Farmers Lead Token - 17th - 18th Century Capital TF and lower case rv on reverse

Farmers Lead Token - 17th - 18th Century Capital TF and lower case rv on reverse

Queen Elizabeth 1st Silver Sixpence. With Portcullis Mint Mark Dating The Coin To 1566

Queen Elizabeth 1st Silver Sixpence. With Portcullis Mint Mark Dating The Coin To 1566

Silver King Henry 3rd hammered Penny 1216 – 1272

Silver King Henry 3rd hammered Penny 1216 – 1272

Bee Hive Thimble 15th Century

This is an undecorated lead conical spindle whorl with an off centre hole. Plain lead spindle whorls and weights were cast locally from the Roman period to the Post Medieval Period, therefore making them hard to date precisely.

Not in brilliant condition but great to find one. These distinctive 'Druid' tokens, struck in both Penny and Halfpenny denominations from 1787, were the tokens that kick started the 'Conder' token manufacturing craze amongst British employers looking for a solution to the coinage crisis afflicting the country at that time. The Parys Mining company, which was responsible for these tokens, had a glut of copper on its hands but a dearth of coin with which to pay its wage bills and other expenses. Minting these tokens provided a solution to both problems and the concept soon caught on and spread to all corners of the Kingdom.

Not in brilliant condition but great to find one. These distinctive 'Druid' tokens, struck in both Penny and Halfpenny denominations from 1787, were the tokens that kick started the 'Conder' token manufacturing craze amongst British employers looking for a solution to the coinage crisis afflicting the country at that time. The Parys Mining company, which was responsible for these tokens, had a glut of copper on its hands but a dearth of coin with which to pay its wage bills and other expenses. Minting these tokens provided a solution to both problems and the concept soon caught on and spread to all corners of the Kingdom.

Constantine 1st 312-337 AD Romulus and Remus drinking from the wolf

Constantine 1st 312-337 AD Bust of Rome

Lead ampulla that has a circular chamber and short rectangular neck, flanking the neck are two angled handles, one of which us missing. The circular chamber is decorated on one side with horizontal, slightly radiating lines that form a scallop shell motif. While the other side is decorated with an elaborate cross shape that is formed from two crossed bars that have an annular in the centre forming the body of the cross; the left arm is bisected with a short bar, each thermal is ended with a pellet stop to form a cross pommee, the opposite arm has a pointed terminal. At the terminal of the top arm is an angle bar running down from left-right. Finally, at the base of the cross are two hollow rectangles that have expanded corners, each rectangle begins at the base of the cross and angle outwards in different directions.

William 4th Silver Shilling 1834

William 4th Silver Shilling 1834

Claudius Gothicus 268-270AD

Claudius Gothicus 268-270AD

A post medieval coin weight for a quarter laurel (5 shillings) of James I (1603 - 1625). The weight is circular in plan and bi-faced. Obverse: crowned bust of James I right with the legend I·R· M·BRI· Reverse: crown over V·s VI·D

17th Century Pastry Jigger - Found in the middle of a ridge and furrow field!

Badge of 16th The Queens Lancers. The 16th The Queen's Lancers was a cavalry regiment of the British Army, first raised in 1759. It saw service for two centuries, before being amalgamated with the 5th Royal Irish Lancers to form the 16th/5th Lancers in 1922.

Constantine I dated 322 - 323

Constantine I dated 322 - 323

Commonwealth 1 Penny 1649-1660 The Commonwealth was the political structure during the period from 1649 to 1660 when England and Wales, later along with Ireland and Scotland, were governed as a republic after the end of the Second English Civil War and the trial and execution of Charles I. Wikipedia Founded: 1649 Leader(s): Oliver Cromwell (1653–1658); Richard Cromwell (1658–1659)

Commonwealth 1 Penny 1649-1660 The Commonwealth was the political structure during the period from 1649 to 1660 when England and Wales, later along with Ireland and Scotland, were governed as a republic after the end of the Second English Civil War and the trial and execution of Charles I. Wikipedia Founded: 1649 Leader(s): Oliver Cromwell (1653–1658); Richard Cromwell (1658–1659)