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12 November 2015
France, AQUITAINE, Edward the Black Prince, Hardi d’Argent, Bordeaux, 0.97g/10h (E 202; S 8134); other French feudal Deniers (51), various territories, including Angouleme, Brittany, Burgundy, Maine, Toulouse, Valence, Vienne, etc, mostly 12th to 14th centuries; together with mediaeval jetons (2) [54]. Varied state £200-300
Hammer Price: £600
William I (1066-1087), Penny, Two Stars type, Canterbury, Ælfred, ielfred on cntl, 1.34g/4h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.70; BMC 302; N 845; S 1254). Slightly creased, otherwise very fine or better, toned £400-500
Hammer Price: £650
Henry VII (1485-1509), Profile issue, Groat, mm. cross-crosslet, 2.92g/10h (N 1747; S 2258); together with other hammered coins (19), Edward III to Elizabeth I [20]. Varied state £300-400
Scotland, Robert the Bruce (1306-29), Sterling, 1.11g/5h (SCBI 35, 318ff; B 1, fig. 225; S 5076). Slightly bent with porous surfaces, otherwise nearly very fine £400-600
France, Jean le Bon (1350-64), Franc à cheval, 3.81g/3h (Duplessy 294; Laf. 297; F 279). A trifle flat in places, otherwise about very fine £400-500
Kings of Mercia, Offa (757-96), Penny, Heavy coinage, Canterbury, Osmod, +offa rex in two lines, Mercian m above, pellets in field, rev. osmod between two lines, ornamental design above and below, 1.24g/3h (Chick 239e, this coin; CEB 103; N 320; S 908). Very fine but edges chipped, rare £600-800
Hammer Price: £700
Stephen (1135-1154), Penny, Cross and Piles type, Castle Rising, Rodbert, rodb [——] ri :, 1.40g/3h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.108; Mack 81ff; N 879; S 1281). Off-centre and small of flan (but full weight), about very fine, rare £300-400
Archbishops of Canterbury, Ceolnoth (833-70), Penny, Gp I, Liabing, tonsured bust facing, cialnod arc, rev. liabince moneta in and around limbs of voided cross, 1.07g/12h (Naismith C157h, this coin; N 245; S 894). Edges chipped, otherwise very fine and very rare £500-700
Hammer Price: £750
Kings of Wessex, Æthelwulf (839-58), Penny, Phase 2, Portrait type, Canterbury, Deora, diademed bust right, edelvvlf rex, rev. cross-crosslet, diar moneta, 1.04g/9h (Naismith C108.1g, this coin; N 610; S 1047). Edge chip, otherwise good fine £400-600
William I (1066-1087), Penny, PAXS type, Cambridge, Ulfcitel, vlfcil on grinnt, 1.38g/6h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.70; Jacob, pl.ii, 37; FEJ 1312, same dies; BMC 534-5; N 850; S 1257). Very fine, rare £400-500
Richard II (1377-1399), Groat, type I, London, mm. cross pattée, copula f, double saltire stops, 3.98g/7h (N 1320(a); S 1678). Small of flan, otherwise good fine or better, toned, very rare £600-800
Hammer Price: £850
Edward IV (First reign, 1461-1470), Light coinage, Half-Ryal, London, mm. crown on rev. only, small trefoils in spandrels, 3.78g/1h (B & W VII; N 1554; S 1959). Slightly creased and with a hairline crack, otherwise nearly very fine £600-800
Harold I (1035-1040), Penny, Jewel Cross type, Thetford, Ægelmær, æglmær on deodf, 1.06g/12h (Carson 2; SCBI Copenhagen 540, same obv. die; Talvio L1b; BEH 931; N 802; S 1163). Neatly struck on a round compact flan, good very fine, scarce £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £900
Henry VI (First reign, 1422-1461), Annulet issue, Half-Noble, London, mm. lis on rev. only, annulet by wrist and in first spandrel on rev., 3.32g/1h (Whitton 1; SCBI Schneider 292-3; N 1417; S 1805). About very fine £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £1,100
William I (1066-1087), Penny, PAXS type, Ilchester, Ælfword, ielppord on gifli, 1.40g/12h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.74; BMC 716, SCBI Norweb 253 and Mack 1429, same dies; N 850; S 1257). Of bright appearance, good very fine, rare £400-500
Hammer Price: £1,500
Henry V (1413-1422), Noble, class C, mm. pierced cross on rev. only, mullet by wrist, broken annulet on ship’s side, nothing on rudder, rev. quatrefoil in second quarter, 6.68g/10h (SCBI Schneider 225ff; N 1371; S 1742). Removed from a circular mount, otherwise nearly very fine £1,200-1,500
Edward IV (Second reign, 1471-1483), Angel, mm. cinquefoil, 4.91g/10h (B & W XXI; N 1626; S 2091). Slightly small of flan, otherwise very fine £900-1,200
Richard III (1483-1485), Groat, London, mm. halved sun and rose no.2, pellet below bust, 3.09g/6h (N 1680; S 2158). Slightly small of flan but full weight, better than very fine, toned £1,200-1,500
Viking Coinages: Kingdom of York, Siefred, Penny, cross-crosslet, siefredvs rex, rev. small cross, trefoil of pellets in each angle, ebiaice civi, 1.84g/7h (BMC 1023; N 494; S 979). Nearly extremely fine, lightly toned, rare £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £1,800
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