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Merovingian tremissis “national” series

An early gold tremissis dating to c.AD580-670. Obverse reads CORI ALLO+ giving the mint as Coriallum (modern Cherbourg, France) and the

The reverse reads +ÆÐELVEARD MO NA which gives the moneyer as Aethelweard. It is suggested that the NA is the

This coin is a rare type of Stephen’s ‘Watford type’ lacking an inner circle on the obverse. The reverse has

A penny of Wiglaf of Merica who reigned from AD 827 – 829 and AD 830 – 840. The obverse

Half a die matrix for commemorative coins of Diva Faustina (c. AD 141 – 161) . Coins were struck for

This matrix dates from 13th-14th Century and shows a church or castle with three towers and three stars. The legend reads

This escudo was issued in the name of Joanna and Charles I, her son with whom she was nominally co-monarch.

An aureus of Claudius issued in AD 41 -42, just after he became emperor. On the reverse is the praetorian

Copper and gold finger ring with a half sovereign of Victoria from the Old Head Coinage of 1893-1901. In excellent

This incomplete plaque of a reclining knight would have been part of a larger frieze in a church of chapel.