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Medieval Silver Seal Matrix. Circa, 12th-14th century AD. 5.53 g, 29.6mm. An exceptional seal matrix set with a Roman intaglio of red stone (possibly jasper or  carnelian) with an engraving of a young satyr running to the left with another, smaller satyr with a tail and horns kneeling on his shoulders. The oval intaglio is set in the centre of the matrix within a grooved oval border which also frames the base of the surrounding inscription which reads:  + CREDE . SOLVM. ET . EST.  SATIS.  ‘Believe only and it is enough/sufficient’. The phrase is part of the Mass for the Annunciation, from a chant known as the 'Missus Gabriel de Celis'. PAS recorded: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1092517

'Lord John St John of Bletsoe' silver hawking vervel inscribed IOHN LORD St IOHN. Found at Bletsoe, Bedfordshire and reported as potential treasure, recorded with the PAS as BH-6AF8AB which states:

Charles I shilling, Oxford declaration 1642. Silver, 6.1g. i.m, Oxford plume. Small bust. R. Declaration in three lines, three Oxford plumes above. Ref: N.2349, S.2971. British museum coin number, 1061. From the "Battle of Aylesbury" hoard. Ref: 2023 T349. PAS: BUC-D73196.

Henry VIII. 1509-1547. Gold Angel First coinage. Tower (London) mint mark crowned portcullis (without chains on rev.). Struck circa 1513-1526. (crowned portcullis) ҺЄnRIC VIII DI GRΛ RЄX ΛGL Z FRA, Archangel Michael slaying the dragon to right with spear terminating in cross crosslet. R. PЄR CRVCЄ TVΛ SΛLVΛ nOS XPЄ RЄDЄ, ship bearing shield and cross, Һ and rose flanking cross. Ref: Schneider 563; North 1760; SCBC 2265. From the New Horizons Collection. Ex J. Eric Engstrom (Triton XX, 10 January 2017), lot 1570; Coin Galleries (21 February 1990), lot 439. 28mm. 5.17g.

Charles I shilling, Oxford declaration 1642. Silver, 5.9g. i.m, Oxford plume. Small bust. R. Declaration in three lines, three Oxford plumes above. Ref: N.2349, S.2971. British museum coin number, 1060. From the "Battle of Aylesbury" hoard. Ref: 2023 T349. PAS: BUC-D73196.

Charles I shilling, Aberystwyth mint, 1638-1642. Silver, 5.93g. i.m, book. Large bust plume before, XII mark of value behind. R. Oval garnished shield, plume above. Ref: N.2331, S.2883. British museum coin number, 1059. From the "Battle of Aylesbury" hoard. Ref: 2023 T349. PAS: BUC-D73196.

Merovingian Tremissis. Maastricht. Circa 7th century AD. Gold, 1.32g. 13mm. TRECECTO FIT, diademed and draped bust right. R. HAINOMIRES MO, Latin cross on a flat base, with a globe and pellets below. The moneyer appears to be unrecorded or a miss spelling.

Eadbald of Kent Gold Shilling (‘thrymsa’). Early England AD 616-640. Gold, 1.29g. [NV]? AL[D /REG], around a diademed bust, right. R. +DORO[VERNI]S, around a cross pattee on a globe, beaded inner-circle. Canterbury mint. Ref: Article by T. Abramson. https://britnumsoc.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/351-a-second-canterbury-gold-shilling-of-eadbald.pdf

Rare: Stephen Lozenge Sceptre Type Penny. York, ornamental type. A unique variant with the left facing bust. Crowned bust left holding sceptre surmounted by lozenge with pellet, +STIEN (retrograde) with ornaments. R. Saltire fleury over cross pattee, ornaments in place of legend. 1.02g. 20mm. Recorded with the Early Medieval Coin Corpus as, EMC: 2024.0082. Ref: N.920 variant.

Medieval silver seal matrix inset with a Roman jasper intaglio featuring a lion with its front paw resting on a bulls head. The legend, engraved in Lombardic lettering, reads: + SIGILLV' : EADMVNDI DE WILT (The seal of Edmund of Wilt). Wilt in this case probably referring to the nearby town of Wilton, or Wiltshire.