Record ID: HAMP-C02635
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Probably a silver 10 sols ('aux insignes') of Louis XIV of France, bent into a 'love token' The practice of bending coins out of shape and smoothing the coins surface and presenting them to others as a gesture of love was common from the late 17th century until the 19th century. They were often engraved with symbols of love or the initials of the sender and recipient.
Created on: Thursday 30th September 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Totton & Eling', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: CORN-465883
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
Copper coin of King Pedro II (1683-1706) of Portugal with P II for Petrus II on the obverse and on the reverse, DG PORT ET ALG REX, 'King of Portugal and Algarve' as the normal title. This design was used on 4 denominations of copper coin and this is the 3 reis piece, from the III within a wreath on the reverse. 1699 [portugal]
Created on: Wednesday 6th October 2004
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LANCUM-E69023
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Hammered silver billon double ('monnaie noire') of Duke François II (1458-81), probably Rennes, similar to Poey d'Avant (Monnaies féodales de France, 1858, vol.1, pp.182-3, nos 1351-3 and pl. XXIV, 10 [though this is not cross-referenced from the text]).
Created on: Wednesday 18th January 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Walsingham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: KENT-8AD0D6
Object type: COIN WEIGHT
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
One Pistole coin weight for a French Louis d'Or of Louis XIV (1643-1715).
Created on: Tuesday 8th August 2006
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HAMP-F701F5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn and incomplete medieval silver coin: a Serbian ?gros of Serbian Duke/Prince Stefan Lazar Hrebeljanovic (1371-1389 AD; Katalog M.Jovanovic 32.12/13). This coin has suffered considerable circumferential losses.
Created on: Tuesday 30th January 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: DEV-464726
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Devon
Workflow stage: Published
Four early medieval copper alloy coins, known as 'folles', or ('follis' for a single coin), dating to the sixth century AD. It is probable that they are all from the reigns of Justin I (AD 518-27) and Justinian I (527-65) and that they were struck between 518 and 537. 1) Copper alloy follis, of Justin I or Justinian (518-565),struck at Constantinople (c. 518-537): Obv. D N IV[ ]; diademed bust r. Rev. Large M [indicating 40 nummi]; above, cross; either side unclear; below, possibly A [showing that the coin was struck in the first workshop at Constantinople]; in exergue,…
Created on: Tuesday 27th February 2007
Last updated: Thursday 18th April 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Bicton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: BUC-B87531
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Scottish twenty pence piece
Created on: Thursday 29th March 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Oakley', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-12B274
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A corroded copper alloy sol of Louis XVI (1774-93).
Created on: Monday 2nd April 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOMDOR-381B86
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Dorset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver thistle merk of James VI of Scotland. 8th coinage. 1602
Created on: Wednesday 4th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Dorchester', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NCL-B5F434
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval silver Scottish twenty pence coin of Charles I (1625-1649), third coinage, Briot's issue.
Created on: Tuesday 10th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 22nd September 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-B9E5F1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver croat of Ferdinand I of Aragon as count of Barcelona (1412-16). Cayon, Cayon and Cayon No. 1766. The type was introduced under Pedro III (1285-91) and carried on into the 16th century, under Ferdinand V (the Catholic) The coin was rolled up when found but has been unrolled since. The coin has also been pierced, perhaps for re-use as a pendant.
Created on: Tuesday 10th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Whitchurch', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SF-5D8DB2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Norfolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Double patard of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgandy (as Count of Flanders). 1467-77. Silver double patards of the dukes of Burgandy, from their territories of Brabant and Flanders, were made legally current in England as equal to groats (i.e. fourpence) in a convention of 1469 between Edward IV and Charles the Bold. They remained in currency until the 1520s at least. In contemporary records they are known as "double placks" or "Carolus placks" (Pers. Comm. Barrie Cook, Department of Coins & Medals, The British Museum). "In hoards of 1464/5-1544 the most frequently encountere…
Created on: Monday 30th April 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Weeting', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-6FE3E3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Early post-Medieval hammered coin from Livonia, probably an issue of the Grand Master Hermann Hasenkamp von Brüggeneye (1535-1549).
Created on: Tuesday 1st May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-874C64
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Published
Copper alloy follis of Justinian I (527-65) minted in Antioch, 547-548. MIBE 145a
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LVPL-8781D5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wirral
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Indian post-medeival coin, called a paisa. Minted in Satara by the East India Company in c.1820-30. This has come from the hill country of Western Ghats, in the Maratha Confederacy, in the India Independent Kingdoms.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: IOW-8933E4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A clipped Portugese silver 120 reis (tostao) post-dating AD 1642 (Philip II or Philip III).
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2007
Last updated: Monday 21st March 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: LVPL-8A3381
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Cheshire East
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy possible Indian provincial coin. The details are slightly worn and corroded making it harder to read. It is not quite round and the edges are slightly uneven.
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: YORYM-309666
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: York
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver coin of Charles I (1625-1649).
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Tuesday 10th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Dunnington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUR-328FC4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Surrey
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn Scottish silver thistle merk of James I/VI. The coin is either a quarter or a half merk.
Created on: Thursday 10th May 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: HESH-4527F1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper Courte of Charles V (1506-55) ruler of the Spanish Netherlands, Province Brabant, and Holy Roman Emperor. The copper courte is of the Maestricht mint (initial mark: star), date illegible, but either 1548-53 or 1555. Reference is Van Gelder & Hoc, Les monnaies des Pays-Bas bourguignons et espagnols 1434-1713 198.2b. Thanks are extended to Edward Besly (NGMW) and David Symons (BMAG) for their help in identifying this coin.
Created on: Friday 11th May 2007
Last updated: Wednesday 5th June 2019
Spatial data recorded.