Record ID: WMID-2D9B42
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete copper alloy shilling of James II, (Irish) gun money coinage. Large size variant. Pellet stops. Coin reference: Seaby, 1984, 6581. Mass: 4.9g. Diameter: 25.9mm. As discussed in record references KENT-F12E34 and HAMP-483F40, during 1689 and 1690, James II operated a military campaign in Ireland from where he planned to mount an invasion of England, having been deposed by Mary and William of Orange. During this time, copper alloy emergency coinage was issued by James II to pay the troops. The use of secondary metal for the coinage (e.g. from cannons, etc) gave rise to the nam…
Created on: Monday 25th August 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Harlaston', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-204284
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Palmer Copper-alloy Nuremburg jetton of Hans Krauwinkel II (Master 1586, died March 1635); "German Style", cf. Mitchiner, 1988, p.466 (no. 1651, 1651a, 1651b).
Created on: Saturday 18th July 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 2nd October 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hatherton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-9BC177
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Venetian soldinino of Doge Leanardo Loredan (1501-1521).
Created on: Friday 24th July 2009
Last updated: Friday 24th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Leigh CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-F1F5B1
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy Irish "gun-money" shilling of James II; small size variant; "June" 1690; Spink 2003, p.171 (no. 6582G).
Created on: Saturday 22nd August 2009
Last updated: Friday 24th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Longdon', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: WMID2823
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
Continental sterling imitation of Gui of Dampierre (1279-1305), Flanders and Namur. Double-headed eagle obverse type struck at Alost. Mayhew type 2.
Created on: Friday 5th January 2001
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'STAFFORDSHIRE ECCLESHALL', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID4723
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Published
John I (1261-94) and John II (1294-1312), dukes of Brabant. Mayhew type 41.
Created on: Wednesday 8th May 2002
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Penkridge', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-7D1D26
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Irish penny of Edward IV (1461-1483). Bust with suns and roses/rose-on-cross coinage, c. 1478-1483. Similar to number 6394 in "Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands", Spink, 2003 (2nd ed.). Mass: 0.5g. Diameter: 13.2g.
Created on: Saturday 4th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Linstead Magna', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-7FF2F6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete silver Irish penny of Edward I (Lord of Ireland, 1254-, King, 1272-1307). Second ('EDW') coinage, 1279-1302. Waterford mint (which was closed by 1295, See "Coins of Scotland, Ireland and the Islands", 2nd edition, Spink, 2002, p125). Mass: 1.2g. Diameter: 19.5g. Class Ib (Spink, ibid. ref 6254). As in earlier reigns, a large proportion of pence coined in Ireland under Edward I were exported (ibid.)
Created on: Sunday 5th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tanworth in Arden', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-BD6706
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver medieval Irish penny of Edward I. The coin is damaged and fairly worn.
Created on: Thursday 11th November 2010
Last updated: Tuesday 28th August 2012
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-915E60
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Bedford
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete struck / hammered silver quarting of Sigismund of Luxembourg (AD 1387 to AD 1437, Holy Roman Emperor between AD 1433 and AD 1437), struck between AD 1430 and AD 1437, mint uncertain. Diameter: 11.50 mm Thickness: 0.96 mm Weight: 0.4 g. A quarting was originally a quarter of a denar, of Hungerian origin. However it officially devalued several times, and in the last years of Sigismund's reign, it required between 6,000 to 8,000 quartings to be equivalent to one florin as opposed to the original 400. As such these coin were usually minted with an extremely low precious m…
Created on: Wednesday 30th January 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 30th January 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-18F901
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete (clipped) double patard of Charles the Bold (AD 1467 to AD 1477), dating to the period between AD 1467 to AD 1477. Minted in Flanders. RAROLVS DEI GRA DVX BVRG CO FLA obverse type depicting a square topped shield bearing the quartered arms of Burgundy. SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTVM reverse type depicting an ornate cross fleuretty with a central lozenge containing a fleur de lys (lis). Cross Pattee initial and reverse mark. Double annulet stops on obverse and reverse. Die axis 7 o'clock. The coin has been pierced at 5 o'clock on the obverse, obscuring part of the legend. …
Created on: Thursday 12th September 2013
Last updated: Wednesday 21st November 2018
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-FAFCF3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold Ecu d'or au soleil de Bretagne of Francis I of France (1515-1547). Kelleher (forthcoming) notes that there have only been five Francis I gold coins recorded as finds in England to date, all from hoards (one from Bearpark, County Durham, four from Ely, Cambridgeshire). This coin represents the first recorded "stray" find of a Francis I gold coin in England.
Created on: Saturday 5th January 2008
Last updated: Tuesday 7th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'LINSTEAD MAGNA CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-F6AEBB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn cast copper alloy Chinese coin, from an uncertain dynasty but dating between AD 1616 and AD 1911. A square hole (5.5 mm by 5.8mm internal dimensions) is present at the centre of the coin. Diameter: 23.6 mm Thickness: 1.1 mm Weight: 2.6 grams
Created on: Sunday 21st June 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd June 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-F6C5DD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A worn cast copper alloy Chinese coin, from an uncertain dynasty, dating between AD 1616 to AD 1911. A square hole (2.7 mm by 2.7 mm internal dimensions) is present at the centre of the coin. Diameter: 13.3 mm Thickness: 1.3 mm Weight: 1.2 grams
Created on: Sunday 21st June 2020
Last updated: Tuesday 23rd June 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-8EC7A5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver Portugese 20 Reis, probably issued by Joseph I between 1706 and 1777. The Portuguese counterpart to the Spanish quarter real. Obverse: Openwork globe with a rouletted border. Reverse: Voided cross potent. P in each quarter. Rouletted border. No inscriptions. Circular hole located just off centre, punched from reverse to obverse. Internal diameter is 2.0 mm. Diameter:13.9 mm Thickness: 1.3 mm Weight: 0.4 g See CORN-A3BEA1.
Created on: Tuesday 18th June 2019
Last updated: Monday 24th June 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Stone', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-3F9487
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver medieval Irish farthing of Edward I dating from 1279-1302, minted in Dublin. The coin is brittle and has been repaired by the finder.
Created on: Wednesday 19th May 2010
Last updated: Wednesday 19th May 2010
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-643791
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Arendschilling of the Austrian Netherlands, Zwolle, of Matthias 1612-19. It is c.30mm in diameter and weighs 4.04g.
Created on: Thursday 12th July 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

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Record ID: WILT-C0FBD6
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post medieval copper alloy Nuremberg jetton, 21mm in diameter. Date: late 16th century Reference: Mitchiner 1542/1540
Created on: Wednesday 22nd August 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-7EC312
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Medieval silver half coin of John II of Avesnes, the Count of Hainaut (1280-1307), measuring 16mm and weighing 0.65g (10.0gn). The half coin appears to be broken rather than cut and there is some wear. The half coin appears to be a sterling imitation (Crockard). Obverse: Facing bust wearing chaplet of roses + [+:I:COMES:]HA[N]ON[IE. There appears to be what are probably double saltire stops too. Reverse: Long cross with three pellets in each quarter + [VAL E]NC HEN [ENS']. Mint: Valenciennes Date: 1280-1304 Reference: Probably Mayhew 28
Created on: Tuesday 1st February 2011
Last updated: Sunday 10th March 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WILT-53B757
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Late Medieval/ Early Post-Medieval silver Spanish half real of Ferdinand and Isabella, clipped on one side and 20.8mm in max.diameter (min.19.8mm). It weighs 1.41g.
Created on: Tuesday 2nd December 2008
Last updated: Friday 28th June 2013
Spatial data recorded.