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James II (1685-1688), Guinea, 1687, second bust (MCE 128; S 3402). Better than very fine with reddish tone £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £2,500
George I (1714-1727), Two Guineas, 1726 (MCE 244; S 3627). Good very fine £2,000-2,500
Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, Crown, type 5, mm. sun, tall spirited horse, 29.43g/2h (FRC dies XXVII/XXXIX [Sale, lot 102]; N 2199; S 2762). Well-centred on a spread flan, very fine or better £2,000-2,500
Hammer Price: £2,400
Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, Unite, Gp A, mm. lis, class II, 8.94g/2h (SCBI Schneider 114-15; SCBI Brooker 22; N 2146; S 2685). Good very fine £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £2,200
Charles I (1625-1649), Oxford mint, Halfcrown, 1646, mm. Oxford plume on obv. only, Briot’s horseman, pebbly ground below, Oxford plume behind king, rev. Declaration, three Oxford plumes above, date and ox below, surrounded by seven pellets and annulets, 14.82g/6h (Bull 633/4; Morr. C-4; SCBI Brooker 923, same dies; N 2432; S 2961). Multiple die striations, particularly on obverse, otherwise good very fine and toned, rare in this grade £1,000-1,200
Prince Henry (1139-1152), Penny, Cross Fleury type, Ricard, [h]enrici c[o]n, most letters retrograde, rev. ricardi : de : carlel :, 1.15g/6h (Mattinson and Cherry, BNJ 2013, p.109, fig. 15 (2), this coin; Mack –; N 913; S 5012). Portrait weak, otherwise better than fine for issue with most of the legends clear, very rare £2,500-3,000
Hammer Price: £2,100
James VI (1567-1625), Tenth coinage, Unite, mm. thistle-head, Scottish arms in first and fourth quarters, 9.89g/11h (SCBI 35, 1351ff; B 4, fig. 990; S 5464). Lightly creased, otherwise good very fine with a detailed portrait £2,000-2,500
James VII (1685-1688), Sixty Shillings, 1688, by M. Young from dies by J. Roettiers, c. 1828, in silver, laureate bust right, rev. crowned arms in collar of the Thistle, edge plain, 25.10g/6h (SCBI 35, –; B 1, fig. 1064; S 5634). Virtually as struck, rare £1,500-2,000
Scotland, David I (1124-53), Sterling, uncertain mint [perhaps Roxburgh], bust right with sceptre, davit [–]r, rev. cross fleury over saltire with pellet on two points, blundered legend, 1.32g/4h (B fig. 19; cf. SCBI 35, 12; S 5009). About very fine for issue, rare £800-1,000
Victoria (1837-1901), Five Pounds, 1887 (S 3864). Extremely fine or better £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £2,000
James VIII (†1766), Pattern Crown, 1716, in silver, by M. Young from dies by N. Roettiers, c. 1828, laureate bust right, rev. crowned arms, r on foot of harp, edge plain, 29.08g/6h (Woolf 33:1; B 1, fig. 1094; S 5731). Usual light rust marks, otherwise good extremely fine with light toning over proof-like fields, rare £1,500-2,000
Kings of Kent, Ecgberht (c. 785), Penny, Canterbury, Eoba, egcberht around rx in centre, rev. four pellets-in-annulets around central annulet, e-o-b-a retrograde in angles, 1.10g/6h (Chick 86d, this coin; Blunt 3; N 201; S 874). Slight edge chip, otherwise nearly very fine, extremely rare £2,000-2,500
Alfred the Great (871-899), Penny, non-portrait type, Canterbury, Diaruald, æl fr ed rex doro, cross, rev. diarva ldmo in two lines, three pellets between, 1.42g/9h (cf. bmc 67-8; N 638; S 1069). On a neat round flan, good very fine, toned £900-1,200
George IV (1820-1830), Two Pounds, 1823, edge iv (S 3798). A few minor surface marks and hairlines, otherwise good extremely fine and retaining much original brilliance £1,500-1,800
William I (1066-1087), Penny, Profile Left type, Salisbury, Godric, godric on serbvri, 1.28g/6h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.79; SCBI 18, 1338; N 839; S 1250). Very fine or better with a good portrait, extremely rare £800-1,000
Victoria (1837-1901), ‘Gothic’ Crown, 1847, edge undecimo (ESC 288; S 3883). Minor rim nicks and hairlining, otherwise extremely fine £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £1,900
James VI (1567-1625), Eighth coinage, Sword and Sceptre piece, 1601, mm. quatrefoil, 5.11g/10h (SCBI 35, 1181ff; SCBI 58, 1306; B 2, fig. 956; S 5460). Nearly extremely fine, rare £1,500-2,000
George III (1760-1820), Pre-1816 issues, Proof Twopence, 1797 (late Soho), in gilt-copper, edge plain, 56.08g/6h (BMC 1067 [KT 2]; Selig 1262; S 3776). Area of gilding worn off on edge at 12 o’clock [cabinet friction], light spotting in fields, otherwise extremely fine and brilliant, rare £1,000-1,500
George II (1727-1760), Crown, 1732, roses, edge sexto (ESC 117; S 3687). Minor edge and surface marks, otherwise almost extremely fine, reverse better, toned £900-1,200
George III (1760-1820), Bank of England, Proof Three Shillings, 1811, leaf to upright of e, 26 acorns, edge plain, 14.84g/12h (ESC 414b; S 3769; Bushman –). Minor hairlines, otherwise brilliant and practically as struck, very rare; in original metal shells £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £1,850
Harthacnut (1035-1042), Penny, Arm and Sceptre type, in the name of Cnut, London, Wulfred, pvlfred onn lvnd:, 0.88g/6h (BEH 146; N 799; S 1169). Good very fine, lightly toned, very rare £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £1,800
Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf (796-821), Penny, Gp I, Canterbury, non-portrait type, Duda, coenvvl r·e·x around Mercian m, rev. d vd a in arms of tribrach moline, 1.45g/11h (Naismith C13.2e, same dies; BLS 6d, this coin; N 342; S 914). Good very fine, toned £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £1,750
William I (1066-1087), Penny, Profile Left type, Romney, Wulfmær, pvlfmær on rv, reads illemv rex i, 1.25g/9h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.79; BMC 39; N 839; S 1250). Very fine or better, toned £800-1,000
Charles I (1625-1649), Newark, Shilling, 1646, 6.04g/12h (Hird 255-8, same dies; SCBI Brooker 1225, same dies; N 2640; S 3143). Better than very fine, toned £1,500-1,800
Hammer Price: £1,650
Edward VII (1901-1910), Proof Five Pounds, 1902, edge grained (WR 404; S 3966). Extremely fine or better but much of the matt finish removed by cleaning £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £1,600
Commonwealth (1649-1660), Crown, 1656/4, mm. sun on obv. only, small 6s in date, 29.70g/2h (ESC 9; N 2721; S 3214). Nearly very fine, the reverse weakly struck and with some haymarking £1,200-1,500
Edward the Elder (899-924), Penny, Portrait type [HLT 1], Gareard, gareard mo divided by three crosses, extra cross divided by two trefoils of pellets above, trefoil of pellets below, 1.52g/6h (CTCE 24; BMC 81; N 651; S 1084). Rim slightly chipped along one edge, otherwise better than very fine with a good portrait £2,000-2,500
Anne (1702-1714), Crown, 1708, second bust, edge septimo (ESC 105; S 3601). About extremely fine, lightly toned £1,000-1,500
George I (1714-1727), Shilling, 1723 wcc (ESC 1180; S 3650). Very fine or better, very rare £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £1,550
George III (1760-1820), New coinage, Sovereign, 1817 (M 1; S 3785). Good extremely fine with peripheral toning £800-1,000
George III (1760-1820), Bank of England, Proof Eighteen Pence, 1811, edge plain, 7.33g/12h (ESC 970; S 3771; Bushman 209). Minor hairlines, otherwise brilliant and practically as struck, very rare; in original metal shells £600-800
James I (1406-1437), Half-Demy, type II, mm. crown on obv., cross potent on rev., double saltire between e and i of dei, lis and double saltire stops, 1.77g/4h (SCBI 35, 638; B 2, fig. 445; S 5194). Centres a little weak, otherwise about very fine, very rare £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £1,500
James III (1460-1488), Groat, Berwick, mm. cross pattée, tressure of nine arcs, crown of five tall fleurs, rev. mullets in first and fourth, pellets in second and third quarters, 2.54g/12h (SCBI 35, 760; B 16, fig. 589; S 5276). Nearly very fine, very rare £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £1,450
George IV (1820-1830), Sovereign, 1824 (M 8; S 3800). Minor surface marks, otherwise extremely fine and attractive £1,000-1,200
Charles I (1625-1649), Newark, Halfcrown, 1646, obs: newark, 15.09g/12h (Bull 687; cf. Hird 246; cf. SCBI Brooker 1222; N 2638; S 3140A). Nearly very fine £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £1,400
Kings of Mercia, Offa (757-796), Penny, Heavy coinage, Gp III, Canterbury, Æthelmod, +offa rex m in three lines, rev. edeldmo in three lines, 1.27g/6h (Chick 234a, this coin; cf. CEB 95; N 322; S 908). Slightly porous, otherwise nearly very fine, rare £1,200-1,500
Victoria (1837-1901), Proof Crown, 1887 (ESC 297; S 3921). Minor hairlines in fields, otherwise better than extremely fine, attractive tone £600-800
Hammer Price: £1,350
Victoria to Elizabeth II, Sovereigns (7), 1887, 1887m, 1906, 1910, 1911, 1979, 1982; Half-Sovereigns (4), 1893, 1900, 1907, 1915 [11]. Fine to very fine £1,200-1,500
Commonwealth (1649-1660), Shilling, 1660, mm. anchor on obv. only, 5.98g/3h (ESC 1001; N 2725; S 3218). Flan somewhat irregular and ragged, otherwise very fine or better, very rare £1,200-1,500
Stephen (1135-1154), Penny, Lozenge Fleury type, Lincoln, moneyer uncertain, [—]m on linco [?], 1.09g/3h (EMC 2013.0260; cf. Allen, BNJ 2012, p.112; Mack 72ff; N 897; S 1301). Reverse legend unclear, otherwise about very fine, rare £600-800
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