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Henry IV (1399-1413), Heavy coinage, Noble, Calais, type IIa, mm. cross pattée on rev. only, flag at stern, arms of France ancient in first quarter of shield, horizontal coronet on rudder, h in centre of rev., 7.67g/9h (Stewartby p.255, 1; SCBI Schneider 193; N 1339/1a; S 1707). A few tiny surface marks, otherwise extremely fine and probably much as struck, extremely rare £20,000-£24,000
Hammer Price: £16,000
Æthelred II (978-1016), Intermediate Small Cross/CRVX mule, London, Eadwine, edpine m¯o lvnd, diademed head left with hair ties, no sceptre, 1.04g/6h (BEH 2483; N 771; S 1148 var.). Very fine and extremely rare £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £11,000
Roman Imperial Coinage, Agrippina Senior († 33), Sestertius, struck under Gaius (Caligula), Rome, 37-41, draped bust right, hair in long plait, rev. two mules drawing ornamented carpentum left, 29.33g (RIC Gaius 55; BMC 85; Cohen 1; Trillmich Gp II). Attractive brown patina, some light smoothing, otherwise almost extremely fine £1,000-£1,500
Hammer Price: £8,500
Æthelred II (978-1016), Small CRVX type, Louth, Drengr, dre · ng m¯o lvde, 1.28g/7h (BEH –; N 770 var.; S 1149). Good very fine, excessively rare, the mint unpublished for the type £4,000-£5,000
England, Flight of Prince James, 1688, a silver medal, unsigned [by J. Smeltzing ?], Minerva greeted by Britannia, fleet in background, rev. eagle on rock casts eaglet out of nest, two eaglets remain in nest, another eagle above, fleet in background, wreath border of roses and oranges, 58mm, 50.46g (Woolf 9:3; MI I, 644/73; E 299). Extremely fine and attractively toned, extremely rare £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £8,000
Italy, Commodus, a struck bimetallic medal by G. da Cavino, copper centre with brass outer ring, m commodvs antoninvs avg pivs brit, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev. p m tr p x imp vi cos iii p p, Salus seated left, feeding snake from patera, statue of Bacchus on pillar to left, tree behind, salvs in exergue, 40mm, 51.47g (NGA 466 = [Kress 409]; BDM I, 369). An original striking, extremely fine and extremely rare £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £7,000
Æthelred II (978-1016), Small CRVX type, Melton Mowbray, Cetel, : cetel m¯o medel, 1.13g/9h (BEH –; N 770 var.; S 1149). Better than very fine, excessively rare £3,000-£4,000
George IV (1820-1830), Proof Crown, 1826, edge septimo, 28.31g/6h (L & S 28; ESC 2336 [257]; S 3806). Minor deposit on reverse and fields lightly brushed, otherwise extremely fine and toned £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £6,500
Sweden, Frederick I and Ulrika Eleonora, 1739, a silver medal, unsigned [by J. Hedlinger], conjoined busts right, rev. manuscript within crossed sword and sceptre, 62mm, 110.20g (Felder 161; Hild. II, 61/59). About extremely fine and toned, very rare £1,000-£1,200
Hammer Price: £6,000
Charles I (1625-1649), Bridgnorth-on-Severn (?) mint, Halfcrown, 1646, mm. plume, Bristol horseman, plume behind, plumelet over a below, scroll and three plumes above Declaration, date and plumelet below, 14.89g/7h (Bull 650/4 (D29-1e); Morr. B-4; SCBI Brooker 1124; N 2517; S 3038). Slightly double struck on reverse, otherwise nearly extremely fine, lightly toned £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £5,500
Æthelred II (978-1016), Small CRVX type, Louth, Drengr, dreng mo lvde, reads edered, 1.06g/1h (BEH –; N 770 var.; S 1149). Better than very fine, excessively rare, the mint unpublished for the type £4,000-£5,000
Oliver Cromwell, Crown, 1658/7 (Lessen E12; ESC 240 [10]; S 3226). Die flaw slightly tooled, otherwise about extremely fine, toned £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £5,000
Tonga, Proof set, 1962, in platinum, comprising Koula, Half- and Quarter-Koula (KM. PS2) [3]. Brilliant, about as struck, extremely rare; in case of issue [this a little distressed] £2,400-£3,000
Hammer Price: £4,600
Prince Henry (1139-1152), Penny, Cross Fleury type, Ricard, crowned bust right with sceptre, [h]enrici com (all reversed), rev. cross fleury, nothing in angles, ricardi de carlel, 1.26g/11h (EMC 2010.0082; Mattinson and Cherry, BNJ 2013, p.109, fig. 15 (1), this coin; Mack –; N 913; S 5012). Hairline crack and flat in places, otherwise about very fine and toned, extremely rare; possibly one of only two known specimens £2,400-£3,000
United States of America, Capture of the British Frigate H.M.S. Serapis by the U.S.S. Bonhomme Richard off Flamborough Head, England, 1779, a copper medal for the 'Comitia Americana' series by A. Dupré, bust of John Paul Jones right in naval uniform, joanni pavlo jones classis praefecto, comitia americana below, rev. hostivm navibvs captis avt fvgatis, naval action in progress, crew of U.S.S. Bonhomme Richard boarding H.M.S. Serapis behind, date of the action in exergue, 56mm, 91.70g (Julian...
Hammer Price: £4,000
Victoria (1837-1901), Proof set, 1893, comprising silver Crown to Threepence [6]. About as struck, brilliant [slabbed in consecutively-numbered NGC holders, PF 65, PF 62, PF 63, PF 63, PF 63 Cameo, PF 64] £2,000-£3,000
Hammer Price: £3,800
England, William and Mary, Coronation, 1689, a silver medal by J. Smeltzing, conjoined busts right, rev. British arms on trunk of orange tree, James II and Father Petre fleeing to left and right, 48mm, 45.72g (Woolf 10:3b; MI I, 671/42; E –). Contact marks on obverse, otherwise about extremely fine, very rare £1,000-£1,200
Hammer Price: £3,600
The medals awarded to the Olympic swimmer Constance Jeans: Royal Life Saving Society, a bronze award medal, named (C. Jeans, 1913), 26mm; Amateur Swimming Association, Olympic Tests, a bronze award medal, named (100 Yards Ladies Free Style, Miss C.M. Jeans, 1 M 18 4/5 s, 1914), 29mm; Amateur Swimming Association, Olympic Tests, a silver award medal, named (100 Yards Free Style, Miss C.M. Jeans, 1 M 13 2/5 s, 1915), 29mm; Royal Life Saving Society, a bronze award medal, named (Connie M....
Sweden, Count Gustaf Cronhielm, 1731, a silver medal by J. Hedlinger, bust right, rev. book on draped block, 64mm, 101.97g (Felder 125; Hild. 118/1; BDM II, 463). Flan flaws across bust and in centre of reverse, otherwise extremely fine and toned, rare £400-£500
Æthelred II (978-1016), Small CRVX type, Stamford, Ælfweald, alfpold m¯o stan, 1.23g/9h (BEH –; N 770 var.; S 1149). Nearly extremely fine, very rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £3,400
England, Sir Sydenham Poyntz, 1646, a cast silver medal by A. and T. Simon, bust left, rev. legend in six lines, 35mm, 13.40g (Platt type A; MI I, 325/163; E 152). Truncation of shoulder and reverse field stippled, about very fine, very rare £2,000-£2,600
France, Merovingian, Tremissis, c. 580-610, ‘Cerilia’, Motenc (?), bust right, ieri iivin (?), rev. seated figure (Roma ?) left holding Victory, dotinci, rvn in exergue, 1.27g/6h (PAS SUR-40F667; Belfort 1509; Prou 1910-11). Extremely fine and extremely rare; possibly the third known specimen £1,500-£2,000
Victoria, Letters Patent affixed to the Seal appointing Thomas Graham to the post of Master of the Mint, dated Westminster, 27 April 1855, and entered in the Audit Office by F.A. Hawker, 26 May 1855, and in the Office of Comptroller General of the Exchequer by Jas. F. Otley, 26 May 1835 (sic). Letter very fine and crisp, Seal with minor circumferential damage on lower left edge, otherwise an important and significant item; housed in original darkened metal case, diam. 173mm £1,200-£1,500
Victoria (1837-1901), Proof Half-Sovereign, 1839, edge plain, 3.92g/12h (WR 344; S 3859). Minor scuff marks, otherwise brilliant and virtually as struck £3,000-£3,600
England, Arrival of James II in France, 1689, a silver medal by J. Smeltzing, laureate bust left, rev. fox left, setting light to tree containing eagle’s nest, 60mm, XXX (Woolf 9:2; MI I, 652/7; E 303). Some marks in fields and on edge, otherwise extremely fine and toned, very rare £2,000-£2,600
Hammer Price: £3,200
Charles I, Marriage to Henrietta Maria, 1625, silver medalets, unsigned [by P. Regnier] (36), busts of Charles and Henrietta Maria vis-à-vis, one with bust of Charles in lace collar, others with bust in ruff, revs. Cupid scatters roses, all 23mm; housed in a contemporary cylindrical silver box, 29 x 26mm, the lid with a further medalet inset at the top, the whole 92.48g (MI I, 238/1, 238/2; E 105a) [Lot]. Very fine and better, a most attractive and original group that has obviously been kept...
Æthelred II (978-1016), Small CRVX type, Melton Mowbray, Cetel, cetel m¯o mede, reads edered rx, pellet by c in first angle, 1.11g/12h (BEH –; 770 var.; S 1149). Some slight porosity, otherwise about very fine, excessively rare £2,000-£3,000
Hammer Price: £3,000
England, Indian Chief’s Medal, 1814, a specimen striking in copper by T. Wyon Jr, laureate bust of George III right, rev. royal arms with supporters, 75mm (BHM 844; E 1061a). Extremely fine and very rare £1,000-£1,200
Æthelred II (978-1016), Small CRVX type, Stamford, Christian, crisdin m¯o stan, pellets by r and x in second and fourth quarters, 1.03g/5h (cf. BEH 3458; N 770 var.; S 1149). Better than very fine £240-£300
Charles I (1625-1649), Oxford mint, Halfcrown, 1642, mm. Oxford plume on obv. only, Shrewsbury horseman, ground line below, Oxford plume in field, rev. three Oxford plumes above Declaration, date below, 14.43g/5h (Bull 591/M1; Morr. C-1; cf. SCBI Brooker 880-1; N 2411; S 2952). Better than fine, toned, rare £300-£400
Germany, Death of Karl I of Hesse-Cassel, 1730, a silver medal by J. Hedlinger, armoured bust right, rev. pyramid, 52mm, 61.21g (Felder 115; Hild. II, 44/34). About extremely fine and toned, rare £400-£500
James II (1685-1688), Guinea, 1688, second bust (MCE 130; S 3402). Good very fine £2,800-£3,000
Hammer Price: £2,800
France, Grand Sanhedrin, 1806, a silver medal by A. Depaulis and N. Brenet, uniformed bust of Napoleon right, rev. bearded figure kneeling before Napoleon, 41mm (Bramsen 527; Julius 1574 var.). Some marks on edge, otherwise about extremely fine and toned, extremely rare in silver £2,000-£2,600
Hammer Price: £2,600
18th Century Tokens, WARWICKSHIRE, Coventry, Kempson’s Proof Penny or medal, in silver, elevation of St Michael’s Church, rev. interior of the Chancel, edge plain, 28.41g/6h (DH 38a; cf. DNW T12, 365). Usual light die flaw on upper left side of obverse and flaw or metal defect on right side of reverse, otherwise virtually as struck and attractively toned, extremely rare £1,500-£2,000
Charles I (1625-1649), Oxford mint, Halfcrown, 1645, mm. plume on obv. only, large Briot horseman, Oxford plume behind, grassy ground line below, rev. Declaration, three Oxford plumes above, date and ox below, both between pellets, five pellets at start of legend, 15.10g/3h (Bull 625/7; Morr E-7; N 2436; S 2959A). Flan slightly ragged, otherwise very fine with old cabinet tone, probably much as struck, rare £600-£800
Charles I (1625-1649), Aberystwyth mint, Halfpenny, no mm., 0.24g (SCBI Brooker 787; N 2349; S 2907). Small piece missing from edge, otherwise good very fine and toned, very rare £240-£300
Hammer Price: £2,400
Sweden, Peace of Traventhal, 1700, a silver medal, unsigned, view of Swedish attack on Danish positions on the Zeeland coast, bombardment of Copenhagen in background, date in exergue, rev. view of the Battle of Narva, 43mm, 30.71g (Hild. 48). About extremely fine and toned, very rare £1,000-£1,200
Charles I (1625-1649), Oxford mint, Shilling, 1644, mm. Shrewsbury plume on obv. only, large bust with lozange stops, Declaration in three lines, three Shrewsbury plumes above, date and ox below, pellet stops, 5.54g/3h (Morr. C-11; SCBI Brooker -; N 2441; S 2974). On a slightly irregular flan, about very fine and toned, the die combination rare £300-£400
Æthelred II (978-1016), Small CRVX type, Malmesbury, Eadred, eadred m¯o mal[?], 0.99g/4h (BEH – but note 3083; N 770 var.; S 1149). Good very fine, very rare £600-£800
Hammer Price: £2,200
Stephen (1135-1154), Penny, Cross Moline type [BMC I], Erebald, sti[——], bust right with sceptre, rev. cross moline, lis in angles, [—]bald [—]rd, 1.34g/4h (Mattinson and Cherry, BNJ 2013, pp.105-7, and fig. 10, this coin; Allen, BNJ 2012, p.108; Mack 279; BMC –; N 874; S 1306). Overstruck on a coin of Henry I, type XV, of the moneyer Wilealme, nearly very fine, extremely rare £3,000-£4,000
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