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: LIN-661867
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published
A very worn and torn late medieval Continental silver penny-sized coin (possibly denier, denaro etc) of unclear type. Not further defined. One side shows a cross with pellets in angles and the other side might show a monogram (possibly three uprights with a diagonal line between two of them).  (Surviving) length: 17.66 mm; width: 11.17 mm; thickness: 0.68 mm; weight: 0.42g
Created on: Tuesday 2nd June 2020
Last updated: Thursday 5th January 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Caistor area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SWYOR-7D9485
Object type: TOKEN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wakefield
Workflow stage: Published
British Museum Curatorial Report: "I have examined an object reported found at "Darrington", West Yorkshire. The object is a piedfort or piéfort version of the coin-type known as the denier of the counts of Blois-Chartres. The reference to the coin is J. Duplessy, Les monnaies françaises féodales (2004) no. 585. This was the last of the anonymous Blois denier series (coins that do not name an individual count) and the only one of them for which there are known examples of piedforts, as several of this type have been recorded. The coin is anonymous, with a highly stylised obverse …
Created on: Tuesday 15th March 2016
Last updated: Tuesday 31st May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: LEIC-1AADC6
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Post medieval copper alloy Irish farthing of James or Charles I.
Created on: Friday 24th October 2008
Last updated: Monday 8th November 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-400165
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Post medieval silver scottish two shillings of James VI, 1567-1603.
Created on: Thursday 12th February 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 24th August 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-0E5E07
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval Venetian colonies gazzetta, 1650-1750,
Created on: Thursday 11th June 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 14th July 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-CDE3A4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval Scottish silver twenty pence of Charles I, 1625-49.
Created on: Tuesday 1st September 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 22nd June 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-1B6DE3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval copper alloy Irish halfpenny of james II, 1686, Dublin.
Created on: Wednesday 4th November 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 27th April 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-BD2ED2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Buckinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval Scottish silver 1/8 Thistle Merk of James VI, 1567-1625.
Created on: Wednesday 17th February 2010
Last updated: Thursday 8th April 2021
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Record ID: LEIC-536266
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Leicestershire
Workflow stage: Published
Post Medieval silver Scottish twenty pence of Charles I,1625-49.
Created on: Wednesday 24th February 2010
Last updated: Friday 2nd April 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thurlaston', grid reference and parish protected.

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Record ID: BH-C0E794
Object type: COIN
Broad period: BYZANTINE
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Published
A worn and corroded copper-alloy Byzantine Follis of Justinian I (AD 527-565), Large M. Mint of Constantinople. Sear / Seaby no. 158 (1974, p. 55; 1987, p. 59); MIBE I cf. no. 84. Measures 30.2mm in diameter, 3.2mm thick and weighs 13.49g.
Created on: Thursday 15th May 2008
Last updated: Monday 9th November 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: BUC-F266E4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Published
A heavily clipped medieval silver obol (half denar, parvus) of Sigismund of Luxembourg, Holy Roman Emperor, King of Hungary, Croatia and Bohemia dating to 1387-1437. It measures 10.26 mm in diameter and weighs 0.29 g See also YORYM-B84EB6 on this database
Created on: Monday 21st June 2010
Last updated: Friday 25th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Thame', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SOM-0C7D00
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Somerset
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval base silver (billon) denier of Henry II of the Kingdom of Cyprus (1285-1324) of 'lion' type probably dating to the period after 1296 (see notes below). Mint uncertain. Ref: Metcalf 1995: 196 & pl. 29 nos 727-8.
Created on: Thursday 5th September 2019
Last updated: Monday 14th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'West Bagborough CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-08B6E5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete silver soldino of Leonardo Loredan, Doge of Venice (1501-1521).
Created on: Thursday 25th October 2007
Last updated: Sunday 13th October 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NMGW-82C8C4
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
An incomplete post-medieval copper-alloy Nuremberg jetton of Hans Schultes III (active 1608-1612) dating to 1608-1612. Rose/orb type inscribed GLICK KVMPT VON GOT IST WAR. Minted at Nuremberg. See Mitchiner (1988, 412-413) nos 1405-1407 Around half of the original flan survives, the rest lost to a relatively straight break.
Created on: Wednesday 30th April 2008
Last updated: Friday 9th August 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-DC6217
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Monmouthshire
Workflow stage: Published
A post-medieval copper-alloy Nuremberg jetton of Hans Schultes I (active 1553-1584). 'Lion of Saint Mark' type inscribed 'SANTVS MARCVS ZV NOS' dating to 1553-1584. Minted at Nuremberg. See Mitchiner (1988, 397-398) nos 1324-1327
Created on: Tuesday 22nd April 2008
Last updated: Friday 9th August 2019
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Record ID: NMGW-F44933
Object type: JETTON
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval copper-alloy French jetton. Standing king under canopy type inscribed DE LATONIS, dating to c. 1326-1380. Mint uncertain. See Mitchiner (1988, 161) no. 398, though this is a variant based on the legends It has small circumferential losses all around.
Created on: Thursday 17th January 2008
Last updated: Friday 9th August 2019
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Record ID: LVPL-D83527
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval silver grosso from Medieval Bulgaria, produced under Ivan Alexander, (1331-1371), mint: Tarnarvo (Bulgaria), type КБМ 1.13.3 (МПТ Т. 11.2; OJN Т. I.8), the design derived from the Venetian Grosso. The coin dates AD1337-55. Obverse: Christ, nimbate, standing facing, raising hands in benediction; IC XC flanking head, pellets to either side. Reverse: tsar Ivan Alexander and his son prince Michael II Asen, crowned and bearded, in royal apparel and wielding scepters while also holding a standard between them.
Created on: Thursday 6th October 2011
Last updated: Friday 5th April 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Newark', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: IOW-7325F7
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Isle of Wight
Workflow stage: Published
A complete silver double patard (also known as the double plack) of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1467-1477). The general description of the coin is as follows: Obv.: shield with the arms of Burgundy +KAROLVS DEI GRA DVX BVRG CO FLA . Rev. Cross fleuretty with diamond-shape at centre SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTVM. In 1469 a monetary convention between Duke Charles and King Edward IV made the former's coinage in the Low Countries legal tender in England. In practice, only the double patard established itself in currency, with a formal valuation equal to the silver groat, i.e. fourp…
Created on: Tuesday 28th April 2009
Last updated: Tuesday 27th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Isle of Wight', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: PUBLIC-C3F283
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Cornwall
Workflow stage: Published
A slightly clipped medieval silver Venetian soldino of Michele Steno (1400-1413). Reverse depicting winged and nimbate lion of St Mark facing. Minted in Venice. This coin measures 15.77 mm in diameter, 0.39 mm in thickness and weighs 0.4 g
Created on: Friday 23rd June 2017
Last updated: Friday 9th November 2018
Spatial data recorded.