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25 April 2018
ATREBATES AND REGNI, Verica, Stater, com f on tablet, rev. mounted warrior with lance galloping right, vir and lituus behind, rex below, 5.30g (Sills 362, dies 10r/14 and p.400, this coin [CCI 08.8016]; BMC 1146ff; ABC 1190; S 120). Good style, very fine, rare £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £1,000
21 January 2021
XVII: Copies of Cromwell Coins, Crown, 1658/7, in pewter, laureate bust left, rev. crowned shield, edge plain, 28.52g/440.4gr/6h (Lessen, BNJ 1966, p.168, E14, this coin; L & S 1b; ESC 242 [–]; cf. S 3226). Probably a cast, very fine and very rare £600-£800
3 July 2019
William I (1066-1087), Penny, Canopy type [BMC III], Wallingford, Beorhtmær, brihtmær on pal, 1.24g/4h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.82; Doubleday 848 and Spink 249, 40, same dies; SCBI Ashmolean 54 obv./55 rev., same dies; BMC 216; N 843; S 1252). Face of monarch and drapery weakly struck [exactly as Doubleday 848], otherwise good very fine, attractively toned £800-£1,000
29 January 2020
Edward IV (1461-1483), Anonymous Crown coinage, Groat, Dublin, tressure of nine arcs with plain angles, annulets in second and third quarters, 2.86g/5h (S 6272; DF 79). Good fine, rare £900-£1,200
Charles I (1625-1649), Newark, Shilling, 1645, crude flat crown, 9 pearls to left of orb and 8 pearls to right, from the same rev. die as previous, reads newarke, 5.67g/12h (Hird 249; SCBI Brooker 1223-4, same rev. die; N 2639; S 3141). Crease marks, otherwise fine, reverse better, bright appearance, very rare £600-£800
Kings of Northumbria, Aldfrith (685-705), Sceatta, aldfridvs around central boss, rev. quadruped left with triple tail, 1.08g/12h (Abramson 69.10; Pirie and Booth, BAR 128, p.97, no. 2, and pl. 7, 2, this coin; N 176; S 846). Very fine, rare £600-800
Edward IV (1461-1483), Light Cross and Pellets coinage, Groat, Limerick, mm. cross on obv., rose on rev., l below bust, cinquefoils by neck and after tas, 1.97g/8h (S 6343; DF 134). A little clipped, otherwise very fine, dark-toned, rare £700-£900
William II (1087-1100), Penny, Cross Voided type [BMC III], London, Bruning, briinic on liin, 1.35g/9h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.77; BMC 201, same dies; SCBI Berlin 914, same rev. die; N 853; S 1260). Rather bluntly struck, otherwise fine and toned, rare £500-£700
Henry I (1100-1135), Penny, Quatrefoil with Piles type [BMC VII], London, Wulfwine, pvlfpine on lvn, 1.38g/3h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.95; BMC –, but listed in table of moneyers on p.ccxxv; N 863; S 1268). Officially incised in edge, small area of weakness on obverse at 4 o’clock (and corresponding on reverse), otherwise very fine, rare £600-£800
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 5/5, 2.94g/45.6gr/9h (ESC 316 [1510]; N 2767; S 3323). About very fine £200-£260
Henry I (1100-1135), Penny, Star in Lozenge Fleury type [BMC XIII], London, Rawulf, rapv[lf : o]n · lvnde : 1.39g/3h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.94; BMC 93, Drabble 966, Spink 212, 804 and Baldwin 80, 2321, same dies; N 869; S 1274). Flat in places, otherwise better than very fine, attractively toned £800-£1,000
Kings of Wessex, Æthelwulf, Penny, Non-Portrait Phase [II], Rochester, Æthelhere, edelvvlf rex around cross pattée with wedges in anglers, rev. edelhere around cross with two limbs moline, 1.33g/9h (Naismith R22a, this coin; SCBI 30, 284, this coin; BMC 89; N 607; S 1046). Some double-striking, otherwise good fine, extremely rare £600-800
Stephen (1135-1154), Substantive types, Penny, Cross Voided and Mullets type [BMC II], London, Edward, [e]dpa[r]d : on : lvn, 1.24g/9h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.112; Mack 61a; BMC 154; N 878; S 1280). Flan a trifle crimped and some weakness in legends, otherwise about very fine and toned, the moneyer rare £500-£700
Kings of All England, Æthelstan (924-39), Penny, Two Line type [HT 1], Cynerof, ædelstan rex around small cross pattée, rev. cynerof m¯oe divided by three crosses pattée, trefoil of pellets above and below, 1.50g/6h (Blunt 40, this coin; O’Donovan 497, this coin; N 668; S 1089). Extremely fine and toned, the moneyer very rare £800-1,000
Northumbria (York), Cnut, Penny, cnvt r · e · x · around patriarchal cross, rev. mirabila fecit around cross pattée, pellets in first and fourth quarters, 1.25g/12h (Lyon/Stewart Gp VId; SCBI Ashmolean 211-12, same obv. die; N 511; S 998). Good very fine, toned £500-700
Northumbria (York), Cnut/Siefred, Penny, ebr :· a :· ice c around patriarchal cross, rev. mirabliai ect around cross pattée, pellets in first and fourth quarters, 1.41g/8h (Lyon/Stewart Gp VIc; SCBI Merseyside 397, same dies; SCBI Ashmolean 213-14, same obv. die; N 512; S 1000). Very fine £500-700
Mary (1542-1567), Second period (with Francis), Testoon, type II, 1560, mm. cross potent, obv. legend ends q, no crosses above small crowns on rev., 5.97g/5h (SCBI 58 1026, same rev. die; SCBI 35, 1092ff; B fig. 884; S 5417). Two small edge splits, otherwise about very fine, toned £400-£500
James VI (1567-1625), Before Accession, Seventh coinage, Ten Shillings, 1593, mm. rosette, 6.08g/8h (SCBI 58, 1513, same obv. die; SCBI 35, 1255; cf. B fig. 939; S 5493). Planchet flaw behind bust, otherwise about extremely fine and attractively toned £700-£900
XVI: Later Cromwell Medals, Lord General/Lord Protector, c. 1650-8, a struck silver medal, c. 1730, probably by J. Dassier (?), after T. Simon, armoured bust three-quarters right, ts below, oliv d g r p ang sco et hib pro, rev. pax qværitvr bello, lion séjant displaying arms, 34mm, 18.51g (Lessen, BNJ 1979, p.95 and pl. xviii, 18 (1a), this piece; Henfrey pl. v, 6; Platt I, p.340, type C; MI I, 410/46; E 189). About extremely fine, attractively toned £300-£400
Anglo-Scandinavian Imitations, ‘Long Cross’, Penny, bust left, +edered ex aigolx, rev. nhtinc · sitv, 2.04g/9h (Malmer 105.1164, chain 3L; SCBI Copenhagen 1484, same dies; BEH 3411). Heavily peckmarked and slightly bent, otherwise about fine, on a heavy flan £100-£150
Anne (1702-1714), Shilling, 1709e*, fifth ‘Edinburgh’ bust, reversed z for 1 and narrow 0 in date, harp with 6 strings (ESC 1444 [1152]; PHF 3615A; S 3615). Bright from past cleaning, otherwise good very fine, very rare £600-£800
Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Cut Halfpenny, Pointed Helmet type, Hythe, Guthred, [gv]dræd on hy[de], 0.52g/12h (Freeman 6; FEJ 388, same dies [= Eaglen Sale 1418]; BMC 569, same dies; N 825; S 1179). Excavated, good fine, excessively rare; believed only the fourth known Anglo-Saxon coin of the mint £100-£150
Hammer Price: £950
VI: Original struck Dunbar Medals by Simon, Battle of Dunbar, 1650, a large struck uniface silver medal, unsigned [by T. Simon], bust left in plain field, no legend or signature, 35 x 31mm, 8.56g (Lessen, BNJ 1981, p.125 and pl. xiv, 32, this piece; cf. MI I, 392/14; cf. E 181a). Probably a trial striking of the bust punch before the legends were added, some edge and flan marks, otherwise fine; probably UNIQUE £600-£800
Charles I (1625-1649), Newark, Shilling, 1645, crude flat crown, 9 pearls either side of orb, reads newarke, 5.98g/12h (Hird 247-8 and SCBI Brooker 1223, same dies; N 2639; S 3141). Old scratch on obverse, otherwise fine, very rare £500-£600
XIV: Seals by Simon, Great Seal of Richard Cromwell, 1659, a cast bronze uniface Counterseal (reverse), Oliver Cromwell left on horseback, view of London below, arms in field behind, richardvs dei gra reipvblici angliæ scotiæ et hiberniæ &c protector, 140mm, 225.64g (Vertue xxiii; Birch 607). Hollow reverse, better than very fine, a handsome object £400-£500
XII: Machine-made Coins of Charles II, ‘Maundy set’, undated, comprising Fourpence, Threepence, Twopence, Penny, all mm. crown on rev. only, all dies 1/1, Twopence with double-arched crown, 1.88g/29.2gr/6h, 1.54g/23.9gr/6h, 0.96g/14.8gr/6h, 0.48g/7.5g/6h (ESC 590 [2365]; S 3391) [4]. About extremely fine, attractive matching tone £300-£400
Charles I (1625-1649), Late Declaration issues, Bridgnorth-on-Severn (?), Shilling, 1646, mm. plumelet over Br on obv. only, large bust in lace collar, Declaration reads pro, 6.33g/8h (Morr. A-3 var.; SCBI Brooker 1128 and Brettell 393, same dies; N 2521; S 3040). Edge crack and some double-striking, otherwise very fine and toned, rare £900-£1,200
Anglo-Scandinavian Imitations, ‘Short Cross’, Penny, diademed bust left, cross above, lis sceptre, cnvt rex a, rev. + elfpic on lvndne, rev. legend begins at 1 o’clock, 0.73g/9h (Malmer –). Very fine, rare £200-£300
Harold I (1035-1040), Penny, Long Cross and Fleur-de-Lis type, Oxford, Æthelric, edlric on : ocx, fleur-de-lis between two pellets, 1.18g/6h (SCBI America 548, this coin [J.L. Dresser]; SCBI Stockholm 1285, same dies; BEH 793; N 803; S 1165). Very fine and toned, rare £900-£1,200
Hammer Price: £900
Cnut (1016-1035), Penny, Jewel Cross type, in the name of Cnut, London, Beorhtmer, brihtmær · on lvn, bust left, short drapery, 1.01g/3h (Talvio L1, ‘National A’; BEH 2045; N 797; S 1160). Minor peckmarks, hairline rim split between 3 and 5 o’clock and flan slightly crimped, otherwise very fine and extremely rare £1,500-£2,000
Charles I (1625-1649), York mint, Shilling, Gp 2 [type 4], mm. lion, large bust of fine style, value flanked by lozenges, crowned oval garnished shield, 5.69g/12h (Besly 2Cc; SCBI Brooker 1094, same dies; N 2319; S 2873). Crease mark, otherwise extremely fine and toned £800-£1,000
Henry IV or Henry V, Light coinage: Primary series/Secondary series mule, Groat, London, type III/class B, mm. cross pattée, 9-arc tressure, annulet to left and pellet to right of crown, 3.69g/1h (Stewartby P III/B2; Potter III-3, and BNJ 1960, pl. viii, 10, same dies; N 1359b/1386; S 1763). Obverse slightly double-struck, otherwise about very fine, very rare £1,500-£1,800
V: Original Medals by Simon, Charles I, c. 1639-42 (possibly earlier), a uniface struck silver medalet by T. Simon, bust right, signed t.s.f below, carolvs d g mag brit fran et hib rex fid defen, 15.5mm, 2.68g (MI Supplement pl.182, 7). Paper label ‘24/A’ on the back, very fine and toned, UNIQUE £300-£400
William I (1066-1087), Penny, Bonnet type [BMC II], York, Leysingr, leigsing on eo, 1.40g/1h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.84; SCBI Yorkshire 715-19, same dies; BMC 172; N 842; S 1251). Very fine £500-£700
Henry VI (Restored, 1470-1471), Groat, Bristol, mm. trefoil on obv., short cross fitchée on rev., b on breast, trefoils on all cusps, reads henricv, trefoil after villa, saltire stops on obv., trefoil stops on rev., 2.94g/4h (B & W 3/1; N 1619; S 2083). Flan a trifle irregular, otherwise good very fine and toned, rare £600-£800
Kings of Mercia, Offa, Penny, Heavy coinage, London, Winenoth, offa r : e · x between two beaded lines, Mercian M above, rev. vvi nod in two lines divided by double-lobed cylindrical ornament containing a row of pellets, 1.25g/12h (Chick 214j, this coin; Blunt 105; BMC 56-7; N 326; S 908). Chipped, otherwise very fine, rare £1,200-1,500
Stephen (1135-1154), Local variants, Penny, Midland group, Lozenge Fleury and Annulets variant [BMC IV], Lincoln, Paien, [——]n : on linc[–], 1.05g/10h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.112; Mossop 16, different dies [= Mack 72 = BMC –, but listed in table of moneyers on p.ccxix]; N 897; S 1301). Randomly struck on a shear-cut piece of silver, edge crack, legends mostly flat but centres fine, extremely rare £500-£700
Charles I (1625-1649), Oxford mint, Halfcrown, 1642, mm. plume (with bands) on obv. only, Oxford plumes behind King and above Declaration, shallow ground line, 15.96g/6h (Bull 591/3E; Morr. C-3; SCBI Brooker 880, same obv. die; N 2411; S 2952). Horseman weak, otherwise about very fine £400-£500
James VI (1567-1625), Before Accession, Fourth coinage, Ten Shillings, 1582, mm. cross, no stop after scotorvm, 6.94g/12h (RCL 378 (C), same obv. die; SCBI 58, 1485 and B fig. 936, same rev. die; SCBI 35, 1243ff; S 5490). Some double-striking, particularly on obverse, otherwise good fine, portrait better £300-£400
Henry V (1413-1422), Secondary series, Groat, class B2b, mm. pierced cross with pellet centre, ‘scowling’ bust, no fleurs over crown, mullet on breast cusp, quatrefoil after posvi, 3.11g/9h (Stewartby p.324 [Henry V]; Harris, BNJ 1997, p.26, 42; Potter V, 4/10; N 1386/1b; S 1762A). Slightly clipped and with some weakness in legends, otherwise very fine and toned, rare £600-£800
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