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William II (1087-1100), Penny, Cross Fleury and Piles type [BMC V], Southwark, Sprot, sprot on siide, 1.37g/6h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.80; SCBI Ashmolean 209, same rev. die; cf. BMC 275; N 856; S 1262). Good fine, toned, rare £600-£800
Hammer Price: £1,400
Stephen (1135-1154), Substantive types, Penny, Cross Voided and Mullets type [BMC II], Canterbury, Edward, edpard : on [: can], 1.42g/9h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.108; Mack 55a, and pl. ii, this coin; BMC 147, same dies; N 878; S 1280). Irregular flan, very fine and toned, rare £600-£800
Æthelred II (978-1016), Penny, Benediction Hand type, London, Æthelwine, ædælpine m¯o lvn, 1.52g/9h (BEH –; N 769; S 1147). Crack by o of mo, otherwise better than fine and free of peckmarks, very rare of this mint £1,000-£1,500
Henry IV or Henry V, Light coinage: Secondary series, Groat, class A, mm. cross pattée on obv., pierced cross with pellet centre on rev., ‘emaciated’ bust, large fleurs on all cusps, quatrefoil after henric, 3.60g/6h (Stewartby p.323 [Henry IV]; Harris, BNJ 1997, p.26, obv. die A-2, rev. unlisted; Potter I-2; N 1385; S 1759). About very fine, very rare £1,500-£1,800
Henry IV or Henry V, Light coinage: Primary series/Secondary series mule, Halfgroat, type III/class B, mm. cross pattée on obv. only, 9-arc tressure, annulet to left and pellet to right of crown, slipped trefoil on breast, saltire before dev, 1.77g/6h (DIG 2/5, and p.58, this coin illustrated; Stewartby P III/B; N 1361/1390; S 1770). Small edge crack and a few light marks on face, otherwise about very fine, extremely rare £1,500-£2,000
Hammer Price: £1,600
William II (1087-1100), Penny, Cross in Quatrefoil type [BMC II], Wilton, Sæwine, sepine on piltii, 1.39g/9h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.83; SCBI Stockholm 214 and BMC 167, same dies; N 852; S 1259). On a full round flan, portrait partially weak, otherwise very fine and lightly toned, rare £1,200-£1,500
Edward IV or V (1483), Groat, London, class XXII, mm. halved sun and rose (no.1), no fleur on breast, no pellet below tressure, all as un-barred, 2.70g/12h (Webb Ware 41 [obv. 11a/rev. 35], this coin; Lessen, BNJ 1983, p.182, obv. die 15, this coin; Stewartby p.434; B & W XXII, 10; N 1631; S 2146A). Clipped, otherwise good fine, very rare £900-1,200
Edward IV (Second reign, 1471-1483), Angel, type XXI, mm. heraldic cinquefoil, reads redempt’, 5.09g/3h (B & W XXI, 1; SCBI Schneider 467-8; N 1626; S 2091). Slightly creased, otherwise very fine, reverse better, obverse struck from a rusty die £1,500-£2,000
Hammer Price: £1,700
Stephen (1135-1154), ‘PERERIC’ variants, Penny, Cross Moline type [BMC I], reading pereric m, Lincoln, Siward, s[ipa]r[d : on : nico], from the same dies as previous, 1.38g/3h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.112; Mack 46; Mossop 13-14, and pl. lxxxvii, SCBI Lincoln 950 and Williams 716, same dies; BMC –; N 928; S 1279). Legends mostly flat, otherwise very fine with grey tone, very rare £1,200-£1,500
Richard III (1483-1485), Groat, London, type 2a, mm. boar’s head (no.1) over halved sun and rose (no.1) on obv., halved sun and rose (no.1) on rev., from the same obv. die as Lot 800, reads edward, no pellet below bust, unbarred as on obv., 2.96g/6h (Webb Ware 19 [obv. 11a/rev. 93], this coin; Lessen BNJ 1983, p.180, this coin, and p.182, this coin listed; Stewartby p.434, XXII; N 1672; S 2155). Small edge split, otherwise about very fine, toned £1,200-£1,500
Henry I (1100-1135), Penny, Voided Cross and Fleurs type [BMC V], London, Wulgher, pvlgher on lvnd[–], 1.21g/9h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.95; Conte/Archibald, SNC September 1990, p.235, pl. ii, 5, this coin; SCBI Mack 1516, same rev. die [= Ryan 902 and P. Carlyon-Britton 1445]; cf. BMC 34; N 861; S 1266). Part flat, otherwise very fine, extremely rare £1,500-£2,000
Hammer Price: £1,800
Henry VI (First reign, 1422-1461), Annulet issue, Halfpenny, York, mm. cross II on obv. only, lis by neck, 0.50g/6h (Lessen dies 2/1, and BNJ 1993, pl. 8, 22, this coin; Withers A.1; Whitton 1; N 1436; S 1850). Very fine and toned, extremely rare; only 3 specimens known to Lessen, the others being in institutions £1,500-£2,000
Richard III (1483-1485), Groat, London, type 2b, mm. boar’s head (no.1) over halved sun and rose (no.1) on obv., boar’s head (no.2) on rev., nothing below bust, 3.12g/4h (Stewartby p.434, IIa/IIb; Winstanley 5; N 1679; S 2156). Some weakness to left of bust and an associated scratch (and corresponding on reverse), otherwise very fine, dark tone £1,500-£1,800
Henry III (1216-1272), Long Cross coinage, Penny, class Ia [London], mm. crescent and star on obv., henricvs : rex, rev. anglie terci’, pelleted es and ns, 1.37g/7h (FEJ 1236, this coin; CT 1ff; N 983; S 1358). Good very fine and toned, very rare £900-£1,200
Richard III (1483-1485), Groat, London, type 1, mm. halved sun and rose (no.1) on obv., halved sun and rose (no.2) on rev., nothing below bust, barred a in civitas, 2.91g/9h (Stewartby p.434, I/III; Winstanley –; N 1679; S 2156/2157). Small flan split at 3 o’clock and a little off-centre, otherwise very fine and a very rare combination of marks £1,500-£1,800
Anglo-Scandinavian Imitations, ‘Long Cross’, Penny, ‘Ededo’ group [North], bust left, eded on oeddopi, rev. + iii odi + iipoir, 1.48g/6h (Malmer 221.1278, chain 141; SCBI Copenhagen 1548 and Norwegian II, 1390-1, same dies; SCBI Estonia 1212, same rev. die). Very fine and toned £300-£400
Hammer Price: £1,900
Harthacnut (1035-1042), Penny, Arm and Sceptre type, in the name of Harthacnut, London, Eadric, edric on lvnde :, 1.12g/9h (FEJ 515, this coin; SCBI Copenhagen 670 and Stockholm 1659, same dies; Parsons 124; BEH 113; N 811; S 1168). Very fine and very rare £1,500-£2,000
Hammer Price: £2,000
Henry VI (First reign, 1422-1461), Annulet issue, Halfgroat, York, mm. cross II on obv. only, lis by neck, 11 arcs to tressure, 1.73g/6h (Lessen dies 1/1, and BNJ 1993, pl. 8, 14, this coin; DIG 1/1, this coin illustrated; Whitton 4; N 1430; S 1843). Small edge flaw at 1 o’clock on obverse, otherwise very fine and toned, extremely rare; only 8 specimens believed known, 3 of which are in institutions £2,000-£2,600
Hammer Price: £2,200
Stephen (1135-1154), ‘PERERIC’ variants, Penny, Cross Moline type [BMC I], reading pereric m, Lincoln, Siward, [si]pard : on : n[ico], 1.22g/12h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.112; Mack 46b, this coin; Mossop 13-14, and pl. lxxxvii, SCBI Lincoln 950 and Williams 716, same dies; BMC –; N 928; S 1279). Legend partly weak, otherwise very fine and attractively toned, very rare £1,500-£2,000
Stephen (1135-1154), ‘Baronial’ issues, Penny, Cross Moline type [BMC I var.], mint and moneyer uncertain, crowned bust right holding sceptre, [—]ii :· cmaf · ce, rev. [——]iio : rrci : l, cross moline with no distinguishing features, 0.91g/12h (Mack 199c, this coin; BMC –; N 948, this coin; S 1278 var.). Crudely executed portrait and some legend missing, otherwise fine and toned, an intriguing piece of the highest rarity and believed the only known specimen £500-£1,000
Edward IV or V (1483), Groat, London, class XXII, mm. halved sun and rose (no.1), no fleur on breast, no pellet below tressure, reads edward, barred a in civitas, 2.62g/12h (Webb Ware 34 [obv. 11/rev. 9], this coin; Lessen, BNJ 1983, p.180, this coin illustrated, and p.182, obv. die 11, this coin listed; Stewartby p.434; B & W XXII, 10; N 1631; S 2146A). On a slightly small flan, about very fine, very rare £1,200-£1,500
Richard III (1483-1485), Groat, London, type 2b, mm. boar’s head (no.2), nothing below bust, barred a in civitas, 3.07g/7h (Stewartby p.434, IIb; Winstanley 6; N 1679; S 2156). Good very fine, dark tone £1,500-£2,000
William I (1066-1087), Penny, Profile Right type [BMC VII], London, Godwi, godpi on liindii, 1.38g/12h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.77; BMC –, but listed on table of moneyers at p.ccxxii from this coin; N 847; S 1256). Slight crimp, otherwise extremely fine and toned, rare £1,200-£1,500
Hammer Price: £2,400
Richard III (1483-1485), Groat, London, type 1, mm. halved sun and rose (no.1), nothing below bust, reads di, barred a in civitas, 2.98g/3h (Webb Ware 20 [obv. 3/rev. 51], this coin; Stewartby p.434, I; Winstanley 1; N 1679; S 2154). Very fine with a good portrait, toned £1,500-£2,000
Æthelred II (978-1016), Penny, First Small Cross type, York, Thorsteinn, dorstan m¯o ef, unbacked bust left with three pellets in front, 1.26g/6h (SCBI Yorkshire 58, same rev. die [= FEJ 978 = Jonsson, p.61, coin b)]; N 764; S 1143). About very fine, very rare £1,500-£2,000
Hammer Price: £2,600
Henry IV (1399-1413), Heavy coinage, Farthing, London, mm. cross pommée, 0.36g/9h (Withers 1; N 1354; S 1725). Minor deposit, otherwise very fine and full, extremely rare £1,500-£2,000
Henry IV or Henry V, Light coinage: Secondary series, Groat, class A, mm. cross pattée on obv., pierced cross with pellet centre on rev., ‘emaciated’ bust, large fleurs on all cusps, quatrefoil after posvi, 3.67g/3h (Stewartby p.323 [Henry IV]; Harris, BNJ 1997, p.26, 13; Potter I-2; N 1385; S 1759, the plate coin). A few minor marks, otherwise very fine and very rare £2,000-£3,000
Edward III (1327-1377), Pre-Treaty period, Noble, series Gf, London, mm. cross 3 on rev. only, ropes 3-1, quatrefoils 3-3, three lis in French arms, saltire stops, two pellets flanking lis at end of top limb of cross, 7.75g/4h (SCBI Schneider 50; LAL BL/32ff; N 1182; S 1490). Slightly creased and a little small of flan, otherwise very fine £1,500-£2,000
Henry I (1100-1135), Penny, Full Face/Cross Fleury type [BMC X], Hastings, Wulnoth, pvlnod : on : has :, 1.36g/3h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.90; HHK –; Sussex Mints –; BMC –; N 866; S 1271). Officially incised in edge, obverse slightly off-centre, otherwise very fine with a good portrait, very rare £800-£1,200
Hammer Price: £2,800
Henry IV or Henry V, Light coinage: Secondary series, Halfgroat, class A, mm. pierced cross with pellet centre on obv. only, ‘emaciated’ bust, annulet to left and pellet to right of crown, 1.91g/3h (Stewartby p.327 [Henry IV]; DIG 6, this coin, and 2/2, this coin illustrated; Harris, BNJ 1997, p.28, 60, this coin; Potter I-1; N 1389; S 1768). Very fine and toned, extremely rare; only 8 coins of this class listed by Greenhalgh, 3 of which are in institutions £2,000-£3,000
Harold II (1066), Penny, PAX type, Lewes, Osweald, ozpold on lepeei, bust left with sceptre, reads halold, 1.30g/9h (Pagan, NM p.190, Gp B; HHK 278; MEC 8, 2340-1 [= SCBI Fitzwilliam 972-3], SCBI South Eastern 1694-5, FEJ 447 and Sussex Mints 166, same dies; BMC 46; N 836; S 1186). Very fine, toned £2,400-£3,000
Hammer Price: £3,000
Henry IV (1399-1413), Heavy coinage, Penny, London, bust with long neck, star on breast, additional pellet in two quarters on rev., 0.92g/12h (Potter 5, this coin; N 1348; S 1719). Very fine and toned, extremely rare £1,500-£2,000
Eadgar (959-975), Penny, Reform coinage, York, Asulfr, osolf m¯o eofor, 1.52g/7h (SCBI Mack 814, this coin; Jonsson p.49, coin a), this coin; N 752; S 1141). Good fine and toned, very rare, especially of this moneyer £1,000-£1,500
Henry I (1100-1135), Penny, Full Face/Cross Fleury type [BMC X], Pevensey, Alfred, alfred on peve :, 1.37g/6h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.97, note 425, recté Alfred, presumably this coin; EMC 1200.0908, this coin; HHK –; Sussex Mints –; BMC –; N 866; S 1271). Officially incised in edge, very fine and on a full flan, excessively rare; perhaps only four coins known of the mint for the reign £1,500-£2,000
Henry VI (First reign, 1422-1461), Annulet issue, Farthing, York, mm. cross pommée on obv. only, lis by neck, 0.29g/6h (Cook, SNC December 1998, p.428, this coin; Lessen, BNJ 1993, –; Withers A.1, this coin illustrated; Whitton –; N –; S 1852A). Good very fine with an excellent portrait; of the highest rarity and believed the only known specimen £1,500-£2,000
Hammer Price: £3,200
Harthacnut (1035-1042), Penny, Jewel Cross type, in the name of Harthacnut, London, Godric, godr · ic on i lvnd :, bust left, short drapery, 1.15g/9h (Talvio L1, ‘National A’; SCBI –; Parsons –; BEH –; N 808; S 1166). Trifling surface marks on reverse, otherwise about extremely fine and fresh, very rare, especially of this moneyer £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £3,400
Henry VI (First reign, 1422-1461), Annulet issue, Halfgroat, York, mm. cross II on obv. only, lis by neck, 11 arcs to tressure, from the same dies as previous, 1.91g/3h (Lessen dies 1/1, and BNJ 1993, pl. 8, 13, this coin; DIG 1/1; Whitton 4; N 1430; S 1843). About very fine, extremely rare; only 8 specimens believed known, 3 of which are in institutions £1,500-£1,800
Richard III (1483-1485), Groat, York, type 3, mm. halved sun and rose (no.2) on obv. only, nothing below bust, 2.59g/5h (Stewartby p.434, IIIb; Winstanley 17; N 1681; S 2159). Surfaces slightly porous and with edge chip, otherwise very fine and very rare £2,400-£3,000
Henry VI (First reign, 1422-1461), Annulet issue, Penny, York, mm. cross II on obv. only, lis by neck, 0.93g/1h (Lessen dies 1/2, and BNJ 1993, pl. 8, 19, this coin; Whitton 2; N 1433; S 1847). Very fine with a good portrait and some toning, extremely rare; only 3 specimens known to Lessen, one of which is in the British Museum £2,000-£2,600
Hammer Price: £3,600
Matilda (c. 1139-49), Penny, Cross Moline type [BMC I], Cardiff, Bricmer, [bric]mer: c[ai]er[di], 1.00g/3h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.108; Boon type A, 33, this coin; Williams 728, same dies; Mack –; BMC –; N 936; S 1326). Crack repaired, legends mostly flat, otherwise fine, portrait better, rare £700-£900
Hammer Price: £4,200
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