Hammered silver coins

Medieval silver penny

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:08:36 GMT

Medieval silver penny

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - type 10cf

Obv EDWAR R ANGL DNS HYB

Obv VILLA/SCIE/DMV/NDI - Bury St Edmunds mint

Medieval silver half groat

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:04:16 GMT

Medieval silver half groat

1351-2 Edward III hammered silver half groat - 4th coinage Series C

Obv EDWARDUS REX FRANC

Rev CIVI/TS/LON/DON - London mint

21.71mm, 2.29g

Medieval silver farthing

admin — Thu, 04 Mar 2010 10:00:59 GMT

Medieval silver farthing

1279 Edward 1st hammered sterling silver farthing - new issue with inner circles both sides Type 28

Obv EDWARDVS REX

Rev CIVI/TS/LON/DON - London mint

11.37mm, 0.17g

Henry V silver coin

admin — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 06:32:52 GMT

Henry V silver coin

1413 -22 Henry V hammered silver halfpenny - broken annulets by crown - early hair - Type 5

Obv HENRIC REX ANGL

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

0.42g, 13.57mm

King John Irish silver penny

admin — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 06:26:27 GMT

King John Irish silver penny

1209- 1216 John as King of ireland hammered silver penny- Rex coinage

Obv IOHANNED(S)REX

Rev DIVE - Dublin mint Moneyer ROBERD

17.84mm, 1.29g

Medieval silver voided coin

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:36:43 GMT

Medieval silver voided coin

Henry III hammered silver voided longcross penny

Rev ION/ONS/EDM/VND - Bury St Edmonds mint

Medeival silver penny

admin — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:57:36 GMT

Medeival silver penny

1341 Edward III hammered silver florin penny - cross 3

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Obv EDWAR ANGL DNS HYB

Medieval silver groat coin

admin — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 08:48:53 GMT

Medieval silver groat coin

1340 Edward III hammered silver groat

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Venetian silver coin

admin — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:34:32 GMT

Venetian silver coin

Nicolò Tron (1471-1473) Venetian soldino hammered silver coin

Nicolò Tron (1471-1473)
Obv: NI.TRON VS.DVX.
Paolucci 4, Papadopoli 17

0.26g, 12.11mm

Henry VI silver groat

admin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:04:08 GMT

Henry VI silver groat

1422-27 Henry VI Annulet issue hammered silver groat (4 pence) Initial mark pierced cross

obv HENRIC DI GRA REX ANGLIE Z FRANCE

Outer legend POSVI DEVM ADIVTORE MEVM

Inner legend - VILLA CALISIE - Calais Mint

3.63g,26.14mm

Henry VI silver groat

admin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 21:02:06 GMT

Henry VI silver groat

1427-30 Henry VI Rosette -Mascle issue hammered silver groat (4 pence) Initial mark incurved pierced cross

obv HENRIC DI GRA REX ANGLIE Z FRANCE

Outer legend POSVI DEVM ADIVTORE MEVM

Inner legend - VILLA CALISIE - Calais Mint

3.25g,25.81mm

Henry II Tealby silver penny

admin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:57:13 GMT

Henry II Tealby silver penny

1158 -1189 AD Henry II hammered silver penny ' Tealby' cross and crosslet type. 16.21mm x 18.23mm, 1.31g

King John silver penny

admin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:53:52 GMT

King John silver penny

1199 King John hammered silver shortcross penny

Obv HENRICVS REX

Rev RICHARD ON LVND - Moneyer Richard of London

King John silver penny

admin — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:52:11 GMT

King John silver penny

1199 King John hammered silver short cross penny

Rev HEN/RIO/NLV/NDE - Moneyer Henri of London

Roman silver coin

admin — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 09:05:17 GMT

Roman silver coin

Yes, the chipped silver coin is a denarius of Trajan, without a doubt. He was Augustus from 98-117 AD. and the Empire realized its greatest physical size during his reign. His successor, Hadrian, (wisely, as it turned out) started right off by trimming-back the less defensible and more troublesome parts Trajan had conquered and added to the Empire - he notably gave Parthia back to the Parthians - and as you're familiar from your local history, did what he could to tighten up and defend the borders in the extremities of what remained in the Empire.

Making a few fairly safe assumptions here - first and foremost that what is missing from the reverse legend would have read: "COS V P P S" (PQR OPTIMO PRINC being what's visible), it would date to the general time frame of 103-112 AD - Trajan was Consul for the 5th time in 103 and for the 6th in 112 - this coin is typical for the "COS V etc, etc. series of reverse legends. If, as I'm guessing, the figure on the reverse is Aequitas holding scales & cornucopiae, it would date specifically to 108.

Mark Lehman

Otho Roman silver coin

admin — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:53:00 GMT

Otho Roman silver coin

As dug

One of your two silver coins here is VERY interesting. I'm 95% sure it's Otho - one of the three short-lived successors of Nero in 69 AD. When Nero committed suicide, he had been such a bad, totally self-involved ruler that there wasn't any semblance of an orderly administration to turn-over the reigns of government peacefully to a successor. Three major contestants arose and succeeded each other in short order - Galba, Otho and Vitellius - before Vespasian (who was off in Palestine biding his time, laying seige to Jerusalem and sacking the Temple) on seeing that they'd all succeeded in wiping one another out, returned to Rome as the victorious general and founded the Flavian dynasty (which built the Colosseum over the remains of Nero's Domus Aurea, etc.

Otho, himself, was around for only about 3 months (15 Jan - 17 April, 69) total, so his coins (he struck no Imperial AE, incidentally, only gold & silver) are among the rarest in the "normal" series of Roman emperors. You might recall me getting fairly excited when one of your diggers turned up a Galba (Otho's immediate predecessor, and not quitte so rare) a couple years ago.

I can't tell from the reverse just what it was when it was minted. It appears to be a standing deity or personification, but there's just not enough detail to have a good idea who was intended. Very interesting, however - one sees so few Othos in general.

Mark Lehman

Richard II silver coin

admin — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:17:15 GMT

Richard II silver coin

1377-1399 Richard II hammered silver halfpenny

Obv + RICHARD REX ANGL

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

0.36g, 14.36mm

Henry III silver coin

admin — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:15:06 GMT

Henry III silver coin

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

Rev WIL/LEM/ONL/VND - Moneyer Willem of London

Medieval Venetian silver coin

admin — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:13:33 GMT

Medieval Venetian silver coin

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

82BC Roman silver coin

admin — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:11:54 GMT

82BC Roman silver coin

AR Denarius Serratus, 82 B.C.
Q. Antonius Balbus
18mm, 3.69gm, axis: 4:00
Obv: Laureate head of Jupiter right, SC behind.
Rx: Victory in quadriga right, holding wreath and palm; beneath: T / Q ANTO BALB (ligate) / PR.
Coinage of the faction opposed to Sulla – along with the Senate who, unusually, approved this issue.
Syd-CRR 742, RSC-Bab Antonia 1, SR 279.

Elizabeth 1st silver coin

admin — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 19:10:07 GMT

Elizabeth 1st silver coin

1594-6 Elizabeth hammered silver half groat - Wool pack mintmark

Medieval silver groat coin

admin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:26:51 GMT

Medieval silver groat coin

1351- 1361 Edward III hammered silver groat (4 pence ) - Cross 3 Pre treaty period

Obv EDWARD D G REX ANGL Z oFRANC oD oHYB

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

27.66mm, 4.50g

Medieval silver half penny

admin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:24:52 GMT

Medieval silver half penny

1471-1483 Edward IV 2nd Reign hammered silver halfpenny

Obv - EDWARD DEI GRA REX

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

0.32g,11.95mm

Edward 1st silver coin

admin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:31:43 GMT

Edward 1st silver coin

1279 Edward 1st hammered silver penny - Class 10ab

Obv EDWARD ANGL DNS HYB

Rev CIVI/TAS/LON/DON - London mint

Scottish James VI silver coin

admin — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:27:38 GMT

Scottish James VI silver coin

1602 James VI of Scotland hammered silver Eighth Thistle Merk ( 20 pence)

Obv IACOBUS 6 D.G.R.SCOTORUM - James VI by the grace of god king of the Scots

Rev REGEM IOVA PROTEGIT 1602 - Jehovah protects the King 1602

Henry III silver coin

admin — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:15:06 GMT

Henry III silver coin

Totally mint strike of a 1247 Henry III hammered silver voided longcross - Class 5b

Obv HENRICVS REX

Rev HEN/RIO/LV/NDE - Moneyer Henri of London

1.45g, 18.29mm

Roman silver coin

admin — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 11:13:14 GMT

Roman silver coin

This is a denarius of Geta, the younger son of Septimius Severus, as Caesar. Instead of sharing the Empire between them as Dad had intended, even after Geta was elevated to co-Augustus status his older brother Caracalla never gave him any respect. In fact, he even had him murdered in their mother's palace after inviting him to a supposed peace & reconciliation conference. Geta then died in Domna's arms, according to the story. This happened in 209 AD, after which Caracalla declared Geta an official "non-person", denied he had ever had a younger brother, and went to great pains to erase any official record of Geta. He even went to the the length of recalling some large Provincial coins which had both of their portraits on them. Caracalla had Geta's face chiseled-off, and returned the coins to circulation - as if to say "This could happen to you, too, if you cross me!". Caracalla typically did more by subterfuge and dirty tricks than he ever managed on the up-and-up, pulling a similar trick on the Parthians, too. He invited them to a peace parlay then slaughtered the diplomats and royals who showed up.

This coin is a product of the mint at Rome in 200 AD. The details:

Obv: P SEPT GETA CAES PONT. Bare-headed draped and cuirassed but right.

Rx: PRINC IVVENTVTIS. Geta standing left holding baton and scepter, a trophy behind him.

RIC III 18, RSC 157b

Mark

Roman silver coin

admin — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:55:26 GMT

Roman silver coin

17.05mm, 2.79g

The denarius is from Antoninus Pius, who, as you're probably aware, built a second, more northerly wall between Britain and the "barbarian north" - although of earth rather than stone and, I assume, not nearly so well appointed by way of amenities for its garrisons.

This piece is dated by the obverse and reverse legends to December 10, 159 - December 9,160 AD. Minted in Rome - the obverse should read: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXIII.

The reverse shows Antoninus, togate, sacrificing at a tripod altar and holding a scroll - it reads VOTA SVSCEP DECENN III COS IIII

RIC III 306, RSC 1113.

This reverse commemorates his completion of his 2nd Decennalia and states that he has undertaken the vows for his 3rd as the Pontifex Maximus of the State religion. At various intervals, usually 5's and/or 10's of years within the reign, the emperor performed ceremonies in thanks for his successful reign and pledging to make similar sacrifices if the gods give him another 5 or 10 years of "success". Although in later years, emperors tended to "anticipate" these ceremonies - sometimes by many years - and they cease to be an accurate dating feature, in the 2nd century, this ceremony would have been on the 20th anniversary of his ascension on July 10, 138 and been a pretty big official celebration. This coin, then, is repeating the "news" of him having celebrated his 2nd Decennalia the previous year, and having made his vows for the 3rd, which he would not live to see, dying at Lorium, March 7, 161.

Many consider the reign of Antoninus as the true "Golden Age of Rome" - the apex of Roman power and civilization. Although the allegorical personification of Britannia was first introduced by Hadrian as a reverse type for sestertii of his "Grand Tour" series, the Britannia seated on a rock reverse which would be adapted for use on pennies and half-pennies in the 18th-20th centuries, was the reverse type on a very large emission of Antoninus' copper asses minted "in the field" in Britain during his reign.

Mark

Medieval silver half penny

admin — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 11:44:02 GMT

Medieval silver half penny

1422-61 Henry VI hammered silver halfpenny - Annulet issue - Reverse with annulets in VIL and Cal qtrs - Type A2

Obv +HENRIC x REX :ANGL

Rev VILLA CAL IS - Calais mint

0.39g, 13.43mm

Henry VII silver groat

admin — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:09:20 GMT

Henry VII silver groat

1504 Henry VII hammered silver groat - Crosslet mint mark - Tentative issue - Double band to crown

Obv HENRIC VII DI GRA REX AGL Z F

Interesting Obv legend not in JJ North with AGL instead of ANGL - It matches half groat legend of the period

2.90g, 26.41mm

Henry VII silver half groat

admin — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:07:07 GMT

Henry VII silver half groat

1508 Henry VII hammered silver half groat - Archbishop Bainbridge - cross keys below shield - Marlett mintmark - York mint

19.93mm, 1.38g

Henry III silver coin

admin — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 15:07:43 GMT

Henry III silver coin

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

Obv HENRICVS REX

Rev WIL/LEM/ONC/ANT - Moneyer Willem of Canterbury mint

Saxon silver penny

admin — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:57:20 GMT

Saxon silver penny

995-7 Late transitional period - Æthelred II 'crux' type South Eastern mint bust type Fig 7 - Eadpold, moneyer

Bar headed bust left Voided short cross with C,R,V,X in angles

Obv + AEDELRED REX . ANGLO\X, written with sperate R & X

Rev + EADPOLD M : U CAENT - Cantebury mint

Henry VII silver coin

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:40:12 GMT

Henry VII silver coin

1485 -90 Henry VII hammered silver half groat 19.80, 1.49g

CIVI/TAS/CAN/TOR - Canterbury mint Class II

Archbishop Morton

Saxon silver penny

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 09:37:58 GMT

Saxon silver penny

995-7 Late transitional period - Æthelred II 'crux' type South Eastern mint bust type Fig 7 - Eadpold, moneyer

Bar headed bust left Voided short cross with C,R,V,X in angles

Obv + AEDELRED REX . ANGLO\X, written with sperate R & X

Rev + EADPOLD M : U CAENT - Cantebury mint

Æthelred the Unready, or Æthelred II,(c. 968 – 23 April 1016), was a king of the English (978–1013 and 1014–1016). He was a son of King Edgar and Queen Ælfthryth. His reign was much troubled by Danish Viking raiders. Æthelred was only about 10 (no more than 13) when his half-brother Edward was murdered and was not personally suspected of participation. But as the deed occurred at Corfe Castle by the attendants of Æthelred's mother, it made it more difficult for the new king to rally the nation against the invader, especially as a legend of St Edward the Martyr soon grew. Later, Æthelred ordered a massacre of Danish settlers in 1002 and also paid tribute, or Danegeld, to Danish leaders from 991 onwards. In 1013, Æthelred fled to Normandy and was replaced by Sweyn, who was also king of Denmark. However, Æthelred returned as king after Sweyn died the following year. "Unready" is from Anglo-Saxon unræd, meaning ill-advised

Thank you for letting us know about this very new find (EMC 2009.0327).

A Late Transitional coin of the Crux type would be an fairly unncommon find, but unfortunately this is not Late Transitional. The bust is North Fig. 2 (note the double drapery in front in Fig. 7) and the R and X are not separate. These differences may not be easy to spot if you do not see large numbers of Anglo-Saxon coins on a regular basis.

Your readings of the inscriptions are very helpful as they would be impossible to recover in full from the images.

With thanks,

Martin

Henry VIII sovereign penny

admin — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:29:08 GMT

Henry VIII sovereign penny

1485 Henry VII hammered silver sovereign penny - Keys by shield - Archbishop Rotherham - pillars to throne

York mint

Scottish hammered silver coin

admin — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:27:15 GMT

Scottish hammered silver coin

Scottish 1249 Alexander III hammered silver penny - Class 3

Obv ALEXANDER REX

Moneyer Nicole of Edinburgh

James 1st silver halfpenny coin

admin — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:24:57 GMT

James 1st silver halfpenny coin

1603 James 1st hammered silver halpenny penny - portcullis type

Charles 1st silver coin

admin — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:32:25 GMT

Charles 1st silver coin

Probably one of the smallest hammered silver coins you can find, 1/3rd the weight of a Medieval silver farthing

1625-42 Charles 1st hammered silver half penny - Rose each side - no legend type

0.17g, 9.5mm

Venetian silver coin

admin — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 08:30:30 GMT

Venetian silver coin

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.