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LONDON, Bishopsgate, Foundation Stone of Bishopsgate Institute Laid, 1893, a silver medal by R. Neal, elevation of entrance gate tower, rev. legend, 39mm, 35.66g (Taylor 224a; Hawkins p.675). Extremely fine and attractively toned £40-60
Hammer Price: £50
SUFFOLK, Framlingham, Framlingham College, an oval silver Goldsmith Medal, 1867, unsigned, façade of the College, rev. crest and motto above date, 28 x 22mm, 10.35g (cf. DNW 28, 812). Extremely fine and toned, rare; in maroon fitted case of issue by J. Henry Watherston, Jeweller, Goldsmith & Silversmith, 42 Old Bond St, London W £60-80
YORKSHIRE, Doncaster, Thorne Grammar School, an engraved silver award medal by C. Boyton II, legend (1st Prize Xmas 1878, the Gift of Mr. Wm. Rollett Sent.), rev. un-named, hallmarked London 1878, 50mm, 25.92g. About extremely fine; with scroll border, clip and ring for suspension £60-80
LANARKSHIRE, Glasgow, St James’s School, 1840, a silver engraved award medal, unsigned, legend, rev. named (To Mr John Steven, For Improvement in Arithmetic), 36mm, 10.11g. Tiny rim nick on obverse at 4 o’clock, otherwise good very fine and toned, rare; with clip and ring for suspension £60-80
ISLE OF LEWIS, Stornoway, Free Church School, an engraved silver Dux’s Medal, Session 1870-71, unsigned, legend, rev. named (Awarded to George Stephen, March 1871), 38mm, 4.87g. Very fine and very rare £60-80
William III (1694-1702), Crown, 1696, first bust, edge octavo (ESC 995 [89]; S 3470). About fine £80-100
Visit of Christian IX and Louise of Denmark to the City of London, 1893, a light bronze medal by F. Bowcher, conjoined busts right, rev. Londinia seated, façade of the Guildhall behind, 75mm (W & E 1766.1; BHM 3454; E 1783). Very fine £70-90
Maurice Tiberius, 10 Nummi (2), both Catania, yr 1, 4.43g, yr 21, 3.64g (Sear 581); Heraclius, Folles (2), both Constantinople, countermarked sc for Sicily, 6.54g, 5.63g (Sear 884), and a Half-Follis, 2.81g, 10 Nummi (2), both Catania, yr 8, 2.28g, yr 10, 3.71g (Sear 885) [7]. Fine, one or two better £60-80
Miscellaneous medals, medalets, tokens, etc (19), various types [19]. Varied state £60-80
FRANCE, Léda et le Cygne, 1934, a uniface plated bronze Art Déco plaque by R. Pelletier, Leda with swan, 54 x 34mm (CGMP p.306; cf. DNW M11, 1827). Very fine; with brooch attachment on the back £80-100
Germany, Uncertain mint, Denar, 11th century, long voided cross, letters in angles, rev. uncertain, 0.68g/12h. Creased and surface crack on reverse, otherwise fine or better £60-80
Edward III (1327-1377), Pre-Treaty period, Groat, series C, London, mm. cross 1, ns reversed on obv, unbarred on rev., 4.33g/11h (N 1147; S 1565). Slightly off-centre, otherwise nearly very fine, the variety rare £100-120
Hammer Price: £55
BERN, Kantonalschützenfest, 1897, a silver medal by F. Homberg after M. Leu, bear advancing left, rev. statue of Adrian von Bubenberg, 45mm (Richter 234a; Martin 149). Very fine £60-80
LANCASHIRE, Oldham, Highfield Academy, an engraved silver award medal, unsigned, legend, rev. named (Highest Prize Presented to Miss S.H. Wallwork by W.S. Binns, Principal, June 19 1873), 53mm, 46.95g. Good very fine, toned; with clip and ring for suspension £60-80
SURREY, Guildford, Royal Grammar School, Merriman Memorial Medal, a white metal award by W.O. Lewis, bust of Revd. H.G. Merriman half-left, rev. cruciform shields, un-named, 70mm, 94.86g (cf. DNW M12, 246); SUSSEX, Lancing, Lancing College, Athletic Sports, a silver award medal by Mappin & Webb, arms, rev. wreath, named (F.W.K. Hanson, 2nd, Open 100 Yards, 1934), hallmarked Birmingham 1933, 38mm, 29.84g [2]. First with some surface spotting, otherwise very fine £40-50
United States of America, Cents (51), 1901 (3), 1902 (4), 1903 (7), 1904 (3), 1905 (7), 1906 (11), 1907 (8), 1908 (6), 1909 (2) [51]. Mostly fine or slightly better £50-70
Miscellaneous, Coin weights (8), all French, various types [8]. Varied state; identified in envelopes £50-70
Charles II (1660-1685), Sixpence, 1677 (ESC 571 [1516]; S 3382). Better than fine £80-100
FRANCE, Cheval-Vapeur [Horsepower], c. 1930, a standing triangular cast bronze plaque by E.J. Bachelet, winged Pegasos right, breathing heavily from its mouth, 93mm. Very fine £40-60
Henry VII, Groat, Facing Bust issue, class IIIb, mm. escallop, 1.93g/2h (N 1705b; S 2198A); Henry VIII, Posthumous coinage, Groat, York, mm. lis, 2.00g/6h (N 1876; S 2409) [3]. First about very fine but clipped and polished, last about fine £80-100
ITALY, Church and Baths of Nocera, 1714, a copper medal by E. Hamerani, 39mm (Lincoln 1656; Bart. 714); together with other Italian copper medals (3) [4]. Very fine and better £70-90
Hammer Price: £60
France: Royal, Philip I, Denier, Sens, third type, obverse legend retrograde, 1.11g/1h (Dup. 74 var.). Edge chipped, otherwise about very fine, very rare £80-100
France: Royal, Louis VI (1108-37), Denier, Nantes, first type, 1.03g/1h (Dup. 111). About very fine, scarce £80-100
France: Royal, Philip III (1270-85), Gros tournois, 3.89g/12h (Dup. 202A). Surfaces porous, otherwise about very fine £70-90
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third issue, Sixpence, 1565, mm. rose (over pheon on obv.), bust 1F, 2.65g/8h (N 1997; S 2561). Creased, otherwise fine, reverse better, the overmark scarce £50-70
Victoria (1837-1901), Shilling, 1886 (ESC 3078 [1347]; S 3907). Better than extremely fine £100-120
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, Eton, Eton College, Fencing Prize, an artist’s proof in white metal for a medal by F. Bowcher, arms over crossed foils, rev. classically draped students pay homage to seated female, indication of award details inked in (First Prize, 1920, Name), 63mm, 112.01g; Henry VI Prize, a silver medal by J. Pinches for Johnson Walker & Tolhurst, statue of Henry VI dividing two shields of arms, rev. representation of the coronation of the Virgin from the College seal, plinth engraved...
Poland, Sigismund III, Groschen (25), 1620 (2), 1621 (5), 1622 (4), 1623 (7), 1624 (5), 1625 (2) [25]. Some with verdigris spots, otherwise fine or better £80-100
BERN, 5 Franken, 1885 (Richter 193a; D-T S17; KM. X S17). Minor scuffing and bright from past cleaning, otherwise extremely fine £70-90
Sweden, Sveriges Riksbank, Fifty Kronor (8), 1970, 1974, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1986, 1989*, 1990; One Hundred Kronor (4), 1978, 1981, 1983, 1985 (Pick 53a, 53b, 53c, 53d, 53r4, 54c) [12]. Fifty Kronor mostly about uncirculated to uncirculated, others very fine to good very fine £70-90
Henry VIII (1509-1547), Posthumous coinage, Halfgroat, Canterbury, no mm., open forks, Roman letters, no stops, reads henri 8, 1.05g/5h (Whitton e; N 1881; S 2415). Legends very fine but centres weak, the error reading presumably very rare £120-150
LONDON, Newgate, Christ’s Hospital, Amicable Society of Blues, an oval silver-gilt award badge, signed I.A., bust of Edward VI three-quarters left on stippled background, rev. old man seated left, attended by his three sons, all in classical attire, exergue named (Ernest Charles Laney 1924, President 1937), 60 x 43mm, 49.06g (MI I, 62/18; cf. W 2109; cf. D & W 151/387). Good very fine; scrolled suspender, original blue ribbon and clips for wearing £70-90
YORKSHIRE, Aberford, Filbert Grove Academy, a silver Reward of Merit, unsigned, legend around wreath, centre engraved (J.H., Aged 14, 1807), rev. legend below bee-hive, 35mm, 18.22g. About very fine, extremely rare; pierced for suspension and worthy of further research £80-100
Robert II (1371-1390), Groat, Edinburgh, mm. cross pattée, tressure of six arcs, reads scottorvm, 3.80g/11h (SCBI 35, 445ff; B 3, fig. 309; S 5131). Sometime cleaned, otherwise nearly very fine £120-150
Robert III (1390-1406), Heavy coinage, First issue, Groat, Edinburgh, mm. cross pattée, tressure of seven arcs, trefoils of pellets on cusps, lis and crescent stops, 2.95g/3h (SCBI 35, 550ff; B 4, fig. 344; S 5164). Good fine £120-150
Robert III (1390-1406), Heavy coinage, Second issue, Groat, Edinburgh, mm. cross pattée, tressure of seven arcs broken by bust, annulets in spandrels, double annulet stops, 2.73g/6h (SCBI 35, 570; B 40, fig. 391; S 5167). Good fine £120-150
Murder of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey, 1678, a struck silver medal by G. Bower, edge lettered, 39mm, 27.07g (MI I, 577/247; E 257a); together with a small silver cliché of William and Mary and a silver medalet for the Birth of the King of Rome, 1811 [3]. About very fine, but first pierced and with rim knocks £80-100
Death of John Freind, 1728, a copper medal by F. St. Urbain, bust left, rev. ancient and contemporary physicians greet each other, 57mm (MI II, 488/28; E 515; Storer 1122). About very fine £40-50
Northern Bank Ltd: Northern Ireland, Twenty Pounds, 15 June 1988, F 2194997, signature of S.H. Torrens (NR 104; Pick 190d); Ulster Bank Ltd, Five Pounds, 25 November 2006, commemorative (UB 95; Pick 339) [2]. First good very fine, second uncirculated £80-100
Charles II (1649-1685), First coinage, Merk, 1672, thistle below bust, colon after dei, 5.75g/12h (D 23; M 19; SCBI 35, 1587; B 10, fig. 1052; S 5611). Good fine but raised die-flaw on reverse £120-150
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