Mary I groat |
The first coin is a Mary groat.
obverse legend:
MARIA D G ANG FRA Z HIB REGI
Mary, by the Grace of God, Queen of England, France and Ireland
There are annulet stops and a pomegranate (the badge of her mother,
Katherine) after MARIA.
reverse legend:
VERITAS TEMPORIS FILIA
Truth is the daughter of time
This is an article about the Mary groat: http://www.ipnumsoc.org.uk/articles/ATudorGroatRevisited.pdf :
Mary I was the daughter of Catherine of Aragon and Henry
VIII. She was born in 1516 and in 1553 succeeded to the throne following Edward
VI’s death. Mary married Prince Philip of Spain in 1554 and died in
1558. During her reign she attempted to reverse the Protestant reforms of the
English church, gaining the appellation “Bloody Mary”.
The Mary I groat was in production for just one year before she married
Philip of Spain, leading to the production of a new coin, probably in 1557, the
Philip & Mary groat, which was the second coin I found:
Philip & Mary groat |
Obverse legend:
PHILIP.ET.MARIA.D.G.REX.ET.REGINA
Philip and Mary by the Grace of God King and Queen
Reverse legend:
POSUIMUS DEUM ADIVTO NOS
We have made God our helper
See good images of both coins here: http://www.coins-of-the-uk.co.uk/pics/fourd.html
I also found a fertiliser bag seal by Webb & Sons:
fertiliser bag seal by Webb & Sons |
Edward Webb began his business as a seed merchant c1850 near Stourbridge. In
1894 the company aquired a bone manure works in Saltney near Chester. They were
appointed seedsmen to Queen Victoria.
side 1: WEBBS surrounded by REGISTERED TRADE MARK.
side 2: MANURE MANFRS
surrounded by WEBB & SONS SALTNEY CHESTER
other finds including a corroded horse harness pendant, buttons, buckle,Georgian halfpennies.
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