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A fake coin depicting Brutus
George III (reigned 1760-1820) owned this gold coin as part …
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Base-silver radiate of Carausius, with the emperors Diocletian and Maximian
If you had told an ancient Roman that Britain would go on to…
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Base-silver radiate of the usurper emperor Allectus
In AD 286, Carausius, a commander in the Roman army, proclai…
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Brass whist marker
Card games were very popular as a form of home entertainment…
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Bronze medal celebrating the Golden Jubilee of Queen Victoria, by Leonard Wyon after Sir Frederic Leighton and Sir Edgar
The artist Frederic Leighton (1830-96) was made a baronet in…
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Bronze medal of James Watt, by Joseph Wyon
James Watt (1736-1819) was the son of a Scottish shipbuilder…
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Cut farthing of Edward 'the Confessor'
The only coin that was circulated widely in early medieval E…
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Dr Johnson's touch-piece
For many centuries it was believed that the touch of a king …
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Edward VI coronation medal
This spectacular gold medal was produced for the coronation …
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Exchequer Bill for £100
Interest-bearing Exchequer Bills were introduced in England …
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George Cruikshank, Bank Restriction Note, a satirical note
In Britain the act of forgery, or sometimes even just the us…
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Gold 5 unites of King Charles I ('Juxon Medal'), probably from dies engraved by Abraham Vande
This unique piece hovers between being a coin and a medal. I…
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Gold florin of Edward III of England
By the 1340s England was in a position to join other western…
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Gold medal of Captain James Cook, by Lewis Pingo
Born into a Scottish farming family, Captain James Cook (172…
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Gold medal of Henry VIII as Head of the Church of England
The importance of having a male successor to the Tudor dynas…
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Gilt-bronze medal of Horatio Nelson and the Battle of Trafalgar, by Heinrich Küchler
The Battle of Trafalgar (21 October, 1805) was probably the …
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Iron coin die of William I
Medieval coins were struck by hand, normally using a hammer …
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Medals of the kings and queens of England by Jean Dassier
These medals were struck by the Swiss medallist Jean Dassier…
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Obverse die, puncheon for bust and silver crown of the Old Pretender as James III
These three objects were made for the exiled Stuart kings fo…
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Queen Victoria's Jubilee souvenir badge
Large numbers of these badges were sold as souvenirs of Quee…
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Silver farthing of Henry III, Short Cross coinage, made by the moneyer Terri
This coin is one of the first issue of round farthings - the…
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Silver penny of Matilda
When Henry I of England died in 1135, he left no surviving l…
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10s note, Bank of England
A common security feature of many modern banknotes is a vert…
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£5 note, Bank of England
The first Bank of England notes to be printed in colour were…
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Juginder Lamba, Pod 1 - Phase II and Gestation, oak, sandstone and slate
Juginder Lamba was born in Nairobi, Kenya, in 1948. He moved…
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Pilgrim badge depicting St George and the dragon
This medieval badge is made of lead. It shows St George kill…
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Alabaster panel showing the signs of the Last Judgement
In the Middle Ages it was believed that the Last Judgement w…
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Anti-slavery medallion, by Josiah Wedgwood
Josiah Wedgwood I (1730-95), a nonconformist, was keenly int…
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Archer's bracer
This archer's bracer is made of cuir bouilli (boiled leather…
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Citole
A citole is the medieval equivalent of a guitar. This exampl…
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Dr Dee's magic
The British Museum has a number of objects associated with t…
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Dr Dee's mirror
This mirror was used by the Elizabethan mathematician, astro…
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Enamel portrait plaques of King George III and Queen Charlotte, painted by William Hopkins Craft
King George III (reigned 1760-1820) and Queen Charlotte were…
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Finger-ring set with the Lord's Prayer
This gold ring contains a miniature version of the Lord's Pr…
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Funerary badge of the Black Prince
This lead badge is of a type that would have been worn at th…
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Gilded bronze stirrup
Stirrups were probably introduced into Western Europe from A…
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Gold mourning ring with a painted eye
Jewellery, chiefly rings and lockets, is sometimes worn in m…
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Gold 'posy' ring
The term 'posy', based on the French 'poésy', describes the …
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Hessonite garnet intaglio set in a gold ring, engraved with the dog-star Sirius, by Johann Lorenz Natter
Intaglios are cut into the surface of the stone, using a lat…
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Ivory triptych with the arms of John de Grandisson, Bishop of Exeter
The triptych is made from elephant ivory. The Coronation of …
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Lovers' brooch
This gold ring brooch is set alternately with cabochon rubie…
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Marble portrait bust of Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, by Joseph Wilton
Philip Dormer Stanhope (1694-1773), fourth earl of Chesterfi…
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Memorial ring commemorating Charles I
This gold ring has an oval bezel that opens to form a concea…
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Panel of embroidery
The panel is an example of English embroidery known as opus …
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Pewter charger with the arms of England
Around the broad rim of this large pewter dish runs a band o…
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Seal-die of Robert Fitzwalter
A seal-die is an engraved stamp used to impress a design ont…
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Silver-gilt chalice
This chalice is in very good condition, retaining much of it…
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Terracotta portrait bust of Oliver Cromwell by Louis-François Roubiliac
Oliver Cromwell (1599-1658), who had studied law, was a Memb…
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Terracotta portrait bust of Sir Hans Sloane by Michael Rysbrack
Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753), who trained as a doctor, was Pr…
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The Fuller Brooch
This splendid circular brooch is made from hammered sheet si…
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The Henry of Blois plaques
The plaques are made of enamelled copper. One contains the f…
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The Lyte Jewel
The 'Lyte Jewel' is in fact an enamelled gold locket. The op…
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The More Jewels
The objects here are all associated with Sir Thomas More (14…
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The Phoenix Jewel
On the front of this gold pendant is a silhouette bust of Qu…
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The Richard II Quadrant
This is the most spectacular of a group of three horary quad…
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The Seal Burse of Elizabeth I
This seal burse (purse) is embroidered with the Royal Arms o…
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Wax death mask of Oliver Cromwell
When a famous person died, a death mask was often taken as a…
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Wine glass with a silver groat in the stem
George Ravenscroft (1632-83), an English glassmaker working …
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Bronze figurine of a gladiator
This figurine shows a heavily-armed gladiator, wearing a loi…
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Dragonesque brooch
The 'dragonesque' form of this brooch is typically Romano-Br…
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Spinning and weaving tools
Most clothes in Iron Age Britain were made from sheep's wool…
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Alexander Cozens, 'Blot' Landscape Composition, a brown wash drawing
Alexander Cozens (1717-86) described his 'blot' method for m…
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Aubrey Beardsley, Self-portrait, a pen and ink wash
Aubrey Beardsley (1872-98) was the most original genius of B…
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Ben Nicholson, Three Mugs and a Bowl, a linocut
Ben Nicholson (1894-1982) is best known as a pioneer of abst…
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C.R.W. Nevinson, A Dawn, 1914, a drypoint
At the outbreak of the First World War (1914-18), C.R.W. Nev…
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Arthur's Tomb, a watercolour
Rossetti (1828-1882) was fascinated by Sir Thomas Malory's f…
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Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Paolo and Francesca, a graphite drawing
The tragic lovers Paolo and Francesca appear in the Renaissa…
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David Hockney, The Print Collector - Portrait of Felix Man, a lithograph in grey
Felix Man (1893-1985) was a pioneer of photojournalism who, …
