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Stephen (1135-1154), Penny, Cross Fleury type, London, Wulfwine, pvlfp[ine : ]on : [lv]n, 1.00g/2h (N 879; S 1281). Broken and repaired, fair, rare (£80-100)
£80–£100
Stephen (1135-1154), Penny, Uncertain issues, Flag type, bust right, holding lance with pennant, star in front, stiefn[e] r, rev. cross moline with fleurs in angles, + wvlwbe (b retrograde) interspersed with ornaments around, 0.90g/3h (M 217p; N 919; S 1313). Chipped and cracked, otherwise good fine, very rare (£900-1,200)
£900–£1,200
Class III, Canterbury, Meinir, meinir · on · cant, 1.42g/2h (SCBI 747). Legends part flat, otherwise very fine with well-struck portrait and attractive grey tone (£90-120)
£90–£120
Victoria (1837-1901), Crowns (2), both 1887, revs. six colours, b, y, g, w, p, r; another, similar, possibly by the same hand, both with pin brooch [2]. Both of good workmanship, attractive (£80-100)
£800–£100
Edward IV (Second reign, 1471-1483), Halfgroat, Canterbury, mm. rose, c on breast, nothing on cusps, rev. rose in centre, 1.32g/3h (B & W XX; N 1639; S 2108). Slightly bent, otherwise very fine (£60-80)
£60–£80
Spain, Charles II, 8 Reales, 1694m, Seville, 21.65g/6h (Cayón 7669; KM. 206). Sea-salvage, fair, date clear (£70-90)
£70–£90
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Elizabeth I, Second issue, Shillings (2), both mm. martlet (N 1985; S 2555); Milled coinage, Shilling, small size, mm. star (N 2023; S 2592) [3]. Last with fields tooled and a few knocks, otherwise fine, others in varied state (£90-120)
Withdrawn
Henry VIII (1509-1547), Groat, mm. rose, bust B, 2.76g/6h (N 1797; S 2337D). Very fine (£200-250)
£200–£250
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Elizabeth I, Third issue, Sixpences (2), 1561, mm. pheon, 1575, mm. eglantine (S 2561, 2563); together with Groat, mm. lis; Threepence, 1572, mm. ermine; Halfgroat, mm. hand; Pennies (2), mm. bell, uncertain; Threefarthings, 1575, mm. eglantine [8]. Last very fine but cracked and perforated, others in varied state (£60-80)
Bonhams (London), coin and medal auction catalogues (28), June 1993-July 2000, complete, including Patterson, Adams, Vorley, etc [28]. A very fine set (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £5
Bunyan, J., The Pilgrim’s Progress, Hull, 1896; Low, D.M., Edward Gibbon 1737-1794, London, 1937, signed by the author and his daughter Dorothy M. Butters, ALS from Low to Dorothy, 8 May 1952, tipped-in; Evans, Joan (ed), The Flowering of the Middle Ages, London, 1966; Dahmus, J., The Middle Ages, London, 1969; Trevelyan, G.M., English Social History, London, 1973; Tuchman, Barbara, A Distant Mirror: the calamitous 14th century, London, 1978; Laing, L. and Jennifer, Medieval Britain, the...
Hammer Price: £10
Imitations, ‘London’, cut Halfpence (3), style of class Ic, Raul, rav[——]nde, 0.61g/4h (SCBI 2201; Stewartby dies 117 [i] ungrouped); as class V, lon[——]tas, 0.60g/3h (SCBI 2209; Stewartby 73 [group CF c]); as class VII, ——]em, 0.59g/5h (SCBI 2196; Stewartby dies –/101 [group EN]); together with a modern forgery, Durham, Pieres, · pieres o · dvro ·, 1.14g/9h (SCBI 2191) [4]. Fine or better (£30-40)
Taisei/Baldwin/Gillio, Spink, Superior, etc, Oriental auction catalogues (50), including Irving Goodman, Kolsky, Ng Yin Boon, Chiu Sze Hoi, etc [50]. A useful group, some early sales (£30-40)
Class IV, London, Ricard, ricard · on · lvnd, 1.26g/10h; cut Halfpence (2), Henri, [he]nri · on · lv[—], 0.72g/8h, Willelm, [wil]lelm on[· lvn], 0.55g/12h [3]. First broken in two, others fine (£20-30)
Sotheby’s (London), The John J. Slocum Collection of Coins of the Crusades, 6-7 March 1997, 986 lots, profusely illustrated, PRL and errata sheet tipped-in. A very fine copy, scarce (£30-40)
Hammer Price: £15
Rhuddlan mint, Cut Halfpenny, Simon, simond [on rvla], 0.61g/12h (Brand 3325); imitations (3), Penny, style of class Vb, bust, short cross and inner circles contained within quatrefoil; cut Halfpenny, ‘London’, Rhuddlan style, Henri, [he]nri on lv[—], ns retrograde, 0.57g/7h; cut Farthing, +lem, 0.29g/6h [4]. Second broken, otherwise fine (£30-50)
Canada, Canada, George V, Cent, 1919 (KM. 21); Egypt, British Protectorate, Hussein Kamil, 20 Piastres, 1917, 10 and 5 Piastres, both 1917h, 2 Piastres, 1916 (KM. 317.1, 318.2, 320-1); Peru, Republic, Half-Sol, 1928gm, Lima (KM. 216) [6]. First virtually mint state, second very fine, others extremely fine (£40-60)
Hammer Price: £20
Egypt, Egypt, Abdul Hamid II, 10 Qirsh, AH 1293, yr 10 [1886] (KM. 295); Barbados, Elizabeth II, Cents (400), all 1973 (KM. 10); together with other coins of the World, in silver (71), base metal (7), from Australia, Canada, South Africa, USA, etc [Lot]. The Barbados mint state and in Barclays International bags, others very fine (£40-60)
Japan, Japan, Hirohito, Sen (45), all yr. 19 [1944] (KM. Y62); together with miscellaneous British counters, etc (94) [139]. Very fine and better (£30-40)
Myanmar, The Pyus, c. 200-400, Quarter-Unit, type I, Bhadrapitha/Srivatsa types, 2.68g/12h (R & S 3.2; Mitchiner 5244). Very fine (£30-40)
Myanmar, The Pyus, c. 600-700, Quarter-Unit, type I, Bhadrapitha/Srivatsa types, 2.45g/12h (R & S 3.5 var); Hundredth-Units (3), all type I, Bhadrapitha/Srivatsa types, 0.14, 0.11, 0.10g (R & S 3.3) [4]. First doubly pierced, fine and rare, others very fine (£30-50)
Myanmar, The Mons, c. 600-700, scyphate Tenth-Unit, type IV, Sankh/Srivatsa types, 0.62g/10h (R & S 3.15, this coin illustrated). Partly weak, otherwise very fine (£30-40)
Myanmar, Chandras of Arakan, c. 650-750, Units (2), both Harikela/Yarikreya types, 7.41g/12h, 5.97g/9h (R & S 3.25; Mitchiner 5260) [2]. Fine and better, second chipped (£30-50)
Myanmar, Flowered silver currency, c. 1700-1800, 26.07g (R & S 4.2; Mitchiner 2812). Very fine but pierced (£30-50)
[Anon], The Trials of Charles the First and of some of the Regicides, London, 1832; together with antiquarian and other books (13) [14]. Bindings mostly scruffy (£25-35)
Bank Leu (Zurich), Auktions 46 and 47, Deutsche Münzen aus der sammlung von Virgil M. Brand, teil I and II, 1988; other auction catalogues (69), from Sotheby’s Zurich, Stack’s/Coin Galleries, Noble Numismatics, Spink Zurich, etc, several named collections [71]. A varied group (£30-40)
Buchan, J., Oliver Cromwell, London, 1941; Firth, Sir Charles, Oliver Cromwell and the Rule of Puritans in England, London, 1968; Hill, C., God’s Englishman, London, 1970; Fraser, Antonia, Cromwell, Our Chief of Men, London, 1973; Wedgwood, C.V., Oliver Cromwell, London, 1973; Ellis, P.B., Hell or Connaught!, London, 1975; Gardiner, S.R., History of the Commonwealth and Protectorate, 4 vols, Adlestrop, 1988-9; Gregg, Pauline, Oliver Cromwell, London, 1988; Morrill, J., Oliver Cromwell and...
Kendall, P.M., Richard the Third, London, 1961; Kendall, P.M. (ed), Richard III, The Great Debate, London, 1965; Rowse, A.L., Bosworth Field and the Wars of the Roses, London, 1967; Ross, C., Edward IV, London, 1975; Ross, C., The Wars of the Roses, London, 1976; Kendall, P.M., Warwick the Kingmaker, London, 1980; Griffiths, R.A., The Reign of King Henry VI, London, 1981; Pollard, A.J., Richard III and the Princes in the Tower, Stroud, 1991; Allmand, C., Henry V, London, 1992; other books on...
Remick, J.H., and others, The Guidebook and Catalogue of British Commonwealth Coins 1649-1971, 3rd edn, Winnipeg, 1971, 568pp, illustrations in text; Schjöth, F., Chinese Currency, the 1976 London reprint, 88pp, 132 engraved plates, first free endpaper signed L.A. Shaw; Robinson, M., and Shaw, L.A., The Coins and Banknotes of Burma, Manchester, 1980, xiii + 160pp, illustrations in text, 14 coloured plates of banknotes; Krause, C.L., and Mishler, C., 1986 Standard Catalog of World Coins,...
[Seaby, H.A.], Catalogue of the Coins of Great Britain and Ireland, 3rd enlarged edn, London, 1938, 99pp, engraved illustrations in text; Seaby, H.A. (ed), Standard Catalogue of British Coins, 1st edn, London, 1962, 2nd edn, London, 1963, both 223pp, illustrations in text; Coin Hoards, vols. I and II, London, 1975-6; Carson, R.A.G., A History of the Royal Numismatic Society, London, 1986, 143pp, obituary of Christopher Blunt and Service of Remembrance sheet tipped-in; Mackay, J., and...
Hammer Price: £25
Short Cross Pennies, Classes Vc to VIIc, cut Halfpence (13), viz. London (6), Canterbury (2), York, uncertain mints (4); cut Farthings (3), viz. Canterbury, York, uncertain mint [16]. Fine to very fine (£60-80)
Charles II (1660-1685), Crown, 1676, rev. five colours, b, lb, r, w, y, brooch mount removed. Most enamel lacking or damaged, fine (£30-40)
Class IV, London, Willelm, willelm : on : lvn, 1.26g/4h (SCBI 1038); cut Halfpence (3), Stivene (2), [stiven]e : on : lvn, 0.69g/6h (SCBI 1035), [sti]vene : on[ : lvn], 0.75g/2h (SCBI 1036); uncertain moneyer, [——] on : lvnd, 0.62g/7h (SCBI 1041) [4]. Last very fine, others in varied state, first badly cracked (£20-30)
Hammer Price: £30
Netherlands, Netherlands, William III, Two-and-a-Half Gulden, 1862, rev. three colours, b, lb, r, host coin gilt, brooch mount. A few chips (£40-60)
Class V, Carlisle, cut Halfpenny, Tomas, tomas · [———], 0.71g/3h (SCBI 1462; dies 515/513); Vb1/Vb2, cut Halfpenny, Tomas, [to]mas · on · c[ar], 0.61g/8h (SCBI 1464; dies 515/516) [2]. Fine, rare (£30-40)
Class V, Rochester, cut Halfpence (2), Alisandre, [ali]sandr · o[n · ro], dies 6/a3, 0.54g/4h (SCBI 1590); Hunfrei, hvnfr[ei · on · ro], dies 10/h6, 0.64g/1h (SCBI 1595) [2]. First fine, second very fine (£20-30)
Class V, Canterbury (2), Hue, hve ·on · cante, 1.22g/3h (SCBI 1364); Johan M, iohan · m · on · ca, 1.38g/5h (SCBI 1376) [2]. First good fine but cracked, second very fine but pierced at top (£30-40)
Miscellanea, Box Thaler: Austria, Maria Theresia, Thalers (2), 1780, 1786, fashioned into a box, each top and bottom lids, the body made from eight hollowed Crown-sized coins, 25mm deep. Unusual (£40-60)
Myanmar, The Pyus, c. 400-600, Unit, type III, Sun/Srivatsa types, rays 6/6, 9.23g/2h (R & S 3.7; Mitchiner 5246). About very fine, large flan (£40-60)
Myanmar, The Pyus, c. 400-600, Unit, type III, Sun/Srivatsa types, rays 6/6, 9.43g/3h (R & S 3.7; Mitchiner 5246). Edge hammered up, otherwise very fine and well-struck (£40-60)
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