Record ID: WMID-35CADD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver sixpence of uncertain Post Medieval ruler, probably dating between AD 1550 to AD 1650. The coin is heavily worn and has been stamped with an ermine type symbol. The coin may have functioned as a love token. It has a diameter of 20.0 mm, and is 1.1 mm thick. It weighs 1.5 g.
Created on: Monday 19th February 2024
Last updated: Friday 15th March 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-4B0C70
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A heavily worn, silver, struck coin with the letters R . C stamped onto one side. Likely to be a Sixpence or Groat. Any detail on the coin has been worn off or deliberately removed, meaning it is hard to identify with any degree of certainty. It is likely, based on its size, to be either a groat from the reign of Elizabeth I or Charles I, or a Sixpence from the reign of Charles II. It's weight (1.2g) is similar to some Elizabethan Groats on the database, for example LEIC-EA8BF8 (0.9g) or DENO-7CBAB1 (1g). One surface is counter marked with 'R.C&#…
Created on: Tuesday 22nd August 2023
Last updated: Wednesday 24th April 2024
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-4E8B37
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete heavily worn probable threepence of uncertain Post Medieval ruler. Both the obverse and reverse have been worn smooth. Diameter: 19.5 mm Thickness: 0.9 mm Weight: 1.4 g
Created on: Friday 6th May 2022
Last updated: Monday 9th May 2022
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-0E4507
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy provincial coin of Severus Alexander dating to the period AD 222 to 235. Three standards reverse. Mint of Nicaea, Bithynia. BMC Vol. 13, p. 168, no. 100-103. It is possible that this coin is a modern loss rather than an ancient one. These coins are rarely found by metal detectorists and it is not believed they were not in wide circulation in the Romano-British period.
Created on: Thursday 3rd September 2020
Last updated: Friday 18th September 2020
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-927B28
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A Post Medieval silver halfgroat or threepence of Charles I (AD 1625-1649). The coin has been clipped and is worn. The coin has also been pierced behind the bust.
Created on: Wednesday 15th March 2017
Last updated: Thursday 29th June 2017
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-271B53
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver incomplete Post Medieval half groat or threepence of Elizabeth I (AD 1558-1603). First or Second Issue (AD 1558-1582). The coin is damaged and very worn.
Created on: Tuesday 28th June 2016
Last updated: Thursday 30th June 2016
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-06FBAB
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete cut quarter, probably from a penny, probably issued by Elizabeth I (AD 1558 to AD 1603), but it could date from AD 1547 to AD 1603, due to the style of the shield. Length: 8.1 mm Width: 8.1 mm Thickness: 0.6 mm Weight: 0.2 g
Created on: Friday 28th August 2015
Last updated: Friday 28th August 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-6F8804
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver, probable groat of either Mary I (AD 1553 to AD 1558) or Elizabeth I (AD 1558 to AD 1603), dating to the period AD 1553 to AD 1603. Minted probably in the Tower (London). Mintmark unclear. Diameter: 21.1 mm Thickness: 0.5 mm Weight: 1.0 g
Created on: Friday 21st August 2015
Last updated: Friday 21st August 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-5C243D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver, Post Medieval, incomplete, possible Sixpence of George I (AD 1714 - AD 1727), possibly dating to the period AD 1714 - AD 1727. Mint: Unknown. Spink page 375, Number 3651 - 3653. Coin has been worn smooth and counter stamped with an M, for use as a love token. Diameter: 19.5 mm Thickness: 0.8 mm Weight: 1.3 g
Created on: Thursday 19th February 2015
Last updated: Wednesday 4th March 2015
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-66B798
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but heavily worn, probably struck / hammered copper alloy coin, of uncertain ruler, and of uncertain dating. Reverse uncertain. Mint uncertain. Coin has been pierced to turned into a pendant. Diameter: 18.8 mm Thickness: 0.6 mm Weight: 0.7 g
Created on: Thursday 10th October 2013
Last updated: Thursday 7th November 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-669565
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A complete but heavily worn, probably milled copper alloy coin, of uncertain ruler, and of uncertain dating. Reverse uncertain. Mint uncertain. Diameter: 19.66 mm Thickness: 1.19 mm Weight: 2.3 g
Created on: Thursday 10th October 2013
Last updated: Thursday 7th November 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-9CCEC8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete hammered copper alloy coin probably of Roman date. The coin is worn and the edges are ragged. Possible batterned sestertius. Diameter: 23.90mm. Thickness: 2.11mm. Weight: 4.6g. Die axis unknown
Created on: Monday 1st April 2013
Last updated: Thursday 4th April 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-270834
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely worn and entirely illegible post-medieval silver coin, possibly a threepence. The coin is bent and was probably used as a 'love token'.
Created on: Friday 27th January 2012
Last updated: Monday 11th February 2013
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-E258F4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post-medieval coin, probably a groat. The coin is very worn and damaged, making identification of the ruler difficult, although part of the legend REX on the obverse indicates that the ruler was male. The coin is probably 16th century in date.
Created on: Tuesday 6th December 2011
Last updated: Tuesday 6th December 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Staffordshire', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-3748F4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver post-medieval/early modern silver coin, possibly a fourpence. The coin is entirely worn and appears to have been bent and restraightened and so may have been used as a 'love token'.
Created on: Monday 28th November 2011
Last updated: Wednesday 14th December 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-B14ED4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver hammered coin; post-medieval; mass: 0.2g; diameter: 15.9mm.
Created on: Monday 31st August 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-F24742
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Post-medieval silver coin, hammered, c. 16th century.
Created on: Saturday 22nd August 2009
Last updated: Thursday 2nd August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middleton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-9BEB28
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver hammered coin; possibly a penny or three-farthings; probably of Elizabeth I (1558-1603) or Edward VI (1547-1553); London mint; incomplete; mass: 0.4g; diameter: 12.0mm.
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-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-9BA645
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver hammered coin; post-medieval, c.16th century; clipped and heavily worn; mass: 0.4g; diameter: 12.8mm.
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-864A22
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver, Scottish twenty pence, Charles I (1625-1649), third coinage (1637-1642). Pierced twice from front to reverse.
Created on: Saturday 23rd May 2009
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Drayton Bassett CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-32F4C2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper-alloy Irish halfpenny of James II (1685-1688); dated 1686; Spink, 2002, p. 167 (no. 6576).
Created on: Wednesday 20th May 2009
Last updated: Monday 17th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Tong CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-34D0A4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Copper alloy as, dupondius or sestertius (probably). 27BC to AD269. Heavily corroded. Mass: 7.8g. Diameter: 27.9mm.
Created on: Thursday 7th May 2009
Last updated: Wednesday 27th June 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alderminster CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-348505
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver Testoon of Henry VIII (1509-1547); third coinage (1544-1547); North, 1991, p.114 (no.1842-3); pierced; mint unclear.
Created on: Thursday 7th May 2009
Last updated: Friday 24th August 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Waterhouses CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-7CB395
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Solihull
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver, quarter thistle merk, James VI of Scotland (1567-1625), clipped, Spink, 2003 (no.5499), mass: 1.48g, diameter: 19.4mm.
Created on: Wednesday 11th March 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Berkswell CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-FA7DF4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Derbyshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Silver, cut Scottish farthing, probably short cross coinage of William I (1165-1214) or Alexander II (1214-1249), 1195-1249, Mint and moneyer unclear. Mass: 0.2g. Diameter: 9.3mm.
Created on: Wednesday 28th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Longford CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-B8F8F3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An extremely worn silver half real of "Spain". On the obverse there is possibly a yoke, the symbol of Ferdinand V, and on the reverse a bundle of arrows, the symbol of Isabella I. In, "Coins of Europe", Carson, R. A. (1962, p.315) states that this type was introduced in 1497 under Ferdinand V and Isabella I (1474-1504-1516) but continued to be minted until 1537, within the reign of Charles V. Mass: 0.9g. Diameter: 19.2mm.
Created on: Saturday 24th January 2009
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Uttoxeter CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-5D9E44
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Warwickshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper-alloy sestertius or as. 27BC-AD269. Mass 11.2g. Diameter 28.5mm.
Created on: Thursday 8th January 2009
Last updated: Monday 10th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Middleton CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-22AB63
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Shropshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete silver 4 sols aux 2L couronnes of Louis XIV of France (1643-1715). Pierced. Dated 1695. Dijon mint. Mass: 1.47g. Diameter: 20.7mm.
Created on: Monday 5th January 2009
Last updated: Friday 17th November 2017
No spatial data available.

Record ID: WMID-587A87
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A very worn silver half real of "Spain". In, "Coins of Europe", Carson, R. A. (1962, p.315) states that this type was introduced in 1497 under Ferdinand V and Isabella I (1474-1504-1516) but continued to be minted until 1537, within the reign of Charles V. On the obverse there is a yoke, Ferdinands symbol, and on the reverse a bundle of arrows, Isabellas symbol.
Created on: Thursday 20th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Chebsey', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-C42A88
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Nottinghamshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A slightly incomplete silver hammered post-medieval coin. Reverse has a long cross over square shield within an inner circle. Flan is folded over. Mass: 0.7g. Diameter: 19.0mm.
Created on: Saturday 1st November 2008
Last updated: Wednesday 5th September 2012
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Sutton Bonington', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-B74806
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver halfpenny or farthing of Henry VII (1485-1509) or Henry VIII (1509-1547). London mint. Mass: 0.26g. Diameter: 10.9mm.
Created on: Tuesday 7th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salwarpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-B6D3C2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Worcestershire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A silver halfpenny or farthing of Henry VII (1485-1509) or Henry VIII (1509-1547). Probably London mint. Mass: 0.28g. Diameter: 10.8mm.
Created on: Tuesday 7th October 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salwarpe', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-A349E8
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete and heavily corroded copper alloy sestertius or as. 27BC to 269 AD. Diameter: 28.4mm. Mass: 7.4g.
Created on: Tuesday 1st July 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Alrewas', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-CA3886
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A broken silver sterling imitation of an Edwardian type penny of Henry II, Archbishop of Cologne, 1306-32, Bonn Mint. In "Sterling Immitations of Edwardian Type", Mayhew states that the most distinctive feature of the coins issued by Henry II, Archbishop of Cologne is the "Irish" triangle around the bust on the obverse. (p.81). The coin described here does not have the Irish triangle - the mitred bust is set within a beaded circle. The reverse is a short cross fleuronee.
Created on: Monday 21st April 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Ilam CP', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: WMID-799EC0
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Solihull
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A copper alloy shilling of James II, (Irish) gun money coinage, small size variant, June 1690. Coin reference: Seaby, 1984, 6582G. 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 name "gun money". The coins include the…
Created on: Wednesday 12th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-6F2704
Object type: COIN
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Solihull
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy token or non-English coin of unknown type. Probably 16th to 17th century. Diameter: 14.3mm, Mass: 0.44g.
Created on: Tuesday 11th March 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.

Record ID: WMID-0344F2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete copper alloy first century as (probably). Diameter: 27.5mm. Mass: 13.82g
Created on: Saturday 23rd February 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
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-C1A445
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: Staffordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
A cross and crosslets (Tealby) type penny of Henry II.
Created on: Thursday 15th November 2007
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
No spatial data available.