https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/templates/general_wide/img/logo.png https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/ https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/recently-added.html https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/coins/medieval/henry-ii-richard-i-john-and-henry-iii-short-cross-coinage/pennies-and-fractions-london/henry-iii-cut-short-cross-halfpenny-59392.html Sun, 20 Sep 2026 19:49:59 GMT Pennies and fractions (London)  

Description:		Henry III class 7a cut short cross halfpenny of London.
Category:		Medieval, Henry II, Richard I, John and Henry III (Short Cross Coinage), Pennies and fractions (London)
Category:		Pennies and fractions (London)

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Description:		Henry II class 1 cut short cross farthing.
Category:		Medieval, Henry II, Richard I, John and Henry III (Short Cross Coinage), Pennies and fractions (uncertain mints)
Category:		Pennies and fractions (uncertain mints)

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Description:		John class 5a2 cut short cross halfpenny of Lincoln.
Category:		Medieval, Henry II, Richard I, John and Henry III (Short Cross Coinage), Pennies and fractions (other English mints)
Category:		Pennies and fractions (other English mints)

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/roman/miscellaneous/bead-59389.html Sun, 20 Sep 2026 15:32:40 GMT Miscellaneous  

Description:		A plain annular copper-alloy bead with a biconvex profile. It is probably of the late Iron Age or Roman period, but beads are difficult to date, and similar forms are known from the Bronze Age to the post-Roman period. See also UKDFD 14939 and UKDFD 57758.
Category:		Roman, Miscellaneous
Category:		Miscellaneous

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/coins/stuart-commonwealth-and-house-of-orange/charles-i/charles-i-crown-59388.html Sat, 19 Sep 2026 12:37:47 GMT Charles I  

Description:		Gold crown of Charles I, struck at the Tower mint, London, initial mark, fleur-de-lis. There appears to be an oval countermark in front of the bust, but the detail is unclear. The coin is bent, as found, and exact classification is therefore tentative.
Category:		Stuart, Commonwealth and House of Orange, Charles I
Category:		Charles I

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/coins/medieval/edward-i-edward-ii-and-edward-iii-1st-coinage-only/pennies-other-english-mints/edward-i-penny-59387.html Sat, 19 Sep 2026 11:29:48 GMT Pennies (other English mints)  

Description:		Edward I class 3g penny of Bristol. Chipped edge.
Category:		Medieval, Edward I, Edward II, and Edward III 1st Coinage only, Pennies (other English mints)
Category:		Pennies (other English mints)

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/coins/tudor/henry-viii/henry-viii-groat-59386.html Thu, 17 Sep 2026 18:28:57 GMT Henry VIII  

Description:		A groat of the 2nd coinage of Henry VIII, struck at the archiepiscopal mint of Thomas Wolsey. Initial mark, voided cross, both sides. In minting the groat, Wolsey was exceeding the terms of his monetary privilege and usurping the royal prerogative. The ecclesiastical mints were only permitted to strike denominations of a halfgroat and smaller. Had he not died on his way to London to face more general charges of treason, the minting of these groats would have been an additional charge against him.
Category:		Tudor, Henry VIII
Category:		Henry VIII

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/coins/stuart-commonwealth-and-house-of-orange/charles-i/charles-i-penny-59385.html Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:31:27 GMT Charles I  

Description:		Charles I Tower mint penny. Initial mark uncertain.
Category:		Stuart, Commonwealth and House of Orange, Charles I
Category:		Charles I

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/coins/medieval/henry-vi/henry-vi-halfpenny-59384.html Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:28:19 GMT Henry VI  

Description:		Henry VI London halfpenny with leaf on breast and saltire stops between words in the obverse legend. This type is listed as a ’leaf-trefoil’ halfpenny by North and Spink, but Withers breaks the issue down into several varieties, describing coins of the present type as ’leaf issue - saltire stops’.
Category:		Medieval, Henry VI
Category:		Henry VI

]]> https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/artefact/post-medieval-to-modern/jewellery-and-dress-accessories/brooches/sentimental-hair-brooch-59383.html Sat, 12 Sep 2026 13:47:55 GMT Brooches  

Description:		A copper-alloy sentimental hair brooch from the Late Georgian - Victorian period. It has an oval die-formed frame with two concentric rows of integral collets, which probably held paste seed pearls; the centre of the brooch may have held human hair artfully arranged under glass. The hinge and C clasp on the back of the brooch survive; the pin is missing. The brooch appears to have been in a fire, which has melted and fused the delicate components. A hair brooch could be a sentimental keepsake or a memorial to a loved one. Image 3 shows an undamaged brooch of generally similar type of the late 18th -19th century.
Category:		Post-Medieval to Modern, Jewellery and dress accessories, Brooches
Category:		Brooches

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