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Cross on breast - annulet in hair - quadrefoil with pellet at centre of Rev cross

Obv + RICARD REX ANGL' Z FRAN'

Rev CIVI/TAS*/EBOR/ACI - York mint

Type III coins have a new bust with close hair, a flatter crown and a cross on the breast. The IIIa bust is coarser than that of IIIb, but other aspects are common to both sub-types. The lettering is of intermediate style and there is an enigmatic mark (escallop?) after TAS. Pellet clusters on the reverse are of late type with the pellets close or conjoined as a trefoil. The quatrefoil in the centre of the cross is of a new form with a distinct central pellet.

1279 Edward 1st hammered silverr penny

Closed C & E

Obv + EDWR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint

1279 Edward 1st hammered silverr penny

pot hooked N

Obv + EDWR ANGL***

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Quick lemon juice clean up

2nd C Roman silver coin - sent for ID

Very interesting - nothing I recognize at first sight - the object(?) on the reverse is particularly puzzling. The ID may need to wait until we see what cooks off - and what's left. One good thing is when I can figure out what I'm looking at, I'll be very surprised if there is more than a single type with this reverse.
ML

Okay then Chris, This is the (in)famous "Tribute Penny" of Tiberius. There is zero evidence that the type was even circulating in Judea in the 30's AD., but many insist this must have been the coin about which Christ said (in Matthew, I think) "Render unto Caesar that which is Caesar's, and unto God, that which is God's". 
People pay crazy money for nice ones. Even one in this general condition (worn and porous) would be likely to sell for over, or at least as much as, the sort of price, say, a common-type, XF Trajan denarius would be likely to bring.
Nice ones sell for out-of-sight money. Coins which have supposed biblical references are collected like mad by folks who have no interest in any other sorts of ancients than those with (often supposed) biblical mentions, as well as typical, well-heeled, collectors/potential buyers.
If it cleans up nicely and doesn't wind up looking too "cooked" (it's already somewhat porous) it should be valued above or at least as much as the price for other, common 1st century denarii, like Augustus' Gaius & Lucius denarii, in comparable condition.
General ID info:
Tiberius, AD. 14-37
AR denarius (your metrology goes here)
Mint of Lugdunum, struck after A.D. 16 
Obv: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS (ccw.)
laureate head of Tiberius right
Rev: PONTIF MAXIM (ccw.)
female seated right (many say, with no evidence to back it up, that this is Julia, Tiberius' mom)
RIC I 26; BMCRE 34; RSC 16
Damn nice way to kick-off the season, I'd say.
ML

Roman cross hatched decorated bronze braclet

71.9 mm H x 63mm W - 6 mm dia

Viking Penannular Brooch

Date: 10th–11th century

Culture: Scandinavian or Baltic

Medium: Copper alloy, cast (loop) - knopped ends

52.83mm H v x 42,5 mm W x 3.7mm T

1329-1371 Scottish David II hammered silver penny

Crowned bust of King facing left and holding sceptre - Rev Long cross star of five points in each qtr

Obv DAVID REX SCOTORUM

Rev VILLA EDINBURGH - Edinburgh mint

Two 16thC stone cannon balls

45.3mm dia, 115g, 4oz and 59.3mm dia 29`g, 10oz

1279 Edward 1st hammered silverr penny

Obv + EDWR ANG***

Rev CIVI/***/***/TOR - Canterbury mint

Unknown type of bronze seal matrix

1279 Edward 1st hammered silverr penny

Obv + EDWR ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London

1247 Henry III hammered silver voided penny

Rev LE/ONC - Moneyer Nicole of Canterbury mint

1216 Henry III hammered silver short cross half penny

Rev LVNDE + - London mint

1904 Silver spoon - London hall mark -maker WL

William Linsley

1818..1825
(registered Oct 1818)

Michele Steno 1400-1413 (Type 1)

Italian States-Venice, Michele Steno as Doge (1400-1413), Soldino, Venice Mint
+ MICHELE-STEN . DVX
Doge standing left, holding banner, * / m in right field
+ . S . MARCVS  . VENETI .
Winged lion of St. Mark facing left, holding book with both front paws all in inner circle
Plain Edge

25-35 AD Cunobelin Celtic gold stater

'plastic A' series, VA 2010-3. Believed to have preceded the classic type, so perhaps from c. 25 - 35 AD.

5.44g, 16.92mm

Scotland 1195-1230 Willaim 1 The Lion Class 1

Moneyer Walter of Perth

850 BC Bronze Age socketed axe head - 41mm l x 34.7mm w x 13.3mm T

850 BC Bronze Age socketed axe head- 62.5 mm L x 32.5 mm w x 21.8mm T

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - Class 10ab

Obv +EDWARD R ANGL DNS hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1351-2 Edward III hammered silver groat - Cross 1 Pre treaty series C

Obv +EDWA*****ANGL Z FRANC* hYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

1660 Dutch duit copper coin

Lettering:
WEST
FRISIÆ
1660

Post-Medieval quadruple seal matrix

One face is a Tudor rose impression the others need cleaning yet

Medieval decorated purse bar

So-called "Danube" bridge sestertius - it's really highly unlikely to have been any single-span bridge over the mile-wide Danube. That bridge had several support "islands" - more likely it celebrates the re-building of the stone bridge between Rome and the large island in the Tiber. I believe this took place during Trajan's reign.

ML

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