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25 April 2018
Kings of All England, Eadwig (955-9), Penny, Two Line type [HT 1, Midlands and South], Boga, eadvvig · rex around cross pattée, rev. boga mo¯ne · divided by three crosses pattée, trefoil of pellets above and below, 1.20g/9h (CTCE 6; BMC –; N 724; S 1122). Very fine, toned £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £1,600
Kings of All England, Eadgar, Penny, Circumscription Cross type [Southern Group], Winchester, Ælfsige, eadgar rex to b¯ri around small cross pattée, rev. ælfsige mo vvin around small cross pattée, 1.60g/12h (Lessen, SNC April 2003, no. 1, this coin; CTCE 240 and pl. 21, same obv. die; BMC –; N 749; S 1135). Concave flan, very fine and very rare £900-1,200
21 January 2021
XVI: Later Cromwell Medals, Abraham and Thomas Simon, a pair of uniface cast silver portrait medals, c. 1750, probably by J. Stuart for Vertue, bust of A. Simon right, wearing a medal of Queen Christina of Sweden suspended from a chain around his neck, 50 x 38mm, 37.90g (cf. Jones p. 70, 169); bust of T. Simon three-quarters left, 50 x 38mm, 42.82g (Nathanson p.9; Vertue p.57, pl. xxv; MI I, 512/154-5) [2]. Good very fine and toned, both with faded ink inscriptions on reverse, extremely...
29 January 2020
Edward VI (1547-1553), Third period, 3 oz fine, Shilling, mdlii [1552], mm. harp, bust 6, small neat lettering, 5.14g/4h (Bispham, p.140, fig. 2A; S 6494; DF 213). Better than fine for issue, very rare £900-£1,200
3 July 2019
Edward IV or V (1483), Groat, London, class XXII, mm. halved sun and rose (no.1), no fleur on breast, no pellet below tressure, all as un-barred, 2.70g/12h (Webb Ware 41 [obv. 11a/rev. 35], this coin; Lessen, BNJ 1983, p.182, obv. die 15, this coin; Stewartby p.434; B & W XXII, 10; N 1631; S 2146A). Clipped, otherwise good fine, very rare £900-1,200
Carausius (286-293), Denarius, London, 286-7, laureate and draped bust right, rev. fel[icita a]vg, galley with rowers to right, waves below, rsr in exergue, 3.55g (Shiel 48-54; RIC 560; Sear 13511; S –). Fine, very rare £300-360
Charles I (1625-1649), Bristol mint, Halfcrown, 1645, mm. plume on obv. only, Bristol horse, large plume behind, Br below, rev. plumes with wide bands, Br below date, 14.00g/7h (Bull 645/2, this coin; Morr. A-2; SCBI Brooker 989, same dies; N 2491; S 3009). Usual die flaw above le in Declaration, extremely fine and well-struck with an exceptional horse, lightly toned £1,500-£2,000
Kings of Northumbria, Æthelred II (First reign), Styca, Leofthegn, leofdegn around body of quadruped right, 1.14g/3h (Pirie 1/A; SCBI Lyon 266, same rev. die; N 187; S 866). Flan a trifle irregular, otherwise fine to very fine, rare £200-260
Hammer Price: £1,500
II: Civil War Medals, Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, 1642, a cast and chased silver military reward, unsigned, armoured bust almost facing, sword above, the sword of the lord and of gydeon, rev. in the mvltitvde of covncellors there is peace, view of both Houses of Parliament, 39 x 31mm, 9.90g (Platt II, p.82, type D; MI I, 297/115). Evidence of residual gilding in places and metal fault in centre of reverse, otherwise very fine, rare; with integral loops for suspension £300-£400
Kings of Mercia, Offa (757-96), Penny, Light coinage, London, Ealhmund, o f a r in angles of cross fleury with lozenge centre enclosing pellet-in-annulet, rev. alh mvn in two lines divided by beaded bar with fleury ends, a below, 1.05g/12h (Chick type 39, this coin not listed, but same dies as Chick 39c [= SCBI Mack 556]; Blunt 40; N 282; S 904). Very fine, rare £900-1,200
Kings of Wessex, Æthelwulf, Penny, Dorb/Cant Phase [III], Canterbury, Hunbeorht, edelvvlf rex around cant monogram, rev. hvnbeaht mone around dor¯b¯ and pellets, legend commences at 9 o’clock, 1.30g/6h (Naismith C129.1f, this coin; cf. SCBI BM 1196; N 616; S 1049). Good fine £500-700
Kings of Wessex, Æthelwulf, Penny, Dorb/Cant Phase [III], Rochester, Wilheah, edelvvlf rex around dor¯b¯ around central pellet, rev. vvilheh moneta around cant monogram, 1.10g/3h (Naismith R37b, this coin; BMC 17; N 614; S 1049). Good fine, dark patina, very rare £500-700
Kings of Wessex, Edward the Elder (899-924), Penny, Portrait type [HLT 1], Leofhelm, eadvveard rex around diademed bust left, rev. liofhelm m¯o divided by three crosses pattée, trefoils of pellets flanking further cross pattée above, trefoil of pellets below, 1.58g/12h (CTCE 31; SCBI Ashmolean 309 and CNG 103, 1164, same dies; BMC –; N 651; S 1084). Slightly crimped, otherwise about very fine, clear portrait, toned, rare £1,500-2,000
Northumbria (York), Siefred, Penny, siefredvs rex around cross-crosslet, rev. eb iai cec ivi around small cross flanked by four groups of three pellets, 1.25g/3h (Lyon/Stewart Gp 1h; SCBI Ashmolean 124, same dies; BMC 1023; N 494; S 979). Very fine and toned, rare £900-1,200
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Sixth issue, Shilling, mm. tun, bust 6B, 6.37g/3h (BCW TN-2; N 2014; S 2577). Extremely fine and attractively toned, an excellent portrait coin £600-£800
James I (1406-1437), Groat, First Fleur-de-lis issue, Linlithgow, mm. cross pattée, small neat bust, tressure of eight arcs, lis and two saltires on bust, lis and i by neck, i on sceptre handle, reads linlithg, no extra pellet in second quarter, 2.03g/3h (B fig. 472, same obv. die; SCBI 35, 657ff; S 5199). Ghosting of reverse cross on obverse, otherwise good fine, very rare £600-£800
Henry IV (1399-1413), Light coinage: Primary series, Groat, London, type I, mm. cross pattée, from altered dies of Richard II, 9-arc tressure, annulet to left and pellet to right of crown, slipped trefoil on breast, 3.21g/8h (Stewartby P I; Potter I-3, and BNJ 1960, pl. viii, 4, same dies [= Grueber 310]; N 1358; S 1726). Slightly clipped, otherwise obverse fine, reverse better, extremely rare £2,400-£3,000
Hammer Price: £1,400
Henry IV (1399-1413), Light coinage: Primary series, Groat, London, type III, mm. cross pattée, 9-arc tressure, annulet to left and pellet to right of crown, slipped trefoil on breast, trefoil of pellets at end of obv. legend, 3.71g/8h (Stewartby P III; Potter III-4/II-3, and BNJ 1960, pl. viii, 11, same obv. die; N 1359b; S 1728). Face weak, otherwise about very fine, very rare £2,000-£2,600
Harold II (1066), Penny, PAX type, Romney, Wulfmær, pvlmær on rvmei, bust left with no sceptre, 1.06g/9h (Pagan, NM p.191, Gp C; FEJ 684, this coin; SCBI Ashmolean 1108, MEC 8, 2346 [= SCBI Fitzwilliam 977] and Baldwin 42, 880, same dies; BMC 80; N 837; S 1187). Surfaces corroded, otherwise fine, very rare £500-£700
James IV (1488-1513), Light coinage, Groat, series III, Edinburgh, mm. crown on obv. only, neat bust with stars by neck, legend ends iiii, three pellets and annulet in first and fourth quarters, mullets in second and third quarters, 2.20g/4h (B fig. 675, same dies; SCBI 35, 850, same obv. die; S 5342). Very fine, rare £900-£1,200
Charles I (1625-1649), Newark, Shilling, 1645, tall jewelled crown, 10 pearls either side of orb, from the same rev. die as previous, reads newarke, 5.45g/12h (Hird 252-3 and SCBI Brooker 1224, same dies; N 2640; S 3142). One side partially weak, otherwise very fine and virtually as struck, large flan £1,200-£1,500
William II (1087-1100), Penny, Cross Pattée and Fleury type [BMC IV], London, Walcin, piilcin on liind, 1.39g/9h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.77; BMC 246; N 855; S 1261). About very fine and toned, the moneyer very rare £1,000-£1,500
XV: Dutch and French Medals, Death of Oliver Cromwell, 1658, a large struck silver medal, late 17th century (?), unsigned (of Dutch origin), after T. Simon, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. non defitient oliva sep 3 1658, shepherd with his flock under an olive tree, landscape in background, 49mm, 47.10g (Lessen, BNJ 1982, dies 1/2; Henfrey pl. v, 5; Platt II, p.26, type C; MI I, 435/85; v. Loon II, 420; E 200). Minor rim bruises, otherwise obverse extremely fine, reverse nearly so,...
Kings of Kent, Baldred (c. 823-5), Penny, Canterbury, Swefheard, beldred rex cant around cross pattée, rev. svvefherd around cross pattée, 1.30g/2h (Naismith C64.2b, this coin; BMA 176; N 213; S 880). Some light scratches, otherwise good fine, very rare £700-900
William II (1087-1100), Penny, Cross Fleury and Piles type [BMC V], Southwark, Sprot, sprot on siide, 1.37g/6h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.80; SCBI Ashmolean 209, same rev. die; cf. BMC 275; N 856; S 1262). Good fine, toned, rare £600-£800
Kings of Mercia, Berhtwulf (840-52), Penny, Gp II, London, Beornweald, berhtvlf rex around small diademed head right breaking inner circle, rev. bvrnvvald around cross with annulet in each angle, 1.03g/6h (Naismith L33.3b, this coin [recté 1.03g]; Booth, KCA type Ciii, no. 40, this coin [recté 1.03g]; SCBI Mack 600, this coin; BMC 120, same dies; N 410; S 935). Chipped, otherwise good very fine and toned, very rare £1,000-1,500
Kings of Wessex, Ecgberht, Penny, Late Phase [IV], Rochester, Beagmund, ecgbeorht rex around cross potent with pellet in each angle, rev. beagmvnd moneta around cross potent with pellet in each angle, 1.34g/9h (Naismith R16.1i, this coin; cf. BMA 387-90; N 580 var.; S 1038). Light surface cracks on obverse, otherwise better than fine, extremely rare £1,200-1,500
Charles I (1625-1649), Aberystwyth mint, Shilling, mm. book, beaded inner circles, plume with bands on both sides, 6.08g/6h (Morr. C-2; Sharp F2; SCBI Brooker 753-5, same obv. die; N 2331; S 2883). Trifling edge splits, some weakness on truncation (and corresponding on reverse), otherwise good very fine, olive tone £800-£1,000
Stephen (1135-1154), Substantive types, Penny, Cross Voided and Mullets type [BMC II], Canterbury, Edward, edpard : on [: can], 1.42g/9h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.108; Mack 55a, and pl. ii, this coin; BMC 147, same dies; N 878; S 1280). Irregular flan, very fine and toned, rare £600-£800
X: Personal Medals by the Simon Brothers, Earl of Southampton, 1664, a cast silver-gilt medal by A. and T. Simon, bust left in cap and gown, no legend, rev. thomas comes southamptoniæ svmmvs angliæ thesavrarivs in four lines, date below, 43mm, 20.53g (Platt II, pp.326-7, type A; MI I, 502/137; E 227a). Good very fine, very rare £1,000-£1,500
XIII: Medals of Charles II by Simon, Dominion of the Sea, 1665, a struck silver medal by T. Simon, from the same dies as previous, 28mm, 12.12g (Nathanson p.40; MI I, 506/145; E 233). Multiple concentric reverse die breaks, about extremely fine and toned £600-£800
Æthelred II (978-1016), Penny, Benediction Hand type, London, Æthelwine, ædælpine m¯o lvn, 1.52g/9h (BEH –; N 769; S 1147). Crack by o of mo, otherwise better than fine and free of peckmarks, very rare of this mint £1,000-£1,500
I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, France, Regency of Marie de Médici, 1613, a struck silver medal by P. Danfrie and N. Briot, laureate bust of the young Louis XIII right, lvdo xiii d g fr et navar rex chris, rev. dat paccatvm omnibus æther, the Queen Mother, as Juno, seated on rainbow holding sceptre and peacock, landscape below, 53mm, 62.67g (Jones II, 118; Mazerolle xxiii, 562; Rondot xxix, 3). Some minimal surface marks, otherwise very fine, toned £1,200-£1,500
James I (1603-1625), Second coinage, Shilling, mm. lis, third bust with square-cut beard, 5.96g/6h (Morrieson, BNJ 1907, pl. ii, 13, this coin; Lingford 1211, this coin; N 2099; S 2654). Light scratches in front of face, otherwise obverse good very fine, reverse extremely fine, carefully struck and attractively toned £500-£700
Henry VIII (1509-1547), Posthumous coinage, Half-Sovereign, Tower II, no mm., k [Thomas Knight] below shield, reads dei, fra and medi illor, lozenge stops, 6.21g/7h (SCBI Schneider 656, same obv. die; Whitton pl. vi, 8, same obv. die; N 1865; S 2392). Edge crack and crease mark, left supporter weak, otherwise about very fine, rare £1,500-£2,000
Henry IV or Henry V, Light coinage: Secondary series, Groat, class A, mm. cross pattée on obv., pierced cross with pellet centre on rev., ‘emaciated’ bust, large fleurs on all cusps, quatrefoil after henric, 3.60g/6h (Stewartby p.323 [Henry IV]; Harris, BNJ 1997, p.26, obv. die A-2, rev. unlisted; Potter I-2; N 1385; S 1759). About very fine, very rare £1,500-£1,800
Henry IV (1399-1413), Heavy coinage, Penny, York, Abp Bower, late style, quatrefoil in centre of rev., 1.07g/3h (Delmé-Radcliffe 76, same obv. die; N 1351; S 1722). Legends weak, otherwise nearly very fine but an unusually good example, very rare £600-£800
Hammer Price: £1,300
William I (1066-1087), Penny, Profile Left type [BMC I], Winchester, Anderboda, andrboda on pc, 1.23g/9h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.83; Winchester Mint 1881 and SCBI Northern 1100, same dies; SCBI Scottish 17, same rev. die; BMC 56; N 839; S 1250). Good very fine, attractive old cabinet tone £900-£1,200
William I (1066-1087), Penny, Two Stars type [BMC V], Ilchester, Ægelwine, iegelpine on g, 1.39g/6h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.74; cf. BMC 321ff; N 845; S 1254). Very fine and attractively toned, very rare £700-£900
XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, First issue, Sixpence, mm. crown on obv. only, from the same dies as previous, dies 1/1, 3.05g/47.4gr/3h (ESC 274 [1507]; N 2765; S 3309). Small edge cut and light scratches in obverse field, otherwise good very fine, attractively toned £1,000-£1,200
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