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Learn MoreRichard III Irish Penny. 1483-1485, Cross and Pellets Coinage. Dublin mint. Silver, 0.37g. 14mm. Crowned facing bust, annulets at neck. RICARD. R. Cross with pellets in each quarter, quatrefoil at centre. Ref: S.6410.
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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.
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Henry IV penny, light coinage. Silver, 18mm, 1.05g. Obv: crowned facing bust, annulet and pellet by crown, trefoil on breast, +HENRIC REX ANGL. Rev: long cross fourchee with pellets in angles, slipped trefoil before LON, +CIVI TAS LON DON. London mint. Ref: S, 1732.
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North Thames SS Type Gold Stater, Circa, 50-20 BC. Gold, 5.62 grams. 17.51 mm. Obv: Two reversed S-shapes on plain field. Rev: Annulate horse right, beaded mane, wing motif above, wheel below. Ref: VA 1509. BMC 350. ABC 2237.
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Charles I Shilling. 1629-30 AD. Silver, 6.00g. 32 mm. Group B, 1b2. Crowned bust left, in ruff, armour and mantle. R. Square-topped shield, no cross fourchee, plume above. Tower mint, mint mark heart. Ref: Spink 2785.
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Offa Penny. Canterbury. Heathbert. +OFFA REX within angles of cross botonnee on saltire of lobes. R. Moneyer's name within angles of celtic cross over cross fleury. Saltire and pellets at centre. Ref: Chick, 123. North 277. An exceptional example.
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17th Century Gold Finger Ring. Circa, 1650 AD. Gold, 2.08 grams. 21.61 mm. UK ring size, L. US size, 5 3/4. A D-shaped band with decorated shoulders that separate in to two outward scrolled arms. The two arms on each side of the band grasp a heart-shaped frame that encloses a raised square bezel set with a large rock crystal stone. Ref: Scarisbrick & Henig, Finger Rings. p.61. fig.1. From an old UK collection, purchased sometime before 1987.
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Iron Age Zoomorphic Bronze Cosmetic Mortar. Circa, 50 BC-50 AD. Copper-alloy, 81.37 mm. An exceptional quality Late Iron Age centre-looped cosmetic mortar. Formed of a crescent-shaped bow decorated on each side with two punched dot triangular panels. The terminals are in the form of devolved, zoomorphic heads with upturned beaks and large round eyes, Very much like a Duck. Each terminal is joined to the centre loop by an openwork strut. REF: Jackson, R, 2010, p. 79, no. 36 & p. 123. From a private Norfolk collection.
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'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:
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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
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