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A Winner’s Medal from the first modern Olympic Games: GREECE, Olympic Games, Athens, 1896, a bronze award medal [for Second Prize] by J.-C. Chaplain, facing head of Zeus, holding globe in right hand atop which is robed Victory holding wreath, rev. view of the Acropolis, 50mm (GV 1; cf. Sincona 11, 1562). Fine, very rare £500-£1,000
Hammer Price: £14,000
Æthelred II (978-1016), Penny, Benediction Hand type, Canterbury, Leofstan, leofstan m¯o cænt, 1.62g/3h (BEH 218; SCBI Mack, 850, this coin; SCBI Copenhagen –; N 769; S 1147). Good very fine and very rare, attractive old cabinet tone £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £11,000
Charles I (1625-1649), Late Declaration issues, Shilling, 1645, mm. plume on obv., A on rev., Bristol style bust, no plume before face, three Bristol plumes above Declaration, date and A below, 6.11g/9h (Morr. A-1; SCBI Brooker –; N 2518; S 3031) Very fine and toned, extremely rare £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £10,000
George VI (1936-1952), Proof set, 1937, comprising Five and Two Pounds, Sovereign and Half-Sovereign [4]. Sovereign with minor hairlines, otherwise almost as struck; in official case of issue £8,000-£10,000
Hammer Price: £9,000
James II (1685-1688), Five Guineas, 1688, second bust (S 3397A). Has been removed from a mount, otherwise almost very fine £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £6,000
George IV (1820-1830), Proof Two Pounds, 1823, edge iv, 15.96g/6h (WR 219; S 3798). Impaired with surface marks and hairlines, otherwise good extremely fine, brilliant, rare £4,000-£6,000
Hammer Price: £5,000
Naval Reward, 1650, a cast oval silver medal, unsigned, shields of England and Ireland suspended from the beam of an anchor, meruisti above, rev. ship flanked by frigates, service don against six ships and date above, 40 x 33mm, 17.83g (Platt p.333; MI I, 390/11; MH 36; cf. Lessen, BNJ 1981, pl. vii, 1, for obverse). Very fine and toned, extremely rare; suspension loop added contemporaneously £2,400-£3,000
Victoria (1837-1901), Specimen set, 1887, comprising Five and Two Pounds, Sovereign and Half-Sovereign, Crown to Threepence [11]. Mostly extremely fine, the Five Pounds better, some hairlines, silver toned; in contemporary fitted leather case £3,000-£3,600
Hammer Price: £3,600
Victoria (1837-1901), ‘Gothic’ Crown, 1847, edge undecimo (ESC 2571 [288]; S 3883). Good extremely fine, attractive tone £2,800-£3,000
Hammer Price: £3,400
James VI, Seventh coinage, Rider, 1599, mm. quatrefoil, 5.05g/6h (SCBI 58, 1289ff; B 9-10; S 5458). Area of weakness on horse’s head (and corresponding on reverse) and lightly creased, otherwise better than very fine £1,200-£1,500
Hammer Price: £3,000
Henry VIII (1509-1547), Second coinage, Crown of the Double-Rose, mm. arrow, hi, reads hibernie, 3.45g/2h (SCBI Schneider 591-2; N 1790; S 2279). Very lightly creased, otherwise better than very fine £1,500-£1,800
Hammer Price: £2,800
Edward III (1327-1377), Pre-Treaty period, Noble, London, series G, mm. cross 3 on rev. only, small e in centre of rev., annulet and pellet by top lis, small lis in second quarter, saltire stops, 7.62g/6h (cf. Schneider 48; N 1183; S 1490). A few surface scrapes, otherwise very fine or better [slabbed PCGS Genuine - Tooled - Unc details] £2,400-£3,000
Hammer Price: £2,600
Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Eighteenth century tokens (86), various locations [86]. Varied state £300-£400
Hammer Price: £2,400
George IV (1820-1830), Two Pounds, 1823, edge iv (S 3798). Good extremely fine [slabbed NGC MS 61] £2,200-£2,600
Archbishops of Canterbury, Wulfred (805-32), Penny, Canterbury, Sæberht, +vvlfredi archiepiscop, tonsured bust facing, no pellets in fields, rev. +saeberht moneta around Dorobernia Civitas monogram, 1.21g/12h (Naismith C46.1; SCBI Fitzwilliam 438; N 240; S 888). Minor surface marks, otherwise very fine and toned, rare £1,500-£2,000
Hammer Price: £2,200
Victoria (1837-1901), Five Pounds, 1887 (S 3864). Some minor marks, otherwise good extremely fine £1,500-£2,000
Henry VII (1485-1509), Angel, type V, mm. cross-crosslet, cross-crosslet top to spear shaft, r of red over horizontal r?, saltire stops, 5.17g/3h (SCBI Schneider 535-6; SCBI Ashmolean 46, same obv. die; N 1698; S 2187). Some weakness on face, otherwise full and round, good very fine £1,200-£1,500
George VI (1936-1952), Proof Sovereign, 1937 (WR 439; S 4076). Edge bruise at 11 o’clock, otherwise about mint state, brilliant £2,000-£3,000
Hammer Price: £2,000
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Seventh issue, Halfcrown, mm. 1, 14.91g/12h (N 2013; S 2583). Good very fine, strong portrait, rare £2,000-£2,600
Victoria (1837-1901), Crown, 1847, edge xi (ESC 2567 [286]; S 3882). Extremely fine or better [slabbed PCGS AU 55] £2,000-£3,000
Sir Thomas Fairfax, 1645, a cast oval silver badge, unsigned [by T. Simon], armoured bust left, rev. mervisti in 3 lines, 39 x 29mm, 6.22g (Platt II, p.97, type A; MI I, 317/150; E 146a). Very fine and toned, very rare; with clip and ring for suspension £800-£1,000
George VI (1936-1952), Proof Two Pounds, 1937 (WR 437; S 4075). Minor hairlines, otherwise about as struck, brilliant £1,500-£1,800
Hammer Price: £1,900
George II (1727-1760), Two Guineas, 1739, intermediate head (MCE 293; S 3668). Has been removed from a mount and cleaned, otherwise nearly very fine £700-£1,000
Hammer Price: £1,800
Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, Shilling, Gp C, type 2b, mm. rose, bust 2, mixed stops on obv., plume over shield, single pellet stops, 5.88g/6h (Sharp C2/6; SCBI Brooker 457; N 2221; S 2788). About very fine and toned, rare £340-£400
Hammer Price: £1,600
Edward VII (1901-1910), Proof set, 1902, comprising Sovereign and Half-Sovereign, Crown to Maundy Penny [11]. Matt, mostly about as struck; in official red case of issue £1,200-£1,500
Charles I (1625-1649), Bristol mint, Shilling, 1645, mm. pellet on obv., Br on rev., large Bristol bust, no plume before face, three Bristol plumes over Declaration, date below, 5.53g/5h (Morr. C-1; SCBI Brooker 1000; N 2498 var.; S 3018 var.). Good fine and toned, very rare £400-£500
Hammer Price: £1,500
George IV (1820-1830), Crown, 1821, edge secundo (ESC 2310 [246]; S 3805). Of bright appearance with minor surface marks, otherwise about as struck, proof-like fields £1,200-£1,400
George III (1760-1820), Bank of England, mexico, Charles IIII, 8 Réales, 1795fm, Mexico City, obv. countermarked with head of George III in oval (ESC 1852 [129]; S 3765A). Coin and countermark extremely fine, attractive tone £1,000-£1,200
Edward VI (1547-1553), Third Period, Fine issue, Crown, 1551, mm. y, reads franc hiber, 30.82g/12h (Lingford dies A-9; N 1933; S 2478). Slightly double-struck and reverse weak in places, otherwise nearly very fine £1,000-£1,500
George III (1760-1820), New coinage, Half-Sovereign, 1817 (M 400; S 3786). About as struck [slabbed NGC MS 63] £1,200-£1,600
Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, Shilling, Gp C, type 2a, mm. rose (over plume on obv.), bust 2, mixed stops on obv., tall lis between cr, no stops, 5.51g/1h (Sharp C2/3; SCBI Brooker –; N 2221; S 2787). Good fine and toned, rare £120-£150
Hammer Price: £1,400
Kings of East Anglia, Eadwald (c. 796-800), Penny, Eadnoth, ea[d]λaγd rex, beaded wheel cross, two pellets in each angle, rev. eadnod, long cross intercepted by beaded square inside legend, arms topped with cluster of pellets, 1.06g/12h (Naismith –; N –; S –). Cracked and chipped, otherwise good fine, both obverse and reverse types unrecorded in the standard references; presumably UNIQUE £400-£500
Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf (796-821), Penny, Canterbury, Sæbeorht, coenvvlf rex, m in centre, numerous pellets in legend, rev. se be rht in angles of tribrach moline, 1.37g/8h (Naismith C15.2; N 342; S 914). Very fine or better, dark tone, rare £1,500-£2,000
Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Transportation: a Georgian Halfpenny [pre-1776], both sides planed flat and engraved, male figure in long-coat standing right, wielding a paint-brush(?) on the window frame of a bricked wall of a house, t. woolf bn oc 23 1766 around, rev. when this you see remember me tho maney miles we distant be in seven lines, 27mm. Very fine, competent style; worthy of further research £150-£200
Miscellaneous Tokens and Checks, Eighteenth century tokens (70), various locations [70]. Varied state £200-£300
Hammer Price: £1,300
Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, Shilling, Gp C, type 2b, mm. rose, bust 2, mixed stops on obv., plume over shield, no pellets in field, four-pellet stops by mm., 5.63g/6h (Sharp C2/4; SCBI Brooker –; N 2221; S 2787). Good fine but pierced, very rare £200-£260
George II (1727-1760), Crown, 1739, roses, edge dvodecimo (ESC 1665 [122]; S 3687). Good very fine, toned £1,000-£1,200
Henry VII (1485-1509), Angel, type III, mm. anchor (horizontal on obv.), reads agl z fran, 5.00g/7h (SCBI Ashmolean 26, same obv. die [erroneously illustrated as no. 27]; Schneider 527 var.; N 1696; S 2183). Minor surface marks, lightly creased and flan slightly ragged at 3 o’clock, otherwise very fine, reverse better £1,000-£1,200
Victoria (1837-1901), Two Pounds, 1887 (S 3865). About as struck £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £1,200
James I (1603-1625), Second coinage, Unite, mm. tun, fifth bust, 10.10g/8h (SCBI Schneider –; N 2085; S 2620). Slight crease and weak in parts, otherwise very fine or better £1,000-£1,200
Hammer Price: £1,100
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