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Charles I (1625-1649), Worcester mint, Shilling, mm. pear on rev. only, bust of fine style, uncrowned oval draped shield, 5.42g/9h (Allen A-5; SCBI Brooker 1172; N 2613; S 3109). Good very fine and toned, extremely rare, a most attractive example of this elusive type £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £11,000
Defeat of the Spanish Armada, 1588, a silver medal, unsigned [by G. van Bijlaer], Philip II and other Catholic heads of Church and State seated, blindfolded, with feet on spiked floor, rev. fleet of ships, two in foreground sinking, 52mm, 47.03g (MI I, 144/111; E 56a). About extremely fine and toned, very rare £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £9,000
William and Mary, Coronation, 1689, a silver medal, unsigned [by J. Smeltzing], maius par nobile sceptris, busts vis-a-vis, rev. m brit exp nav bat lib rest asserta, Minerva welcomed by Britannia, fleet of ships in background, 59mm, 67.90g (Woolf 10:12; MI I, 672/44; E 309B). Extremely fine and toned, very rare £3,000-£4,000
Hammer Price: £8,500
Charles II (1660-1685), First issue, Shilling, mm. crown on obv. only, no mark of value, no stop above shield, 6.00g/12h (ESC 272 [1010]; S 3308). Very slightly double-struck, otherwise extremely fine and virtually as made, attractive grey tone over proof-like fields with underlying bloom, an exceptional specimen, very rare £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £7,500
China, QING DYNASTY, Wen Zong (1851-61), 50 Cash, Jiangsu Province; together with other Cash coins and amulets (49), of China, Korea and Japan [50]. Varied state £150-£200
Hammer Price: £5,000
Peace of Westminster, 1654, a silver medal by S. Dadler, Britannia and Holland seated facing, jointly holding cap of liberty, rev. British and Dutch warships sailing side by side, 61mm, 56.15g (Pax 209; MI I, 415/52; E 191a). About extremely fine and toned, rare £2,000-£2,600
Hammer Price: £4,800
George I, Accession, 1714, a silver medal, unsigned [by G. Vestner], laureate and draped bust right, rev. star in the midst of the constellation of Leo, 44mm, 28.22g (MI II, 421/4 var.; E 464). Extremely fine and toned, very rare £2,000-£2,600
Hammer Price: £4,600
Charles I, Return to London, 1633, a struck silver medal, unsigned [by N. Briot], king on horseback left, holding baton, rev. view of London seen from the south bank of the Thames, sun and clouds above, 44mm, 22.06g (MI I, 266/62; E 124a). Two small holes at top, otherwise extremely fine and toned, very rare £1,000-£1,200
Hammer Price: £4,400
George II (1727-1760), Two Guineas, 1740/39 (MCE 294; S 3668). Good very fine £3,000-£4,000
Henry V (1413-1422), Half Noble, class B/C mule, mm. pierced cross on rev. only, broken annulet on ship’s side and in second qaurter of rev., 3.49g/9h (Stewartby p.288; SCBI Schneider 216/237-9; N 1376/2377; S 1748/1749). A few minor surface marks and lightly creased, otherwise extremely fine, very rare £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £4,200
Protestants Supported in the United Provinces, 1587, a silver medal, unsigned [by G. van Bijlaer], Elizabeth I enthroned, Leicester standing left, below and to right five naked boys, each holding a shield of one of the Provinces, rev. Pope and other Catholic figures falling from Heaven, 52mm, 45.62g (MI I, 139/99; E 53). About extremely fine and toned, very rare £2,000-£2,600
Kings of Kent, Baldred (c. 823-5), Penny, Canterbury, Wærheard, bealdred rex + around cross pattée, rev. perheard + around device of five limbs, 1.30g/2h (Naismith –; BMC –; N –; S 880). Small edge chip at 12 o’clock, and the flan slightly wavy, otherwise good very fine; unlisted in the standard references and seemingly UNIQUE £3,000-£4,000
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Seventh issue, Halfcrown, mm. 1, bust 9B, sceptre to i of regina, earlier lions and lis, 15.02g/8h (BCW 1-1:1-a1; Davies 2/8; N 2013; S 2583). Some minor flecking on obverse, otherwise good very fine, strong portrait and old cabinet tone with attractive highlights around devices £2,400-£3,000
Hammer Price: £4,000
Stephen (1135-1154), Penny, Southern variants, Pevensey, Ælfwine, crowned bust right holding sceptre, large mullet containing central pellet by end of obv. legend, rev. alfine : on : peve, 1.28g/2h (Mack –; N 885.1; S –). Very fine, portrait clear and reverse legend fully legible, extremely rare £1,000-£1,500
Hammer Price: £3,800
Italy, VENICE, Alvise III Mocenigo, Osella, 1728, yr 7, in gold to the weight of 4 Zecchini, 13.68g (Paolucci 386; Gamberini 1376). Traces of mounting on edge, otherwise very fine, very rare £3,000-£4,000
William and Mary (1688-1694), Guinea, 1689, later upright harp (MCE 148; S 3426). Minor edge nicks, otherwise good fine £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £3,600
Elizabeth II (1952- ), Proof set, 2002, comprising gold Five Pounds, Two Pounds, Sovereign and Half-Sovereign [4]. Brilliant; in green case of issue with certificate £2,200-£2,600
Henry IV (1399-1413), Light coinage, Noble, type V, London, mm. cross pattée on rev. only, nothing on rudder, annulet and trefoil on side of ship, rev. pellet and h in centre of cross, slipped trefoil in fourth angle, double saltire stops, 6.16g/1h (cf. SCBI Schneider 206; N 1355; S 1715). A little creased and small of flan, otherwise better than very fine, rare £2,600-£3,000
Pacification of Ireland, 1691, a silver medal by G. Hautsch, laureate and draped bust of William III right, rev. William, mounted, leads his troops in battle before the towns of Dublin and Drogheda, Victory flying above with genii holding shields of Waterford, Athlone, Limerick, Kinsale, Londonderry and Galway, edge armis ivngit amor nvnc tertia regna dvobvs, 41mm, 28.99g (MI II, 42/225). Extremely fine and toned, rare £1,000-£1,200
Oliver Cromwell, Shilling, 1658 (Lessen J28; ESC 254 [1005]; S 3228). About extremely fine, toned £2,000-£2,600
Hammer Price: £3,400
Medals, Abdication, 1936, a gold medal by Pinches, crowned bust right, rev. legend within wreath, 35mm, 36.55g (Giordano CM347d; W & E 6355/5; BHM 4277). About as struck, rare £1,500-£1,800
India, EIC, Victoria, Mohur, 1841, type I, Bombay or Calcutta, 11.65g/12h (SW 2.1; Prid. 18). About extremely fine £2,000-£2,600
Hammer Price: £3,200
Charles I (1625-1649), Pontefract, Shilling, 1648, type I, crowned c-r, rev. castle gateway, value dividing pc to right, 4.44g/12h (Hird 276-8; SCBI Brooker 1233, same dies; N 2647; S 3149). Good fine, rare £2,600-£3,000
Hammer Price: £3,000
Medals, Investiture as Prince of Wales, 1911, a gold medal by W. Goscombe John, crowned bust three-quarters left, rev. view of Caernarvon Castle, 35mm, 30.50g (Giordano CM23d; W & E 6050/3; BHM 4079). A few minor marks, otherwise about as struck, rare £1,200-£1,500
Second Treaty of Vienna, 1731, a silver medal by J. Croker, laureate bust of George II left, rev. Neptune in marine car, 47mm, 45.67g (Pax 503 var.; MI II, 496/39; E 523). Two small scratches on obverse, otherwise extremely fine, toned £800-£1,000
Gloucestershire, Brand Green [Newent], John Jams, Farthing, 1666, 1.10g/6h (N –; D 9A). Fine, extremely rare; the only issue for the locality £300-£400
Hammer Price: £2,800
Charles I (1625-1649), Shrewsbury mint, Half-Pound, 1642, mm. two pellets on obv., none on rev., King on horseback left, plume behind, ground line below, Declaration in two lines, three Shrewsbury plumes and mark of value above, date below, 60.18g/1h (Morr. D-2; SCBI Brooker 802, same dies; N 2366; S 2922). Skilfully tooled on both sides, typical flan flaw below horseman, otherwise better than very fine, very rare £2,000-£2,600
Hammer Price: £2,600
Peace of Breda, 1667, a silver medal by C. Adolfszoon, Holland standing facing, trampling on Discord, lion and lamb at her feet, burning ships to left, rev. Peace standing facing, holding sword and cornucopia, trampling on arms, fleet of ships behind, edge inscribed, 71mm, 128.79g (Pax 257; MI I, 528/176; E 240). About extremely fine and toned, rare £2,000-£2,600
Irish Surplus Revenue Dispute, 1753, a gold medal, unsigned, Speaker of the Irish Parliament placing cap of liberty on Hibernia, Industry and Law standing to left, Fame flying left above, vulture and wolf in exergue, rev. legend in ten lines, named on edge (Gustavus Lambart Esqr), 44mm, 40.11g/12h (MI II, 673/385; E 641). Some light tooling on reverse, otherwise about extremely fine, very rare in gold; with integral loop for suspension £3,000-£4,000
Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Expanding Cross type [Light issue], Newport, Sigeweard, sipar[d on n]ipepor, pellet in first and fourth quarter, 0.85g/12h (Blackburn et al, BNJ 1993, p.125, no.2, this coin; Freeman –; Stewartby I, 288, same rev. die; N 820; S 1176). Badly chipped, otherwise very fine, excessively rare £300-£400
Capture of French Treasure Ships, 1745, a silver medal by J. Kirk, five ships engaged in battle, rev. two infant Fames, each holding oval frame with busts of James Talbot and John Morecock, procession of horse-drawn wagons below, 37mm, 14.45g (Betts 381; MI II, 597/246; E 594). Extremely fine and toned, very rare £1,000-£1,200
Synod of Dort, 1619, a silver medal by C. Wijntjes, religione et ivsticia restitvtis, crowned Belgic lion left, rev. respvblica demvm florebit, crowned arms of Maurice of Nassau within garter, clasped hands below, 59mm, 50.97g (MI I, 223/79; E 100). Good extremely fine, attractively toned, very rare £1,000-£1,200
Elizabeth II (1952- ), Proof set, 1999, comprising gold Five Pounds, Two Pounds, Sovereign and Half-Sovereign [4]. Brilliant; in red case of issue with certificate £2,200-£2,600
Hammer Price: £2,400
Charles I (1625-1649), Exeter mint, Halfcrown, 1644, mm. rose, 13.83g/10h (Bull 665/32; Besly N32; SCBI Brooker 1051, same dies; N 2568; S 3076). Reverse bright and slightly double-struck, otherwise good very fine, rare £800-£1,000
France, Napoleon (Hundred Days), 20 Francs, 1815a, Paris (VG 1025a; KM. 705.1; F 522). Minor adjustment marks on reverse, otherwise about extremely fine £600-£800
Hammer Price: £2,200
United States of America, Twenty Dollars, 1883s. Slight surface marks, otherwise good extremely fine [slabbed PCGS MS 63] £2,200-£2,600
United States of America, Twenty Dollars, 1915. About as struck [slabbed PCGS MS 64] £2,400-£2,800
George V, Sovereigns (7), 1911c, 1911s, 1915, 1917m, 1918i, 1923p, 1927sa (S 3996-9, 4001, 4003-4) [7]. Very fine or better; in Royal Mint ‘Sovereign Mintmark Collection’ case of issue, with certificate £2,000-£2,400
Synod of Dort, 1619, a silver medal, unsigned [by W. van Bijlaer], asserta religione, interior of long assembly chamber, rev. ervnt vt mons sion m d cxix, temple atop rock assailed by the four winds, 58mm, 53.54g (MI I, 222/77; E 99). A few minor marks, otherwise extremely fine, very attractively toned £1,000-£1,200
Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Thrymsa, c. 620-45, ‘Witmen’ type, bust right with trident, rev. blundered legend around cross with bifurcated ends, 1.28g/1h (cf. Metcalf 20; SCBI Abramson 2.3; N 26; S 753). Good very fine, rare £3,000-£3,600
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