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    What looks like our first 850 BC Bronze Age side axe with a huge chunk of Bronze Age casting waste nearby

    1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

    Obv EDW **** ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVITAS LONDON - London mint

    1485 Henry VII hammered silver half groat (2 pence)
    2ndC Roman silver coin - cooking to remove crust - sent to Mark Lehman for his views

    1422-61 Henry VI hammered silver half penny - Cross fleury - Rosette Mascle issue = Type RM1

    Mascule after REX

    Obv +hENRIC REX ANGLE

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

    RN Capt / Commander - 1812
    RN Lieutenant - 1812
    RN Midshipman - 1812
    RN Volunteer Gr.I - 1812
    16thC Tudor S buckle 1603 - 1625 James 1st coin weight - Obv Bust - Rev Crown and denomination
    16thC crotal bell 1216 Henry III hammered silver short cross half penny
    11,000 BC Stone Age flint scraper

    1625 Charles 1st hammered silver half groat - Group A without bust - Crown each side

    Obv (Crown) CDG ***

    Rev ** VSTHRO***

    1643- 4 Charles 1st hammered silver half groat - mint mark P in brackets 1696 William III milled silver sixpence - love token
    1634 Charles 1st hammered copper rose farthing 1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross half penny
    Georgian silver button Medieval harness pendant
    1776 George III milled copper half penny 1584- 6 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half penny - Escallop mint mark
    Early medieval lead coin weight 15thC lead token 19thC livery button
    17thC Indian copper cash coin - probably Dutch India Edwardian owl brooch
    600 AS Saxon silver sceat - cooking to remove crust - the horn silver growth is 1/8 inch thick on this coin

    As dug and 'cooked'

    L. Marcius Phillipus, 56 BC. Obv: Diademed head of the early Roman King Ancus Marcius right, lituus behind. [ANCVS] (off flan) below.


    Rx: The Aqua Marcia aqueduct represented as an arcade of 5 arches surmounted by equestrian statue to right. AQVR MAR (MAR ligate) within the arches; PHILLIPVS (letters barely visible around circumference) to left.


    RRC 425/1; CRR 919-1919c; Babelon/RSC Marcia 28-29c; RMM 15.1-2; SRCV 382.

     

    1578 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - Greek cross mint mark

    1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

    Obv EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

    'Cooking' Roman silver to remove crust

    Stunning 14thC medieval gold ring - reported as treasure to museum

    1.26g, 20mm

    Lombardic script possibly Latin

    15thC lead token 15thC lead token WWII Air Raid patrol button

    Stevenson's rocket railway button

    Worlds first ever steam train

    2ndC Roman silver coin - needs a good 'cook' to remove crust

    19thC livery button 15thC lead token Rifle regiment mount Medieval buckle

    1stC Celtic bronze unit - sent for ID and recording

    1.76g, 14.5mm

    John Sills of the CCII was able to ID it as a Cunobelin Stepping Griffin type ABC 2945, leaping horse on the front and you can make out the wing of the Griffin on the reverse.

    Early 1660 -2 Charles II milled silver half groat - this legend CAROLVS.II.D.G

    1377 Richard II hammered silver half penny - Type 5a Small face wide crown with outer fleurs curved and wide

    Obv + RICARD x REX x ANGL'x

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

    1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

    Obv + EDWR ANGL DNS hYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON- London mint

    1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

    Obv + EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON- London mint

    Medieval gold finger ring - no marks - reported as treasure to museum

    1.99g, 28mm

    Victorian "Cumberland Jack" Token 1837
    These are a common find in boxes of household junk, old drawers, and accumulations and collections of coins. They are made of brass, probably as a satirical gaming token. When Queen Victoria acceded to the British throne, she could not assume the Hanoverian throne, as this was restricted to male succession only. Her relative the Duke of Cumberland therefore succeeded in her place. Apparently he was quite unpopular, and this jeton was issued as a humorous comment on his departure from the British Isles.
    Obverse
    Crude young head portrait of Queen Victoria, facing left, with her hair in her familiar "bun". This portrait is very similar to that which appears on the young head sovereigns of Victoria, with the legend (inscription).
    VICTORIA REGINA

    Reverse
    A man, supposed to represent the Duke of Cumberland, in crude imitation of a gold sovereign, with the legends:-
    TO HANOVER 1837

    16thC Tudor gilded silver ring- reported as treasure to museum

    1604-19 James 1st - gold half angel coin weight

    3.20g

    17thC Charles II trade weight - Crown C cipher London 15thC lead token - Type 2

    1st C BC Celtic silver unit - needs cooking to remove crust - our oldest ever silver unit at c120 BC

    Not a type we have found before so checking ref books.

    Gaul. Central Gaul, the Lingones. Kaletedes. AR Quinarius, circa 120/100-50 BC. Obv. Celticized head left. Rev. Celticized...

    12.1mm, 1.89g

    Lingones were a Celtic tribe that originally lived in Gaul in the area of the headwaters of the Seine and Marne rivers. Some of the Lingones migrated across the Alps and settled near the mouth of the Po River in Cisalpine Gaul of northern Italy around 400 BCE. These Lingones were part of a wave of Celtic tribes that included the Boii and Senones (Polybius, Histories ii.17). The Lingones may have helped sack Rome in 390 BCE.

    1490 - 1500 Henry VII hammered silver half groat - Two arches unjewelled - Class IIIc

    King and Archbishop Morton jointly ?

    Obv HENRICVS DI GRA REX AGL Z

    Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

    1938 George VI milled silver sixpence
    Eastern Railways button Georgian watch winder 1500-1700 mount 16thC Tudor clothing fastener
    1838 Victoria milled silver four pence 1500-1700 mount 17thC lead token
    16thC Tudor button Georgian watch winder Post medieval lead bale seal

    1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

    Obv EDWR ANGL'DNS hYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON- London mint

    19thC Victoria milled silver six pence

    1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

    Obv EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON- London mint

    Medieval lead token Post medieval Russian lead bale seal
    1500-1700 mount with glass stones 1696 William III milled silver sixpence
     
    17thC clothing fastener  

    c700 AD Saxon silver primary sceat sent to Fitzwilliam museum for ID and recording

    0.89g,12.2mm



    Many thanks for this very helpful information about the find, which is EMC 2015.0268.

    The Series E Stepped Cross type (Type 53) is one of the more interesting varieties of the Secondary Phase, and this is the first in EMC since 2010.

    All the best,

    Martin

     

    1836 William IV milled silver four pence 1502- 4 Henry VII hammered silver half groat - Marlett mint-mark
    1729 George II milled silver three pence

    1427-1430 Henry VI hammered silver penny - Rosette - Mascle issue - Satire stops

    Obv hENRICVS REX ANGLIE

    Rev VIL/LA/CALI/SIE - Calais mint

    1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

    Obv EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

    Rev VILL ** VICI - Berwick Upon Tweed mint

    1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross penny - Class 1b

    Obv hENRICVS REX ANG

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

    1640's English civil war lead gunpowder measure. Cap for the powder horn and measure for the gunpowder
    19thC Chinese cash coin

    1216 Henry III hammered silver short cross half penny

    Obv **RICVS

    Rev ON.LV - London mint

    Georgian button Georgian leg pipe tamper 16thC Tudor button Georgian glass button
    Victorian silver ear ring Post medieval Russian lead bale seal
    Post medieval lead hanging trade weight - interesting markings not known
    Georgian fob seal holder 15thC casket key 1216 Henry III hammered silver short cross half penny

    1590 - 1592

    Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - hand mint mark
    1904 Edward VII milled silver sixpence

    1300-10 Edward 1st hammered silver farthing- Type 28

    Obv EDWARDVS REX

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

    19thC livery button WWI Essex regiment cap badge

    1285/6 Edward 1st hammered silver farthing - new issue inner circle both sides - Type 28 Oval flan

    Rev EDWARDVS REX

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

    17thC lead token 1500-1650 buckle

    1216 Henry III hammered silver short cross half penny

    Obv hENRIC **

    Rev ILGER.O ** - Moneyer Ilger of London mint Class 6

    Anne 1702-1714 milled silver sixpence
    1696 William III milled silver sixpence Anne 1702-1714 milled silver shilling

    1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross half penny

    Moneyer Nicole

    14th/15thC 1/2 Gold Ryal - King with sword and shield standing in a ship type
    Georgian fob seal 1500-1700 mount 1500-1700 hooked mount
    Medieval knife quillion Gem stone in a silver mount - not sure of date yet
    Huge 1836 William IV milled silver half crown - (30 pence)

    Trinovantes British G “Clacton” quarter, Hobbs 192 Celtic gold 1/4 stater 50BC - sent to PAS for recording

    Chris Rudd 23.41 Clacton de Jersey - Classed as scarce

    1.41g, 11.93mm

    19thC Chinese cash coin Georgian white intaglio silver faced button - Woman's bust facing right
    Georgian gold plated button with glass stones 15thC casket key

    Two 1640's English civil war lead gunpowder measures. Cap for the powder horn and measure for the gunpowder

    Medieval heraldic shield pendant 1826 Russian lead bale seal
    Georgian shoe buckle Post medieval enameled mount
    2 - 17thC Charles II silver buttons - reported as treasure to museum

     

    Medieval gilded hooked riveted bar mount
    16thC crotal bell - heart foundry mark Georgian bell trade weight 18thC apothecary weight
    1500-1700 mount Medieval D buckle 18thC silver Royal Navy button 1500-1700 mount
    WWI Army Service Corp button 1938- 1941 Auxiliary Fire Service button 16thC Tudor seal spoon handle 1900's Generic merchant seaman button
    Georgian watch winder   1818 George III milled silver sixpence

    Unknown Roman widget - buckle tongue ?? Medieval lead token 19thC livery button
    15thC lead token GPO button Georgian trade weight

    Unknown bronze medieval item - appears to be a rectangular key of some description with suspension loop

    Researching it

    Post medieval cloth seal
    Post medieval alnage cloth seal Georgian trade wight - Crown G cipher London mint 1500- 1700 mount
    1422-61 AD Bronze coin weight - French Ecu - Three lis in shield type 1561 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver sixpence - Pheon mint mark

    1stC Celtic bronze unit - galloping animal facing right

    Not checked ref books yet

    2ndC AD Roman Zoomorphic brooch - Domestic birds

    Red enameled diamond decoration - some enameling remains

    Ref 1167 Hattatt

    18thC silver clog fastener - 1795 Duty paid George III bust

    Maker HF

    1891 Victoria milled silver sixpence
    Medieval mount 1500-1650 buckle 2 - 1500-1700 mounts
    Complete large Georgian horse harness bell
    19thC livery button 1500-1650 buckle 15thC lead token - type 2 Georgian button

    1279 Edward III hammered silver penny

    Obv + EDWAR****hYB :

    Rev CIVI/TAS/C*** Canterbury mint

    1279 Edward III hammered silver penny

    Obv + EDW **ANGL DNS **

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

    19thC hunting button Medieval mount 1634 Charles 1st hammered copper rose farthing
    1900's Generic merchant navy button Medieval annular buckle 1500-1700 mount 1500-1650 buckle
    1595-8 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny 1838 Victoria milled silver two pence
    Possible 1603 James 1st hammered silver half groat 1603 James 1st hammered silver half penny
    16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence

    1279 Edward III hammered silver penny

    Obv + EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

    1299-1300 -Edward 1st hammered silver penny - Class 9 star on breast

    Obv + EDW A *ANGL DNS h*

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

    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 CALIS - Calais Mint

     

    1794 Halfpenny of Lancaster (d)

    OBVERSE: IOHN OF GAUNT DUKE OF LANCASTER. Star under bust. A flaw gives an impression of a nose-ring. REVERSE: Shield with lion. LANCASTER HALFPENNY 1792. EDGE: PAYABLE IN LANCASTER LONDON OR BRISTOL

    19thC livery button 19thC button - crossed spears and elephant

    5thC Roman silver siliqua of Honorius

    The reason that this coin seems so thin is that it's the way they were made.  The Romans were already (and had for some time been) experiencing the shortage of silver which would extend well into "modern" times (taking the long view) and was the reason that medieval deniers all tend to be such fish scales.  This is a siliqua of Honorius.  Honorius was one of the last of the Western emperors and the one during whose reign the Visigoths sacked Rome in 410 AD.
     
    Honorius ascended to the purple at the age of 9, in 393 AD, so you know there was someone else behind the scenery pulling the strings.  He was actually around for a pretty long time as rulers went (and they mostly went) in those days.  He survived until 423 AD. but isn't known for much of anything except happening to be in power when Rome was invaded.
     
     
    Mark

    Roman silver coin forgery  

    Although "fourree" silver-over-copper denarii are not terribly uncommon, they tend to be seen more in the Republic and early Imperial era, however.  Those silver foil-wrapped copper cores, the foil sealed to the core with flux and the whole package struck with dies was the "standard" for counterfeits - ie: fakes made to deceive and pass current as good silver denarii for a long time.

    Interesting medieval lead trade weight with copper plug 17thC token 19thC livery button
    15thC lead token 1650- 1720 buckle Medieval spur fragment

    0.64g, 19.5mm
    Very rare 1135-1154 Stephen hammered silver penny - Cross Moline
    Note * Fleurs in reverse quadrants
    Bust right holding sceptre - Substantive Royal Issue
    This could be the PERERIC or PERERICM obverse type
    I have sent it off to Dr Martin at the Fiztwilliam museum for recording and his expert ID

     

    I have recorded this as EMC 2015.0271. It is a coin of Carlisle under Scottish occupation but in the name of Stephen: the obverse reads [  ]EFNERE+ and the reverse reads [  ]ONCAR[  ]. The moneyer would be Erebald ior Hudard.

    The weight will be welcome when you have it.

    Best wishes,

    Martin

    1526 - 1544 Henry VIII hammered silver sovereign penny - Star both sides, radiant star Obv only

    CD besides shield - Bishop Cuthbert Tunstall

    1279 Edward III hammered silver penny

    Obv + EDWAR ****

    Rev CIVI/TAS/ - type

    1279-1305 Gui of Dampierre - Numur pollard - no crown short fringe to hair

    Medieval hammered silver penny - Continental imitation , Sterling type

    Obv +GMARChIONAMVR

    Rev FLA/DRE/GCO/MES

     

    1526-44 Henry VIII hammered silver half penny- 2nd issue, brush hair - plain cross - uncertain type i.m.

    Obv hDG ROSA SIE SPIA

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

    Victorian Royal Engineers button  

    Medieval gold ring - reported as treasure to museum

    Can Ryan cleaned it last night and the black sapphire stone is still inside the bezel !!

    1.89g, 24mm

    20thC gold ring - Continental marks- Q1 CTF 750

    0.96g,21mm

    1621-3 James 1st hammered silver half groat - Thistle mint mark 17thC 'His halfpenny' hammered copper trade half penny

    9 carat gold Birmingham hall marked 0.375 - still researching another unknown mark for date

    Common control mark 1972

    20.5mm,1.59g

    1856 Victoria milled silver sixpence 1674 Charles II milled silver one pence
    1818 George III milled silver sixpence 1697 William III milled silver sixpence
    Georgian silver thimble - initialed I.W

    1582 - 1584 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat - A mint mark

    1930 George V milled silver florin (24 pence) 1560-61 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny- cross crosslet mint mark
    1571 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence

    1580 - 1581 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver three pence- Latin cross mint mark

    Big Roman 2ndC bronze sent for ID

    Trajan, 98-117 AD. Æ As
    27mm, 11.58gm, axis: 195º Mint of Rome, 101-2 AD.
    Obv: IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM P M.
    Laureate head right.
    Rx: TR POT COS IIII P P S - C. Victory alighting left holding palm and shield inscribed: SP / QR.
    RIC 434, Cf. SR 3242, VM 73.

    Amazing find - ex rare Irish 1496-1505 Henry VII hammered silver penny- Late portrait issue. Large rose to centre of reverse cross.

    Rose as pellets in reverse cross and rose to left side of crown - unknown type

    These are crudely made and no example exists with a legend as they are so poor

    This example has a partial legend of hYB EZ or badly formed REX.

    Great eyeball fossil find - 300 million BC
    15thC lead token 17thC lead token 16thC Tudor button 18thC clog fastener
    1500-1700 mount Georgian watch winder

    1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross penny

    Obv hENRICVS REX

    Obv HEN/RIO/NLV/ND - Moneyer Henri of London mint

    1216 Henry III hammered silver voided short cross half penny

    Obv hEN **

    Obv NDE+I*** - London mint

    1180 Henry II hammered silver voided short cross penny Class 1b

    Obv hENRICVS REX

    Obv .LVND + PR **S.ON - Moneyer Pieres of London mint

    15thC lead token 15thC lead token
    16thC Elizabeth 1st hammered silver sixpence 18thC silver Royal Navy button
    17thC clothing toggle fastener

    Roman military mount

    A near identical mount is in Benet’s Artefacts second volume, page171 number R09-0403.

    Described as Mount (Eagle) 50mm. Spread wings with feathers detailed. Mounted on a stem. Perhaps from a military standard.

    1634 Charles 1st hammered copper rose farthing
    1574 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver half groat

    1468-9 Edward IV hammered silver half groat mule - Crown i.m Obv , i.m Sun Rev

    Light issue 'Royal'

    9 arches to tressure, trefoils by neck

    Obv EDWARD DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRA

    Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

    c10thC Saxon stirrup mount 1818 George III milled silver sixpence
    1587 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver sixpence

    1199 John hammered silver short cross penny

    Obv hENRICVS REX

    Obv +TOMAS *** N- Moneyer Tomas, probably Canterbury mint class 5

     

    1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

    Obv EDW R ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

    1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

    Obv ** R ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev /TAS/CAN - Canterbury mint

    1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

    Obv EDWR R ANGL DNS HYB

    Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

    1560-1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - Cross crosslet mint mark

    1216 Henry III hammered silver short cross farthing

    Obv **RICV

    1918 George V milled silver sixpence
    1696 William III milled copper half penny NETHERLANDS 1 Cent lion couronné 1880 Utrecht
    1821 'Collumbis' token

    1454-60 Henry VI hammered silver penny :Cross Pellet (York)

    Quatrefoil with cross on obverse

       
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