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Japan, Mutsuhito, 20 Yen, Meiji 3 [1870] (J & V L1; JNDA 1; KM. 13; F 45). Extremely fine £12,000-15,000
Hammer Price: £17,000
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Seventh issue, Crown, mm. 2, 29.82g/7h (FRC Sale, lot 14, this coin; N 2012; S 2582A). Slightly weak on face, otherwise very fine or better, dark tone, very rare £7,000-8,000
Hammer Price: £9,000
William IV (1830-1837), 1831 Proof, in silver, w.w. on truncation, edge plain, 27.68g/6h (L & S 1; ESC 271; S 3833). Mark on rim, reverse edge nick and light scuff on neck, otherwise good extremely fine £4,000-5,000
Hammer Price: £8,500
Philip and Mary (1554-1558), Shilling, 1554, English titles, date below bust, mark of value, 5.80g/8h (N 1969; S 2503). Fair, extremely rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £4,900
Charles II (1660-1685), Milled coinage, Crown, 1662, first bust, rose below, edge undated (ESC 15A; S 3350). Bright appearance, about extremely fine £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £4,700
Matilda (c. 1139-49), Penny, Cross Moline type, Oxford, Sweting, [SWETI]NG : ON : OXE, 1.18g/1h (Mack 234c [= SCBI Oxford 290], same obv. die; N 936; S 1326). Creased and with a small chip, otherwise nearly very fine for issue, extremely rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £4,600
George II (1727-1760), Two Guineas, 1735 (MCE 290; S 3667A). A few surface marks, otherwise about extremely fine or better with reflective fields £2,500-3,000
Hammer Price: £3,800
Catuvellauni, Sego, Stater, TASCIO in central panel, four-spoked wheel, annulets and pellets above and below, rev. horseman right, right arm raised carrying carnyx, [SEGO] in front, four-spoked wheel behind, 5.18g/6h (BMC 1625-7; VA 1845; S 259). Pale yellow gold, about very fine, extremely rare; probably the only specimen available to commerce £3,000-3,500
Hammer Price: £3,200
Catuvellauni, Cunobelin, Stater, Wild type, ear of barley dividing CAMV, rev. horse prancing right, heart-shaped ornament between front legs, branch and five-pointed star above, CVN[O] below, 5.48g/11h (BMC 1793; VA 1931-3; cf. S 283). Good very fine or better, lovely rose-gold surfaces, excessively rare £2,500-3,000
Hammer Price: £3,000
Commonwealth (1649-1660), Sixpence, 1660, mm. anchor on obv. only, 3.07g/5h (ESC 1497; N 2727; S 3220). Double-struck [the date appears to read 16660], scratched at bottom of obverse, otherwise very fine and toned, very rare £700-900
Charles I (1625-1649), Ormonde Money, Crown, 29.56g/11h (S 6544; DF 288). Numerous die-breaks in the fields, nearly extremely fine with attractive grey toning, rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £2,700
Charles II (1660-1685), Two Guineas, 1664, first bust, elephant below (MCE 32; S 3334). Small edge knock and weak on King’s hair, otherwise good very fine £2,000-2,500
Hammer Price: £2,300
Kings of Mercia, Offa (757-796), Penny, Light coinage, London or Canterbury, Tirwald, + OFFA REX, rosette, rev. TIRWALD within leaves of quatrefoil, trefoil in each angle, 1.19g/6h (cf. CEB 79/80; cf. N 285; S 905). Nearly very fine, the type and moneyer extremely rare £1,500-2,000
Commonwealth (1649-1660), Shilling, 1658/7, mm. anchor on obv. only, g of england over l, 5.75g/7h (cf. ESC 999; N 2725; S 3218). A few minor scratches, otherwise fine to very fine, very rare £400-500
Hammer Price: £2,200
George IV (1820-1830), 1826 Proof, edge septimo, 28.28g/6h (L & S 28; ESC 257; S 3806). Reverse edge knock, otherwise very fine £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £2,100
George V (1910-1936), 1934 (ESC 374; S 4036). Two edge nicks on obverse, about very fine, reverse better but sometime cleaned, very rare £1,500-1,800
Hammer Price: £2,000
Commonwealth (1649-1660), Shilling, 1660, mm. anchor on obv. only, 5.75g/5h (ESC 1001; N 2725; S 3218). Good fine, very rare £500-700
Charles I (1625-1649), Southern Cities of Refuge, Cork, Sixpence, 1647, 2.16g/3h (S 6561A; DF 329). Flat spot, otherwise nearly very fine, very rare £1,800-2,200
Hammer Price: £1,900
Henry I (1100-1135), Penny, Annulets type, Leicester, Wulfwine, PVLFPIE ON LEIR, 1.37g/6h (BMC –; N 857; S 1263). Very slightly bent, otherwise good very fine, the mint not recorded for type 1, excessively rare £1,500-2,000
Early Uninscribed issues, Stater, British H [North East Coast type], DEVOLVED head of Apollo, rev. DISJOINTED horse right, pellets above and in front, coffee-bean behind, large pellet below, zig-zag pattern with pellets in exergue, 6.23g/2h (BMC 182; VA 800-1; S 28). Full and round, good very fine, very rare £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £1,850
Victoria (1837-1901), 1847 Proof, edge plain, 27.94g/12h (ESC 291; S 3883). Marked in obverse field, otherwise good extremely fine, rare £1,500-1,800
Russian medals, Alexander II, Coronation, 1856, a silver medal by A. Lyalin and M. Kuchkin, bust right, rev. crowned double-headed eagle, 64mm, 122.30g (Diakov 653.1; Iversen VII/1). Trifling surface marks on obverse and a small reverse edge nick at 3 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine, the obverse dark-toned, rare [Plate I] £2,000-2,500
Hammer Price: £1,800
Oliver Cromwell, 1658/7 (ESC 10; S 3226). Die flaw in early stage, good fine £1,500-1,800
Hammer Price: £1,750
Catuvellauni, Cunobelin, Stater, Plastic type, ear of barley dividing CAM[V], rev. horse prancing right, branch and pellets above, pellet behind, pellet-in-annulet and CVNO below, 5.38g/6h (BMC 1809ff; VA 2010ff; S 286). Attractive rose-gold, good very fine or better, rare £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £1,700
Early Uninscribed issues, Stater, British Ma [Wonersh type], cruciform wreath pattern with crescents in centre, pellet-in-annulets in angles, rev. horse right, anti-clockwise spiral above, pellets and annulets around, six-spoked wheel below, 5.34g/11h (BMC 351ff; VA 1522; S 36). Good very fine or better, extremely rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £1,650
Early Uninscribed issues, Unit, ‘Abingdon Head’ type, female Celtic head left with crescents and beaded hair, heart-shaped ear, pellet-in-annulet behind, rev. horse right with smaller horse below, above and upside-down, a small chubby horse with beaded mane, 1.09g/10h (BMC –; VA –; S –; SNC May 1998, p.150). Of good silver, extremely fine with a striking portrait, extremely rare; by far the finest of a handful of known examples £2,000-2,500
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Seventh issue, mm. 1, 29.45g/11h (FRC D-6 [Sale, lot 12]; N 2012; S 2582). Fine, reverse better £1,000-1,200
James I (1603-1625), Second coinage, Britain Crown, mm. grapes on obv., escallop on rev., first bust, 2.40g/5h (cf. SCBI Schneider 47-8; N 2090; S 2624). Struck on a large flan, good very fine or better; a rare combination of marks not represented in Schneider £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £1,600
Russian medals, Liberal Economy Society, 1768, a silver medal by J.B. Gass, bust of Catherine the Great right, rev. Ceres seated left, holding caduceus and wreath, farmer ploughing in background, 66mm, 102.28g (Diakov 142.2; Reichel 2383). Trifling surface marks, otherwise extremely fine and attractively toned, rare [Plate I] £1,000-1,500
United States of America, Dollar, 1800, ‘AMERICAI’ variant (BB 192; Bolender 19). Of bright appearance, very fine or better £1,200-1,500
Iceni, Ale Sca, Unit, boar right, pellet-in-annulet between two crescents above, AL-FE below, rev. horse prancing right, pellet-in-annulet and pellets above, SCAVO PF below, 1.04g/7h (BMC –; VA –; S –). Of good metal and fine style, reverse slightly off-centre, better than very fine, extremely rare; one of probably half-a-dozen known AND THE ONLY SPECIMEN SHOWING THE EXTRA LETTERS ON THE REVERSE £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £1,550
Elizabeth II (1952- ), Sovereigns (10), 1957, 1958, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968 (M 297-306; S 4125) [10]. Extremely fine or better £1,400-1,600
Hammer Price: £1,500
Trinovantes, Addedomaros, Stater, small geometric crescent design in plain field, rev. horse right, spiral above, curved ring motif in front, pellet-in-annulet and branch below, AθθΕDO[MAROS] around, 5.46g/12h (BMC 2405-11; VA 1635; S 202). Good very fine or better with a spiky spirited horse and lots of ornamentation, very rare £1,500-1,800
Hammer Price: £1,450
South Africa, Republic, 2 Rands, 1962; Krugerrand, Half-Krugerrand and Quarter-Krugerrand, all 1980; Tenth-Krugerrands (3), 1980, 1984, 1985 (KM. 64, 73, 105-7; F 12, B1-4) [7]. Extremely fine or better £1,200-1,400
James I (1603-1625), Third coinage, mm. lis, 29.98g/1h (FRC dies X/XVIII [Sale, lot 33]; N 2120; S 2664). Sometime lightly cleaned, otherwise good fine, reverse nearly very fine £1,000-1,200
Richard III (1483-1485), Groat, London, type 3, mm. halved sun and rose no. 2, nothing below bust, 2.93g/3h (N 1679; S 2157). Some scratches on obverse, otherwise about very fine, toned £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £1,400
Corieltauvi, Volisios Dvmnocoveros, Stater, VOLISIOS between three lines around vertical wreath, rev. disjointed horse left, trefoil of pellets below head, DVMNO[COVEROS] around, 5.30g/4h (BMC 3330-6; VA 978; S 416). Obverse a little weakly struck, otherwise an attractive good very fine or better, very rare £1,200-1,500
China, A collection of copper and bronze coins (mostly Cash) and amulets, 10th to 19th centuries, including some copies (321), Banknotes (10) [331]. Housed in an home-made cabinet of 5 drop-in trays, some identified; varied state, an interesting collection £300-500
Henry VIII (1509-1547), Third coinage, Halfcrown, Tower, mm. pellet-in-annulet, Lomdardic Es both sides, trefoil stops on obv., double trefoils on rev., annulet on inner circle, 1.51g/11h (Whitton 2 var; SCBI Schneider 637; N 1837; S 2311). Lightly creased and edge a little ragged, otherwise good very fine or better £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £1,350
Commonwealth (1649-1660), 1656/4, mm. sun on obv. only, large 6s in date, 29.54g/1h (ESC 9A; N 2721; S 3214). Nearly very fine £900-1,200
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