Auction Catalogue

19 June 2008

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British and World Coins including Important Irish Coins from a Private Collection (Part I)

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

Lot

№ 787

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19 June 2008

Hammer Price:
£110

Brooke, G.C., A Catalogue of the English Coins in the British Museum: The Norman Kings, vols. I and II, London, 1916, cclv + 42 plates, 462pp [2]. Original blue cloth, spine ribbed and gilt; some light foxing, otherwise a very fine and clean set; ALS from Douglas Liddell to W.J. Lawson, 13 April 1950, tipped-in (£80-100)

Provenance:
Ex libris W.J. Lawson, Rothes.

The letter refers to the William I Bonnet type penny by the London moneyer Godwine from a possibly altered Thetford die (BMC pl.v, 6, Bruun collection, subsequently Lawson sale, 1954, lot 106)