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25 April 2018
Kings of Mercia, Offa, Penny, Light coinage, Canterbury, Eoba, of in pelleted square with line of pellets projecting diagonally from each corner, rm below, Latin cross above and ornaments at sides, rev. e o b a in angles of cross fleury, central annulet containing saltire of pellets, 1.12g/9h (Chick 106a, this coin [= SCBI Mack 552 = Lockett, NC 1920, pl.ix, 5 = Lawrence, SNC February 1895, col. 1049-50]; same dies as EMC 2006.0035; Blunt 17; N 271; S 904). About very fine, very rare...
Hammer Price: £1,300
21 January 2021
XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Third issue, Sixpence, mm. crown, crowned bust left, with inner circles and mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag bri fra et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, dies 1/1, 2.90g/44.8gr/4h (ESC 316 [1510]; N 2767; S 3323). Good very fine and toned, probably much as struck £300-£400
3 July 2019
Henry I (1100-1135), Penny, Cross in Quatrefoil type [BMC IX], Winchester, Æthelwine, ailepine on pinc, 1.41g/3h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.104; Winchester Mint 2187, this coin [= SCBI Mack 1530]; Künker 227, 2379, same dies; cf. BMC 53; N 865; S 1270). Officially incised in edge, a little crimped and with some weakness in legends, otherwise about very fine with a strong portrait, toned, very rare £1,000-£1,500
XIII: Medals of Charles II by Simon, Restoration of the Monarchy, 1660, a struck silver medal by T. Simon [formerly known as a Pattern Broad], from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 29.5mm, 7.20g (Lessen, BNJ 1995, type Ba; Nathanson p.34; MI I, 463/59; N 2776; cf. DNW 34, 521). High points of obverse rubbed, otherwise very fine and toned, rare £240-£300
Kings of Mercia, Burgred, Penny, Phase IIb, rev. type D, Hygeræd, +bvrgred rei around bust right breaking inner circle, rev. hvgered moneta :· in three lines divided by crook-shaped ornaments, 1.35g/3h (MacKay H7.11, this coin; SCBI Mack 635, this coin; BMC 335, same dies; N 426; S 941B). Good very fine, toned £700-900
XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Third issue, ‘Maundy set’, comprising Fourpence, Threepence (DIG 1i/Ai), Twopence, Penny, all mm. crown, inner circles and marks of value, 1.98g/30.7gr/9h, 1.50g/23.5gr/11h, 0.97g/15.0gr/7h, 0.52g/7.9gr/7h (ESC 321 [2364]; S 3324-7) [4]. Twopence very fine, others about extremely fine, all toned £300-£400
I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, England, Charles II, before 1660 (?), a cast and chased silver Royalist badge, unsigned [by T. Rawlins or T. Simon], young crowned bust right, rev. crowned arms within Garter between c r, in imitation of engraving, 38 x 30mm, 5.76g (Platt II, p.354; MI I, 444/19; E 204). Very fine, rare; with integral loop and ring for suspension £300-£400
Kings of All England, Eadgar, Penny, Circumscription Rosette type, no mint name, Thormodr, eadgar ret around rosette, rev. dvrmod mont around rosette, 1.54g/12h (CTCE 341; SCBI Edinburgh 578, same rev. die; cf. BMC 204; N 758; S 1136). Good very fine, scarce £800-1,000
Matilda (c. 1139-49), Penny, Cross Moline type [BMC I], Cardiff, Bricmer, [bric]mer: caie[rdi], from the same dies as previous, 0.76g/12h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.108; Boon type A, 57, this coin; Williams 728, same dies; Mack –; BMC –; N 936; S 1326). Broken and repaired, fair to fine, rare £200-£300
Antoninus Pius (138-161), Sestertius, Rome, 143-4, laureate bust right, rev. imperator ii, Britannia seated left on rock, holding standard and spear and leaning on shield, s c in field, britannia in exergue, 25.62g (RIC 745; C 119; Sear 4154; S 643A). Old institution number ‘5817’ inked in front of portrait, otherwise about fine, very rare £200-300
29 January 2020
Mary (1542-1567), Fourth period (with Henry Darnley), One-Third Ryal, 1565, mm. thistle on rev., no stop after maria, 10.14g/12h (SCBI 58, 1214, same dies; SCBI 35, 1129; B fig. 910; S 5427). High points of obverse weak, otherwise very fine, toned £800-£1,000
Richard III (1483-1485), Penny, Durham, Bp Sherwood, mm. lis on obv. only, s on breast, d in centre of rev., 0.69g/7h (Allen DM 190; Stewartby p.447; N 1687; S 2169). Small of flan as usual, otherwise fine to very fine, rare £400-600
Richard II (1377-1399), Second period, Groat, type III, London, mm. cross pattée, reads francie, 4.70g/9h (Potter –/IIIb; N 1321a; S 1680). Slightly bent, otherwise very fine, very rare £800-£1,000
Charles I (1625-1649), Newark, Shilling, 1645, tall jewelled crown with flat base, 10 pearls to left of orb and 8 pearls to right, reads newark, 5.97g/12h (Hird 250, same dies; SCBI Brooker –; N 2640; S 3143). About very fine, very rare £900-£1,200
Hammer Price: £1,200
Kings of Northumbria, Ælfwald I (779-88), Sceatta, class E, faevalvs around cross pattée, rev. quadruped right, cross pattée below, rosette under tail, 0.74g/3h (Abramson 73.60; Booth/Blowers, NC 1983, p.143 and pl. 20, 23, this coin; N 181; S 853). Small edge chip, otherwise very fine, dark tone, very rare £400-500
XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Second issue, Shilling, mm. crown on obv. only, crowned bust left, no inner circles, with mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag br fr et hi rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, stop above, dies 2/2, 5.44g/84.3gr/2h (ESC 293 [1014]; N 2763; S 3314). Fine £400-£500
Edward IV (1461-1483), Rose on Cross coinage, Groat, Dublin, mm. rose, sun and rose alternating at crown and neck, 1.93g/12h (S 6388; DF 161). Off-centre, clipped and double-struck, otherwise about very fine, clear portrait, very rare £800-£1,000
XVI: Later Cromwell Medals, Cromwell, Memorial, 1658, a struck silver medal, c. 1731, by J. Dassier as part of his Kings and Queens of England series, laureate draped bust left, signed i · dassier · f ·, olivarius cromwell, rev. infant genii surround decorated and inscribed monument, 38mm, 26.79g (Eisler I, 265/35; Platt II, pp.29-30, type A; MI I, 435/87; E 203). Virtually mint state, attractively toned £300-£400
Claudius (41-54), Denarius, Rome, 46-7, laureate bust right, rev. de britann on architrave of triumphal arch, surmounted by equestrian statue, 3.16g (RIC 34; C 18; cf. Sear 1843; S 634). Obverse fine, reverse better, rare £400-500
Mary (1553-1554), Groat, mm. pomegranate, reads z hib regi, 1.91g/1h (N 1960; S 2492). Very fine, toned £300-£400
Charles I (1625-1649), Bristol mint, Shilling, 1644, mm. Br on rev., armoured bust in less elaborate lace collar, small plume in front of face, five-pelleted cross before carolvs, Declaration reads rel, 5.86g/4h (Morr. C-2; SCBI Bristol 205, same dies; SCBI Brooker 996-9, same obv. die; N 2499; S 3015). Very fine, toned, rare £800-£1,000
Robert II (1371-1390), Groat, Dundee, mm. cross pattée, tressure of six arcs, trefoils in spandrels, b [Bonagius] behind head, star on sceptre handle, double saltire stops, broken n in dns, 3.61g/1h (SCBI 35, 478; cf. B fig. 332; S 5135). Fine and toned, very rare £400-£600
Henry VII (1485-1509), Profile issue, Third period, Groat, tentative issue, mm. cross-crosslet, double band to crown with six crockets, normal inner circles, reads henric vii di gra rex agl z f, 3.12g/6h (P & W IIIb; SCBI Ashmolean 778ff; N 1743; S 2254). Some weakness in legends, otherwise very fine, rare £400-£500
I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, England, Charles I, English Coronation, 1626, a struck silver medal by N. Briot, crowned bust right wearing high crown and ruff, nb below, carolvs d g mag britan fran et hib rex, rev. donec pax reddita terris, arm issuing from clouds holding sword, 30mm, 10.45g (Platt I, p.118, type A; Jones 126; MI I, 243/10; E 106). Good very fine, attractively toned £400-£500
Henry VI (First reign, 1422-1461), Lis-Pellet issue, Groat, London, mm. cross IIIb on obv., small lis on rev., lis on neck, pellets by crown, extra pellet under civi and lon, 3.83g/6h (Whitton 85d; N 1526; S 1945). Good very fine and toned, rare £600-£800
Cnut (1016-1035), Penny, Quatrefoil type, Taunton, Eadric, eadri · c on tan, Taunton ‘A’ style, three folds of drapery from the front of the neck, reads cnv · t, 1.44g/3h (cf. BEH 1246; N 781; S 1157). Good very fine and toned, rare £500-£700
V: Original Medals by Simon, Sir Thomas Fairfax, 1645, a contemporary cast and chased silver military reward, unsigned, from the same dies as previous, 24 x 20mm, 2.51g (Platt II, pp.98-100, type B; Nathanson p.13; MI I, 318/151; E 146b). Good very fine; with trace of suspension loop £600-£800
James V (1513-1542), Second coinage, Groat, Edinburgh, bust with open mantle and corded chain, reads scotorv, trefoil of pellet behind head and as punctuation, 2.61g/7h (Stevenson IIIb(iii), 12, and pl. 7, same dies [= SCBI 58, 79 obv./80 rev.]; B fig. 717, same obv. die; SCBI 35, 935ff; S 5378). Good very fine and richly toned, attractive £600-£800
Hammer Price: £1,100
Edward VI (1547-1553), Second period, 8 oz. issue, Shilling, transitional 8oz.-6oz. issue, Durham House, mdxlix [1549], mm. bow, Durham House bust 1, transposed legends beginning timor, beaded inner circles, 5.27g/11h (Lessen, SNC April 1967, p.99, this coin; Bispham pp.138-9, type 3/B; cf. N 1923; cf. S 2465C). Good fine, full flan, rare £200-£300
XIII: Medals of Charles II by Simon, Charles II, Coronation, 1661, a struck silver medal by T. Simon, from the same dies as previous, 29mm, 8.50g, die-axis 12h (Lessen, BNJ 1995, type A, and pl. 9, 1, this piece; Nathanson p.34; MI I, 472/76; E 221). About extremely fine £400-£600
Henry I (1100-1135), Penny, Profile/Cross Fleury type [BMC II], London, Wulfword, piilfpord on li, 1.35g/10h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.95; BMC –; N 858; S 1263A). Very fine and toned, very rare £800-£1,000
Kings of Mercia, Offa, Penny, Light coinage, Canterbury, Heahbeorht, o ff ·a·r ex in angles of long cross botonnée with lobe in each angle, rev. th be a e:· in angles of Celtic cross with long cross fleury on limbs and small saltire in centre, 1.03g/9h (Chick type 123, this coin not listed, but same dies as Chick 123e [= EMC 2001.1119]; Blunt 60; N 277; S 904). About very fine, rare £700-900
XIII: Medals of Charles II by Simon, Dominion of the Sea, 1665, a struck silver medal by T. Simon, laureate and draped bust of Charles II right, signed simon below, carolvs ii d g m br fr et hib rex, rev. et pontvs serviet, the King as Neptune, in a marine car being drawn by four sea-horses, fleet in background, 27mm, 9.34g (Nathanson p.40; MI I, 506/145; E 233). Possible trace of mounting on edge, otherwise very fine, toned £700-£900
Commonwealth (1649-1660), Shilling, 1658/7, mm. anchor on obv. only, no stop after england, 6.26g/3h (ESC 167 [999a]; N 2725; S 3218). Some double-striking, good fine, very rare £700-£900
Kings of Wessex, Alfred the Great, Penny, Phase III, Two Line type, London style, Hereferth, æl fr ed re around cross pattée, rev. hereferd divided by central pellet, cross pattée at upper right, 1.55g/8h (BMC 337; N 636; S 1066). Test scratches on both sides probably made contemporaneously, otherwise fine, reverse better, toned £300-400
X: Personal Medals by the Simon Brothers, Johannes de Reede, 1645, a cast and chased silver medal, unsigned [by A. Simon], bust left, rev. inscription in twelve lines, 36mm, 14.16g (Platt II, p.257, type A; MI I, 320/156; v. Loon II, 274). Small attempted piercing at top of obverse, otherwise very fine and very rare £400-£500
William III (1694-1702), Shilling, 1697b, third bust variety, harp with 6 strings (ESC 1164 [1109]; S 3512). Good very fine and toned, very rare £300-£400
Hiberno-Scandinavian period, Phase II, Penny, series B, in imitation of the Long Cross type of Æthelred II, with the name of Sihtric and a semi-blundered rev. legend, zhitr · c re + dy, bust of coarse style with oval eye, pellet in front, cross pommée behind, wishbone ornament on neck, rev. fereiii mo dne, pellet in each angle, 1.32g/12h (Dolley A3/c; Roth, pl. iii, 52, this coin; SCBI BM 70ff; SCBI Ulster 96; Lane 35ff; S 6125; DF 23). Slightly crimped, otherwise good very fine,...
Hammer Price: £1,000
Harold I (1035-1040), Penny, Jewel Cross type, London, Beorhtmær, b · rihtmær on lv, diadem with double band, 1.13g/9h (Talvio L1, ‘National A’; SCBI Stockholm 375, same dies; BEH 517; N 802; S 1163). Some weakness in obverse legend, otherwise extremely fine, old dark cabinet tone £900-£1,200
Anglo-Scandinavian Imitations, ‘PACX’, Penny, diademed bust left, edpard recx, rev. icocr · ee on lvndne around pac+ in arms of voided short cross with crescents at limbs, 1.01g/12h (Pagan, BNJ 2011, imitation H, same rev. die [= SCBI Stockholm 191]; Malmer –; BEH 520). Some double-striking, otherwise very fine and toned, rare £300-£400
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