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12 November 2015
Scotland, Robert II (1371-90), Groat, Edinburgh, mm. cross pattée, tressure of six-and-a-half arcs, reads scottorvm, 3.78g/8h (SCBI 35, 445ff; B 3, fig. 309; S 5131). Nearly very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £200
Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Sceatta, Primary series BII, diademed head right with pointed nose and protruding chin, rev. bird on cross, annulets at sides, all within double beaded circle, 0.74g/4h (M 109ff; N 127; S 777A). Good very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £220
Henry I (1100-1135), Penny, Quadrilateral on Cross Fleury type, Norwich, Sitric, s[–]tric : on : nor[–], 1.11g/6h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.96; N 871; S 1276). A little crimped and flat in places, otherwise nearly very fine, rare £200-300
Stephen (1135-1154), Penny, Voided Cross and mullets type, Norwich, Etstan, etsta [——] r :, 1.40g/6h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.113; Mack 62a; N 878; S 1280). Very fine but poorly struck, the reverse off-centre £300-400
Henry II (1154-1189), Short Cross coinage, Penny, class Ib, London, Osber, 1.38g/12h (SCBI Mass 286ff; N 963; S 1344); together with other Pennies (4), cut Halfpence (5), cut Farthings (4), Tealby to Henry III [14]. Varied state £200-300
Richard I (1189-1199), Penny, Rhuddlan, class iiic, Simond, simon · on · rvla, 1.15g/9h (Brand 3370; cf. SCBI Mass 2182; N 973/1). Small edge chip, otherwise about fine, rare £100-150
Scotland, Robert III (1390-1406), Heavy coinage, First issue, Groat, Edinburgh, mm. cross pattée, tressure of seven arcs, trefoils of pellets on cusps, triple pellet/lis and crescent stops, 2.99g/5h (SCBI 35, 537ff/550ff; B 4, fig. 344; S 5164). Very fine, toned £150-200
Crusader issues, CYPRUS, Peter I (1359-69), Gros, bird on throne-back, 4.59g/7h (Schl. pl. VI, 27); other Cypriot Gros (3); together with other medieval coins (8), mostly Cypriot [12]. Fine to very fine £200-300
Italy, NAPLES, Charles II d’Anjou (1285-1309), Gigliato, 3.34g/3h (Biaggi 1630); Robert d’Anjou (1309-43), Gigliato, 3.89g/10h (Biaggi 1635); together with minor coins (9), mostly Sicilian, 12th and 13th centuries [12]. Fine to very fine £100-150
Italy, VENICE, Giovanni Soranzo (1312-28), Grosso, 2.07g/6h (Paolucci 2), other Grossi (7); together with minor Venetian coins (6), mostly 14th century [14]. Mostly fine to very fine £150-200
British Iron-Age, ICENI, Uninscribed issues, Unit, Face/Horse type, stylised head right with moustache, wreath behind, rev. horse right, triangular shape within pelleted arc above, lozenge-shaped box below, 1.23g/11h (ABC 1567; BMC 3605ff; VA 794; S 434). Very fine £100-150
Hammer Price: £240
Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Small Flan type, Thetford, Leofric, lefric on de, 1.11g/12h (Carson 29; Freeman 164; BMC 1526; N 818; S 1175). Reverse surface flaw, otherwise better than very fine £150-200
Scotland, William the Lion (1165-1214), Short Cross and Stars coinage, Sterling, Phase B, Hue Walter, hve walter, 1.39g/1h (SCBI 35, 65ff; B 15, fig. 52; S 5029). Reverse slightly off-centre, otherwise about very fine, dark tone £100-150
Germany, TEUTONIC KNIGHTS, Konrad III von Juningen (1393-1407), Schilling, 1.57g/3h (Neumann 7a); other Schillings (6), together with Hohlpfennige (2), mostly 15th century [9]. Fine to very fine £100-150
British Iron-Age, Early Uninscribed issues, Stater, British B [Chute type], degraded head of Apollo right, rev. horse left with box head, pellets above, crab-like object below, 5.96g/12h (ABC 746; BMC 35ff; VA 1205; S 22). Pale base gold, about very fine £200-300
Hammer Price: £260
British Iron-Age, Atrebates and Regni, Eppillus, Unit, Calleva, bearded head right, pellet border, rev. lion advancing right, eppi [co]m f, 1.28g/7h (ABC 1166; BMC 1088ff; VA 417; S 101). Very fine or better £200-300
British Iron-Age, CATUVELLAUNI, Cunobelin, Quarter-Stater, Wild type, ear of barley dividing ca-m[v], rev. horse prancing right, cvn below, 1.29g/10h (ABC 2813; BMC 1843; VA 1935; S 293). Nearly very fine £200-300
Cnut (1016-1035), Penny, Quatrefoil type, Norwich, Godwine, godpine o nord, obv. legend starts at 6 o’clock, 0.91g/9h (SCBI Copenhagen 3163, same dies; cf. BEH 2925; N 781; S 1157). Slightly bent, otherwise very fine or better £200-300
Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Trefoil-Quadrilateral type, Lincoln, Godric, godric on lincol, 1.12g/10h (cf. Mossop pl. lxx, 17ff; Freeman 163; N 817; S 1174). Very fine £200-300
Italy, NAPLES, Robert d’Anjou (1309-43), Gigliato, 3.92g/12h (Biaggi 1635); together with other European coins (15), mostly 14th and 15th centuries [16]. Varied state £150-200
Northumbria/York rulers, Eadberht (737-58), Sceatta, class A, eadberhtvl· around cross, rev. stylized quadruped right, no legend, 0.96g/10h (M 454; N 177; S 847A). Nearly extremely fine but off-centre, rare £200-300
Hammer Price: £280
Viking Coinages: Danish East Anglia, St Edmund Memorial coinage, Penny, Adradus, sc eadmvmd rc around A, rev. adradvs vvone, 1.45g/12h (BMC 184; N 483; S 960). A little crimped, otherwise good fine £150-200
Æthelred II (978-1016), Penny, Last Small Cross type, Cambridge, Wulfsige, pvlfzig on grant, 1.01g/9h (BEH 1204; N 777; S 1154). Good very fine £200-300
Cnut (1016-1035), Penny, Quatrefoil type, Thetford, Ealdred, ealdrd mo deo, 1.03g/3h (Carson 18 var.; cf. BEH 3475; N 781; S 1157). About extremely fine £200-300
Cnut (1016-1035), Penny, Pointed Helmet type, Lincoln, Godric, godric on linco:, 0.97g/12h (cf. Mossop pl.xliii, 4ff; BEH 1544ff; N 787; S 1158). About extremely fine £200-300
France, Charles VII (1422-61), Écu d’or à la couronne, point 4, Montpellier, 3.21g/12h (Duplessy 511; Laf. 510; F 307). Slightly small of flan, otherwise good very fine £300-400
Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Hammer Cross type, Ipswich, Bruninc, brvninc on gpepic:, 1.29g/9h (Sadler 728, this coin; Freeman 38; N 828; S 1182). Light scratch on face, otherwise about very fine £200-300
Hammer Price: £300
Richard II (1377-1399), Farthing, type III, London, mm. cross pattée, crowned head without neck, 0.28g/9h (Withers 1b; N 1334; S 1703). Better than fine but surfaces porous, very rare £100-150
Crusader issues, JERUSALEM, Amaury (1163-74), Deniers (2), revs. Holy Sepulchre, 0.95g/3h, 0.62g/6h (CCS p.75, 22ff; Schl. pl. III, 18); other coins of Jerusalem (3); together with silver and base metal coins from Antioch (4), Armenia (5), Tripoli, etc (8), mostly 12th and 13th centuries [22]. Varied state, a useful lot £200-300
Italy, VENICE, Michele Steno (1400-13), Ducato, 3.45g/6h (Paolucci 1). Slight crease, otherwise nearly extremely fine £200-300
Cnut (1016-1035), Penny, Short Cross type, Hertford, Leofric, leofric on heor, lis-headed sceptre, 1.03g/6h (cf. BEH 1164; N 790; S 1159). Minimal crimping, otherwise about extremely fine, rare £300-400
Hammer Price: £320
Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Facing Bust type, Dover, Cinstan, cinstan on dofe, 0.94g/6h (Freeman 29; SCBI Mack 1281, same dies; N 830; S 1183). About very fine £200-300
William II (1087-1100), Cut Halfpenny, Cross Voided type, London, Bruninc, briin [inc on liii], 0.41g/6h (DNW 62, 43, same rev. die; cf. BMC 202; N 853; S 1260); other cut halves (5) and quarters (4), Cnut to Stephen; together with a fragment of a Penny of East Anglia [11]. Varied state £200-300
Henry I (1100-1135), Penny, Quadrilateral on Cross Fleury type, London, probably Lefred, l [—] on lvnd :, 1.42g/7h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.94; N 871; S 1276). Flat in places, otherwise very fine and toned £200-300
France, Louis IX (1226-70), Gros Tournois, pelleted s in lvdovicvs and tvronvs, 3.81g/12h (Duplessy 190); together with other medieval French Royal coins (21), Louis VII to Charles VIII [22]. Varied state £200-300
France, Jean le Bon, Gros blanc aux fleurs de lis, 4.15g/8h (Duplessy 312). Peripheral weakness, otherwise very fine or better, rare £150-200
Northumbria/York rulers, Eadberht, Sceatta, joint issue with Ecgberht, Abp of York, edtvredlcfr around cross, rev. standing figure holding two crosses, ecgberht a to right, 0.90g/9h (M 465; N 192; S 852). Obverse a little weak, otherwise about very fine £200-300
Hammer Price: £340
Eadgar (959-975), Penny, Two Line type [HT 1, York], Asferth, small cross, eadgar rei, rev. asferd mon divided by three crosses, trefoil of pellets above and below, 1.00g/9h (CTCE 27; SCBI BM 887-9; N 741; S 1129); together with similar coins of Edmund and Edward the Elder [3]. First fine, others better but chipped £200-300
Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Sovereign/Eagles type, Wilton, Alfwold, alfpold on pilt, 1.31g/9h (Freeman 37; N. 827; S. 1181). Slightly weak, otherwise good very fine and probably much as struck, scarce £200-300
Henry V (1413-1422), Groat, class C, mm. cross, mullet on King’s left shoulder, 3.19g/7h (N 1387; S 1765); together with other coins of Henry V and VI (6), various denominations [7]. Varied state £150-200
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