-piece copper-alloy mount, convex and cinquefoil in shape 19thC Royal Yeomanry button 19thC livery button
    1932 George V milled silver half crown (30 pence) and 1929 sixpence

    Post-medieval copper-alloy buckle frame

    C AD 1650-1720

    19thC Chinese cash coin Early Post-Medieval (1500-1700) copper alloy belt mount in the form of an acorn, 18thC clog fastener

    Post Medieval cast copper alloy single loop buckle frame.

    1500-1650 AD

    Roman lead motorcyclist LOL

    Cast copper alloy tapering D-form buckle of 17th century date.

    AD 1600 - 1700

    Post Medieval cast copper alloy single loop buckle frame.

    1500-1650 AD

    1845 Victoria milled silver groat 1247 Henry III hammered silver half penny
    1830's London guildhall trade weight

    1247 Henry III hammered silver qtr penny

    Rev / NDE/ - London mint

    Org Stuart's 17thC crotal bell hoard !!

    1377-1399 Richard II hammered silver half penny - Type 1 (i)

    Obv + RICARD:REX :ANGL

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

    Debased silver Roman coin sent for ID - cooking to remove crust

     

    Debased silver Roman coin sent for ID - cooking to remove crust

     

    It will probably come as no large surprise that the 2nd - the denarius needing the least cleaning - is Julia Mamaea - you can read a good deal of the legend as-is, the initial "IVLIA" is quite clear.  This precise combination of features on the reverse, "CONCORDIA" with Concord standing left, pouring libation from patera over small lighted altar and holding double cornucopiae; star in left field, is unique to her, so far as I have been able to determine in a quick search of the Severan women.  Also, the hair style is fairly distinctive, too.  Generally the Imperial women each had their own personal style or series of styles and didn't copy each other (except Lucilla who copied her mother, Faustina Jr, with a very round, low-placed bun and otherwise unadorned hair style).
    One interesting characteristic is that I don't think that this coin has one of the "regularly used" obverse legends - there are simply too many letters in it for it to end in "AVG" as it appears to do, so this may be some sort of unusual legend variant which isn't recorded in Roman Silver Coins, at any rate.

    The other piece is a bit more problematic, the obverse being essentially illegible at this point - I'll make a wild guess that it may be Julia Paula, Elagabalus' wife - but it's just as likely to be Elagabalus - the couple of legible letters on the obverse might be in either of their common legends.  The reverse type is PIETAS AVG with Piety standing facing, head left, right hand extended (holding patera?) and box of incense(?) in left.  This is a pretty common type and could have been used by either man or woman (actually, so could CONCORDIA, but that's more commonly a womans' type in the Severan era)

    We'll have to wait for some encrustation to be removed before I can give you any more conclusive ID's, but if these are from a site close to the one in which yesterday's Severus Alexander was found, it would make sense since all three could easily be dated within less than a decade of each other, overall.

    Mark

    1500-1700 mount with 2 integral lugs Georgian Britannia mount Medieval knife pommel
    WWII Regimental Training Squadron- RAF lapel badge 2ndC Roman fibular brooch
     
    Medieval ear wax scraper ? 1500-1700 mount with 2 integral lugs  
         
    Medieval copper thumb ring Unknown coin weight ?
    Medieval harness hanger Medieval mount

    Addedomarus 45BC Celtic gold full stater - sent to CCI for recording CCI 13.0532

    17.13mm, 5.54g

    Thanks for the latest pair of Addedomaros staters, the one you sent a few days ago (the very round coin) I've recorded as 13.0532, and yesterdays coin (the oval one) is 13.0533.

    John

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

    Unusual cross - this is a defining characteristic of class C3

    2 Georgian trade weights
    1817 George III milled silver shilling Medieval boy bishop token Capt / Commander - 1774-1787

    1373-to 1414 struck by Charles V to VI

    Paschal lamb jetton of Bourge (Berry)

    Obv +MOTION SVI: DE BERRI

    Paschal lamb standing left with one foot raised:head nimbate and reverted to view flag with cross at top

    Mitch Ref 498

    19thC Tendering Volunteer Calvary lead mount

    1377-1399 Richard II hammered silver half penny - Type 1 (L)

    Obv + RICARD'REX :ANGL

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

     

    Georgian mount

    Post-medieval copper-alloy buckle frame

    C AD 1650-1720

    1stC Roman bronze sent for ID

    As I commented just yesterday (wasn't it?), you can generally tell the imperial ladies apart by their individual coifs - except for Faustina Jr. and her daughter Lucilla, both of whom wore their hair pulled back into a very simple bun, low on the back of the head.
    This coin offers us no particular challenge to tell which of the two it is, however, since "FAVSTIN..." (FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, in full) can be easily read on the obverse. 

    Faustina Jr. was the wife of Marcus Aurelius. The daughter of Antoninus Pius (and his wife, Faustina Sr.) she married M. Aurelius in 145 while he was Caesar under A. Pius.   She was proclaimed "Augusta" in 147 when her first child was born. (she bore at least a dozen children of whose existence we have records) replacing her mother as Augusta - and incidentally achieving this elevation before her husband, who was made Augustus in 161 on the death of A. Pius.  She and Marcus Aurelius evidently had a closer and warmer relationship than many we read about among the Roman nobility, despite some rumored infidelities.  She joined her husband in the field as he spent the later part of his life repelling attacks along the northern borders.  Later in life she was known as "Matri Castrorum", or "Mother of the Camp". (sort of like a fraternity's housemom, I guess...)
    She died in 175 while acompanying her husband on a visit to Cappadocia, and was honored with an extensive posthumous coinage as well.

    A MATRI CASTRORVM S - C sestertius of Faustina Jr:

    http://www.stoa.org/gallery/album94/ML20_Faustina_II_Matri_Cast_sest
    not the best preserved piece in my collection, but a scarcer type from late in her life, and one which displays a sentimental significance unusual in the imperial relationships.

    A somewhat better-preserved example of a Faustina Jr. sestertius:

    http://www.stoa.org/gallery/album94/ML17_Faustina_II_Diana_Lucina_sest
    you can see how similar the obverses are to one another - and to your coin.

    Unfortunately, at least from what I can see in the photos, I am not going to be able to tell you what the reverse type is on your coin.  It's unfortunate that the reverse has been so profoundly degraded by wear and oxidation - but the obverse is quite nice considering the sort of piece I am used to seeing from your digs.

     Mark

    French Infantry Button
    46th Line Regiment
    Circa 1803-1814

     

    19thC liver button
    THE 44th REGIMENT OF FOOT. / AFTER 1881 :- 1st Battalion The Essex Regiment

    O/R's 1820 -

    1900- 1907

    The City of London Yeomanry (Rough Riders) was a yeomanry regiment of the British Territorial Army, formed in 1901 and amalgamated in 1961

    Rolled hammered silver penny - annulets in 2 opposing quadrants

    1422-27 Henry VI hammered silver penny - annulet issue

    Very early medieval looking buckle chape with black enamel inlay decoration - one for the museum
    1679 Charles 1st milled silver 4 pence

    1280 - 1286 Scottish Alexander III 2nd coinage Class 1

    Addedomaros 45BC Celtic gold full stater - sent to CCI for recording

    18.42mm, 5.53g

    Thanks for the latest pair of Addedomaros staters, the one you sent a few days ago (the very round coin) I've recorded as 13.0532, and yesterdays coin (the oval one) is 13.0533.

    John

    1625 Charles 1st hammered silver half groat 1851 Victoria milled silver sixpence
    1845 Victoria milled silver half crown (30 pence) with size comaprison to a sixpence

     

    Medieval silver ring - reported as treasure to museum

    1272 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - Class 10ab

    Obv +EDWARD R ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

    1602 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - 2 mint mark

    Post medieval cast copper alloy buckle frame

    Circa AD 1600 - 1699

    18thCc silver button 1500-1700 mount
    1860 Victoria milled silver 3 pence 1500-1700 mount Georgian watch winder

    1586 Hans Krauwincel II Rose orb Jetton

    HANNS KRAVWINCKEL IN NVRENB

    1509 -47 Henry VIII hammered silver sovereign penny

    TD besides shield - Bishop Ruthall - Durham mint

    Neat double sided Georgian fob seal

    1604 James 1st Rose ryal gold coin weight, 2nd coinage revalued

    Rev Crown XXXIII (33 shillings )

    Saxon lead coin weight
    Ancient silver coin fragment - cooking to clean up Silver bracelet fragment - worth the museum taking a look in case it is early
    18thC Continental milled silver coin - 3 lions of rev looks Dutch 1574 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence

    Georgian fob seal matrix -

    'TO BEST IN HD'

    Man sitting on beer barrel with glass and grapes in hand

    1836 William IV milled silver three ppence

    12th -15thC Pilgrims lead ampullae - East Anglia type

    Georgian fob seal matrix

    'IF CHERCME

    Winged cherub facing left holding man

    Medieval barrel lock

    Old Womens Institute - Britain Enamel Badge - W O Lewis Badges Bham

    'For home and country''

    1500-1700 mount 15thC lead token - type 2

    Cast copper alloy double-looped sub-annular shoe or knee buckle with bevelled internal edge

    Circa 1650-1720

    1935 George V milled silver shilling (12 pence) 19thC livery button 17thC button
     
    Georgian mount   1859 Victoria milled silver sixpence

    Robinson enameled metal 'golden shred' marmalade Gollywog badge

    Robertson's Post War White Waistcoat Boy Scout Golly Badge by Miller

    Gollywog branding

    Just before World War I, John Robertson (son of James Robertson) was on a tour of the United States. Whilst on a visit to the backwoods he noticed many young children playing with little black rag dolls with white eyes, made from their mothers' discarded black skirts and white blouses. Intrigued by the popularity of the "Golly" (the name being the children's interpretation of doll), he thought it would make an ideal mascot and trade mark for the Robertson's range of products. Accepted by the company, Golly was first shown on Robertson literature in 1910, on items such as labels and price lists.

    Robertson's officially 'retired' Golly in 2002. The company had found that Golly was, on the whole, no longer popular with the children of families, although the scheme was still successful with adult collectors.

    Robertson's always insisted that they did not retire the Golly because of the pressure of "political correctness" in the 1990s (the caricature is now generally considered to be racist),

    1941 Palestine 2 mils

    Inscription PALESTINE, in English, Hebrew and Arabic

    1820 George III milled silver sixpence
    VA Army button ?

    Post Medieval cast copper alloy single loop buckle frame.

    1500-1650 AD

    16thC Tudor button
    Britain's Merchant Navy
    Generic Design Issue
    In use 1900 's onwards
    2ndC Roman enamelled fibular brooch 19thC livery button 19thC hunting button
    16thC Tudor fretwork button 19thC Essex Regiment button West Ham speedway club badge

    Cast copper alloy double-looped sub-annular shoe or knee buckle with bevelled internal edge

    Circa 1650-1720

    Medieval D buckle

    Post Medieval cast copper alloy single loop buckle frame.

    1500-1650 AD

    1604 James 1st Spur Ryal gold coin coinweight- 2nd coinage, revalued

    Obv XVIs VID

    Rev Flower

     
    Capt / Commander - 1774-1787

    20thC shipping line navy button - not checked ref books yet

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

     

    Royal fuseliers cap badge
     
    1846 Victoria milled silver sixpence 1906 Edward VII milled silver sixpence
    1852 Victoria milled silver sixpence 1929 George V milled silver sixpence
    1845 Victoria milled silver sixpence

    1947-8 Winners Waltham & District football league

    Birmingham solid silver hall mark

    2ndC Roman silver coin sent for ID

    3.36g, 17.46 mm

    Chris,

    Righto - you hardly need my help on one like this, but here goes: This is Faustina the Elder - wife of Antoninus Pius and mother of Faustina the Younger, Marcus Aurelius' wife.  The Elder Faustina died in 141, only a couple of years after Antoninus ascended to the purple, so the great bulk of her coinage is posthumous.  This denarius, from the mint at Rome, c. 147 or later, has the common AETERNITAS reverse legend which can be found coupled with a dozen or so different reverse types.  This one is Juno raising her right hand and holding a scepter. 
    Some reference attributions, if you like them, would be BMCRE 345; RIC 344; RSC 26 & SRCV 4574.  

    It's considered quite common, overall - but this is a very nice find for your guys!

    Mark

     

    Stunning complete huge Georgian horse harness bell with 'I' foundry mark

    Only ever seen fragments of this type before

    1594-6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat

    4thC Roman bronze coin sent for ID

    You're trying to trick me by posting the images upside down now?  This is, of course, one of the VRBS ROMA city commemoratives originally issued in conjunction with the ceremonies dedicating Constantinople as the new capital city of the Empire, and then up until the death of Constantine - ie: 330-337.  Issued occasionally after Constantine's death, the later ones usually just have the VRBS ROMA obverse, the allegorical personification of Rome as an armored woman, paired with a single-standard GLORIA EXERCITVS, soldiers flanking standard(s) type after the elevation of Constantine's sons in 337.  The reverse, if you care to turn it right-side up, shows the she-wolf standing left suckling Romulus and Remus, two stars in the field above and no legend.  Usually you can easily tell which city issued these, but the mint mark is completely off-flan on this specimen.

    Mark

    1272 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

    1509- 1547 Henry VIII hammered silver half penny

    Obv hENRIC DI GRA REX

    Rev CIVI/TAS/ LO** - London mint

    1413-22 Henry V hammered silver half penny - annulet to right side of neck -

    Obv hENRI * ***

    Rev CIVI/TAS/ LON/DON - London mint

    1932 George V milled silver shilling
    1696 William III milled silver sixpence 1845 Victoria milled silver sixpence
    1844 Victoria milled silver sixpence 1852 Victoria milled silver sixpence
       
       

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