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James II, Pewter Money, Groat, 1689, laureate and draped bust left [from a Gunmoney Sixpence die], rev. crowned harp dividing value, edge grained, 3.61g/12h (Timmins 1A; S 6586; Nelson, pl. iv, 5, this coin). Extremely fine with a hint of original bloom, excessively rare; perhaps only four specimens known, of which this is by far the finest £5,000-£7,000
Hammer Price: £15,000
Roman Imperial Coinage, Carausius, Antoninianus, ‘C’ mint, three-quarters facing, draped and cuirassed bust, imp caravsivs p f avg, rev. pax avg, Pax standing left, holding olive-branch in right hand and vertical sceptre in left, 3.82g (RIC –; Sear –). Fine with green patina, extremely rare £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £12,000
Victoria (1837-1901), Proof ‘Gothic’ Crown, 1847, m over inverted m in dom, edge plain, 28.01g/12h (ESC 2579 [291C]; S 3883). Excess metal on reverse rim (as often found on this type), fields lightly hairlined, otherwise about as struck; in contemporary fitted case £5,000-£7,000
Hammer Price: £10,000
Ten Dollars, 1913s. About as struck, rare [slabbed PCGS MS 63] £10,000-£12,000
Hammer Price: £9,500
George VI (1936-1952), Proof set, 1937, comprising gold Five Pounds, Two Pounds, Sovereign and Half-Sovereign [4]. Almost as struck; in official case of issue £8,000-£10,000
Ten Dollars, 1915s. About as struck, rare [slabbed PCGS MS 63] £10,000-£12,000
Hammer Price: £9,250
George VI (1936-1952), Proof set, 1937, comprising Five Pounds, Two Pounds, Sovereign and Half-Sovereign [4]. Minor surface marks, otherwise brilliant and much as struck; in official case of issue £10,000-£12,000
Hammer Price: £9,000
Charles I (1625-1649), Truro or Exeter mint, Shilling, undated, mm. rose, smaller bust with ‘lank’ hair, oval garnished shield, c r at sides, 5.83g/4h (Besly B4; SCBI Brooker 1024 [Truro], same dies; N 2545; S 3083). About very fine and toned, extremely rare; probably one of only two known £1,200-£1,500
Hammer Price: £7,500
James II (1685-1688), Guinea, 1685, first bust, elephant and castle below (MCE 124; S 3401). Light haymarking and some minor marks, otherwise about extremely fine, rare £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £7,000
Charles I (1625-1649), Bridgnorth-on-Severn (?), Shilling, 1646, mm. BR on obv. only, no plume before face, rev. Declaration in three lines, scroll and three plumes above, date below, 5.92g/5h (SCBI Brooker 1127, same dies; N –; S 3039A). Reverse double-struck, otherwise very fine and toned, extremely rare £2,000-£2,600
Roman Imperial Coinage, Civil War, Denarius, Southern Gaul (?), 68-9, draped, diademed and veiled bust of Vesta right, lighted torch in front, rev. Jupiter Capitolinus seated left on throne, holding long sceptre and thunderbolt, all within distyle temple, 3.51g (RSC Galba 367-8; RIC 128; BMC 70). Extremely fine and toned but a little off-centre and with a small striking split at 7 o’clock, very rare £1,200-£1,500
Hammer Price: £6,500
Charles I (1625-1649), Ashby-de-la-Zouch (?), Groat, 1645, mm. horizontal a (to left on obv., to right on rev.), bust left, small plume in field, rev. Declaration in three lines, three small plumes above, date below, 1.77g/9h (Morr. obv. A; SCBI Brooker –; cf. N 2524; cf. S 3034). Clipped, about fine; possibly UNIQUE £500-£700
Germany, Merovingian, gold Tremissis, c. 620, Cologne, Rauchomaros, diademed bust right, colonia fit, rev. long Latin cross on globe, ravchomaros mo, 1.41g/6h (EMC 2018.0249; cf. Belfort 1606; cf. Prou 1170). Well struck, legible and of superior style, very fine or better, an important coin and excessively rare £2,000-£3,000
Hammer Price: £6,000
George III (1760-1820), Restrike mule Halfpenny, by W.J. Taylor after J.-P. Droz and C.H. Küchler, in copper, struck without collar, nude Britannia seated left on globe, left arm supporting shield and the remnants of a paddle, no legend, rev. Britannia seated left on rock, line under soho, olive branch with 3 berries, ship with long pennant at mainmast, edge plain, 7.79g/12h (BMC – [R2/KH 42]). Extremely fine and virtually as made, of the highest rarity; perhaps the only specimen known ...
Hammer Price: £4,400
Edward VII (1901-1910), Proof set, 1902, comprising gold Five Pounds, Two Pounds, Sovereign and Half-Sovereign, silver Crown to Maundy Penny [13]. Matt, practically as struck; in official case of issue £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £4,200
George III (1760-1820), Rerstrike Trial Halfpenny by W.J. Taylor after J.-P. Droz, blank, with beaded border and outer grained raised rim, rev. nude Britannia seated left on globe, left arm supporting shield and paddle, no legend, edge plain, 15.88g (BMC 1026 [R 30]; Selig 1365, this coin). Virtually as struck, of the highest rarity £1,500-£2,000
Hammer Price: £4,000
Richard II (1377-1399), Noble, type IIIa, mm. cross pattée on rev. only, ropes 3/1, quatrefoils 4/4 (?), no additional marks, 7.72g/12h (SCBI Schneider 158ff; N 1303; S 1656). Good very fine £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £3,800
George III (1760-1820), Proof Halfpenny, 1770, edge plain, 12.29g/12h (BMC 895; Selig 1313; S 3774). Brilliant and virtually as struck, very rare £1,200-£1,500
Hammer Price: £3,600
Richard III (1483-1485), Angel, type 2b, mm. boar’s head no. 2, r beside cross over rose, 4.78g/10h (SCBI Schneider 488ff; N 1676; S 2151). Creased and with small reverse surface crack, otherwise nearly very fine but sometime cleaned £3,000-£3,600
Hammer Price: £3,400
Anne (1702-1714), Guinea, 1714, third bust, second a of gratia unbarred (MCE 226; S 3574). Good extremely fine with much original brilliance £3,400-£4,000
George I (1714-1727), Proof Halfpenny, 1717, edge plain, 27mm, 9.66g/12h (BMC 773; cf. Baldwin 52, 482). Extremely fine with sharp rims and officially lacquered surfaces, extremely rare £1,000-£1,500
Hammer Price: £3,200
United States of America, Fugio, Cent, 1787, pointed rays, cinquefoil after date, states united (Newman 8-X; Whitman 6750; Breen 1308). Double-striking and planchet flaws on obverse, otherwise good fine £200-£260
Hiberno-Scandinavian period, Phase I, Penny, series D, 1/a, in imitation of an Æthelred II Last Small Cross Penny, bust left, sihtric rex dyfln, rev. colbrand no dmn, 1.14g/3h (cf. SCBI BM 51 and Copenhagen 43; S 6117). Extremely fine and toned, very rare £2,000-£3,000
Charles I (1625-1649), Salopia (Shrewsbury) mint, Halfcrown, mm. small lis on obv. only, tall horseman, nothing below, crowned oval garnished shield, florent concordia regna, 14.46g/12h (Bull 675/46, this coin; Allen I-46; SCBI Brooker 1164; N 2606; S 3125). Very fine and very rare £2,000-£3,000
Hammer Price: £3,000
Charles II (1660-1685), Second issue, Sixpence, mm. crown on obv. only, reads hib and chrtsto, 2.82g/7h (ESC 294 [1508]; N 2766; S 3315). Slightly creased and crimped, otherwise good fine or better, extremely rare £2,000-£2,600
Hammer Price: £2,800
George II (1727-1760), Guinea, 1756 (MCE 330; S 3680). Extremely fine, some original brilliance £3,400-£4,000
Australia, George V, Half-Sovereign, 1918p (M 534; S 4008). Better than extremely fine, very rare £1,500-£2,000
Hammer Price: £2,600
Roman Imperial Coinage, Carausius, Denarius, c. 286-93, imp caravsivs p f avg, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. renovat [roman], she-wolf right suckling Romulus and Remus, [r]s[r] in exergue, 3.30g (cf. RIC 571-2; cf. RSC 81). The lettering crude, about very fine for issue, rare £2,400-£3,000
Edward VI (1547-1553), First period, Groat, Southwark, mm. E on rev. only, lozenge stops, 2.00g/6h (N 1898; S 2456). Good fine or better for issue, rare £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £2,400
Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, Shilling, Gp E, mm. bell, bust 2, plume over shield, legend divided at 6 o’clock, pellet stops both sides, 5.98g/11h (Sharp E2/3; SCBI Brooker 491a; N 2226; S 2793). A piece of fine work, struck on a full round flan, very fine or better, attractively toned £1,000-£1,200
Charles II (1660-1685), Second issue, Shilling, mm. crown on obv. only, reads br fr et hib, 5.94g/12h (ESC 292 [1013]; N 2763; S 3314). Good fine, reverse a little better, rare £800-£1,000
Hiberno-Scandinavian period, Phase I, Penny, series B, 2/b, in imitation of an Æthelred II Long Cross Penny, bust left, ædlerd rex angn, i behind neck, rev. niomnren · on m:, 1.54g/12h (SCBI BM 42 and Copenhagen 33, same dies; S 6107). Extremely fine and very rare £1,200-£1,500
Hammer Price: £2,200
Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, Sixpence/Double-Crown mule in silver, Gp C, mm. rose (over plume on obv.), rev. cvltores svi devs protegit, 2.59g/4h (cf. DNW 89, 1570; SCBI Brooker 599; N 2238/2166; S 2809/2701). Better than fine and exceedingly rare, probably the second-known specimen and in far superior condition to the Brooker/Bole coin £1,000-£1,200
George III (1760-1820), New coinage, Crown, 1819, edge lix (ESC 2010 [215]; S 3787). Virtually mint state, toned, an exceptional specimen [slabbed PCGS MS 65] £2,000-£2,600
Hammer Price: £2,000
Elizabeth II (1952- ), Decimal issues, Proof Five Pounds, 1982 (S SE1). Brilliant, as struck [slabbed NGC PF 68 Ultra Cameo] £2,400-£3,000
Edward VI (1547-1553), Second period, Shilling, mdxlix, Tower, mm. arrow over G, bust 2, 4.37g/6h (N 1917/1; S 2466). Nearly extremely fine for issue, very rare, especially in this condition £1,200-£1,500
British Iron-Age, DOBUNNI, Anted, Stater, Dobunnic leaf emblem, rev. triple-tailed horse right, anteθ, small crescent, cross and pellets above, cross in front, ricov and six-spoked wheel below, 5.12g/8h (ABC 2066; BMC 3027-8; VA 1069; S 379). Very fine or better, an almost fully legible specimen, very rare £1,500-£1,800
Hammer Price: £1,900
James I (1603-1625), Third coinage, Shilling, mm. spur rowel, sixth bust, 5.90g/3h (N 2124; S 2668). Some small score marks in obverse field, otherwise good fine, reverse better, the mint-mark extremely rare £800-£1,000
William and Mary (1688-1694), Trial Farthing, 1692, in brass, edge plain, 5.58g/6h (Cooke 638; BMC 588). Some blank filing marks on both sides, otherwise nearly extremely fine, lightly toned and with a little original colour, extremely rare £1,500-£2,000
Anne (1702-1714), Pattern Farthing, 1713, by J. Croker, in copper, bust left, rev. Britannia seated within a portico, edge plain, 23mm, 3.98g/12h (Cooke 486; BMC 748). Extremely fine and very rare £700-£900
Hammer Price: £1,800
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