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Theatre and Entertainment, DRURY LANE, Theatre Royal, First Theatre, 1671, copper, unsigned [by J. Roettiers], bust of Charles II left, theatre royal around, rev. for the first gallerie 1671 in 3 lines, 30mm, 7.79g (W 179; D & W 18/193). Mediocre, very rare £100-£150
Hammer Price: £70
Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Sceatta, Series D, Frisian type 2c, very crude radiate head right, rev. cross, pellets in angles, small cross above, annulet below, 1.20g/12h (Abramson 8.10; Metcalf 158ff; N 168; S 792). Better than very fine £100-£120
Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Sceatta, series D, Continental type 8, debased standard, rev. cross and pellets, pseudo legend around, 1.23g/11h (Abramson 10.10; M 183; N 50; S 793). Better than very fine £100-£120
James VI (1567-1625), Second coinage, Half-Merk or Noble, 1573, mm. cross on rev. only, crown in first and fourth quarters, thistle in second and third, 6.80g/4h (SCBI 35, 1221; SCBI 58, 1388ff; cf. B 5, fig. 356; S 5478). Some verdigris spots, otherwise good fine £100-£150
Circuses, Great Allied Circus, brass Shilling, great allied circus around p f & c, rev. pit 1 shilling, 32mm, 11.67g (W 962). About extremely fine £70-£90
Theatre and Entertainment, DRURY LANE, Theatre Royal, Fourth Theatre, octagonal brass, theatre royal, rev. dress circle, un-numbered, 30mm, 6.23g (W 438, this piece illustrated; D & W 21/237); brass, theatre royal upper circle, rev. issued by longley’s patent, un-numbered, 32mm, 8.10g (W 446, this piece illustrated) [2]. First fine but with attempted piercing on obverse and some scratches on reverse, second very fine, both rare £100-£150
Theatre and Entertainment, St James’s, St James’s Theatre, uniface copper, st jamess theatre, 30mm, 9.56g (W 353, this piece illustrated); STRAND, Theatre Royal, Adelphi, uniface brass, t r a above p (Pit), curtain swag below, 33mm, 9.46g (W 174; D & W 9/89); Unattributed, Apollo Theatre, copper, centaur standing left, holding bow and arrow, rev. p (Pit), 27mm, 6.11g (W 521) [3]. Fine and better £90-£120
Proving Pieces, Royal Mint, trial die, 1957, in steel, scalloped edge, 25mm, 5.15g; other ‘Britannia Moneta’ trials (3), in nickel, 23mm, 5.11g, and in bronze (2), both 26mm, 7.11g, 6.89g; The Mint Birmingham Ltd, nickel, in sheets strip wire, etc, 25mm, 5.66g (Sweeny p.68) [5]. Very fine and better £60-£80
Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, a bronze medal by L.C. Wyon after Sir J.E. Boehm and Sir F. Leighton, crowned bust left, rev. enthroned figure of Empire surrounded by standing figures representing Science, Letters, Art, etc, Mercury and Time below, 77mm (W & E 2000.1; BHM 3219; E 1733). Scratched before bust, otherwise extremely fine £100-£150
Theatre and Entertainment, COVENT GARDEN, Theatre Royal, First Theatre, uniface copper, 1793, two shilling gallery around th 1793, 34mm, 11.67g (W 117; D & W 41/434). Very fine and very rare £100-£150
Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, Shilling, Gp D, type 2a, mm. tun, 5.97g/9h (Sharp E2/2; SCBI Brooker –; N 2235; S 2787). Good fine, toned, the bust and mint mark combination rare £100-£120
Gardens, LAMBETH, Vauxhall Gardens, uniface blackened lead, vaux · hall around 1, wreath below, 31mm, 10.52g (W 1368, this piece illustrated; D & W 88/321). Fine, rare £60-£80
India, Victoria, Rupee, 1862, type A/II, dots 0/7, Bombay (SW 4.84; Prid. 87); together with other Indian silver coins (7) and a temple token [9]. First extremely fine, others in varied state £100-£150
Music Halls, HANOVER SQUARE, New Rooms, green engraved card by R. Cooper, female bust left in oval with leafed border, musical instruments above, new rooms hanover square the concert of antient music, back named (Mrs Roberts), 125 x 85mm (Young, Entertainments, p.25, this item). Extremely fine and fresh £70-£90
Gambling, a card box of approx. 250 brass card or gambling counters, in the style of a Venetian ducat, 19th century [approx. 250]. Mint state or virtually so £80-£120
Austria, Franz Joseph I (1830-1916), bust right; Germany, Wilhelm I (1797-1888), bust right [2]. Extremely fine £100-£150
George III, Shilling and Sixpence, both 1816 (S 3790-1) [2]. Good extremely fine £100-£150
Henry II (1154-1189), Short Cross coinage, cut Halfpenny, class Ia2, London, Johan, iohan · on · lvnd, square e in rex, 0.68g/7h (cf. SCBI Mass 66; N 962; S 1343). Better than very fine, rare £60-£80
Hammer Price: £65
Netherlands East Indies, Batavian Republic, Quarter-Gulden, 1802 (Scholten 492a). Almost extremely fine, toned [slabbed NGC AU 58] £80-£100
London (City), Broad Street, John How, Farthing, 0.82g/6h (N 6720, this piece; BW. 432); Edward Nethercoate, Halfpenny, 1669, 1.49g/9h (N 6713a, this piece; D 434B); Stephen Slaney, Farthing, 0.96g/3h (N 6714, this piece; BW. 435) [3]. N 6714 about very fine, N 6720 good fine but with some surface deposit, N 6713 fair and centrally pierced, last two extremely rare £70-£90
Belgium, Leopold I, Half-Franc, 1844, 10 Centimes (2), 1832, 1833, 5 Centimes, 1856 (KM. 2.1, 5.1, 6); Leopold II, 5 Francs (2), 1871, 1873, 50 Centimes, 1901, 5 Centimes (2), 1895, 1905, Centime, 1901/801, near numeral (KM. 24, 33.1, 40, 51, 55); Baudouin, 50 Francs (2), both 1958 (KM. 150.1, 151.1) [13]. Mostly very fine, some better £90-£120
Roman Provincial Coinage, Nero, with Divus Claudius, Æ 19, c. 54-68, rev. bust of Divus Claudius left, 6.02g (RPC 1730); Trebonianus Gallus, Tetradrachm, Seleucis and Pieria, c. 251-3, rev. eagle standing facing, head left, 13.63g (cf. Sear 4349) [2]. First good fine, second good very fine but with some deposits £80-£100
Roman Imperatorial Coinage, Julius Cæsar, Denarius, uncertain mint in North Africa, c. 46, head of Ceres right, rev. simpulum, sprinkler, jug, and lituus, 3.46g (Craw. 467/1; RSC 4 var.). Reverse tooled, otherwise fine £80-£100
Alexander III (1249-1286), Second coinage, Halfpenny, two mullets of six points, 0.67g/10h (SCBI 35, 287-9; B 2, fig. 193; S 5061). Nearly very fine £100-£150
Roman Imperial Coinage, Philip I, Antoninianus, Antioch?, c. 244-5, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. Pax standing, holding branch and sceptre, 4.76g (RIC 69; RSC 113). Very fine, scarce £100-£120
Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Expanding Cross type [Light issue], Gloucester, Æthelwulf, æpvlf on glepe, 0.97g/12h (Freeman 35; Pagan, BNS Blog April 2019, no. 3, this coin; N 820; S 1176). Broken and repaired, one piece detached, otherwise very fine, very rare £80-£100
Refreshment and Accommodation, COVENT GARDEN, Charles Richardson, 1793, uniface brass, c richardson covent garden around date in wreath, 31mm, 7.41g (W 2436; D & W 77/228; cf. DNW 147, 1719). Extremely fine, scarce; unpierced £50-£70
Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Sceatta, Secondary series J, type 37, two heads vis-à-vis, cross between, rev. whorl of four birds in linear style around central cross, 1.05g/12h (Abramson 19.30; N 135; S 802A). Fine, reverse better £100-£120
Elizabeth II, Sixpence, 1960 (S 4149); together with a large quantity of British and World coins (approx. 1,000), all in base metal [Lot]. Varied state, the first a reverse brockage, unusual £90-£120
China, REPUBLIC, Yuan Shih-kai, Dollar, yr 10 [1921] (L & M 79; KM. 329.6). Small flan flaw above head, otherwise about extremely fine £80-£100
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second issue, Pennies (2), mm. cross-crosslet, 0.55g/12h, mm. martlet, 0.52g/3h (N 1988; S 2558) [2]. Good fine, but both slightly creased £80-£100
Greek Coinages, IONIA, Miletos, Twelfth-Stater, 6th cent. BC, lion’s head left, rev. stellate pattern within incuse square, 1.18g (Sear 3532); MYSIA, Pergamon, Æ 21, 2nd or 1st cent. BC, laureate head of Asklepios right, rev. eagle standing on thunderbolt, 7.92g (BMC 147-8) [2]. First very fine, second fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £60
Ottoman Empire, Abdul Hamid II, 5 Kurush, Qustantiniya 1293h, yr 33, 6.10g/12h (OC 34-021-02; KM. 737); Mehmed V, 5 Kurush, Brusa 1327h, yr 1, 5.98g/12h (OC 35-014-02; KM. 786) [2]. First extremely fine, second nearly so £80-£100
London (City), Blowbladder Street [Newgate Street], William Allam, Farthing, 0.67g/2h (N –; D –; TCSB September 2018, p.293); Boss Alley [Thames Street], W.C.R. at the 3 marrinrs, Farthing, 1653, 0.79g/7h (N 6671b, this piece; BW. 370); Botolph Lane, John Crane, Halfpenny, 1666, 2.61g/6h (N 6672; BW. 372); Bow Lane, Prt. Brailsford, Farthing, 0.68g/6h (N 6673, BW. 374), D.I.C. at the hors shoo, Farthing, 1.88g/6h (N 6686a, this piece; BW. 375) [5]. First somewhat buckled and dented but...
London (City), Bread Street, Benjamin Sallowes, Farthing, 1656, 0.77g/6h (N 6694, this piece; BW. 405); Bride Lane, William Adley, Halfpenny, 1663, 1.32g/8h (N 6701, this piece; BW. 415), R.E.C. at the 3 coltes, Farthing, 1652, 0.66g/6h (N 6702b, this piece; BW. 417), Will: Hearne, Farthings (2), 0.88g/3h (N 6703a, this piece; BW. 418), 1.40g/12h (N 6704, this piece; BW. 419) [5]. Varied state, some very rare £100-£150
London (City), Bridewell Stairs [Blackfriars], A.E.C. at the svn tavern, Farthings (2), 1.04g/6h (N 6711 rev., different [earlier] obv., mentioned in the notes to N 6711; BW. 422), 1.07g/6h (N 6711a, this piece; BW. 422) [2]. First about fine and very rare, second good fine £60-£80
Middlesex (Metropolitan), Bow Street, E.F.O. at the blew lion, Farthing, 0.81g/6h (N 8635 rev., different obv.; BW 391); H.B.S. the cros shvfles, Farthing, 1653, 1.07g/6h (N 8637; BW. 392); T.A.S., Farthings, 1659 (3), 0.95g/6h (N 8632, this piece; BW. 393), 1.39g/6h (N 8633, this piece; BW. 393), 0.72g/3h (N 8634, this piece; BW. 393) [5]. N 8637 good fine, others in varied state, N 8634 and 8635 var. very rare £90-£120
Middlesex (Metropolitan), Butcher Row [Temple Bar], Richard Charter, Farthing, 0.70g/6h (N 8645; BW. 451); Samuell Jones, Halfpenny, 2.79g/3h (N 8646a, this piece; BW. 453); E.H.M. ye swan, Farthing, 0.69g/6h (N 8649b, this piece; BW. 455); Edward Starky, Farthing, 1657, 0.50g/3h (N 8647, this piece; BW. 456) [4]. Varied state, mostly extremely rare £80-£100
Henry III (1216-1272), Long Cross coinage, Pennies (2), both London, class IIb1, Nicole, hicole oh lvnd, 1.30g/5h (CT 123; N 985/1; S 1361A); class IIb2, Nicole, hicole oh lvhd, 1.52g/9h (CT 124; N 985/2; S 1361A) [2]. About very fine and better £80-£100
Cnut (1016-1035), Cut Halfpenny, Quatrefoil type, Ilchester, Oswig, ospie [———], 0.44g/6h (cf. BEH 913-14; N 781; S 1157). Roughly cut, cleaned, otherwise very fine, scarce £80-£100
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