Featured Ancient ... but not a coin! Artifacts thread! Post 'em!

I have a number of artifacts from the period mentioned. Examples of which have been shown by others, but my true favourite piece is this Gold leaf from a 'victor's' laurel wreath, found in Cumbria, UK.

 

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These are interesting pieces, but they are not theatre tokens but rather document seals. There is a huge variety of them. They still come to market in small groups, but some say they are fake. I believe them to be genuine, but until someone does a thermoluminescence test on them (costly) we wont know.

 

Thank Ken.

My brother got them from a very respectable source.

I checked to see if they have holes for strings and they do.

My brother has a sweet ant one on the way. Similar to the one stevex6 had.

Erin

 

Some that I've found (most often they are never complete)

 

Another artifact which I am proud of is this:

Song Dynasty. Circa 11-13 century AD. Bronze mirror. Motif of 2 storks in a lake surrounded by trees, clouds and a pavilion at the rear. A 3 leaf symbol crowning the scene.

 

I have some ancient Chinese moulds.



A sprue.



And an actual spade.

 

I have MOLD in my house!

And, I believe these are @TypeCoin971793 's paws!

In the US and my experience with my Chinese factories, we call this a "Mold". However, my factories in and from Europe call these "Moulds". I keep wondering how I am supposed to pronounce that "u" in the word!?
(@zumbly is probably thinking "Brian is just a nut-case!")

 

@Alegandron
The same as "bow" to the Queen, and the "bough" (branch) on a tree.
Because 'English' is derived from so many languages (Latin, Greek, French, etc.) each word brings it's own 'nuances'.

 

It gets even more confusing when considering the various forms of English (American, British, Irish, Sottish, Australian, etc. etc.). Bottom line is that few languages are phonetic and there is no standardization. Look at the romanization for Chinese. Used to be Wade-Giles but is now Pinyin. Neither really work though for a select few who came up with the system it worked for them.

 

An unusual spindle whorl with a biconical central boss and an outer ring joined to it via five spokes. The outer ring is of sub-circular cross-section and is decorated with moulded transverse ribbing.

Close dating of lead spindle whorls is generally very difficult, as similar types are found in contexts that span the period from Roman to late medieval times. However, on the basis of contextual evidence, this particular type is believed to date circa 14th century.

 

Them moulds/molds rocks @Alegandron and @TypeCoin971793 !!!

 

Just got these:

Wu Zhu mother mould



Da Quan Wu Shi mould

 

Many of these recent batches of tokens are probably bogus so proceed very carefully. Thousands were sold through Roma within the last couple years but have been called into question on other boards. One even matches the portrait of a published Bulgarian fake coin. That was enough for me to stay away from these recent batches entirely.

 

And they were made using seal rings like this one.

 

Roman battle axe.

 

Thanks Nicholas.

I was worried after reading a thread about them. But, after talking to my bro, I'm confident about their authenticity.

My brother got them from Mark Reid at the Time Machine. Mark, I think, is working through a late antiquities dealer's collection and I'm pretty sure that's where these ones come from. My brother has bought from Mark several times with no problems.

But, I do appreciate your concern!

Erin