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Dobunni, Early Uninscribed issues, Units (2), degraded head right, pellets and crescent in front, revs. triple-tailed horse left, ‘bird’s head’ above, flower below, 0.90g/9h, 0.89g/12h (BMC 2954-5; VA 1042; S 377) [2]. Good fine (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £100
Germany, Germany, Prussia, Friedrich Wilhelm IV, Pfennigs (5), all 1856a (KM. 451); Empire, 20 Pfennigs, 1890a (KM. 13); Federal Republic, 2 Marks, 1951d (KM. 111); together with other German coins, in silver (18), base metal (61) [86]. Those described extremely fine and better, Pfennigs with full original colour, others generally very fine (£120-150)
Germany, Germany, Prussia, Wilhelm I, Thaler, 1871 Victory over France (Dav. 785; KM. 500); together with other German coins, etc, in silver (17), base metal (14) [32]. First good very fine, others in varied state (£90-120)
India, India, Mughal Empire, Jahangir, Rupee, AH 1027 [1618], Kandahar (IMC 781; cf. KM. 155.5); together with other coins of the Indian states, in silver (24, mostly Rupees), copper (47); Bundi, 3 Pies card cash coupon [73]. Many fine, some better (£90-120)
Henry I (1100-1135), Penny, Quadrilateral on Cross Fleury type, Norwich, Edstan, edstan[——]or, 1.34g/4h (BMC –; N 871; S 1276). Somewhat off-centre, otherwise fine (£120-150)
James III (1460-1488), Main issue (1484-8), Groat, Edinburgh, annulet on inner circle before face, 2.75g/9h (SCBI 35, 777, same obv. die; B. 41, fig. 641; S 5287). Chipped and small of flan, otherwise good fine with a reasonable portrait (£120-150)
John (1199-1216), Penny, class Vc, London, Abel, abel · on · lvnde, 1.48g/2h (SCBI Mass 1684ff; N 971; S 1352). Very fine, toned (£90-120)
Edward IV (First reign, 1461-1470), Light coinage, Groat, London, mm. sun, quatrefoils by neck, lis after tas on rev., 3.07g/2h (B & W VI, 2; N 1569; S 2000). Very slightly bent, otherwise about very fine, pleasantly toned (£90-120)
Edward IV (Second reign, 1471-1483), Penny, Durham, mm. short cross fitchée, no marks by neck (B & W XII; N 1658; S 2214). Good fine, on a larger than usual flan (£60-80)
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), First issue, Groat, mm. lis, bust 1F, beaded and wire-line inner circles, 1.90g/5h; Fourth issue, Threepence, 1575, mm. eglantine, bust 4D, 1.46g/11h; Sixth issue, Halfgroat, mm. tun, bust 6E, 1.01g/6h (N 1986, 1998, 2016; S 2551, 2566, 2579) [3]. Good fine or better (£70-90)
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second issue, Penny, mm. unclear, bust 3I, 0.46g/10h; Fourth issue, Three-Farthings, 1574, mm. eglantine, bust 5B, 0.35g/7h; Sixth issue, Halfpenny, mm. escallop, 0.22g/1h (N 1988, 2002, 2018; S 2558, 2571, 2581) [3]. Good fine or better (£120-150)
Commonwealth (1649-1660), Penny, no mm, 0.54g/6h; Halfpenny, no mm, 0.20g/9h (N 2729-30; S 3222-3) [2]. Good fine (£70-90)
George I (1714-1727), George I, Farthing, 1721 (S 3662); George II, Farthings (9), 1733, 1736, 1737 large date, 1741, 1744 (2), 1746 (2), 1749 (S 3720-2) [10]. Mostly fine, one or two better (£90-120)
Victoria (1837-1901), Victoria, Halfcrown, 1889 (S 3924); together with other British coins, in silver (93), base metal (600+), banknotes (8) [Lot]. First extremely fine, others in varied state (£100-200)
George VI (1936-1952), George VI, Halfcrowns (16), 1937 (2, one Proof), 1938-51 inclusive (S 4080, 4101, 4106); Elizabeth II, Halfcrowns (16), 1953-67 inclusive, 1970 Proof (S 4137, 4145) [32]. Proofs as struck, others extremely fine or better (£90-120)
Hammer Price: £110
Elizabeth II (1952-, Elizabeth II, Proof Sovereign, 1981; Proof 25 Pence, 1981 (S 4204, 4229) [2]. As struck; in cases of issue (£90-120)
Elizabeth II (1952-, Elizabeth II, Proof Five Pounds, 1996 (S 4303); specimen Five Pounds, 2008; Proof sets (8), 1993-7, 1999, 2000, 2003; Celebration set, 1948-2008 [Lot]. About as struck; in cases of issue (£120-150)
Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Primary series B1, Sceatta, diademed head right within beaded circle, rev. bird above cross, annulets at sides, all within serpent circle, 1.20g/12h (M 100; N 126; cf. S 777). Good very fine (£120-150)
Denmark, Denmark, Frederick VIII, 2 Kroner (2), both 1906 Accession (KM. Y25); together with other Danish silver coins (21) [23]. Varied state (£70-90)
Italy, Italy, Victor Emanuel III, 5 Lire (5), 1928, 1929 (2), 1930 (2); 2 Lire (5), 1914 (3), 1915, 1916 (KM. 55, 67); Eritrea, Umberto I, 2 Lire, 1890 (KM. 3) [11]. Last fine, others good very fine or better (£90-120)
Charles I (1625-1649), Third coinage, Falconer’s Second issue, Thirty Shillings, mm. leaved thistle, f by horse’s hoof, smooth groundline, 14.26g/6h (Murray 5; SCBI 35, 1493-4, same dies; B 38; S 5555). Horseman characteristically weak, otherwise good fine (£120-150)
James II (1685-1691), Gunmoney coinage, Halfcrown, 1690 May, small size, reads fr·a, 9.73g/12h (S 6580BB; DF 398). Good very fine (£90-120)
Pegge, S., An Assemblage of Coins, Fabricated by Authority of the Archbishops of Canterbury, London, 1772, 125pp; bound with Noble, M., Two Dissertations upon the Mint and Coins of the Episcopal-Palatine of Durham, Birmingham, 1780, 91pp. Original quarter-morocco and marbled boards; some light foxing, otherwise fine and clean, scarce (£50-70)
Philip and Mary (1554-1558), Shilling, 1554, full titles, 5.84g/7h (N 1967; S 2500). Fair (£90-120)
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Sixth issue, Shilling, mm. hand, bust 6B, 5.77g/4h (N 2014; S 2577). A few surface scratches, otherwise good fine (£80-100)
Germany, Bavaria, Karl Theodor, Thaler, 1781 (KM. 260); Hamburg, 5 Marks, 1908j (KM. 293); Saxony, Albert, 5 Marks, 1902e, Death of King (KM. 1256) [3]. First pierced and plugged, good fine, others about extremely fine (£80-100)
Germany, Bavaria, Ludwig I, 6 Kreuzer, 1835 (KM. 392); Frankfurt, Free City, 6 Kreuzer (2), 1852, 1866, 3 Kreuzer, 1851 (KM. 335, 374); Nassau, Adolph, 6 Kreuzer, 1841, Kreuzer, 1861 (KM. 54, 57); Prussia, Frederick William IV, Groschen, 1848a (KM. 435), William I, Groschen (3), 1869c (2), 1871a (KM. 485); Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Ernst I, 10 Kreuzer, 1836 (KM. 94b) [15]. Generally extremely fine or better (£120-150)
Germany, Brunswick-Lüneburg-Celle, Christian Ludwig, Thaler, 1665lw, Clausthal, 28.95g/3h (Dav. 6521; KM. 211). Light scuff in obverse field, otherwise about very fine (£80-100)
Germany, Saxe-Weimar, Friedrich Wilhelm and Johan, Thaler, 1593, Saalfeld, 28.84g/7h (Dav. 9774). About very fine (£80-100)
Victoria (1837-1901), Halfcrowns (7), 1893-5-6-7-8, 1900, 1901 (ESC 726-9, 730-2, 734-5; S 3938) [7]. First two better than extremely fine, others mostly very fine (£80-100)
Victoria (1837-1901), Florin, 1849, with initials (ESC 802; S 3890). Obverse extremely fine, reverse better (£120-150)
James I (1603-1625), James I, Second coinage, Shilling, mm. lis, third bust, 5.80g/12h (N 2099; S 2654); together with other hammered silver coins (5, one Irish) [6]. First with some surface deposit, good fine, others in varied state, one broken (£90-120)
Charles I (1625-1649), Charles I, Tower mint, Halfcrowns (2), Gp III, mm. sun, 14.91g/9h, Gp IV, mm. triangle-in-circle, 14.55g/12h (N 2213-14; S 2778-9); together with other hammered silver coins (6) [8]. Varied state (£60-80)
George II (1727-1760), George II to Victoria, silver Threepences (87); other coins in silver (33), base metal (28) [148]. Many very fine or better, a few damaged (£90-120)
Catuvellauni, Tasciovanus, Bronze, eight-pointed star, verlamio in angles, rev. bull left, 1.96g/6h (BMC 1745-51; VA 1808; S 247). Shiny green patina, good very fine (£150-200)
Elizabeth II (1952- ), Proof Two Pounds (2), both 2003; Proof piédfort Pound, 2003 (S 4577, 4590, 4614); Proof piédfort sets (2), both 2003, comprising Two Pounds to 50 Pence [9]. As struck; in cases of issue (£120-150)
Elizabeth II (1952-, Elizabeth II, Proof Pound, 1983 (S 4221); together with other modern coins in silver and base metal (90), from Australia, Canada, Fiji, Southern Rhodesia, United States, Yugoslavia, Zambia [91]. Mostly as struck; many in cases of issue (£120-150)
Hammer Price: £120
Hiberno-Manx issues (c.1025), Primary series A2, Sceatta, radiate head right, c in front, rev. totii on standard, 0.95g/6h (cf. M 89ff; N 40; S 775); Primary series F, Sceatta, bust right, rev. cross on steps, 1.19g/9h (M 136-7; N 61-2; S 781) [2]. Fine and better (£120-150)
Elizabeth II (1952-, Elizabeth II, British Olympic Association, replica platinum award, 1976, Montréal Olympics, 8.15g; together with medals, stamp replicas etc., mostly c. 1975 (29), some silver [30]. As struck; in cases of issue (£180-220)
Elizabeth II (1952-, Isle of Man, Elizabeth II, Proof Crown, 1975, Manx cat (KM. 31a); together with other modern Manx coins and sets (39), some silver [40]. Mostly as struck; in cases of issue (£90-120)
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