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Victoria (1837-1901), Proof set, 1893, comprising Five and Two Pounds, Sovereign and Half-Sovereign, Crown to Threepence [10]. Brilliant, gold with minimal hairlining, silver attractively toned; in official fitted red leather case £20,000-26,000
Hammer Price: £28,000
Greece, Otto I, 5 Drachmai, 1844, Athens (Divo 10d; KM. 20). Virtually mint state, an exceptional specimen £8,000-10,000
Hammer Price: £26,000
Greece, Death of Otto I, a gold medal by K.F. Voigt [c. 1871], bust right, rev. εις μνημην [In Memoriam] within wreath, 37mm, 27.80g/12h (cf. Baldwin 95, 2748, in copper). Light scratch beneath chin and fields hairlined, otherwise extremely fine, excessively rare; one of two known specimens £15,000-20,000
Hammer Price: £16,000
United States of America, Five Dollars, 1795, small eagle (BD 3). Light scratch on eagle’s neck, otherwise good very fine, rare £10,000-12,000
Hammer Price: £13,000
George V (1910-1936), Proof set, 1911, comprising Five and Two Pounds, Sovereign and Half-Sovereign, Halfcrown to Maundy Penny [12]. About as struck, brilliant; in official red case of issue £10,000-12,000
Hammer Price: £12,000
Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Pale gold Thrymsa, York type, c. 630, figure facing between two crosses, chequered pattern below, rev. small cross, qvohenvled retrograde, 1.29g/2h (cf. SNC February 2007, pp.6-8; Metcalf 76; N 27; S 762). Obverse slightly off-centre, otherwise good very fine or better, excessively rare; only the second known specimen and a coin of considerable historical and numismatic importance £8,000-10,000
Hammer Price: £9,500
George IV (1820-1830), Proof Crown, 1826, edge septimo, 28.25g/6h (L & S 28; ESC 2336; S 3806). Cleaned with resultant hairlining, otherwise about extremely fine, now re-toned £3,000-4,000
Hammer Price: £9,000
James II (1685-1688), Five Guineas, 1687, edge tertio (MCE 117; S 3397A). Some minor obverse surface marks, otherwise nearly extremely fine £10,000-12,000
George VI (1936-1952), Proof set, 1937, comprising Five Pounds, Two Pounds, Sovereign and Half-Sovereign [4]. Minor hairlines especially on the Five Pounds, otherwise about as struck and brilliant; in official maroon case of issue £7,000-9,000
Hammer Price: £8,500
Greece, Otto I, Half-Drachma, 1842, Athens (Divo 14c; KM. 19). Scratch in obverse field, otherwise nearly extremely fine, very rare £2,000-2,600
Hammer Price: £7,500
Edward the Elder (899-924), Penny, Portrait type, East Anglian, draped and diademed bust left, eadvvea rex, rev. neiocr iieicio, three crosslets between, crosslet and single pellets above, crosslet and trefoils of pellets below, 1.24g/12h (SCBI East Anglia 762; N 653/1; cf. S 1086). On a full round flan, nearly extremely fine, very rare £3,000-4,000
Hammer Price: £6,500
Oliver Cromwell, Crown, 1658/7 (Lessen E12; ESC 240; S 3226). Die flaw at early stage, about extremely fine, dark tone £3,400-4,000
Henry I (1100-1135), Round Halfpenny, Salisbury, Sawine, facing uncrowned bust with hair composed of eight stylised ringlets, henric rex, rev. sapine on s·, cross potent with group of four pellets in each angle, 0.50g/3h (PAS WILT-B208C1; Spencer, The Searcher, August 2016, p.48, this coin; Allen, BNJ 2012 and BNJ 2016, –; N 872; S 1277). On a slightly irregular flan, otherwise good very fine, the only known specimen for this mint and moneyer, UNIQUE £6,000-8,000
Hammer Price: £6,000
Eadgar (959-975), Penny, Reform type, Lewes, Theodgar, deodgar m’o læpe, 1.60g/3h (HHK 6; Sussex Mints –; BMC 20; N 752; S 1141). Good very fine, extremely rare £3,000-4,000
Hammer Price: £5,500
Edward the Martyr (975-978), Penny, Reform type, Lincoln, Eanwulf, eanvlf m’o lindeole, 1.42g/7h (Mossop pl. i, 19, same dies; SCBI Lincolnshire 10, same dies; BMC 13; N 763; S 1142). Nearly extremely fine, toned, extremely rare £6,000-7,000
United States of America, Five Dollars, 1808, wide 5d (BD 4). Obverse very slightly off-centre, otherwise extremely fine or better £4,000-5,000
Edward VII (1901-1910), Proof set, 1902, comprising Five Pounds, Two Pounds, Sovereign and Half-Sovereign, Crown to Maundy Penny [13]. Matt, the silver toned, about as struck; in official red case of issue £4,000-4,600
Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, Crown, Gp IV, mm. sun, 30.02g/4h (FRC XXIV/XXXVII [Sale, lot 96, this coin]; SCBI Brooker 273, same dies; N 2198; S 2761). Good very fine with dark glossy tone £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £5,000
Ireland, Free State, Pattern Shilling, 1927, by P. Morbiducci, in bronze, harp, stamped prova, rev. bull right, edge plain, 4.95g/6h (Brady, SNC June 1976, p.238, this specimen not listed; S –; DF –; KM. –). Virtually as struck with considerable original brilliance, of the highest rarity £4,000-5,000
Harthacnut (1035-1042), Penny, Arm and Sceptre type, Huntingdon, Wulfwig, pvlfpi on hvnta, 1.15g/12h (EMC 2016.0236; Eaglen 245; BEH –; N 811; S 1168). Nearly extremely fine, excessively rare; only the second known specimen £4,000-5,000
Hammer Price: £4,600
James I (1603-1625), First coinage, Crown, mm. thistle, 29.50g/2h (FRC I/III [Sale, lot 15]; N 2070; S 2643). Good very fine with old cabinet tone £3,000-4,000
James I (1603-1625), Third coinage, Crown, mm. trefoil (over lis both sides), plume over shield, 29.79g/11h (FRC dies X*/XIX* [Sale, lot 36]; N 2121; S 2665, this coin). Light scratches in obverse field, otherwise good very fine or better, toned £2,400-3,000
Charles I (1625-1649), Oxford mint, Crown, 1643, mm. plume (with bands) on obv. only, Oxford horseman, grassy groundline, rev. Declaration, three Oxford plumes above, date below, group of seven pellets before legend, 29.29g/11h (Morr. B-3; SCBI Brooker 874, same dies; N 2406; S 2947). About very fine with old cabinet tone £2,000-2,600
Hammer Price: £4,400
Ireland, Free State, Pattern Threepence, 1927, by P. Morbiducci, in bronze, harp, stamped prova, rev. hare on haunches right, head reverted, edge plain, 3.27g/6h (Brady, SNC June 1976, p.238, this specimen not listed; S –; DF –; KM. Pr. 4 variant). Some very light scuff marks in fields, otherwise virtually as struck with considerable original brilliance, extremely rare, very few specimens known £2,800-3,200
Edward IV (First reign, 1461-1470), Light coinage, Ryal, London, mm. crown on rev. only, trefoils in spandrels, trefoil stops, 7.67g/9h (B & W VII; SCBI Schneider 364ff; N 1549; S 1951). Better than very fine £2,000-2,600
Hammer Price: £4,200
Oliver Cromwell, Halfcrown, 1658 (Lessen I26; ESC 252; S 3227A). Minor surface marks, otherwise almost extremely fine, toned £2,600-3,000
Commonwealth (1649-1660), Crown, 1653, mm. sun on obv. only, 29.62g/11h (ESC 6; N 2721; S 3214). Nearly extremely fine, toned £2,400-3,000
Victoria (1837-1901), Proof Crown, 1887 (ESC 2586; S 3921). Minor hairlines in fields, otherwise about as struck, attractive tone £2,400-2,800
Hammer Price: £4,000
Charles I (1625-1649), Worcester mint, Halfcrown, mm. colon on obv., annulet on rev., no groundline below horseman, rev. crowned oval garnished shield, 13.35g/1h (Bull 669.13; Allen C-13; SCBI Brooker 1145a; N 2593; S 3102). About very fine and toned, extremely rare £4,000-4,600
George II (1727-1760), Crown, 1751, edge vicesimo qvarto (ESC 1671; S 3690). Better than extremely fine, attractively toned £2,000-2,600
Victoria (1837-1901), ‘Gothic’ Crown, 1847, edge undecimo (ESC 2571; S 3883). Some marks and hairlines in obverse field, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck £2,400-3,000
Hammer Price: £3,800
Commonwealth (1649-1660), Crown, 1652/1, mm. sun on obv. only, 29.89g/6h (ESC 5; N 2721; S 3214). Nearly extremely fine, dark tone, rare £2,400-3,000
Greece, Otto I, 10 Lepta, 5 Lepta, both 1847, 2 Lepta 1842, Lepton, 1846 (KM. 14, 22, 28-9) [4]. Fine and better £200-300
Hammer Price: £3,400
Charles I (1625-1649), Oxford mint, Crown, 1643, no mm., Shrewsbury horseman with ground-line below, Shrewsbury plume in field behind, rev. Declaration, three Oxford plumes above, date below, group of five pellets [two missing] before legend, 30.33g/6h (Morr. A-2; SCBI Brooker 870, same dies; N 2405; S 2946A). Very fine, toned £2,000-2,600
Commonwealth (1649-1660), Crown, 1656/4, mm. sun on obv. only, small 6s in date, 30.24g/2h (ESC 11; N 2721; S 3214). Slight reverse haymarking, otherwise good very fine or better, lightly toned £2,000-2,600
James I (1603-1625), Third coinage, Crown, mm. lis, 29.76g/10h (FRC dies X/XVIII [Sale, lot 33]; N 2120; S 2664). Good very fine with old cabinet tone £2,000-2,600
Hammer Price: £3,200
Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, Crown, Gp Ia, mm. cross on steps (over lis on obv.), 29.88g/1h (FRC II*/VII [Sale, lot 48]; SCBI Brooker 236; N 2190; S 2753). Good very fine but some haymarking, toned £2,000-2,600
Charles I (1625-1649), Briot’s First Milled issue, Crown, mm. flower on obv. only, signed b both sides, 29.99g/6h (SCBI Brooker 714; N 2298; S 2852). Good very fine, reverse better, dark tone £2,400-3,000
Scotland, Charles I, Third coinage, Briot’s issue, Sixty Shillings, mm. thistle-head, signed b both sides, 29.91g/6h (Murray, BNJ 1970, p.133; SCBI 35, 1424-6, same dies; B 5, fig. 1005, same dies; S. 5552). Nearly extremely fine, toned £2,000-2,600
Hammer Price: £3,000
RUSSIA, Alexander II, Coronation, 1856, a silver medal by A. Lyalin and M. Kuchkin, bust right, rev. crowned Imperial eagle, 65mm (Diakov 653.1; cf. DNW 123, 751). Extremely fine and toned £800-1,000
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