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8 September 1998
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France, Le Gouvernement Français en Alsace-Lorraine, 1920, a bronze medal by H.-E. Nocq, conjoined busts of Poincaré and Clemenceau left, reverse quadriga containing three female figures representing La Republique, Alsace and Lorraine being escorted by soldiers, METZ-STRASBOURG below, 68mm (CGMP p.292). Obverse very fine, reverse extremely fine (£35-45)
£35–£45
James vi, After Accesssion to English Throne, Thirty-Shillings, English arms in first and fourth quarters (S 5503). Fair to fine (£80-100)
£80–£100
Third Coinage, London, Groat, mm. lis, bust 2, reverse posvi legend, annulets in cross ends, trefoil stops both sides (N 1844; S 2369). Obverse very fine with good portrait, reverse nearly so (£200-250)
£200–£250
16th Century, Placks (36). Mostly fair or fine (£300-320)
£300–£320
16th Century, Placks (25). Mostly fair or fine (£160-180)
£160–£180
Edward VI (1547-1553), Halfcrown, 1551, galloping horse without plume (S 2480). Fair (£120-140)
£120–£140
France, Centenary of the Era of Romanticism, 1927, a bronze medal by R. Grégoire, lady and page-boy in neo-Gothic setting, reverse weeping willow at the edge of Lac Bourget, monument containing names of literary artists underneath its branches, 54mm (CGMP p.196); Centenary of the Death of François-Réné de Chateaubriand, 1948, a bronze medal by Geneviève Granger, bust left, reverse Château Combourg, 68mm (CGMP p.853). [2]. Both extremely fine (£35-45)
Edward VI (1547-1553), Fine Shilling, mm. tun, smoothed and scored on reverse but fine, and Sixpence, mm. Y, trace of crease on obverse, reverse very fine (£120-150)
£120–£150
France, Baigneuse, 1927, an Art Deco paper knife by P. Turin, naked female Venus casting off a robe, 176 x 24mm (CGMP p.382-3). Good very fine, very rare (£150-180)
£150–£180
Mary (1553-1554), Groats (2). Fair to fine (£80-100)
Philip and Mary (1554-1558), Shilling, 1554, English titles only, mark of value (S. 2501). Somewhat buckled, fair to fine (£130-150)
£130–£150
Victoria (1837-1901), Victoria, Farthing, 1839. Good extremely fine, with some original lustre (£35-45)
France, anti nazism, a very large uniface bronze medal in high relief, by A. Valtie, of uncertain date, decapitated figure in prison cell, hands bound behind back, an executioner’s axe inscribed with a swastika on a block behind, xxx ii on edge,120mm. Extremely fine (£70-80)
£70–£80
Spain, Minor Coins in silver and base metal (43), many 19th and 20th Century issues, some earlier. Some fine, many very fine, a few better (£70-80)
France, L’Aigle et La Gazelle, c.1930, a plated bronze award plaque by S. Grün, eagle in flight over a leaping gazelle, reverse vertical wreaths of oak and palm, un-named, 67 x 60mm. Very fine or better, unusual T-shaped format, rare (£50-70)
£50–£70
Herefordshire, Puckeridge, George Rodgers (D 153), dented, fair, London, Basing Lane, The White Horse ( 148A), corroded fine, Oxfordshire, Bicester, Will Stevens, Halfpenny (D 43), heart shaped, poor, and Worcestershire, Worcester, Richard Bedoes (D 127), almost very fine [4] (£50-60)
£50–£60
Colonne du Département de la Seine, 1800, a bronze medal by N.M. Gatteaux, conjoined busts of the three Consuls, Napoleon, Cambacérès and le Brun right, reverse legend in 9 lines, 60mm (Br. 64; BDM II, 210; cf. Baldwin FPL 1998, 202). Very fine (£40-50)
£40–£50
France, Les Vendanges, c.1930, a bronze medal by E.-A. Monier, wreathed head of a female about to eat from a bunch of grapes, reverse naked kneeling man plucking grapes from a vine, 60mm. Reverse rim knock at 6 o’clock, otherwise very fine; in maroon fitted case of issue (£30-40)
£30–£40
France, Insurance, Bureau Veritas, uniface bronze medal, 1930, with three large piercings as made, 54mm. Very fine and unusual (£10-15)
£10–£15
Triomphe de la Vérité sur le Jésuitisme, 1830, a bronze medal by J.A. Pingret, bust of La France left, reverse scales and wreath, 40mm (BDM –); together with Inauguration of the Chapel of St Ferdinand, 1846, a bronze medal by A. Borrel, 26mm (BDM I, 223 [dated to 1844]); Death of Napoleon III at Chislehurst, 1873, a plated bronze medal by C.T., 32mm (BHM –); octagonal silver jetons (2), for the Banque de France, 1800, and the Avocats of Louis XVIII, by B. Andrieu, 36 and 34mm. [5]....
Australia, Hanks & Lloyd, Penny, 1855; Iredale & Co, Penny, 1820; R. Parker, Penny, ND; W. J. Taylor, Halfpenny, 1851; Unnamed Token, Penny, 1859, Peace & Plenty (KM Kn 81, 134, 188, 244, 285) [5]. The Iredale scratched on reverse, fine to very fine (£50-70)
Charles I (1625-1649), Tower Shilling, Third bust (2a), mm. plumes, reverse oval shield, CR above (N 2221; S 2783). Some surface corrosion and weakness, fine (£50-60)
Lancashire, Lancaster 2 gilt-bronze, 58 [2]. First better than very fine and rare, second about extremely fine (£60-80)
£60–£80
France, Monument to Clemenceau, 1932, a bronze medal by F. Cogné, figure of Clemenceau in greatcoat and scarf, walking stick over his arm, reverse tablet with legend, fasces behind, 72mm (CGMP p.96). Extremely fine, rare; in a later maroon Monnaie box (£40-60)
£40–£60
Switzerland, Bern, Batzen, 1826 (KM 194.1). Extremely fine or better for issue (£15-20)
£15–£20
Charles I (1625-1649), Tower Mint, under Parliament, Shilling, mm. sun (S 2844); Charles ii, hammered coinage, Halfgroat [2]. Fair and fine (£50-60)
Middlesex, Skidmore’s mule Halfpenny, St Paul’s Covent Garden, reverse ruins of same, edge grained (DH 522a). Extremely fine with original colour (£20-30)
£20–£30
Switzerland, Freiburg, 10-Batzen, 1812, arms, reverse standing knight (KM 78). A pleasing very fine, lightly toned (£60-80)
Bohemia, Bohemia, copper Groeschl, 1760 and 1782 (KM 291, 299) [2]. First good very fine, nicely toned, second only fair (£15-20)
Switzerland, Vaud, Batzen, 1816, 1828, 1829 [3]. Very fine or better (£20-25)
£20–£25
Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector, Broad, 1658, by Thomas Simon, laureate bust of Protector left, reverse crowned shield, pax qvaeritvr bello around, grained edge (Lesson A2; N 2744; S 3225). Extremely fine, very attractive red tone, one of the finest known, superior to the Strauss example and as fine or finer than the example in the Sharps Pixley collection (£6000-7,000)
£6,000–£7,000
Austria, 5-Kreuzer, 1863 A (KM 2197), very fine; and minor Æ (3); Austrian Netherlands, coins in silver (1), and copper (4), including Liard, 1791, varied state, last with slight verdigris but otherwise lustrous extremely fine ; spanish netherlands, Brabant, Tenth-Daalder, 1571, with striking split and patches of discolouration, otherwise about very fine for issue; Æ coins (7), fair or fine (£40-50)
Warwickshire, Birmingham Mining & Copper Co, Halfpenny, 1792, BIRMINGHAM REDRUTH & SWANSEA edge (DH 93). Fine (£10-15)
Austria, Ferdinand ii, 3-Kreuzer, 1629, Ferdinand iii, 3-Kreuzer, 1637 (2), Archduke Ferdinand Charles, 3-Kreuzer (2), 1638, 1661, Archduke Sigismund Franz, 3-Kreuzer, 1665, Leopold ii, 3-Kreuzer, 1705 [7]. Generally very fine (£60-80)
Warwickshire, Birmingham 2a silver-plated, with usual W countermark; County 12, 13 [3]. All very fine, but second with metal fault across centre of reverse and last with edge knock (£40-50)
Switzerland, Solothurn, Batzen, 1826, arms, reverse cruciform shields within quadrilobe (KM 80). Good extremely fine, grey tone (£30-40)
Francesco Quirini, a bronze medal by G. Cavino, bust right with legend, reverse wolf and twins, 34mm (Kress 396; Armand I, 184/30; BDM I, 372; cf. Clifford 141). Reverse a little off-centre, otherwise about extremely fine, nicely patinated (£40-60)
Switzerland, Half-Thaler, 1733 (KM 577). Better than very fine (£150-200)
£150–£200
Charles II (1660-1685), Crown, Fourth bust, 1681 tricesimo tertio (ESC 64; SC 290; S 3359). Light adjustment marks on obverse and reverse, some surface marks, has been cleaned at some time, good very fine or better (£400-500)
£400–£500
Somerset, Bath, Whitchruch and Dore, Four-Shilling token, 1811. Very fine (£110-120)
£110–£120
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