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Edward IV (First reign, 1461-1470), Light coinage, Groat, London, class VII, mm. crown, quatrefoils by neck, saltire stops, 2.81g/12h (N 1570; S 2000); together with other Edward IV coins (10), from Canterbury, Durham, London, etc [11]. Varied state £150-200
Hammer Price: £340
France, Charles V (1364-80), Franc à pied, 3.77g/2h (Duplessy 360; Laf. 371; F 284). Nearly very fine £300-400
Viking Coinages: Kingdom of York, Cnut, Penny, cnvt rex around patriachal cross, rev. cvn net ti around cross pattée, two pellets in angles, 1.29g/4h (N 501; S 993). Very fine or better, toned £300-400
Hammer Price: £360
Henry III (1216-1272), Long Cross coinage, Pennies (4), all class III, Norwich, Hue, 1.31g/9h, Iacob, 1.57g/6h, Ion, 1.51g/4h, Willem, 1.43g/5h (N 986ff; S 1362ff); other Pennies (5), including Bury and Ilchester; together with cut Halfpence (2), cut Farthing [12]. First four about very fine or better, others in varied state £100-150
France, Charles VIII (1483-98), Ecu d’or au soleil, second issue, mm. lis, point 8, Poitiers, 3.40g/12h (Duplessy 575A; Laf. 554f; F 318). Good very fine £300-400
Poland, Vladislav Jagiello (1386-1434), Half Groschen (2), Krakow, 1.49g/7h, 1.38g/12h (Gum. 416-7); other Polish coins (12), 12th to 17th centuries; together with Russian wire money (8), 15th to 17th centuries [22]. Varied state, some identified £150-200
Northumbria/York rulers, Alchred (765-74), Sceatta, cross, rev. stylized quadruped right, cross pommée below, no legend, 1.07g/10h (M 467; N 179; S 849); together with later Stycas (8), of Æthelred II, Eanred, Osberht (2) and Redwulf of Northumbria and Abps Eanbald, Wigmund and Wulfhere of York [9]. First only fair but rare, others mostly better than fine £150-200
Hammer Price: £380
Kings of Mercia, Burgred (852-74), Penny, type A, lunettes unbroken, Gudhere, gvdhere moneta, trefoils of pellets around, 1.21g/12h (BMC 301ff; N 423; S 938). Very fine, but of base appearance £300-400
Eadwig (955-959), Penny, Two Line type [HT 1 ‘York’], Heriger, heriger m¯o divided by three crosses, trefoil of pellets above and below, pellet between crescents at end of obv. legend, 1.15g/2h (CTCE 68; SCBI BM 788; N 724; S 1122). Chipped, crimped and cracked, otherwise good fine £200-300
Cnut (1016-1035), Penny, Short Cross type, Ipswich, Lifinc, lifinc on gipespi, 1.14g/3h (Sadler 566, this coin; BEH 951; N 790; S 1159). Slightly bent, otherwise extremely fine £200-240
Edward IV (First reign, 1461-1470), Light coinage, Ryal, London, mm. crown on rev. only, trefoils in spandrels, 6.98g/9h (B & W VII; N 1549; S 1951). Fine or better, but creased and badly chipped £300-400
Henry VI (Restored, 1470-1471), Groat, London, mm. Restoration cross, trefoils above crown, reads henricv’, no stops on rev., 2.99g/2h (B & W 8/7; N 1617; S 2082). Nearly very fine £200-300
British Iron-Age, CATUVELLAUNI, Caratacus, Unit, head of Hercules right, cara in front, rev. eagle standing on snake, 1.31g/12h (ABC 1376; BMC 2376-84; VA 593; S 364). Very fine £200-300
Hammer Price: £400
Northumbria/York rulers, Æthelred I (Second reign, 789-96), Sceatta, Tidwulf, aedlrievtt around cross, rev. tidvlf around cross, 0.93g/8h (M 475; N 185/1; S 856). Of silvery appearance, good very fine £200-300
Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Sovereign/Eagles type, York, Swartcol, speartcol on eofer, annulet in first and fourth quarters, no initial cross, 1.38g/12h (Freeman 367; N 827; S 1181). Unusual style, good very fine £200-300
Edward III (1327-1377), Treaty period, Quarter-Noble, London, mm. cross potent, no mark before edward, Treaty x both sides, 1.91g/1h (cf. SCBI Schneider 81-2; N 1243; S 1510). Sometime cleaned, otherwise nearly very fine £300-400
Richard II (1377-1399), Quarter-Noble, type Ib/III mule, cross above shield, ricard di gra rex anglie, rev. pellet in centre of cross, 1.84g/10h (cf. SCBI Schneider 157; N 1318 (3)/1319; S 1674/1675). Excavated state, fine, rare £300-400
Richard II (1377-1399), Halfgroat, type II, London, mm. cross pattée, without French title, 2.10g/4h (DIG 1/3; N 1322; S 1682). Good fine or better, scarce £200-300
Scotland, James II (1437-60), Groat, First fleur-de-lis issue, Linlithgow, mm. cross pattée, tressure of eight arcs, lis and two saltires on bust, lis and i by neck, i on sceptre handle, rev. one small and three large pellets in first and fourth quarters, lis in second and third quarters, saltire in third quarter, 2.10g/11h (cf. SCBI 35, 657-9; B 28, fig. 464; S 5199); together with other Scottish coins (8), William the Lion to James IV [9]. Varied state, first rare £200-300
France, Louis the Pious (814-40), Denier, mint-less type, 1.47g/11h (MEC 793ff); Charles the Bald (840-77), Denier, ‘Curtisasonien’, 1.62g/11h (MEC 860ff); together with a Denier of Conrad le Pacifique of Burgundy and an immobilised Denier of Quentovic [4]. Fine to very fine £150-200
British Iron-Age, CATUVELLAUNI, Tasciovanus, Unit, tasc in panel across wreath, rev. Pegasus left, 1.27g/11h (ABC 2637; BMC 1664-5; VA 1798; S 237); other British Iron-Age coins in silver (5), base metal (3); together with Roman coins in silver (2), base metal (16), including an Antoninianus of Carausius [27]. Varied state, two damaged £200-300
Hammer Price: £420
Scotland, James III, Groat, Light issue, Edinburgh, mm. cross fleury, crown with five spikes, rev. pellets in first and fourth, mullets in second and third quarters, reads edenbeovrge, 2.34g/12h (SCBI 35, 763; B 23, fig. 605; S 5280). Nearly very fine £200-300
Kings of Wessex, Æthelberht (858-66), Penny, Dæglaf, bust right, rev. deglaf moneta in and around limbs of voided cross, 1.06g/9h (Naismith C177; N 620; S 1053). Good very fine with a strong portrait, but edge chipped and with a small perforation at 11 o’clock £300-400
Hammer Price: £440
Cnut (1016-1035), Penny, Quatrefoil type, Huntingdon, Godleof, godliof on hvnt, 0.88g/12h (Eaglen 167, dies Bc; SCBI Copenhagen 1283, same dies; cf. BEH 1249; N 781; S 1157). Virtually as struck £300-400
Harold II (1066), Cut Halfpenny, PAX type, London, Osmund, o[——] lvndei, 0.86g/2h (Pagan, NM p.192; N 836; S 1186). Very fine and extremely rare £200-300
Stephen (1135-1154), Penny, Cross Moline type, Chester, Ravenswert, [——] rt : on : c [—], 1.38g/5h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.108; Mack 9b; N 873; S 1278). Legends mostly flat, otherwise about very fine with a good portrait £200-300
Matilda (c. 1139-49), Penny, Cross Moline type, Cardiff, Bricmær, bust right holding sceptre, [ – ] atillis [ – ], rev. cross moline, lis in angles, [ – – ] mer : ca [ – ], 0.67g/7h (Boon p.51, fig. 24; Mack 237; N 936; S 1326A). Piece missing, broken in three pieces and repaired, fine or better, rare £150-200
Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Sovereign/Eagles type, Bedford, Swota, spota on bedefori, 1.35g/9h (Freeman 57; SCBI Ashmolean 908, same dies; N 827; S 1181). Obverse weak and poorly struck, otherwise nearly extremely fine and toned, rare £400-500
Hammer Price: £460
Henry VI (First reign, 1422-1461), Annulet issue, Quarter-Noble, London, mm. lis, 1.72g/2h (Whitton 1; SCBI Schneider 295; N 1420; S 1810). Slightly discoloured, otherwise very fine £300-400
France, Louis XI (1461-83), Écu d’or à la couronne, mm. crown, point 9, La Rochelle, 3.35g/11h (Duplessy 539; Laf. 524; F 312). Good very fine £300-400
Harold I (1035-1040), Penny, Long Cross and Trefoils type, York, Odin, odinn on eofe, 1.10g/6h (same dies as SCBI West Country 953 obv. and Copenhagen 105 rev.; BEH 191; cf. BMC 32; N 804; S 1164). Crimped and with a small internal stress crack, otherwise very fine £400-500
Hammer Price: £480
France, Charles VI (1380-1422), Écu d’or à la couronne, third or fourth issue, point 2, Romans, 3.85g/12h (Duplessy 369B-C; Laf. 378a; F 291). Cleaned, otherwise good very fine, on a full flan £400-500
Cnut (1016-1035), Penny, Quatrefoil type, Sudbury, Spirlinc, sprlinc o svbr, 0.83g/9h (SCBI Copenhagen 3736, same dies; BEH 3421-2; N 781; S 1157). Slightly bent, otherwise about extremely fine £200-300
Hammer Price: £500
William II (1087-1100), Penny, Cross Voided type, Canterbury, Ahemund, ahemvnd on cnt, 0.93g/3h (Allen, BNJ 2012, –; BMC –; N 853; S 1260). Chipped and cracked, otherwise about very fine, extremely rare £300-400
Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf (796-821), Penny, Gp I, London, non-portrait type, Diola, co·e·nv·v·lf r·ex around Mercian m, rev. di o l·a in in angles of voided tribrach, 1.24g/12h (Naismith L9.2a, this coin; BLS 18b, this coin; SCBI Mack 579, this coin; N 343; S 914). Very fine but edges chipped £500-700
Hammer Price: £550
Eadred (946-955), Penny, Two Line type [HT 1], Hunred, eadred rex, conjoined pellets at end of legend, rev. hinred mo in two lines, three crosses between, trefoil above and below, 1.20g/5h (CTCE 55; BMC 50ff; N 706; S 1113). Very fine, toned £300-400
Edward III (1327-1377), Treaty period, Half-Noble, London, mm. cross potent on rev. only, saltire before edward, curule x in rex, 3.82g/6h (SCBI Schneider 79-80; N 1238; S 1506). Excavated surfaces, otherwise better than fine £300-400
Henry V (1413-1422), Quarter-Noble, mm. pierced cross with pellet centre, lis above shield, annulets on cusps except at bottom, broken annulet to left and mullet to right of shield, 1.69g/1h (SCBI Schneider 240; N 1382; S 1756). Good fine £300-400
Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Sceatta, Primary series E, ‘Æthilired’ variety, porcupine-like figure enclosing four bars, rev. runic inscription in two lines, 1.15g/5h (Blackburn and Bonser, BNJ 1986, p.85; M 134-5; N 155; S 780). Good very fine or better, very rare £400-600
Hammer Price: £600
Edward the Elder (899-924), Penny, Portrait type [HB 1], Æthered, æthered mo divided by three crosses, no marks above or below, 1.54g/9h (CTCE 2, same dies; BMC 73; N 651; S 1084). Small rim nick and badly crimped, otherwise good fine or better £300-400
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