2022 Sept Finds page

Medieval silver ear wax scraper - reported as treasure to museum

1.71g

600 AD Saxon silver sceat - sent for recording and ID to the Early medieval corpus

1.025g,9.94mm

Many thanks for this new find, which I have recorded as EMC 2022.0295. This is Series D (Type 2c).

All the best,

Martin

1327-35 Edward III milled silver farthing

Obv +EDWARDVS REX **G

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

13thC Medieval bronze seal matrix - sacrifical lamb impression

The design is of a lamb with flag.

East India Company
2 Fanam 1764-1807

Double C monogram

0.84g,7.66mm

Roman silver coin - sent for ID

Julius Caesar AR Denarius. Uncertain mint, 46 BC. Head of Ceres to right, wearing grain ear wreath; COS•TERT downwards behind, DICT•ITER upwards before / Emblems of the augurate and pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, capis, and lituus; D to right, AVGVR above, PONT•MAX below. Crawford 467/1a; CRI 57; Sydenham 1023; RBW 1637; RSC 4a

Culullus, aspergillum, jug and lituus, in outer field right, D and below, PONT MAX (Crawford 467/1a / Sydenham 1023 / FFC 3) Splendid & desirable denarius of Julius Caesar by whom it was struck to pay his veterans: the 'D' on the back stands for donativum = extra donation to soldiers often paid from war booty. The legend on the obverse of this denarius honors the functions Julius Caesar held in the year of his victory over the Pompeian forces. His titles on the obverse are functional: consul for the third time and dictator for the second time, while the image on the reverse is strictly religious and refers to his previous status as one of the augurs and as pontifex maximus. The image of Ceres on the obverse may refer to the greater certainty about the Roman supply of grain that must have arisen after the defeat of the Pompeiians at the Battle of Thapsus (April 6, 46 BC) in North Africa.

Nice find!
Mark

1190-1194 King John hammered silver short cross penny Class 3

Obv hENRICVS REX

Rev + AIMER.ON.LVNDE - Moneyer Aimer of London mint

1461-1464 Edward IV hammered silver groat - Mint mark rose

Quatrefoils by neck

Obv EDWARD.DI GRA REX.ANGL Z FRANC

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Nazi Germany

1936 German 5 reichs mark silver coin

Paul Von Hindenburg

Taco'd 1216 Hnery III hammered silver short cross penny- Class 5B -7B

Rev ILGER.ON.VND-

92nd Regiment of foot button

Description: 92 within plain inner circle.

Category:​​ Regular Army;

Type of button: Convex 15mm ​;

Metal: Copper Alloy silvered; Backmark​: EXTRA STRONG PLATED 

​Date: c1820-1840  ​

The 92nd Highland Regiment was a British infantry regiment raised in 1794 by the Duchess of Gordon with a shilling between her lips. They formed the 2nd battalion of the Gordon Highlanders on its inception in 1881.

Henry VI (First reign, 1422-1461), Annulet issue, Noble, London, mm. lis on rev. only, annulet by wrist

Medieval hammered gold noble

6.999g,32.91mm

Gold noble - annulet issue - trefoil stops

Obv hENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC DNS *hYB

Rev PERo MEDIVM o ILLORV o IBAT + *** BAAo

Italian States-Venice, Antonio Venier as Doge (1382-1400), Soldino, Venice Mint
+ . ANTO. VE_NERIO DVX .
Doge standing left, holding banner, * | F across fields
+ . S . MARCVS . VENETI .
Winged lion of St. Mark facing left, holding book with both front paws, all in inner circle
Plain Edge

Type 1
Obverse: [Doge’s Name] DVX; Doge standing left, holding banner; mint control marks in right field
Reverse: S MARCVS VENETI; Winged lion of St Mark, holding book of gospels

600 AD Saxon silver sceat - sent for recording and ID to the Early medieval corpus

1.095g,12.13mm

(Series R1) as EMC 2022.0303.

All the best,

Martin

1865 Victoria milled gold half sovereign

3.9g,19.3mm

WWII Womans land Army badge

With the country at war and all able-bodied men needed to fight, there was a shortage of labour to work on farms and in other jobs on the land. At the same time it was becoming increasingly difficult to get food imported from abroad, so more land needed to be farmed to provide homegrown food. The Women's Land Army provided much of the labour force to work this land.

1461-1470 Edward IV hammered silver penny .im Cross

Pellets by crown - Rose in centre of reverse cross

Rev DVNO/LIN - Durham mint

1770's 11 shilling coin weight

Obv XI S

1216 Henry III hammered silver short cross half penny

Obv **CVS RE**

Rev **hENRI - Moneyer Henri

11,000 BC flint scrapers

2nd Issue Debased Jan 1549- April 1550 Edward VI hammered silver shilling - Durham house

E by shield

1560 -1 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver shilling (12 pence) Martlet mint mark - 2nd issue

5.23g, 31.4mm

10-40 AD Cunobelin Celtic gold qtr stater - sent to museum for recording

1.3g,11.12mm

17th C silver seal matrix - reported as treasure to museum

Crusty Roman silver coin - needs 'cooking' to remove horn silver

600 AD Saxon silver sceat - sent for recording and ID to the Early medieval corpus

1.104g, 11.1mm

(Series D (Type 8), as EMC 2022.0302

All the best,

Martin

French 1497-1515 Tower shield of Tournai jetton

Ref 724 Mitchener

A complete cast copper alloy buckle of post-medieval date. The buckle is a double loop asymmetrical shape

Circa 1575- 1700

A complete cast copper alloy buckle of post-medieval date. The buckle is a double loop asymmetrical shape

Circa 1575- 1700

Post Medieval cast copper alloy single loop buckle frame.

1500-1650 AD

Post Medieval cast copper alloy single loop buckle frame.

1500-1650 AD

1915 George V silver cane band - London mint

Maker EB WB - Edwin & William Barling

1841 Victorian silver duty paid bust symbol silver trim - London mint

Maker GR -George Reid

(registered Mar 1811 & 1817, 1824, 1828, 1829)

Post Medieval cast copper alloy single loop buckle frame.

1500-1650 AD

1770's gold half guinea coin weight - 10 shillings and 6 pence

Ob 10S, 6D

1485 Henry VII hammered silver halfpenny - rev cross fourchee - wide hair bust - Type 3 single arched crown

Obv HENRIC DI GRA REX A

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross penny

Rev COLE - Moneyer Nicole

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv + EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv **** BANGL DNS hYB

Rev CICI**** /DVE/EI** - Durham mint

The House of Rohan (Breton: Roc'han) is a Breton family of viscounts, later dukes and princes in the French nobility, coming from the locality of Rohan in Brittany.

Circa 1710. Queen Anne. Rev. FVNDAMENTVM QVIETIS NOSTRAE. ECCLES. ANGL. Brass 26mm. by Lazarus G. Lauffer Nuremburg.

FVNDAMENTVM QVIETIS NOSTRAE. ECCLES. ANGL means The Church of England is the basis (or foundation) of our Peace. These were early propaganda tokens/jetons stressing that the protestant church was the way to maintain peace in Great Britain. Both Queen Anne & King George faced threats from legitimate claimants to the throne. These were Catholic and supported by french funds and sometimes french troops and had tremendous support in Scotland and Ireland plus some support from catholic families even in England.

Castle Gold Foil Saumur Brass Token Medallion W&A Gilbey

W & A Gilbey Wine Merchants Brass Medallion Castle Gold Foil Saumur. Walter and Alfred Gilbey founded their wine business in London in 1857.

1296-1318 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - Class 4c - solid pellets for eyes

Obv +EDWR ANGL DNS hYB'

Rev VILL/ABE/REV/VICI - Berwick-Upon-Tweed mint

1190- 1194 Richard 1st hammered silver short cross penny - Class 3

Obv hENRICVS REX

Rev + hVE.ON.EVER* - Moneyer HVE of York Mint

1351 Edward III hammered silver penny - Pre treaty series A

+ EDW******ANGLI (DOUBLE ANNULET STOPS)

Rev CIVI/TAS/*****

1770's Gold Guinea coin weight (21 shillings)

Ob S21

Rev S21

Unknown six pence coin weight - Crown cipher

Researching it - looks Victorian

Medieval Papal Bullae. A lead Papal Bullae of Pope

This bulla has the name of Pope Clement III 1187 -1191 AD

Obverse shows the heads of the apostles Peter and Paul, the founders of the Church of Rome with SPASPE (Sanctus PAulus and Sanctus PEtrus) above

Rev CLE/MENS/PP. III

http://historymedren.about.com/library/who/blwwpopelist.htm

http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/12272b.htm

The reverse (verso) of the bulla shows the name of the Pope, which is written in the nominative, with his abbreviated title. It reads 'CLE / MENS / PP • III' within a beaded border. The 'PP' has an 'Ω' above.

1770'S Gold half guinea coin weight - 10 shillings and 6 pence

Obv SD 10 6

1307 Edward II hammered silver penny -Class 11

Obv + EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB:

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

88th Regiment of foot

Description: 88 within French scroll with dot.

Category:​​ Regular Army;

​Date: c1800-1871  ​

Medieval lead pilgims figurine

Post medieval seal ring

1327 Edward III hammered silver penny

Obv .EDW***ANGL DNS hYB

Rev ***LON/DON - London mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv + EDWAR*****

Rev CIVI/TASLON/DON - London mint

1327 Edward III hammered silver groat

Obv + EDW *** hYB

Rev CIVI/TASLON/DON - London mint

1422-27 AD Henry VI hammered silver Groat ( 4 pence) -Inital mark incurved pierced cross

Annulet issue - Annulets by the neck and two sets of opposing pellets on reverse

obv hENRIC DI GRA REX ANGLIE Z FRANCE

Rev VIL/LAx/CALI/SIEx/ - Calaise mint

1300-10 Edward II hammered silver farthing- new issue with inner circles both sides - oval flan - Type 28f

Obv +EDWA****EX AN

Rev CIVI/TASLON/DON - London mint

1216 Henry III hammered silver short cross half penny

Obv E hEN

Rev ONC/ANT - Canterbury mint

Ancient gold nugget - reported as treasure to museum

0.61g, 7.70 mm L

10-40 AD Cunobelin Celtic gold stater - reported to museum

5.5g, 17.97mm

92nd Regiment of foot

The 92nd Highland Regiment was a British infantry regiment raised in 1794 by the Duchess of Gordon with a shilling between her lips. They formed the 2nd battalion of the Gordon Highlanders on its inception in 1881.

Description: 92 within plain inner circle.

Category:​​ Regular Army;

Type of button: Convex 15mm ​;

Metal: Copper Alloy silvered; Backmark​: EXTRA STRONG PLATED 

​Date: c1820-1840  ​

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv +EDWAR ANGLE DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TASLON/DON - London mint

Facinating gold find - what looked initially like a Georgian bezel when blown up looks a lot earlier in date - sent to museum for their views

1.2g, 20.82mm

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long PENNY

Obv hENRICVS REX III

Rev hEN/RIO/ONL/VND - London mint

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided long cross farthing

Rev /VID/ - Moneyer David

1282-89 Edward 1st hammered silver penny -Class 4 - pellet before E in Obv legend

Obv +.EDWR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TASLON/DON - London mint

1300-10 Edward II hammered silver farthing - New issue inner circles both sides - Type 28

Obv +EDWARDVS REX

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1471-83 Edward IV hammered silver half penny

Obv + EDWARD DEI GRA REX

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1327 Edward III hammered silver groat

Rev DON/CIV - London mint

RN Purser buttons

RN Purser - 1807
In use 1807 - 1825
In Gilt

Advertising piece, ND(c.1924), obverse; DRINK MORE COCOA. 198,000 TONS OF COCOA WERE EXPORTED FROM THE GOLD COAST DURING 1923 WHICH REPRESENTS NEARLY HALF THE WORLD'S SUPPLY, reverse; DRINK MORE COCOA. GOLD COAST 1923-1924 - AREA LARGER THAN UNITED KINGDOM POPULATION 2,250,000 REVENUE £3,740,000 SURPLUS BALANCE £3,000,000. 33mm, 2.7g, aluminium,

'Drink more Cocoa'

1923-1924

1770's coin weight - 6 shillings and nine pence

Obv S6 9D

**ALDERGATE ?

Post Office button ?

1310-14 Edward 1st hammered silver farthing

Obv ***REX AN

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1310-14 Edward 1st hammered silver half penny

Obv +EDW*** ANGLI

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1490- 1550 'Ship -penny' Jetton

Obv Sailing ship facing left

Rev Traditional 'four fleurs in a lozenge' crown HANS rosette SCHVLTES cross PO

1422-1427 Henry VI hammered silver penny - annulet issue - annulets by neck - annulet in two quadrants on reverse

Obv HENRICVS REX ANGLIE

Rev VIL/LAx/CAL/ISx/ Calais mint

The second style known to the 22nd (Cheshire) Regt of Foot.

Description: 22 within contnued wreath of laurel design.  ​

Category:​​ Regular Army;

Type of button: Flat 22mm ​;

Metal: Copper Allot gilt; Backmark​: McGOWAN KING STREET SOHO LONDON;

​Date: c1800-1810 ​

Victorian London and County Bank buttons

Established as the Surrey, Kent and Sussex Banking Company in 1836. Renamed as this in 1839. Acquired Limited Liability in 1866. Merged with the London & Westminster Bank in 1909 to form London, County & Westminster Bank Limited.

RN Capt / Commander - 1787
RN Lieutenant - 1787

THE 27th (Inniskilling) REGIMENT OF FOOT

​

Category:​​ Regular Army;

Type of button: Flat 19mm​;

Metal: Copper Alloy, silvered; Backmark​: None;

​Date: c1803-1820 ​

Army badge -Yorkshire Light Infantry ?

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

The 92nd Highland Regiment was a British infantry regiment raised in 1794 by the Duchess of Gordon with a shilling between her lips.

Description: 92 within plain inner circle.

Category:​​ Regular Army;

Type of button: Convex 15mm ​;

Metal: Copper Alloy silvered; Backmark​: EXTRA STRONG PLATED 

​Date: c1820-1840  ​

1299-1300 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - class 9

Obv +EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Unknown Arabic silver coin ??

Abdul Hamid II. The bottom date reads 1293, which is the date of the ruler's accession, and the top date looks like 29 to me. So I think this would be referred to as a 10 qirsh of Abdul Hamid II, 1293/29, from 1903.

Ohio Drew

Ancient gold sheet - reported as treasure to museum

8.65g, 30.47mm L x 20.93mm W x 1.39mm T

Medieval gold ring with amethyst - contemporary crudely repaired - reported as treasure to museum

1.33g,29mm

10-40 AD Cunobelinus Celtic bronze unit - Stepping griffin type

r,CAMV above and in front/Horse rearing r, quatrefoil above,CVN below

VA2081,BMC 1909-12

Classed a scarce

2.0g,14.25mm

Big Roman bronze sent for ID

22.9g, 33.13mm

Yes, this has a bit of remaining detail – However, it’s going to need a bit of additional TLC if it’s to be identified beyond the basic generalities:

Roman Imperial (not Provincial – Latin legends, minted in Rome)
Sestertius (4 asses or ¼ denarius)
Orichalcum (naturally occurring brass alloy)
Antoninus Pius (139-161 AD.) as Caesar 138/9 AD.
Uncertain standing personification or deity (Annona or Pax are likely possibilities) small altar at feet and holding cornucopiae

Antoninus Pius was emperor during what is almost universally considered the height of “The Golden Age of Rome”
He struck an astronomical number of coins, with a very broad range of reverse types – there’s probably a couple of dozen types of his sestertii which feature a standing deity or personification sacrificing at a small altar.
Therefore, although this is not the exact same type, it’s very similar to what yours might look like cleaned-up a bit. The standing figure on yours also holds a conucopiae, so it’s unlikely to be Pietas.
Marcus Aurelius was Pius’ adopted son/intended heir. A further astronomical number of coins and types were struck for Aurelius as Caesar during Antoninus’ reign.

I hope your fall digging season goes well,
Mark

Unusual large bronze figurine - no idea of date yet

Mounting point on back

1216 Henry III hammered silver short cross half penny

Obv E.ON.LV - London mint

1377-1399 Richard II hammered silver half penny - Type 1e

Obv +RICARDx REXx ANGL

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Initially I thought this was a tiny Celtic bronze unit but it could be a 4th C Roman barbarous radiate, I have sent it to our Roman expert for his views

1.02g, 13mm

Personally, I don’t like the term “barbarous” – I’d say “unofficial mint” or “contemporary copy”, but yes, this is what many would call “barbarous”.
There were very few antoniniani in the mid-third century portraying a smallish dinosaur on the reverse.
However, science is coming around to realize what those of us who have raised chickens, etc, already knew. Dinosaurs are not extinct. They are birds now after 65 million years, but birds are the surviving direct descendants of the big guys.

This, of course, poses the question “What was the person who engraved the reverse actually thinking or trying to copy?”
In this case, the only avian reverse  (I can think of) which is likely to have been copied in this era in this general area is the standing eagle reverse on posthumous commemorative antoniniani of Claudius II Gothicus struck by his brother Quintillus and his eventual successor, Aurelian – and were extensively copied locally.

So it might be that this was the prototype for your reverse – This undersized example is on the threshold of being indefinable, as to “Copy” vs. “Official”, but from the workmanship, I’d go “official” – more on this further below.

DIVO CLAVDIO / CONSECRATIO antoninianus, likely from the mint of Rome.

I know, it’s a stretch at best, but that’s what you tend to get into with the contemporary copies from Gaul and Britain – some are pretty wild and at best only vaguely suggestive of their prototypes. To be fair, the official prototypes are often so crude and poorly executed that it’s, frankly, difficult to say “official” vs. “Unofficial” about many specimens.

You asked if it was “Celtic” – and that’s a tough call – all the people in northern Europe and Britain who were making copies in this era were, essentially, Celts (and a few immigrant Romans with various origins who had chosen not to evacuate the islands with the legions,) so yes, sort of, but this does not belong to the pre-Caesar’s conquest era Celtic material.  The folks we associate with the billon and gold staters and Æ rings, etc, belong to a time a couple hundred years previous. (Sort of misses the “Asterisk” era both before and after.)
Same people - they had significantly different rulers and political systems, but yes, to stretch the definition you could call it Celtic – “Romano-Celtic” would probably be closer to the actual situation.

Mark

Amazing double stuck bust

1558-60 Elizabeth 1st hammered silver penny - 1st issue - Lis mint mark

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv + EDWAR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny

Obv + EDWAR **** DNS hYB

Rev Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

50 BC Gallo Belgic Celtic gold stater - reported to museum

6.11g,18.0 mm

London and County Bank button

Established as the Surrey, Kent and Sussex Banking Company in 1836. Renamed as this in 1839. Acquired Limited Liability in 1866. Merged with the London & Westminster Bank in 1909 to form London, County & Westminster Bank Limited.

Ancient 1st to 2nd C gold foil necklace

Gold bead - no idea of date yet - sent to museum for their views

1.1g,10mm L

1797 George III milled gold third guinea

2.72g, 16.3mm

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