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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:

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.

Edward IV Gold Ryal, London. Light Coinage, 1464-1470. 36mm, 7.71g. EDWARD DI GRA REX AnGL Z FRAnC DnS IB, Crowned king in ship with rose on hull, holding sword and shield displaying Royal Arms, flag with E at stern. R. IhC AVT TRAnSIEnS PER MEDIVM ILLORVM IBAT. Central sunburst in cross with lis at end of each arm and, crowned lion passant in angles, all within a tressure of eight arcs with trefoils in spandrel. Mint mark crown. Ref: N.1549. S.1950.

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.

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.

David I Scottish Penny. 1124-1153 AD. Crowned bust right with sceptre, + DAVIT REX. R. Cross fleury, single pellet in angles. Moneyer, Hugo at Roxburgh?. Silver, 1.33g. 22mm. Ref: S.5007.

Renaissance Gold Signet Ring. Circa 1550-1600. Gold, 9.64 grams. 22.02 mm. UK ring size, P. US size, 7.5. A heavy signet-ring with a plain hoop that widens at the shoulders to a flat oval bezel. The bezel has a toothed border and is engraved with a monogram PS in reverse, the letters of which are joined by a Bowen knot in the centre and an elaborate not below. Above, the two strands of the knot expand in to a series of floral tassels. The underside of the bezel has a makers mark, G within a shield. Property of an Essex jewellery collector.

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.

Belgae, Circa 60-40 BC. Burgan 11 Type Quarter Stater. Gold, 1.21g. 10.3 mm. Wreath motif, pellet in annuets and crescents. R. Triple-tailed horse right, sunburst above with pellet in annulet to left. Ref: Divided Kingdoms no.267. (3 known) ABC-, VA-,BMC-, S-.

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.