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CATUVELLAUNI, Cunobelin, Stater, Classic type, series A, ear of barley with central stalk dividing camv, rev. horse prancing right, branch above, cvno below, 5.33g (Sills 589, and p.686, this coin [CCI 08.8216]; BMC 1829ff; ABC 2822ff; S 288). A well-struck coin of fine style and exceptional quality, trifling marks, otherwise extremely fine, rare £2,000-3,000
Hammer Price: £4,000
Kings of Kent, Cuthred (798-807), Penny, Canterbury, Dudda, cvdred rex cant around diademed and draped bust right, breaking inner circle, rev. dvda moneta around cross pattée with wedges in angles, 1.22g/3h (Naismith C30.1g, this coin; BLS 15f, this coin; BMC 5; N 211; S 877). Very fine and toned with a good portrait, very rare £2,400-3,000
Kings of All England, Eadmund (939-46), Penny, Two Line type [HM var. D], Shrewsbury (?), Eoformund, eadmvnd rex around small cross pattée, rev. eofermvnd m¯o divided by three crosses pattée, sideways s above and below, 1.62g/12h (CTCE 241, and pl. 11, this coin; SCBI Yorkshire 1000, same dies; BMC –; N 694/1; S 1105). About extremely fine and toned, of the highest rarity; perhaps only one other specimen known [Yorkshire Museum] £2,000-3,000
Archbishops of Canterbury, Wulfred, Penny, Gp III, Canterbury, Swefheard, vvlfred archiepi around tonsured and draped facing bust breaking inner circle, flanked by vertical trio of pellets, rev. svvefherd moneta around Dorobernia Civitas monogram, 1.35g/6h (Naismith C47.2e, this coin; BLS 8c, this coin; N 240/1; S 889). Trace of surface verdigris on reverse, otherwise very fine with a good portrait, rare £2,400-3,000
Hammer Price: £4,200
Danes of York, St Peter coinage, Penny, Phase III, Sword type, iiiic eiic (reversed) divided by sword, cross pattée at right, quatrefoil of pellets above and below, rev. e + v + ic + d around voided hammer, 1.14g/7h (SCBI Hunterian 517, same dies; N 556; S 1015). Obverse very fine, reverse extremely fine but light trace of surface corrosion by initial cross, very rare £3,000-4,000
Hammer Price: £4,400
Carausius (286-293), Denarius, London, 286-7, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. votvm pvblicvm around circular altar inscribed mvltis xx imp, rsr in exergue, 4.03g (Shiel 97; RIC 597; Sear 13548; cf. S 669B). Small flan crack at 1 o’clock, otherwise very fine and very rare £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £5,500
Claudius (41-54), Aureus, Rome, 46-7, laureate bust right, ti clavd caesar avg p m tr p vi imp xi, rev. de britann on architrave of triumphal arch, surmounted by equestrian statue, 7.83g (Calicó 349; RIC 33; C 17; Sear 1830; S 633). About very fine, rare £3,000-4,000
Hammer Price: £6,500
Allectus (293-296), Antoninianus, ‘C’ mint, 293-5, radiate and cuirassed bust right, rev. fides militvm, Fides standing left, holding two ensigns, s p in field, c in exergue, 4.30g (RIC 69; Baldwin, NC 1930, no. 109 and pl. xiii, 10, this piece; C 8; Sear 13804; S 687A). Extremely fine and exceptionally well struck, the obverse almost perfectly centred, brown patina; one of the finest Antoninianii of Allectus in private hands £300-400
Hammer Price: £7,500
Carausius (286-293), Antoninianii (2), both ‘C’ mint, revs. salvs avg, Salus standing left, holding sceptre and feeding serpent rising from altar, c in exergue, 4.64g, 3.53g (RIC 400; Sear –; S –) [2]. First fine or better, second excavated, both extremely rare £100-200
Hammer Price: £16,000
Kings of Wessex, Alfred the Great, Penny, Phase III, London Monogram type, ælfr ed re around diademed bust right, group of sixteen pellets above, rev. londonia monogram, cross pattée above and pyramid of six pellets below, 1.60g/9h (CNG Triton XX, 1527, same dies; SCBI Merseyside 436, same obv. die; N 644; S 1061). About extremely fine and toned, rare £8,000-10,000
Hammer Price: £17,000
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