Objects Archive - Page 68 of 105

Henry VIII testoon

The portrait of Henry VIII is inspired by Hans Holbein’s portrait of 1537. Henry loved the image and encouraged many

The name for these shillings and their scarcity is tied up with the production of silver coinage and bullion prices

The edge of this Oliver Cromwell half crown is inscribed with • HAS • NISI • PERITVRVS • MIHI •

Carlisle was defended by the Royalist forces under Sir Thomas Glemham from October 1644 until the following June. This shilling

A detecting find from Radstock, Somerset on 18 April 2021. The auction listing says that while there is no known

A continental of Henry VII, King of the Romans, also known as Henry of Luxembourg, dating to 1308-12. Minted in Luxembourg.

A continental sterling, imitating an English long cross penny of the time, issued by John II of Avesnes, Count of Hainaut (1247

Although the exergue is unclear, the style of the coin is considered to be an unpublished example from the S

A gold Merovingian National Series tremissis dating to c 650-70. The obverse reads ATACIACO and the reverse FRATECLISELO. The PAS

An incomplete miniature axehead or chisel, measuring only 42mm in length, dating to the Early Bronze Age (c. AD 2000-1700 BC). Miniature axes