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Long before plastic cards or modern bank notes, these small pieces of metal were traded in village markets, dropped on farm tracks, and buried in times of crisis. From Roman coinage and medieval silver pennies to crude lead tokens and modern milled coins, this section records the everyday currency used across our parishes over the centuries.
Arcadius AR Siliqua. 395-402 AD.
D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right
VIRTVS ROMANORVM, Roma seated left on cuirass with Victory on globe and spear
Struck following the permanent division of the Roman Empire.
James Stanley, 10th Earl of Derby. Isle of Man AE Penny. 1733 AD.
SANS CHANGER, Stanley crest of the Eagle and Child above cap of maintenance, date 1733 below
QUOCUNQUE GESSERIS STABIT, Triskelion (three legs of Man) joined at the hip
Cast in brass/copper alloy at the Castletown Mint, this issue was struck under the feudal lordship of the Earls of Derby prior to the island's re-imposition of Crown control.
Henry III AR Voided Long Cross Penny. Class 5g, c. 1251–1272 AD. Canterbury Mint.
HENRICVS REX III, crowned facing bust holding sceptre in right hand
ROB ERT ON CANT, voided long cross extending to edge, three pellets in each quarter
Struck under the moneyer Robert at Canterbury. The Class 5 series introduced the sceptre to the obverse portrait, serving as a primary identifier for Henry III's later long cross issues prior to Edward I's coinage reform.
Victoria Gold Sovereign. 1870 AD (Sydney Mint).
VICTORIA D: G: BRIT: REG: F: D:, crowned head left with Banksia wreath in hair
AUSTRALIA SYDNEY MINT ONE SOVEREIGN, crown above value within wreathed border
Struck from local gold rush bullion, this issue marks the final year of the distinctive Sydney Mint colonial reverse design before Australia adopted standard Imperial motifs.
George II AR Sixpence. 1757 AD.
GEORGIVS·II· DEI·GRATIA·, old laureate head left
M·B·F·ET·H·REX·F·D·B·ET·L·D·S·R·I·A·A·T·ET·E, four crowned cruciform shields with star of the Garter at center
Pierced at 12 o'clock for suspension as a token or pendant. Post-mint modified with four circular punch-marks in the reverse angles, likely an unofficial attempt to simulate the decorative roses-and-plumes features of earlier issues or to serve as a secondary trade mark.
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