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George IV (1820-1830), Proof Five Pounds, 1826, edge septimo, 39.73g/6h (WR 213; S 3797). Small graze on cheek and some edge nicks, otherwise extremely fine, reverse better £10,000-12,000
Hammer Price: £10,000
Charles II (1660-1685), Milled coinage, Five Guineas, 1668, elephant below bust, edge vicesimo (MCE 2; S 3329). Good very fine £5,000-6,000
Hammer Price: £8,200
George II (1727-1760), Proof Crown, 1746, edge vicesimo, 30.07g/6h (L & S 7; ESC 126; S 3690). A few tiny surface marks, otherwise practically as struck, toned £7,000-8,000
Hammer Price: £7,000
Richard III (1483-1485), Penny, London, type 2b, mm. boar’s head on obv. only, no marks by neck or on rev., 0.84g/11h (N 1684; S 2165). Slightly small of flan, otherwise nearly very fine, excessively rare £6,000-8,000
Hammer Price: £6,500
Italy, SICILY, Peter of Aragon and Constance of Hohenstaufen (1282-5), Pierreale, Messina, 4.40g/7h (Spahr 7; Biaggi 1302; F 654). Light scuff at 1 o’clock on obverse, otherwise good extremely fine, carefully and centrally struck on a neat round flan £5,000-6,000
Hammer Price: £5,000
Henry IV (1399-1413), Heavy coinage, London, mm. cross pattée, star on breast, rev. small i in posvi, unbarred ns in london, 2.08g/5h (DIG 2/1; Potter 2/1; N 1346; S 1718). Very fine, extremely rare £3,000-4,000
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second issue, Half-Pound, mm. cross-crosslet, bust 3C, rev. reads protegt, 5.48g/12h (Brown/Comber G5; cf. SCBI Schneider 738; N 1982; S 2520). Slightly creased, otherwise very fine, on a large flan £2,000-2,500
Hammer Price: £3,900
Richard III (1483-1485), London, type 3, mm. sun and rose no. 2 on obv. only, no stops, pointed chin, 1.32g/7h (DIG 5/2ix; N 1682; S 2162). About very fine, very rare £3,000-4,000
Hammer Price: £3,600
Henry V (1413-1422), Noble, class C, mm. cross on rev. only, mullet by wrist, broken annulet on ship’s side, nothing on rudder, rev. quatrefoil in second quarter, 7.01g/10h (N 1371; S 1742). Sharply struck, about extremely fine £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £3,400
James I (1603-1625), Second coinage, Unite, mm. lis, second bust, 10.04g/11h (SCBI Schneider 22; N 2083; S 2618). About extremely fine £2,000-2,500
Hammer Price: £3,300
Anne (1702-1714), Guinea, 1713, third bust (MCE 225; S 3574). Extremely fine, reverse better £2,000-2,500
Hammer Price: £3,100
Henry V (1413-1422), Henry IV Light coinage/class B mule, mm. cross pattée on obv. only, annulet to left, pellet to right of crown, saltire after dev, 1.77g/6h (DIG 2/5; Potter III/H4/5; N 1390/1361; S 1770). Small edge crack and a few light marks on face, otherwise very fine, extremely rare £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £2,700
James VI, Tenth coinage, Unite, mm. thistle-head, Scottish arms in first and fourth quarters, 9.93g/6h (SCBI 35, 1351-3; B 4, fig. 990; S 5464). On a full flan, good very fine £1,800-2,000
Eadmund (939-946), Penny, Bust Crowned type, no mint name, Bolo or Bozo, crowned and draped bust right, +eadmvnd rex, rev. small cross, bozo monita e, pellets and trefoil in legend, 1.43g/6h (cf. CTCE 261 [Bosa]; N 697; S 1106). Slightly bent, with some light scratches on face, otherwise good fine or better, extremely rare £2,000-2,500
Hammer Price: £2,600
Victoria to Elizabeth II, Sovereigns (10), Half-Sovereigns (2), all different [12]. Mostly extremely fine £2,200-2,500
Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf (796-821), Penny, East Anglia, later type, Hereberht, bust right, coenvvlf rex m, rev. cross moline, hereberht, trefoils of pellets between most of the letters, 1.25g/6h (Naismith type E9.4; cf. BLS 101-2; cf. N 364; S 920). A little weak in places, the flan slightly wavy, otherwise good very fine, excessively rare £2,000-2,500
Hammer Price: £2,500
George III (1760-1820), Pre-1816 issues, Restrike Pattern Penny, 1797, after C.H. Küchler, in copper, laureate bust right, small letters and wreath on rim, rev. Britannia seated left on globe, date in exergue, wreath with soho on ribbon below, small letters and wreath on rim, edge plain, 28.97g/6h (cf. BMC 1135 [R 49]; Adams 38). File marks on reverse rim [in the die], spot on cheek and trifling metal fault by u of georgius, otherwise virtually as struck, extremely rare £2,500-3,000
Hammer Price: £2,400
George IV (1820-1830), Two Pounds, 1823, edge iv (S 3798). Minor surface marks in front of bust, otherwise brilliant and practically as struck £1,200-1,500
Australia, NEW SOUTH WALES, Authority of June 1813, ‘Dump’ (valued at Fifteen Pence), a circular centre segment from the Five Shilling Holey Dollar, new south wales 1813 around central crown, rev. value, 5.42g/12h (Mira dies A/1; KM. 1.1). Two reverse edge knocks, fair, rare £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £2,250
Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, Unite, Gp C, mm. rose, class IIa, reads fr and hi, 9.05g/1h (SCBI Schneider 141; SCBI Brooker 75; N 2150; S 2690). About extremely fine £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £2,200
India, Hyderabad, Mir Mahbub Ali Khan II, Half-Ashrafi, AH 1326 [1908]; Mir Usman Ali Khan, Half-Ashrafis (3), all AH 1349 [1930] (KM. 43.1, 56.2; F 1162-6) [4]. Slightly sweated, otherwise good very fine; mounted as a small bracelet £500-600
Hammer Price: £2,100
Elizabeth II (1952- ), Trial 25 Pence, 1981, in cupro-nickel, crowned arms flanked by Tower and rose, experimental coin and date, rev. orb, royal mint trial, 5.68g/12h (cf. St James Auction 6, lot 447). Minor scuffing, otherwise extremely fine and of the highest rarity £300-400
Hammer Price: £2,000
Kings of Mercia, Offa (757-796), Penny, Light coinage, Canterbury, Eoba, of in square, cross and ornaments above, floral ornaments at sides, r m below, rev. pellet cross in centre, e o b a around on the leaves of a quatrefoil, 1.22g/3h (Chick 106; CEB 17; N 271; S 907). Slightly bent at one edge, otherwise better than very fine, rare £1,500-2,000
Stephen (1135-1154), Penny, Cross Moline type, Swansea, Henri, crude bust right holding sceptre, [—]tefn[—], rev. cross moline, lis in angles, [—]e · on [—]e[—], 1.08g/2h (Mack –; N 873; S 1278). Weak in places, otherwise better than very fine and toned, of good metal and probably much as struck, extremely rare £1,500-2,000
Edward III (1327-1377), Treaty period, Noble, London, mm. cross potent on rev. only, nothing before edward, double saltire stops, 7.08g/5h (SCBI Schneider –; N 1231; S 1502). Possibly removed from a ring mount, otherwise about very fine £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £1,800
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second issue, Shilling, mm. cross-crosslet, bust 1A with beaded dress, reads an fr, 6.17g/1h (N 1985; S 2555A). Well struck on a full flan, nearly extremely fine with an exceptional portrait, very rare £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £1,700
Henry VI (First reign, 1422-1461), Annulet coinage, Noble, a Continental imitation, mm. lis on rev. only, annulet by wrist, rev. annulet in spandrel at 1 o’clock, h in centre, reads ihe, 6.72g/1h (SCBI Schneider 826; N –; S 1801). About very fine £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £1,650
James I (1603-1625), Third coinage, Laurel, mm. trefoil, fourth bust, 9.05g/1h (cf. SCBI Schneider 87-8; N 2114; S 2638B). Small edge flaw at 3 o’clock, otherwise nearly extremely fine £1,500-1,800
Hammer Price: £1,600
Victoria (1837-1901), Five Pounds, 1887 (S 3864). Surfaces marked and polished, otherwise about extremely fine £1,000-1,200
Hammer Price: £1,550
Charles I (1625-1649), Oxford mint, Sixpence, 1642, mm. book on obv. only, from an Aberystwyth die, rev. Declaration, three Oxford plumes above, date below, 3.06g/12h (SCBI Brooker 949, same dies; Morr. A-1; N 2458; S 2980). Good very fine and attractively toned, rare £1,200-1,500
Charles I (1625-1649), Newark, Ninepence, 1646, richly jewelled crown, rev. obs newark, 4.57g/12h (Hird 264-6; SCBI Brooker 1227, same dies; N 2641; S 3144). Old scratches on obverse, otherwise good very fine, toned £1,200-1,500
Elizabeth II (1952- ), Proof Britannia set, 1988, comprising gold 100, 50, 25 and 10 Pounds [4]. Brilliant, mint-sealed; in case of issue [this slightly scuffed] £1,500-1,800
Hammer Price: £1,500
Charles I (1625-1649), Briot’s First Milled issue, Sixpence, signed b both sides and with flower on obv., reads britann, 3.01g/3h (SCBI Brooker 719, same dies; N 2301; S 2855). Extremely fine, attractively toned £600-800
Henry V (1413-1422), Class A, London, mm. pierced cross pattée with pellet centre on obv. only, emaciated bust, no marks by crown, no saltire after posvi, 1.55g/1h (DIG 1/3; Potter 1ii/1; N 1389; S 1768). Slightly double struck on a small flan, otherwise nearly very fine, excessively rare £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £1,450
Germany, Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Karl II, 10 Thalers, 1828cvc (KM. 1115; F 742). Surfaces rather hairlined and a few minute rim nicks, otherwise nearly extremely fine; in attractive contemporary fitted case £1,000-1,200
Hammer Price: £1,400
James VIII, Pattern Guinea, 1716, in silver, by M. Young from dies by N. Roettiers, c. 1828, laureate youthful bust left, iacobus viii dei gratia, rev. cruciform shields, sceptres in angles, edge plain, 6.57g/6h (Woolf 33:1; B 2, fig. 1095; S 5725). Some evidence of rust marks on the obverse die, otherwise extremely fine or better, rare £1,500-2,000
John (as Lord), Second coinage, Farthing, Dublin, Norman, mascle with trefoil of pellets at angles, rev. norm retrograde in arms of cross, 0.36g/12h (S 6220; DF 38). Nearly very fine, very rare £600-800
George I (1714-1727), Guinea, 1726, fifth bust (MCE 261; S 3633). Large flan, very fine, reverse with a hint of red tone £1,500-2,000
Russia, USSR, uniface trial 5 Kopecks 1924, in copper, value and date within wreath, edge plain, 16.46g (KM. TS1-2); LITHUANIA, Republic, Specimen 50 and 20 Centu, both 1925 (KM. 74-5); POLAND, Republic, uniface trial Grosz, 1923, in copper, value between flowers (cf. KM. 8a) [4]. Extremely fine, all with traces of original colour; contained in a fitted contemporary case, the inside lid inscribed ‘King’s Norton Metal Co. Ltd - Becos Traders Ltd - Russian, Lithuanian, Polish Coinage’;...
Hammer Price: £1,300
Henry VIII (1509-1547), Second coinage, Halfcrown, Tower, mm. arrow, hi both sides (Jane Seymour), no pellets beside i, saltire stops, 1.82g/2h (Whitton p.181, iv/2; cf. SCBI Schneider 605; N 1795; S 2287). Small crack in legend and a little creased, otherwise good very fine on a large flan, very rare £1,200-1,500
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