Auction Catalogue 16 December 2010 - Coins

COINS & ANTIQUITIES Thursday 16 December 2010 The Swedenborg Hall 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London WC1A 2TH

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COINS & ANTIQUITIES Thursday 16 December 2010 The Swedenborg Hall 20-21 Bloomsbury Way London WC1A 2TH Coins: 9.30am Antiquities: 1.00pm

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Coins: Thursday 16 December 2010 at 9.30am Greek Celtic Roman & Byzantine Anglo-Saxon & Norman English Medieval Milled Scottish & Irish Miscellaneous World, Tokens

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Antiquities: Thursday 16 December 2010 at 1.00pm Egyptian Greek Roman & Byzantine Geological & Stone Age Bronze Age Celtic Iron Age Saxon & Viking Medieval & Post Medieval American and Eastern Groups

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Collection and Storage All lots will be available for collection from The Swedenborg Hall up to 7pm on the day of the sale, after which time they will be sent for storage.

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How to Find the Auction Venue The Swedenborg Hall is located in the heart of London, only about 200 meters from Great Russell Street and The British Museum.

The nearest London Underground Stations are Holborn and Russell Square.

Local Hotels There are several hotels within a short walking distance including The Holiday Inn and The Thistle Hotel in Bloomsbury.

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GREEK COINS

1 Athens - Tetradrachm. After 449 BC. Obv: helmeted head of Athena right, in crested Attic helmet decorated with three olive leaves over visor and a spiral palmette on the bowl. Rev: AOE legend, owl standing right, head facing; olive sprig and crescent behind.

Silver, 17.06 grams. SNG Copenhagen 31; Sear 2526. Extremely fine. £400 - £600

2 Ephesos - Diobol. 387-295 BC. Ephesos. Obv: E-F legend, bee. Rev: EF legend, two stags’ heads facing each other. Silver, 1.01 grams. SNG Copenhagen 242; Sear 4375. Very fine. £60 - £90

Coins - Greek

headdress. Rev: ALEXANDROY BASILEWS legend, Zeus seated left on backless throne, holding eagle and sceptre; in left field a Corinthian helmet right above a PA monogram. Silver, 16.77 grams.

Price 992; Müller 436; SNG Oxford 2672; Sear 6721ff. Good very fine. £220 - £300

6 Poseidonia - Lucania - Stater. 445-420 BC. Obv: Poseidon, naked except for chlamys on his shoulders, striding right, extending his left arm before him and brandishing a trident held in his raised right hand with POM to right. Rev: bull standing left on ground line with POME (retrograde) above. Silver, 7.74 grams. SNG ANS 645665; BMC 45; see Wildwinds.com (this coin). Good fine. £300 - £400

7 Terina - Bruttium - Stater. Circa 300 BC. Obv: head of the nymph Terina right, hair bound in sphendone with TERINAION legend. Rev: Nike, winged, wearing long chiton and peplos over her knees, seated left on cippus, holding bird, standing right on extended right hand, resting left hand on cippus. Silver, 7.45 grams. BMC Italy 11; Hands p. 215; Sear 508 var (position of legend); Regling 66; see Wildwinds.com (this coin). About very fine. £300 - £400

3 Knidos - Caria - Drachm. Circa 490-465 BC. Obv: forepart of roaring lion right. Rev: incuse square within which the head of Aphrodite right of fine archaic style, hair curling upwards beneath sphendone. Silver, 6.13 grams. Cahn 67; SNGvA 8105; cf Sear 3543 (earlier style); BMC 17-19; see Wildwinds.com (this coin). Good very fine. £300 - £400

STUNNING EXAMPLE

4 Larissa - Thessaly - Drachm. 400-344 BC. Obv: head of nymph Larissa, three-quarters facing to left. Rev: LARIS AIWN legend, above and beneath horse grazing right, left forefoot raised.

Silver, 6.05 grams. BMC 57; Sear Greek 2120; see Wildwinds.com (this coin). Extremely fine. £800 - £1,200

5 Mesembria - Alexander III - Tetradrachm. 250-175 BC. Obv: head of Alexander right as Herakles, wearing lion’s skin

8 Thasos - Tetradrachm. After 148 BC. Obv: head of Dionysos right, wreathed with vine leaves and flowers. Rev: HRAKLEOYS SYTHROS legend, to left and right of Herakles standing left, with club and lion’s skin, M to left, QASIQN below. Silver, 16.88 grams. BMC 72; Sear 1759. Very fine. £100 - £150

9 Egypt - Ptolemy V - Tetradrachm. 205-180 BC. Obv: legend, diademed head of Ptolemy I with aegis. Rev: PTOLEMAIOY BASILEWS legend, to left and right of eagle standing left on thunderbolt, closed wings, no control marks. Silver, 13.70 grams.

Svoronos 1231; SNG Copenhagen 244-245; Sear 7856. Extremely fine. £220 - £300 3

Coins - Celtic

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CELTIC COINS A COLLECTION (Part 2)

14 Ambiani - Mount Caesar Bull - Unit. Circa 60-40 BC. Obv: two opposed wolves. Rev: horse left with two small birds below.

Bronze, 1.82 grams. La Tour 8495; D&T 482. Fine. Rare. £80 - £100

10 Ambiani - Head/Horse and Rider - Unit. Circa 60-40 BC. Obv: female head left with crescent shoulder. Rev: horseman left with coffee bean below tail. Bronze, 1.34 grams. La Tour 8399-8397 variant; D&T 352, Series 40. Fine. £50 - £80

11 Ambiani - Horse/Boar - Unit. Circa 60-40 BC. Obv: small head right with scrolls around. Rev: long horned bull right with small head below. Bronze, 3.02 grams. La Tour 8471; D&T 366. Good very fine. Rare. £100 - £120

12 Ambiani - Severed Head - Unit. Circa 60-40 BC. Obv: Gaulish helmet with pellet at sides. Rev: head facing (severed?) within double pellet border. Bronze, 1.72 grams. D&T 395. Good fine.

Very rare. Ex Rudd List 64, No 13 (possibly from Somme Valley?). £120 - £180

13 Ambiani - Horse/Boar - Unit. Circa 60-40 BC. Obv: stepping horse right with curled mane. Rev: boar right. Bronze, 2.73 grams. La Tour 8460; D&T 449. Good fine. £60 - £90 4

15 Paris Region - Potin. Circa 50-40 BC. Obv: Y-shape dividing two pellets. Rev: animal left with head turned backwards. Potin, 3.35 grams. D&T 692. Fine and better. Scarce. £60 - £90

16 Ambiani - Boar/Horse and Rider - Unit. Circa 60-40 BC. Obv: boar right with three S-shapes around and pellets above. Rev: horseman left (holding severed head?). Bronze, 2.60 grams. La Tour 468-471; D&T Series 50. Good very fine. Scarce. £150 - £250

17 Ambiani - Duck/Horse - Unit. Circa 60-40 BC. Obv: duck left facing smaller bird right. Rev: horse right with bird above. Bronze, 2.30 grams. BMC 111.S22; La Tour xxxiv. Very fine. Rare. £90 - £120

18 Alurci Eburovices (?) - Potin. Circa 1st century BC. Obv: stylised head left. Rev: sideways S above central line with lines below. Potin, 2.48 grams. See CGF Monnaies xxviii, Lot 751 (similar).

Not listed in standard references. Good very fine. £100 - £150

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SUPERB EXAMPLE

19 North Thames - Trophy - Quarter Stater. Circa 45-40 BC. Obv: reversed S at centre. Rev: trophy with pellets in annulet each side and waved lines above and below. Base gold, 0.86 grams. Very fine. Very rare. £180 - £240

20 Cheriton - Quarter Stater. Circa 50-45 BC. Obv: shapes and symbols. Rev: patterns and symbols. Gold, 1.37 grams. VA 1431; BMC 410-432; S. 46. Extremely fine. £160 - £200

24 Corieltauvi - Hostidius - Unit. Circa 50-30 BC. Obv: boar right with pellet in rings above and S below. Rev: horse left with rings above, pellet in annulet before and two pellets in annulet below.

Silver, 1.38 grams. VA 857; BMC 3197 variant; S. 396. Extremely fine. Rare. £200 - £300

25 Corieltauvi - Hostidius Unit. Circa 55-45 BC. Obv: boar right with pellet rings above and to sides. Rev: pellet-maned horse left with pellet in annulet in front and below. Silver, 1.08 grams. VA 857-1; BMC 3208; S. 396. Good fine. £60 - £90

21 Cantiaci - Class II Potin. Circa 50-45 BC. Obv: crude bust right with large central pellet. Rev: crude bull with large central pellet.

Potin, 1.14 grams. VA 139-01; BMC 715-723; S. 64. See CCI 00.1837 (this coin). Extremely fine with excellent surfaces. Scarce. £40 - £60 26 Corieltauvi - Hostidius Unit. Circa 55-45 BC. Obv: boar right. Rev: horse left with pellet ring in front and below. Silver, 0.48 grams. VA 857-1; BMC -; S. -. Fine and better. £40 - £60

22 Cantiaci - Uninscribed Unit. Circa 30-25 BC. Obv: head left wearing torc with laurel wreath to right. Rev: lion left with star above and annulet below. Bronze, 2.13 grams. VA -; BMC -; S, -. See Rudd List 19, No 9 for a similar example; see CCI 00.1814 (this coin). Good fine. Very rare. £60 - £90 Possibly an issue of Dubnovellaunos.

23 Dobunni - Head/Horse - Silver Unit. Circa 40-10 BC. Obv: head right. Rev: triple-tailed horse left with pellets above and below.

Silver, 0.76 grams. VA 1020; BMC 2953-2599; S. 377. Very fine. £60 - £90

27 North Thames - Head/Horse - Unit. Circa 50-30 BC. Obv: head left with large locks of hair appearing as animals. Rev: horse right with annulet tail and boar above. Silver, 1.08 grams. Mack 280b (3rd edition); see CCI 00.1226 (this coin). Very fine and better. Very rare. £300 - £500

28 North Thames - Head/Horse - Unit. Circa 50-30 BC. Obv: head left with large locks of hair appearing as animals. Rev: horse right with annulet tail and boar above. Silver, 1.17 grams. Mack 280b (3rd edition); see CCI 00.1828 (this coin). Very fine. Very rare. £300 - £500

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29 North Thames - Head/Horse - Unit. Circa 25-20 BC. Obv: head left with braided hair and pellets between. Rev: horse right with annulet on chest, two pellets below and bucranum with pellets above.

Silver, 0.98 grams. VA 1698-1; BMC 1654; S. 227. See CCI 02.0273 (this coin). Very fine. Scarce. £200 - £300

30 North Thames - Boar/Horse - Unit. Circa 50-30 BC. Obv: head left with large locks of hair appearing as animals. Rev: horse right with annulet tail and boar above. Silver, 1.14 grams. Mack 280b (3rd edition); see CCI 00.1827 (this coin). Good fine. Very rare. £150 - £250

34 North Thames - Addedomaros - Unit. Circa 40-30 BC. Obv: head left with braided hair. Rev: annuletted horse left. Bronze, 1.18 grams. VA 1615; BMC 2450; S. 206. Near very fine. £60 - £80 35 z North Thames - Addedomaros - Unit. Circa 40-30 BC. Obv: horse right, looking back. Rev: horse right with pellets in annulet to front and below. Bronze, 1.00 grams. Fine. Rare. £20 - £40

36 North Thames - Stag/Horse - Unit. Circa 50-30 BC. Obv: stag left, looking back. Rev: horse right with Y-shape above. Bronze, 1.55 grams. VA -; BMC 407; S. -; see CCI 00.1824 (this coin). Very fine. £90 - £120 37 z North Thames - Stag/Horse - Units [2]. Circa 50-30 BC. Obv: stag left, looking back. Rev: horse right with Y-shape above.

Bronze, 1.31, 1.24 grams. VA -; BMC 407; S. -. Good fine and better.

[2] £40 - £60

31 North Thames - Animal/Horse - Half Unit. Circa 50-30 BC. Obv: long-eared animal (hare?) right with spoked wheel behind and pellets around. Rev: horse left with flower below and crescent above. Silver, 0.46 grams. VA 474; BMC 393-396; Mack 443; S. 52; see CCI 00.1829 (this coin). Very fine. £150 - £250 32 z North Thames - Eagle/Horse - Half Units [2]. Circa 50-30 BC. Obv: eagle holding snake. Rev: early horse right. Silver, 0.46 grams; plated 0.47 grams. BMC 653; see CCI 00.1840 (this coin, the first recorded of the type). Fine. One a contemporary plated copy.

[2] £100 - £150

EXCESSIVELY RARE

33 Trinovantes - North Thames - Half Unit. Circa 50-30 BC. Obv: two facing horses. Rev: horse right with curved mane. Silver, 0.46 grams. Not in standard references; see CCI 00.1839 (this coin).

Fine. Excessively rare (third recorded example). Found Suffolk. £200 - £300

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38 North Thames - Boar/Pentagram - Unit. Circa 50-20 BC. Obv: boar left with bristles and upturned snout and branch above.

Rev: horse right with pellet in annulet above and pentagram below.

Bronze, 2.08 grams. VA 167; BMC 2490; S. 176 variant; see CCI 01.1626 (this coin). Near very fine. £80 - £120

39 North Thames - Two Boars - Units [2]. Circa 50-30 BC. Obv: two boars around spoked wheel. Rev: long-maned horse right with annulets and pellet rings around. Bronze, 1.51, 0.92 grams. VA -; BMC 402-406; S. -; see CCI 00.1832 and 00.1833 (these coins).

Very fine and better. Scarce. [2] £80 - £120

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40 North Thames - Serpent/Horseman - Unit. Circa 50-30 BC. Obv: horned serpent left with pellet in annulet below. Rev: rider on horse right. Bronze, 1.19 grams. Near very fine. Rare. £40 - £60

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45 Iceni - Early Face/Horse - Unit. Circa 50-30 BC. Obv: bearded head right with herringbone hair. Rev: pellet-maned horse right with beaded ring and pellet in annulet above, three pellets in annulet in front and beaded pole below. Silver, 1.22 grams. VA -; BMC -; S. -. Good very fine on a large flan and lightly toned. Rare and unlisted in standard references. £250 - £350

41 North Thames - Serpent/Horseman - Unit. Circa 50-30 BC. Obv: horned serpent left with pellet in annulet below. Rev: rider and horse right. Bronze, 1.89 grams. Fine. Rare. £40 - £50 46 Iceni - Early Face/Horse - Unit. Circa 50-30 BC. Obv: head right with herringbone hair, crescent curved shoulder and eye(?) in front. Rev: horse right with pellet in annulet above and below and pellet behind. Silver, 0.92 grams. VA 665-7; BMC 3356-3555; S. 433 variant. Very fine. £100 - £150

42 Iceni - Proto Head/Horse - Unit. Circa 45-30 BC. Obv: head left with herringbone hair. Rev: line and pellet-maned horse right with pierced star and V-shaped symbol above. Silver, 1.24 grams.

BMC 3548; S. 433. Good fine. Ex Vosper. £150 - £200

47 Iceni - Normal Face/Horse - Unit. Circa 30-10 BC. Obv: head right with incuse eye, boarskin headdress and corn ear behind.

Rev: horse right with arc and triangle above and kite below. Silver, 1.27 grams. BMC 3595 (for type); S. 433 variant. Good very fine.

Scarce variant. £80 - £120

43 Iceni - Early Face/Horse - Unit. Circa 50-30 BC. Obv: head with herringbone hair. Rev: horse right with trefoil of pellets and pellet in pellet ring above. Silver, 1.36 grams. BMC 3550; S. 433; see CCI 00.1802 (this coin). Fine. £60 - £90 48 Iceni - Boar/Horse - Half Unit. Circa 30-10 BC. Obv: boar right with annulets above. Rev: pellet-maned horse right with star below, trefoil of pellets and pellet in annulet above. Silver, 0.49 grams.

S. 437; V. 661; BMC 3513-20. Very fine. £80 - £120

44 Iceni - Early Face/Horse - Unit. Circa 50-30 BC. Obv: head right with pellets in annulet in front. Rev: horse right with ringed pellet behind, pellet ring above and traces of corn ear below. Silver, 1.30 grams. VA -; BMC -; S. -; see Rudd List 60, No 42 for details of the type (Rudd lists this as ‘Phallic Corn Ear’ type, Gregory Cc). Near very fine. Rare and unlisted in standard references. £150 - £200

49 Iceni - Boar/Horse - Half Unit. Circa 30-10 BC. Obv: boar right with pellet in annulet below and pellet in tail. Rev: pellet-maned horse right with annulet on chest, pellet in pellet ring above and pellet below. Silver, 0.42 grams. BMC 3513/6; see CCI 98.1105 (this coin).

Very fine. £70 - £100 7

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50 Iceni - Boar/Horse - Half Unit. Circa 30-10 BC. Obv: boar right with pellet in annulet below. Rev: pellet-maned horse right with pellet in pellet ring above, annulet on chest and pellet below. Silver, 0.49 grams. BMC 3513/6. Very fine. £60 - £90

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56 Iceni - Crescents/Horse - Half Unit. Circa 1-43 AD. Obv: Double crescents within beaded surround. Rev: pellet-maned horse right with trefoil of pellets behind and animal (stag?) head above.

Silver, 0.42 grams. VA 736; BMC 4216; S. 443B. Good very fine, about as struck. £60 - £90 57 z Iceni - Crescents/Horse - Half Unit. Circa 1-43 AD. Obv: double crescents in beaded surround. Rev: horse right with pellet below. Silver, 0.41 grams. VA 736; BMC 4216; S. 443B. Fine. £20 - £40

51 Iceni - Boar/Horse - Half Unit. Circa 30-10 BC. Obv: boar right with pellet in tail and pellet in annulet above. Rev: pellet-maned horse right with annulet on chest, pellet in pellet ring above and pellet below. Silver, 0.40 grams. BMC 3513/6. Very fine. £60 - £90 58 Iceni - Crescents/Horse - ECEN Half Unit. Circa 1-43 AD. Obv: double crescent within beaded outline. Rev: pellet-maned horse right with pellet below and traces of ECEN legend. Silver, 0.44 grams.

VA 736; BMC 4216; S. 443B. Very fine. £60 - £90

52 Iceni - Boar/Horse - Half Unit. Circa 30-10 BC. Obv: boar right pellet in annulet below and pellet in tail. Rev: pellet-maned horse right with pellet in ring above and pellet below. Silver, 0.47 grams.

BMC 3513/6. Very fine. £90 - £120 53 z Iceni - Crescents/Horse - Unit. Circa 1-43 AD. Contemporary forgery. Obv: double crescents. Rev: double-maned horse left with pellet rosette above and T below. Plated, 0.72 grams.

See CCI 01.1630 (this coin). Good fine with almost full silvering.

Interesting and rare. £20 - £40

54 Iceni - Crescents/Horse - Unit. Circa 1-43 AD. Obv: double crescents. Rev: horse right with pellet between legs and pellet rosette above. Silver, 0.86 grams. VA 752-01; BMC 4297; S. 436; see CCI 01.1643 (this coin). Good fine and better. £50 - £80

55 Iceni - Crescents/Horse - Unit. Circa 1-43 AD. Obv: double crescents. Rev: horse right with pellets on chest and below tail and pellet rosette above. Silver, 0.09 grams. BMC 4072; S. 433A. Very fine. £50 - £80 8

59 Iceni - Crescents/Horse - EDN Unit. Circa 1-43 AD. Obv: double crescents. Rev: horse right with three pellets and traces of EDN legend below. Silver, 1.30 grams. VA 734; BMC 4219; see CCI 01.1630 (this coin). Good very fine. Scarce. £60 - £90

60 Iceni - Crescents/Horse - SEANV Unit. Circa 40 AD. Obv: double crescents. Rev: horse right with pellets on chest and traces of SAENV below. Silver, 0.92 grams. VA 770; BMC 4540; S. 446.

Very fine. £60 - £90 61 z Group - 2 Silver and 6 Bronze - Units [8]. Mixed group of British Celtic coins. Fine and better. [8] £90 - £120

62 Lingoues - Unit. Obv: profile bust left with symbols before.

Rev: horseman left with cross-in-circle below. Silver, 1.86 grams. La Tour 8178. Very fine. £70 - £90

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63 North Gaul - Litavicos - Aedui - Bibract. Circa 1st century BC. Derived from a denarius of Marcus Plaetorius of 69 BC. Obv: female bust right with symbols before. Rev: horseman right with boar standard. Plated silver, 1.66 grams. La Tour 5072. Good very fine. £200 - £300

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67 Tiberius - Lyons - Tribute Penny Denarius. 14-37 AD. Obv: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG AVGVSTVS legend, laureate head right.

Rev: PONTIF MAXIM legend, Livia, as Pax, seated right on throne with ornate legs, single line below, holding long sceptre and olive branch. Silver, 3.50 grams. RIC 30; RSC 16a; BMC 48; Sear 1763.

Very fine and better. £140 - £200

RARE

ROMAN COINS

68 Tiberius - Rome - As. 10-12 AD. Obv: TI CAESAR AVGVST F IMPERAT V legend, bare head of Tiberius right. Rev: PONTIFEX TRIBVN POTESTATE XII legend around SC. Copper, 10.80 grams.

RIC 469; Sear 1755; Cohen 27; BMC 271; see Wildwinds.com (this coin). Extremely fine. Rare. £300 - £500

64 Mark Antony and Octavian - M. Barbatius Pollio Denarius. 41 BC, Ephesus. Obv: CAESAR IMP PONT III VIR R P C legend, bare head of Octavian right. Rev: M ANT IMP AVG III VIR R P C M BARBAT Q P legend, bare head of Mark Antony right. Silver, 3.36 grams. Crawford 517/2; Sydenham 1181; RSC 8; Sear 1504.

Fine to good fine for issue. £150 - £250

65 Agrippa - Struck Under Caligula - As. 37-41 AD. Obv: M AGRIPPA L F COS III legend, head left wearing rostral crown. Rev: S-C, Neptune standing facing, head left, naked except for cloak draped behind him and over both arms, holding small dolphin in right hand and vertical trident in left. Copper, 10.05 grams. RIC 58; Sear 1812; Cohen 3. Good fine/fine. £60 - £90

66 Tiberius - Rome - Tribute Penny Denarius. 14-37 AD. Obv: TI CAESAR DIVI AVG AVGVSTVS legend, laureate head right.

Rev: PONTIF MAXIM legend, Livia, as Pax, seated right on throne, holding long sceptre and olive branch, chair legs ornamented, single line below. Silver, 3.74 grams. RIC 30; RSC 16a; Sear 1763. Very fine to good very fine. £300 - £400

69 Nero - Lyons - Denarius. 66-67 AD. Obv: IMP NERO CAESAR AVGVSTVS legend, laureate head right. Rev: Salus, draped, seated left, holding patera and resting left elbow on chair, SALVS in exergue. Silver, 3.28 grams. RIC 67; RSC 258; Sear 1945.

Very fine/fair. Rare. £120 - £150

70 Nero - Lyons - Dupondius. 65 AD. Obv: NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER PM TR P IMP P P legend, laureate head right, globe at point of bust. Rev: SECVRITAS AVGVSTI S-C legend, Securitas, bare to waist, seated right on throne, resting head against throne, holding short sceptre in left hand, before her a garlanded and lighted altar, against which leans a lighted torch resting on bucranium.

Bronze, 12.50 grams. RIC 445; MacDowell 515; cf Sear 1967. Good fine. Scarce. £90 - £120

71 Otho - Rome - Denarius. 69 AD. Obv: IMP OTHO CAESAR AVG TR P legend, bewigged head right. Rev: SECVRITAS P R legend, Securitas standing left, holding wreath and sceptre. Silver, 3.19 grams. RIC 10; RSC 15; BMCRE 19; Sear 2163. Very fine/fine.

Very rare (R3). £450 - £600 9

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RARE

72 Vespasian - Rome - Denarius. 70 AD. Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG TR P legend, laureate head right. Rev: COS ITER FORT RED legend, Fortuna standing left, holding prow and cornucopia. Silver, 3.42 grams. RIC 1105; RSC 82; Sear -. Very fine and better. £70 - £100

76 Domitian - Rome - Aureus. 88 AD. Obv: DOMITIANVS AVGVSTVS legend laureate head right. Rev: GERMANICVS COS XIIII legend Germania seated right on shield, mourning; broken spear below. Gold, 7.25 grams. RIC II 560; Cohen 148; Sear 2702 variant (consular year). Almost extremely fine. Rare. £2,000 - £3,000

77 Domitian - Ephesus - Denarius. 79-80 AD. Obv: CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS legend laureate head right. Rev: COS IIII above Pegasus stepping right. Silver, 2.96 grams. RIC II 1494; RPC 1465; Sear 2637; see Wildwinds.com (this coin). Very fine and better. Rare (R2). £50 - £80 Sear has this as Rome but it is now identified as Ephesus.

73 Vespasian - Denarii [2]. 73 AD. Obv: IMP CAES VESP AVG CENS legend, laureate head right. Rev: PONTIF MAXIM legend, Vespasian seated right, holding sceptre and branch. 76 AD. Obv: IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG legend, laureate head right. Rev: IOVIS CVSTOS legend, Jupiter standing facing, sacrificing from patera over flaming altar and holding sceptre. Silver, 3.30, 3.57 grams. RIC 546; RSC 387; Sear 2305. RIC 849; RSC 222; BMC 276; Sear 2295. Good very fine. [2] £90 - £120

78 Domitian - Rome - Sestertius. 86 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XII CENS PER P P legend, laureate head right with aegis. Rev: IOVI VICTORI legend, Jupiter seated left, holding Victory and sceptre; SC in exergue. Bronze, 21.16 grams.

RIC II 465; BMCRE 373; cf Sear 2766 (regnal year); see Wildwinds.com (this coin). Fine and better. £80 - £110

74 Vespasian - Rome - As. 76 AD. Obv: IMP CAESAR VESP AVG COS VII legend, laureate head right. Rev: S-C legend, Spes standing left, holding flower and raising hem of robe. Copper, 10.03 grams. RIC 894; BMCRE 725-726; Cohen 457; Sear 2361 variant (obverse legend). Good fine/fine. £60 - £90 79 Domitian - Rome - Dupondius. 88-89 AD. Obv: IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIIII CENS PER PP legend, radiate head right with aegis. Rev: VIRTVTI AVGVSTI S-C legend, Virtus standing right, foot on helmet, holding spear and parazonium. Bronze, 10.36 grams. RIC II 645; Paris 447; cf Sear 2798 (consular year); see Wildwinds.com (this coin). Fine to good fine. £40 - £70 80 z Domitian - Lyons - Dupondius. 72-78 AD. Obv: T CAES IMP AVG F TR P COS VI CENSOR legend radiate head right. Rev: PAX AVG S-C legend Pax standing left, holding horizontal caduceus and branch, resting left arm on column. Bronze, 13.39 grams. RIC 1259 (Vespasian); Paris 865; see Wildwinds.com (this coin). Fine.

Rare. £40 - £60 75 Vespasian - Lyons - As. 77-78 AD. Obv: IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS VIII P P legend, laureate head right. Rev: IVDAEA CAPTA legend, Jewess, in attitude of mourning, seated right on cuirass under palm tree; arms to left; SC in exergue. Copper, 9.61 grams. RIC 1233; Paris 846; cf Sear 2357 (legends). Fine and better. £130 - £160 10

81 z Nerva - Rome - As. 97 AD. Obv: IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS III P P legend laureate head right. Rev: FORTVNA AVGVST legend Fortuna standing facing, head left, holding rudder and cornucopia with S C across field. Copper, 11.08 grams. RIC 83; BMC 129; Cohen 68; Sear 3063 variant. Fine and better. £50 - £70

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82 Trajan - Rome - Denarius. 103-111 AD. Obv: IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P legend, laureate head right. Rev: SPQR OPTIMO PRINCIPI legend, Dacia seated right on shield in mournful attitude, curved sword below. Silver, 2.91 grams. RIC 219; RSC 529; Sear 3168. Good very fine. £70 - £90 86 Caracalla and Antoninus Pius - Denarii [2]. Caracalla: 212 AD, Rome. Obv: ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT legend, laureate head right. Rev: P M TR P XV COS III PP legend, Annona seated left, holding corn-ears over a modius left, and a cornucopia. Antoninus Pius and Marcus Aurelius: 140 AD, Rome. Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP TR P COS IIII legend, laureate head right. Rev: AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS legend, bare head right. Silver, 3.43, 3.41 grams. RIC 195; RSC 205; Sear 6825; see Wildwinds.com (this coin).

RIC 417a; Cohen 15; Strack 110; BMC 155; RSC 15; Sear 4524. Very fine and extremely fine. The Antoninus Pius scarce. [2] £80 - £120

83 Trajan - Rome - Sestertius. 101-102 AD. Obv: IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM PM legend, laureate head right. Rev: TR POT COS IIII P P legend, Pax seated left, holding branch and sceptre, SC in exergue. Bronze, 20.84 grams. RIC 432; Cohen 636; cf Sear 3214 (consular year). Good fine/fair. £50 - £70 87 Marcus Aurelius - Rome - Denarius. 149 AD. Obv: M AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F legend, bare-headed, draped bust right. Rev: TR POT III COS II legend, Clementia standing to front, head left, holding patera, holding out folds of robe; CLEM in exergue.

Silver, 3.02 grams. RIC 448d variant (bust type); RSC 16 variant (bust type); Sear -. Near extremely fine. Very rare, possibly unpublished. £60 - £90

84 Trajan - Rome - Dupondius. 114-117 AD. Obv: IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P legend, radiate and draped bust right. Rev: SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS S C legend, Felicitas standing left, holding short caduceus and cornucopia. Bronze, 15.05 grams. RIC 674; Cohen 353: Sear -. Very fine/fair. £60 - £90 88 Marcus Aurelius - Sestertius. 168-169 AD. Obv: M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXIII legend, laureate and cuirassed bust right. Rev: SALVTI AVG COS III, S-C legend, Salus standing left, holding patera, feeding serpent rising from altar. Bronze, 23.94 grams. RIC 964a; Sear 4998 var (bust type); see Wildwinds.com (this coin). Good fine. £70 - £90

85 Antoninus Pius - Rome - Denarii [2]. 161 AD. Struck by Marcus Aurelius. Obv: DIVVS ANTONINVS legend, bare head right, draped left shoulder and back. Rev: CONSECRATIO legend, pyre of four tiers, decorated with hangings and garlands, surmounted by quadriga. 139 AD. Obv: ANTONINVS AVG PIVS PP legend, laureate head right. Rev: TR POT COS II legend, Libertas standing left, holding pileus and rod. Silver, 3.45, 2.74 grams. RIC 438; RSC 164a; BMC 57, RSC 164; Sear 5193; see Wildwinds.com (this coin). RIC 50; Sear 4117; RSC 861; see Wildwinds.com (this coin). Near extremely fine. [2] £70 - £100

89 Lucius Verus - Rome - Sestertius. 161-162 AD. Obv: IMP CAES L AVREL VERVS AVG legend, bare head right. Rev: CONCORDIA AVGVSTOR TR P II legend, Lucius Verus and Marcus Aurelius clasping hands; COS II in exergue, S C across field. Bronze, 24.89 grams. RIC 1308; Sear 5367 variant (reverse legend); see Wildwinds.com (this coin). Good fine/fine. £80 - £100 11

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90 Septimius Severus - Rome - Denarius. 209 AD. Obv: SEVERVS PIVS AVG legend, laureate head right. Rev: P M TR P XVII COS III P P legend, Jupiter standing left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, two children (Geta & Caracalla) standing to left and right.

Silver, 2.93 grams. RIC 226; Sear 6345; RSC 525. About extremely fine. £40 - £60

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94 Julia Maesa and Julia Soaemias - Denarii [2]. 218-220 AD, Rome. Julia Maesa. Obv: IVLIA MAESA AVG legend bust right.

Rev: Fecunditas standing left, extending her hand over a child and holding a cornucopia. 220 AD, Rome. Julia Soaemias. Obv: IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVG legend bust right. Rev: Venus seated left, holding sceptre, extending her hand to Cupid standing before her. Silver, 3.39, 3.07 grams. RIC 249; RSC 8; Sear 7749. RIC 243; RSC 14; Sear 7720. Very fine and good very fine. [2] £120 - £180

91 Macrinus - Rome - Denarius. 218 AD. Obv: IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG legend, laureate and cuirassed bust right. Rev: PONTIF MAX TR P II COS P P legend, Felicitas standing to front, head left, holding long vertical caduceus and cornucopia. Silver, 3.11 grams. RIC 32; RSC 82; Sear 7351. Extremely fine. £90 - £120

95 Severus Alexander - Rome - Denarii [2]. 231 AD and 232 AD. Obv: IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG legend, laureate head right, slight drapery on far shoulder. Revs: PROVIDENTIA AVG legend, Providentia standing left, holding corn ears over modius, and cornucopia and P M TR P X COS III P P legend. Sol, radiate, standing left holding whip and raising right hand. Silver, 3.24, 3.47 grams. RIC 250; Sear 7922; RSC 501b. RIC 109; Sear 7913; RSC 411. Extremely fine. [2] £70 - £100

92 Elagabalus and Caracalla - Rome - Denarii [2]. 219 AD. Obv: IMP CAES ANTONINVS AVG legend, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: SALVS ANTONINI AVG legend, Salus standing right, feeding serpent from patera. 198 AD. Obv: IMP C M AVR ANTONINVS PONT AVG legend, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: SECVRITAS PVBLICA legend, Securitas seated left, holding globe. Silver, 3.28, 3.03 grams. RIC 139; RSC 261; cf Sear 7543. RIC 332; RSC 568; BMC 647; Sear 6887.

Extremely fine. [2] £60 - £90

93 Julia Paula - Rome - Denarius. 219-220 AD. Obv: IVLIA PAVLA AVG legend, draped bust right. Rev: CONCORDIA legend, Concordia enthroned left, holding patera and resting left arm on throne. Star in left field. Silver, 3.08 grams. RIC 211; Sear 7655; RSC 6a; see Wildwinds.com (this coin). Good very fine and better. £50 - £80 12

96 Julia Mamaea - Rome - Sestertius. 228 AD. Obv: IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA legend, diademed and draped bust right. Rev: FELICITAS PVBLICA S-C legend, Felicitas standing half-left, holding caduceus in right hand and resting arm on column. Bronze, 22.52 grams. RIC 676; Cohen 21; Sear 8228. Good fine. £40 - £60

97 Philip I - Rome - Antoninianus. 244 AD. Obv: IMP C M IVL PHILIPPVS P F AVG P M legend, radiate and draped bust right. Rev: SPES FELICITATIS ORBIS legend, Spes advancing left, holding flower and raising hem of robe. Silver, 4.10 grams. RIC 70; Cohen 221; Sear 8967. Extremely fine. £100 - £150

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BYZANTINE COINS

98 Galeria Valeria - Thessalonica - Follis. 308-310 AD, Thessalonica. Obv: GAL VALE-RIA AVG legend, draped bust right, wearing necklace, shoulders facing. Rev: VENERI V-ICTRICI legend, Venus standing facing, head left, holding up an apple in right hand, raising drapery over shoulder with left; star-delta across fields. ‘dot SM dot TS dot’ mintmark. Bronze, 6.83 grams. RIC VI Thessalonica 36; cf Sear 3730 (mint); see Wildwinds.com (this coin). Good very fine. £100 - £150

99 Theodosius II - Constantinople - Solidus. 408-420 AD, Constantinople. Obv: DN THEODOSIVS PF AVG legend, diademed, helmeted and cuirassed three-quarter facing bust, holding spear over right shoulder and shield decorated with a horseman spearing a fallen enemy, on left arm. Rev: CONCORDIA AVGGG B legend, Constantinopolis enthroned facing, head turned right, holding sceptre and Victory on globe, her left foot on prow; star in left field. ‘CONOB’ mintmark. Gold, 4.35 grams. RIC 202; Sear -. Very fine and better.

Scarce. £350 - £500

100 Valentinian II - Lyons - Miliarensis. 388-392 AD. Obv: DN VALENTINIANVS PF AVG legend pearl diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right. Rev: GLORIA ROMANORVM legend emperor standing facing, head left, holding standard with X in right hand, resting left hand on shield. ‘LVGPS’ mintmark. Silver, 3.40 grams. RIC IX Lyons 40; Sear 4154; see Wildwinds.com (this coin). Good very fine. Very rare (R3). £500 - £700

UNIQUE

101 Bronze Trial Piece. Two test-strikes from an unofficial (barbaric) mint, apparently late 4th century. Left-facing busts were rare in the later Roman period and this, together with the odd legend of CASER which even despite the usual errors made due to the illiteracy of barbaric engravers resembles no known official legend, and also that the second die has no legend at all, may indicate that these were test strikes for seals. The die on the right would result in a right-facing, draped bust holding what appears to be a mappa. On official Roman coins, the mappa was used, for example, by Constantine I and II and Licinius I and II on left-facing busts. Bronze, 7.00 grams, 40 mm long. Very fine condition. Unique. £750 - £950

102 Justin I - Constantinople - Tremissis. 518-527 AD. Obv: D N IVSTINVS P P AVI legend, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: VICTORIA AVGVSTORVM legend, Victory standing right, holding wreath and cross on globe; star to right.

‘CONOB’ mintmark. Gold, 1.48 grams. SB 58; DOC 4; BMC 11-13.

Good very fine. £120 - £150

103 Heraclius - Constantinople - Solidus. 616-625 AD. Obv: dd NN HERACLIUS ET hERA CONST PP AVG legend, facing busts of Heraclius with short beard and Heraclius Constantine, unbearded, each wearing chlamys and simple circlet crown; cross above. Rev: VICTORIA AVGU E legend, cross potent on three steps; I in field to right. ‘CONOB’ mintmark. Gold, 4.34 grams. Sear 739; DOC 14d; see Wildwinds.com (this coin). Extremely fine. £300 - £400

104 Heraclius - Constantinople - Solidus. 632-635 AD. Obv: Heraclius crowned, in centre, Heraclius Constantine, crowned, on right and Heraclonas, much smaller and uncrowned, on left, all standing facing; Heraclius has long beard and moustache, his sons are beardless; they each hold cross on globe in right hand and wear chlamys; cross above the head of Heraclonas. Rev: VICTORIA AVGU and officina letter S legend, cross potent on three steps; PTh monogram in right field. ‘CONOB’ mintmark. Gold, 4.47 grams. SB 758; DOC II 33; MIB III 39. Extremely fine. £220 - £300

105 Constans II - Constantinople - Semissis. 641-668 AD. Obv: D N CONSTANTINUS P P A legend pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: cross potent on globe with VICTORIA AVGUS legend. Gold, 2.04 grams. SB 983; BMC 68; DOC II 44. Very fine. £120 - £180 13

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ANGLO-SAXON & NORMAN COINS 106 Variant Bust Series C - Primary Sceatta. Circa 680-710 AD. Obv: unusual profile bust with porcupine-like hair and runic legend around. Rev: TOTTII standard. Silver, 1.07 grams. S. 779 variant; N. 42 variant. Fine. Found Essex. £60 - £90

EXCESSIVELY RARE

107 Saroaldo - Primary Sceatta. Circa 680-710 AD. ‘Saroaldo’ Type 11. Obv: bust right, small cross in front of hair, annulet below nose. Rev: standard enclosing FIT/RV legend. Silver, 1.21 grams. M. 151-3; M.p. 147-51; S. 784 variant. Extremely fine. Excessively rare.

Found Cambridgeshire. £900 - £1,200

111 Northumbria - Aethelred I/Ceolbald - Sceatta. 789-796 AD. Regal issue with moneyer. Obv: small cross with +AEDILRED legend. Rev: pellet in ring of pellets with +CEOLBALC legend for the moneyer Ceolbald. Silver, 0.84 grams. S. 856; N. 185. Very fine.

Scarce. £160 - £240

112 Northumbria - Aethelred II/Eanred - Styca. 841-844 AD. First Reign. Obv: pellet at centre with +AEDILREDE legend. Rev: pellet at centre with +EANRED legend for the moneyer Eanred.

Copper-alloy, 1.01 grams. S. 865; N. 188. Good very fine. £40 - £60

UNPUBLISHED

108 Porcupine Crowned Bust - Primary Sceatta. Circa 680710 AD. ‘Saroaldo’ Type 11 variant? Obv: porcupine crowned bust right. Rev: standard enclosing symbols, with more symbols around.

Silver, 1.26 grams. M. - ; S. - ; Abramson - . Extremely fine. Possibly unique and unpublished. Found Bedfordshire in the 1980’s. £600 - £900

109 Series D - Variant Sceatta. Circa 695-740 AD. Obv: crude pelleted face right (possibly an English imitation), with zig-zag crown and pellet bust. Rev: plain cross with pellets in angles, pseudo-letters around. Silver, 0.96 grams. S 792 (839) var. Extremely fine. Rare bust type, possibly unpublished. Found Bedfordshire in the 1980’s. £100 - £150

110 Interlaced - Eclectic Sceatta. Circa 710-760 AD. Obv: crested monster left looking back right with long jaws, with raised trefoil tail, claws below, pellet outline. Rev: interlaced cross within a square, no pellets in angles, pellet outline. Silver, 1.02 grams. M. - ; S. - ; Abramson - . Extremely fine. Possibly unique and unpublished.

Found Cambridgeshire. £400 - £600

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113 Northumbria - Irregular Issue - Styca. 846-855 AD. Obv: cross in circle at centre with blundered legend having retrograde lettering. Rev: rosette of pellets at centre with blundered legend having retrograde lettering. Copper-alloy, 0.92 grams. S. 872; N. p.

72. Good fine for type. £25 - £40

EXTREMELY RARE

114 Archbishop Aethelheard with Coenwulf - Group III Penny. 798-805 AD. Fifth Issue. Obv: AR (abbreviation for Archiepiscopi) at centre with +AEDELHEAR:D legend with last D retrograde. Rev: M at centre with +COE.NVLFR.EX legend with the V and X surrounded by pellets. Silver, 0.97 grams. S. 886A; N. 234; Recorded EMC 2010.0309 (this coin). With extract from EMC entry and print of an email from Fitzwilliam Museum confirming the die duplicate. Small chip and flan crack, otherwise near very fine.

Extremely rare, with only one other example having AR at centre recorded (same dies, Vatican Library collection). Found Cambridgeshire, 2010. £1,800 - £2,400

115 Aethelred II - London/Aethelwerd - Long Cross Penny.

997-1003 AD. Obv: profile bust with AEDELRED REX ANGL legend.

Rev: long cross dividing +AEDELPERD MO LVND legend for the moneyer Aethelwerd at London mint. Silver, 1.28 grams. S. 1151; N. 774. Very fine. £130 - £180

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ENGLISH MEDIEVAL

116 Cnut - Norwich/Aelfric - Quatrefoil Penny. 1017-1023 AD. Obv: profile bust with +CNVT REX ANGLOR legend. Rev: long voided cross over quatrefoil dividing +AEFIC O NORPI for the moneyer Aelfric at Norwich mint. Silver, 0.90 grams. S. 1157; N. 781.

About very fine. With old collector ticket. £270 - £350

117 Cnut - Lincoln/Godric - Short Cross Penny. 1029-1035 AD. Obv: profile bust with +CNVT RECX legend. Rev: short cross with +GODRIC ON LINCOL legend for the moneyer Godric at Lincoln mint. Silver, 1.15 grams. S. 1159; N. 790. Very fine and better. £130 - £180

118 Edward the Confessor - York/Snebern - Sovereign Penny. 1056-1059 AD. Obv: King enthroned with +EDPARD RX ANGLO legend. Rev: short cross with bird in angles and +SNEBRN ON EOFRPI legend for the moneyer Snebern at York mint. Silver, 1.34 grams. S. 1181; N. 827. Very fine with slightly weak strike to obverse. £180 - £240

119 Edward the Confessor - York/Snebern - Hammer Cross Penny. 1059-1062 AD. Obv: profile bust with +EADPARD RE legend. Rev: hammer cross with +SNEBORN ON EOF legend for the moneyer Snebern at York mint. Silver, 1.37 grams. S. 1182; N. 828.

About as struck, with excellent bust. £250 - £350

121 z Henry II - Ipswich/Robert - Tealby Penny. 1154-1180 AD. Obv: bust and sceptre with +HENRI:RE[X ] legend. Rev: cross and crosslets with +ROBER[T]:ON:GIP: legend for the moneyer Robert at Ipswich mint. 1.33 grams. S. 1340-41; N. 958-960; as BMC 338 (reverse die duplicate?). About fair/fine and better for issue, with moneyer and mint clear. £60 - £90

122 Henry III - Canterbury/Nicole - Class 8b Short Cross Penny. 1242-1247 AD. Obv: facing bust with sceptre and HENRICVS R/EX legend. Rev: short voided cross with +NICHOLE.ONCAN legend for the moneyer Nichole at Canterbury mint. 1.33 grams. S. 1357D; N. 981/2. Near very fine and unusually full flan for this late issue. Scarce thus. £60 - £80

123 Edward I - London - Class 1a Farthing. 1279-1307 AD. Obv: facing bust with +EDWARDVS REX legend. Rev: long cross dividing LONDONIENSIS legend for London mint. 0.39 grams. S. 1443; N. 1051/1. Very fine with slight flatness in legend. Rare. £120 - £180 124 z Edward I - London - Farthings [2]. 1279-1307 AD. Class 3de. Obv: facing bust with E R ANGLIE legend. Rev: long cross dividing LONDONIENSIS legend for London mint. 0.30, 0.34 grams.

S. 1445A; N. 1053/2. Near very fine on slightly small flans. [2] £50 - £70

125 Richard II - London - Farthing. 1377-1399 AD. Early Bust.

Obv: facing bust with neck and +RICARD REX ANGL legend. Rev: long cross and pellets dividing CIVITAS LONDON legend for London mint. 0.20 grams. S. 1701; N. 1333b. About very fine. Rare. £400 - £500

RARE

120 William I - Chester/Lifinc - PAX Penny. 1083-1086 AD. BMC Type VIII, Crown 1. Obv: facing bust with +PILLELM REX legend. Rev: short cross with PAXS in angles and +LFNC ON LEHECST legend for the moneyer Lifinc at Chester mint. Silver 1.30 grams. S. 1257; N. 848. About as struck. Rare. Ex Rasmussen (with ticket). £300 - £400

126 Henry VI - Calais - Annulet Groat. 1422-1430 AD. Obv: facing bust with annulet each side and +HENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC legend. Rev: long cross with annulet in two quarters dividing +POSVI DEVM ADIVTORE MEVM and VILLA CALISIE legends for the Calais mint. 3.21 grams. S. 1836; N. 1424. Very fine. £70 - £90 15

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127 Henry VI - Calais - Annulet Halfgroat. 1422-1430 AD. Obv: facing bust with annulet each side and +HENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL Z FR legend. Rev: long cross with annulet in two quarters dividing POSVI DEVM ADIVTOREM M and VILLA CALIS legends for the Calais mint. 1.83 grams. S. 1840; N. 1429. Very fine. £40 - £60 128 z Henry VI - London - Annulet Halfpennies [2]. 14221430 AD. Obv: facing bust with HENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL legend.

Rev: long cross with annulet in two angles dividing CIVITAS LONDON legend for London mint. 0.40, 0.45 grams. 1848; N. 1434.

About very fine. [2] £50 - £70

129 Henry VI - London - Leaf Pellet Halfpenny. 1443-1445 AD. Obv: facing bust with leaf on breast, pellet to each side and HENRIC REX ANGL legend with ‘plain cross’ initial cross. Rev: long cross dividing CIVITAS LONDON legend for London mint. 0.31 grams. S. 1929; N. 1512. Fine. Scarce. £50 - £70

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130 Henry VII - York - Sovereign Penny. 1485-1509 AD. Obv: King on throne with one pillar with HENRIC DI GRA REX ANG legend and no mintmark. Rev: cross over arms with two keys below dividing CIVITAS EBORACI legend for York mint. 0.71 grams. S. 2236; N. 1728. Near very fine on slightly small flan. £40 - £60

131 Henry VII - Tentative Issue Profile Groat. 1485-1509 AD. Obv: profile bust with double band to crown and HENRIC VII DI GRA REX AGL Z F legend and ‘cross crosslet’ mintmark. Rev: long cross over arms dividing POSVI DEV ADIVTORE MEV legend. 2.88 grams.

S. 2254; N. 1743. Small chip to edge, otherwise good very fine. Rare thus. £480 - £600

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132 Henry VII - Tower - Regular Issue Groat. 1485-1509 AD. Obv: profile bust with triple band to crown and HENRIC VII D GRA REX AGL Z F legend and ‘cross crosslet’ mintmark. Rev: long cross over arms dividing POSVI DEV ADIVTORE MEV legend. 2.93 grams.

S. 2258; N. 1747. Very fine. £180 - £240

133 Edward VI - York - Base Penny. 1550-1553 AD. Third Period. Obv: double rose with E D G ROSA SINE SPINA legend and ‘mullet’ mintmark. Rev: long cross over arms dividing CIVITAS EBORACI legend for York mint. 0.63 grams. S. 2475; N. 1946. About very fine for this poor issue. Scarce. £70 - £90

134 Mary - Groat. 1553-1554 AD. Obv: profile bust with MARIA D G ANG FRA Z HIB REGI legend and ‘pomegranate’ mintmark. Rev: cross over arms dividing VERITAS TEMPORIS FILIA legend. 1.96 grams. S. 2492; N. 1960. Very fine and better, nicer than usual. £500 - £600

135 Elizabeth I - Seventh Issue - Halfgroat. 1601 AD. Obv: profile bust with two pellets behind and E D G ROSA SINE SPINA legend with ‘1’ mintmark. Rev: long cross over arms dividing CIVITAS LONDON legend. 1.01 grams. S. 2586; N. 2016. Near very fine. £40 - £60

136 James I - Second Coinage - Shilling. 1604-1605 AD. Third Bust. Obv: profile bust with XII behind and IACOBVS D G MAG BRIT FRA ET HIB REX legend and ‘lis’ mintmark. Rev: arms with QVAE DEVS CONIVNXIT NEMO SEPARET legend. 5.72 grams. S. 2654; N. 2099. Good fine with well defined bust and good surfaces. £100 - £150

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Coins - Tudor To Stuart

legend with ‘rose’ mintmark. Rev: arms with CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO legend. 1.58 grams. S. 3088; N. 2579. About very fine with slightly clipped flan and excellent bust. Rare thus. £120 - £180

EXCESSIVELY RARE

137 James I - Third Coinage - Shilling. 1621-1623 AD. 6th Bust. Obv: profile bust with XII behind and IACOBVS D G MAG BRI FRA ET HIB REX with ‘thistle’ mintmark. Rev: shield with QVAE DEVS CONIVNXIT NEMO SEPARET legend. 6.00 grams. S. 2668; N. 2124. Good very fine. £380 - £450

138 Charles I - Tower - Halfcrowns [2]. 1635-1636 and 16411643 AD. Group III. Obv: King on horse with CAROLVS D G MAG BR FR ET HI REX legend with ‘crown’ and ‘triangle-in-circle’ mintmarks. Rev: arms with CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO legend.

14.76, 14.12 grams. 773/2775; N. 2209/2211. First (imaged) pierced, otherwise very fine and fully struck up (scarce thus); second double struck and about good fine. [2] £60 - £90

143 Scarborough - Siege Piece - Crown. July 1644 - July 1645.

Scarborough Castle besieged. A uniface crown of five shillings formed from a piece of flattened out domestic silver (with one edge showing the rim moulding of the original vessel) and bearing a single, stamped impression of a depiction of the castle with gate to side and the letters V below S (for five shillings). 28.03 grams, 43.33 mm (maximum). S. 3154; N. 2650b. See Hunterian Museum for the only other recorded Scarborough crown piece bearing this mark. See also Brooker 1236 (for a halfcrown) and DNW 29 September 2010, lot 1628 (for a sixpence). Flan quite worn, marks about fine and off centre, triple test cut to reverse. Excessively rare. Found Lincolnshire, about 1995. £7,000 - £9,000 The Scarborough siege issues are all extremely rare and the series includes various odd denominations (5/8, 3/4, 2/10, 2/4, 2/2, etc.) due to their being made from roughly cut up pieces of silver (derived from household silver, such as plates, dishes, jugs, spoons, etc), flattened out and bearing a value equivalent to the weight of the piece (rather than being cut to a standard weight series).

XRF analysis indicates the piece to contain 93.3% silver, 6% copper, 0.5% lead and 0.2% tin, which is appropriate for 17th century sterling silver (normally at 92.5% fine for assay and hallmarking). An XRF Certificate is included with this item.

139 Charles I - Tower Shilling. 1625 AD. Group A, Bust 2. Obv: profile bust with XII behind and CAROLVS D G MAG BR FR ET HIB REX legend with ‘lis’ mintmark. Rev: cross over arms dividing CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO legend. 5.83 grams. S. 2782; N. 2216; Sharp A2/1-2. Generally very fine with slight weakness to bust. £180 - £240 140 z Charles I - Tower - Group C Sixpence. 1631-1632 AD. Type 2b. Obv: profile bust with VI behind and CAROLVS D G MAG BR FR ET HI REX legend with ‘rose’ mintmark. Rev: arms with plume above and CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO legend. 2.80 grams. S. 2810; N. 2239. Good fine. Rare. £100 - £150 141 z Charles I - Aberystwyth - Groat. 1638-1642 AD. Obv: profile bust with IIII behind and plume before and CAROLVS D G M BR F ET HI REX legend and ‘book’ mintmark. Rev: arms with plume above and CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO legend. 1.91 grams. S. 2893; N. 2338. Creased otherwise good fine and better. £40 - £50

142 Charles I - Exeter - Groat. Dated 1644 AD. Obv: profile bust with IIII behind and date with CAROLVS D G M BR F ET H REX

The majority of the experts consulted gave the view that this is indeed a genuine and original piece of Scarborough Castle siege money, originating from the same host piece of silver as that of the Hunterian example (as the rim detailing matches) and everyone who has examined it agrees that it is contemporary.

The British Museum was not able to express a definitive view as they have no piece for direct comparison.

In any event, the Hunterian specimen is the only other known Scarborough crown bearing the castle punch in this form (a modern Dorchesters WRL pewter replica of the Hunterian piece is included to accompany this lot, for comparison).

There are simply not enough extant specimens to either formulate an absolute authentication or to condemn it and it does not correspond with any of the known copy or forgery types. The degree of wear to the piece does hinder direct comparison with other pieces.

The unusual shape (most Scarborough pieces are roughly rectangular, except for at least one recorded example made from a flattened spoon bowl) could well derive from this piece of plate being taken from the spout of a ewer or similar vessel. The bevelling to the curved edge would naturally be present at the abutment joint between a spout and the main body of a ewer/jug or similar.

The flattening of the rim moulding would also result from the spout section being hammered from curved to flat and the slightly uneven upper surface does show hammering marks (and results in an uneven stamp impression). The stamp impression of the castle is off centre, being partly off the ‘flan’, as is the letter V. Most surviving examples are quite well centred and struck but that could arise simply from deliberate selection of better made specimens for retention.

It would not be surprising for the stamping to be poorly executed on some pieces, given the overall crudity of the series and with no attempt being apparently made to cut the silver to appropriate weights for normal denomination values.

This piece was found by metal detector in Lincolshire several years ago (but not recognised until recently). The degree of general wear indicates a quite long life, perhaps as a ‘pocket’ or souvenir piece.

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144 Commonwealth - Penny. 1649-1660. Obv: arms in wreath.

Rev: conjoined arms with .I. above. 0.55 grams. S. 3222; N. 2729.

Very fine. £40 - £60

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145 James II - 1687 Tertio - Crown. Dated 1687. Second Bust.

Obv: profile bust with IACOBVS. II. DEI. GRATIA legend. Rev: cruciform shields with date and .MAG. BR. FRA. ET. HIB. REX. legend. Edge: DECVS. ET. TVTAMEN. ANNO. REGNI. TERTIO legend. 30.09 grams. S. 3407; ESC 78. Extremely fine, with very slight weakness at centre and small edge bruise to reverse at date. £1,300 - £1,600

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148 William and Mary - 1689 - Halfcrown. Dated 1689. First busts, first shield, caul frosted, interior plain, no pearls. Obv: conjoined busts with GVLIELMVS. ET. MARIA. DEI. GRATIA. legend.

Rev: crowned arms with date and .MAG. BR. FR. ET. HIB. REX. ET. REGINA. legend. Edge: with DECVS. ET. TVTAMEN. ANNO. REGNI. PRIMO legend. 14.90 grams. S. 3434; ESC 506. Near extremely fine, reverse better, some mint bloom. Rare thus. £550 - £650

149 William and Mary - 1689 - Halfcrown. Dated 1689. First busts, first shield, caul frosted, interior plain, no pearls. Obv: conjoined busts with GVLIELMVS. ET. MARIA. DEI. GRATIA. legend.

Rev: crowned arms with date and .MAG. BR. FR. ET. HIB. REX. ET. REGINA. legend. Edge: with DECVS. ET. TVTAMEN. ANNO. REGNI. PRIMO legend. 15.08 grams. S. 3434; ESC 506. Very fine. £250 - £350

146 James II - 1686 - Shilling. Dated 1686. Obv: profile bust with IACOBVS. II. DEI. DEI. GRATIA legend with ‘V’ over ‘S’. Rev: cruciform shields with date and .MAG BR. FRA. ET. HIB REX. legend.

5.84 grams. S. 3410; ESC 1070A (R2). Good very fine, lightly toned, some mint bloom. Rare. £400 - £500

150 William and Mary - 1693/03 - Shilling. Dated 1693. Obv: conjoined busts with GVLIELMVS. ET. MARIA. DEI. GRATIA. legend.

Rev: cruciform shields with date at centre having ‘9’ struck over ‘0’ and with MAG. BR. FR. ET. HI. REX. ET. REGINA. legend. 5.82 grams. S. 3437; ESC 1076A (R4). Fine, reverse better. Rare. £120 - £180

147 William and Mary - 1692/2 Quinto - Crown. Dated 1692.

Obv: conjoined busts with GVLIELMVS. ET. MARIA. DEI. GRATIA. legend. Rev: cruciform arms with date at centre having last ‘2’ struck over an inverted ‘2’ and with MAG. BR. FR. ET. HI. REX. ET. REGINA legend. Edge: with DECVS. ET. TVTAMEN. ANNO. REGNI. QVINTO legend. 30.15 grams. S. 3433; ESC 84. About extremely fine with some mint bloom and light grey tone, the overdate very clear. Rare thus. £2,900 - £3,700

151 William III - 1695 Octavo - Crown. Dated 1695. First Bust, First Harp. Obv: profile bust with GVLIELMVS. III. DEI. GRA. legend.

Rev: cruciform arms with date and .MAG. BR. FRA. ET. HIB. REX. legend. Edge: with DECVS. ET. TVTAMEN. ANNO. REGNI. OCTAVO legend. 29.25 grams. S. 3470; ESC 87. Extremely fine with some mint bloom and light grey tone. Scarce thus and attractive. £1,000 - £1,300

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152 William III - 1697 - Shilling. Dated 1697. Obv: profile bust with GVLIELMVS. III. DEI. GRA. legend. Rev: cruciform shields with date and .MAG. BR. FRA. ET. HIB. REX. legend. 5.73 grams. S. 3497; ESC 1091. About as struck but slightly weak overall, some minor scratches below chin and darkly toned. £70 - £90

153 Anne - 1711 - Gold Guinea. Dated 1711. Obv: profile bust with ANNA DEI GRATIA legend. Rev: cruciform arms with date and MAG BRI FR ET HIB REG legend. 8.36 grams. S. 3574; Fr.320.

Better than very fine with lustre but obverse from damaged die (on hair/brow). £500 - £600

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156 Anne - 1702 - VIGO Shilling. Dated 1702. Before Union.

Obv: profile bust with VIGO below and ANNA. DEI. GRATIA. legend.

Rev: cruciform shields with date and .MAG BR. FRA ET. HIB REG. legend. 5.99 grams. S. 3585; ESC 1130 (S). About extremely fine.

Scarce thus. £300 - £400

157 George I - 1723 - SSC Shilling. Dated 1723. First Bust.

Obv: profile bust with GEORGIVS D G M BR FR ET HIB REX F D legend. Rev: cruciform shields with SS C in angles (South Sea Company) and date with BRVN ET L DVX S R I A TH ET EL legend.

5.99 grams. S. 3647; ESC 1176. Good very fine. £90 - £120

158 George II - 1741 - Roses Sixpence. Dated 1741. Obv: profile bust with GEORGIVS II DEI GRATIA legend. Reverse: cruciform arms with roses in angles with date and M B F ET H REX F D B ET L D S R I legend. 2.98 grams. S. 3708; ESC 1613. Good very fine. £80 - £90

154 Anne - 1713 - Crown. Dated 1713. After Union, Third Bust.

Obv: profile bust with ANNA. DEI GRATIA. Rev: cruciform arms with roses and plumes, date and MAG. BRI. FR. ET. HIB. REG. legend.

Edge: with DECVS. ET. TVTAMEN. ANNO. REGNI. DVODECIMO. legend. 29.65 grams. S. 3603; ESC 109. Very fine and lightly toned. £250 - £350

159 George III - 1801 - Gold Half Guinea. Dated 1801. Sixth Head. Obv: profile bust with GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA legend. Rev: arms in garter with date below and BRITANNIARUM REX FIDEI DEFENSOR legend. 4.04 grams. S. 3736. Very fine with some lustre. £190 - £250 160 George III - 1787 - Shilling and Sixpence [2]. Dated 1787. Obv: profile bust with GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA legend. Rev: cruciform shields with semee of hearts and date with M B F ET H REX F D B ET L D S R I A T ET E legend. 6.01, 2.98 grams. S. 3746/3749; ESC 1225/1629. Brilliant extremely fine. [2] £50 - £60

155 Anne - 1707E - Halfcrown. Dated 1707. After Union, Edinburgh. Obv: profile bust with E below and ANNA. DEI. GRATIA. legend. Rev: cruciform shields with date and .MAG. BRI. FR. ET. HIB. REG. legend. Edge: with DECVS ET TVTAMEN ANNO REGNI SEXTO legend with * stops. 14.94 grams. S. 3605; ESC 575. Good very fine, some mint bloom with a few minor abrasions. £160 - £200

161 George III - 1787, 1819 and 1817 - Shillings and Sixpence [3]. Shillings [2]: dated 1787 (with hearts) and 1819.

Sixpence: dated 1817. 6.00, 5.62, 2.81 grams. S. 3746/3790/3791; ESC 1225/1235/1632. About extremely fine and better, with lustre.

[3] £130 - £150 162 George III - 1797 - Cartwheel Twopences [2]. Dated 1797. Obv: profile bust with GEORGIUS III D G REX incuse legend.

Rev: Britannia with date and BRITANNIA incuse legend. 55.91, 56.29 grams. S. 3776. About very fine. [2] £90 - £120 19

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163 George IV - 1821 SECUNDO - Crown. Dated 1821. Obv: profile bust with GEORGIUS IIII D G BRITANNIAR REX F D legend.

Rev: St George and dragon with date below. Edge: DECUS ET TUTAMEN ANNO REGNI SECUNDO legend. 28.20 grams. S. 3805; ESC 246. Extremely fine and lightly toned. Scarce thus. £350 - £450

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167 William IV - 1831 - Plain Edge Proof Halfcrown. Dated 1831. Obv: profile bust with WW on truncation and GULIELMUS IIII D: G: BRITANNIAR: REX F: D: legend. Rev: shield on mantle with date below. 13.76 grams. S. 3834; ESC 657 (S). As struck, few tiny blemishes and lightly toned. Scarce. £700 - £900

168 William IV - 1836 and 1831 - Shilling and Sixpence [2].

Shilling: dated 1836 and sixpence: dated 1831. 5.64, 2.84 grams. S. 3835/3836; ESC 1273/1670. Very fine and extremely fine, with some lustre. [2] £55 - £70

164 George IV - 1820, 1825 and 1822 - Halfcrown, Sixpence and Threepence [3]. Halfcrown (imaged): dated 1820; sixpence: dated 1825 and Maundy threepence: dated 1822. 14.12, 2.82, 1.43 grams. S. 3807/3814/3818; ESC 628/1659/2425 (part, see note). First about uncirculated with lustre and rare thus, others extremely fine with some lustre. [3] £200 - £300

165 George IV - 1826, 1826 and 1828 - Halfcrown, Shilling and Sixpence [3]. Bare Head Issue. Halfcrown: dated 1826; shilling: dated 1826 and sixpence dated 1828. 14.18, 5.68, 2.84 grams. S. 3809/3812/3815; ESC 646/1257/1665. Halfcrown (imaged) almost extremely fine, others extremely fine and better, all with lustre.

[3] £180 - £240

166 George III - 1817 and 1819 - Halfcrowns [2]. Dated 1817 and 1819. New Coinage. Large head and small head types.

14.16, 14.10 grams. S. 3788/3789; ESC 616/623. Extremely fine and nearly so, with lustre, both lightly toned. [2] £170 - £200 20

169 Victoria - Crowns [3]. Dated 1844 (edge legend with star stops), 1892 and 1897 (LXI). Obv: profile bust with VICTORIA etc. legends. Rev: arms or St George and dragon. 28.17, 28.28, 28.09 grams. S. 3882/3921/3937; ESC 280/302/313. Very fine and better; almost uncirculated and toned, and brilliant uncirculated (obverses only imaged). [3] £400 - £500

170 Victoria - 1887 - Crown. Dated 1887. Jubilee Head. Obv: profile bust with VICTORIA D G BRITT REG F D legend. Rev: St George and dragon with date below. 28.22 grams. S. 3921; ESC 296.

Almost uncirculated with prooflike fields. £80 - £120

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171 Victoria - 1889 and 1890 - Crowns [2]. Dated 1889 and 1890. Jubilee Head. Obv: profile bust with VICTORIA D G BRITT REG F D legend. Rev: St George and dragon with date below. 28.18, 28.20 grams. S. 3921; ESC 299/300. Extremely fine and almost uncirculated (obverses only imaged). [2] £90 - £120

Coins - Scottish

176 Victoria - 1889 & 1887 - Double Florin and Halfcrown [2]. Double florin: dated 1889 (Arabic) and halfcrown: dated 1887 (obverses only imaged). 22.64, 14.15 grams. S. 3923/3924; ESC 398/719. Extremely fine, bright with considerable lustre. [2] £80 - £100

177 Victoria - 1887 - Halfcrowns [2]. Dated 1887. Obv: profile bust with VICTORIA DEI GRATIA legend. Rev: arms in garter and collar with date and BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID DEF legend.

14.08, 14.11 grams. S. 3924; ESC 719. Almost uncirculated, and brilliant. [2] £80 - £90

172 Victoria - 1887 - Arabic Double Florin. Dated 1887. Obv: profile bust with VICTORIA DEI GRATIA legend. Rev: cruciform shields with date and FID DEF BRITT REG legend. 22.65 grams. S. 3923; ESC 395. Almost uncirculated with much lustre. £70 - £90

173 Victoria - 1887 - Arabic Double Florin. Dated 1887.

Jubilee Head. Obv: profile bust with VICTORIA DEI GRATIA legend.

Rev: cruciform shields with date and FID DEF BRITT REG legend.

22.63 grams. S. 3923; ESC 395. About uncirculated, brilliant. £80 - £100

178 Victoria - 1849, 1853, 1887 and 1894 - Florins [4].

Florins: dated 1849 Godless, 1853 Gothic, 1887 JH and 1894 OH. 11.34, 11.29, 11.30, 11.33 grams. S. 3890/3891/3925/3939; ESC 802/807B/868/878. Generally about extremely fine and better, with lustre. [4] £180 - £240

179 Victoria - 1887 - Florins [2]. Dated 1887. Obv: profile bust with VICTORIA DEI GRATIA legend. Rev: cruciform shields with date and FID DEF BRITT REG legend. 11.24, 11.30 grams. S. 3925; ESC 868. Uncirculated, brilliant and extremely fine (obverses only imaged).

[2] £50 - £60

180 Edward VII and George V - 1902, 1928, 1935 and 1951 - Crowns [4]. Crowns: Edward VII, 1902; George V, 1928 Wreath; George V, 1935 and George VI, 1951. 28.18, 28.23, 28.26, 28.23 grams. S. 3978/4036/4048/4111; ESC 361/368/375/393C. Generally, about extremely fine or better; the 1935 toned and 1951 brilliant. [4] £220 - £300

SCOTTISH COINS 174 Victoria - 1887 - Arabic Double Florin. Dated 1887.

Jubilee Head. Obv: profile bust with VICTORIA DEI GRATIA legend.

Rev: cruciform shields with FID DEF BRITT REG legend and date.

22.61 grams. S. 3923; ESC 395. Uncirculated with minor bag marks, light golden tone. £80 - £100 175 Victoria - 1887, 1875, 1887 and 1901 - Double Florin and Halfcrowns [4]. Double florin: dated 1887 (Arabic); halfcrowns: dated 1875 YH, 1887 JH and 1901 OH. 22.68, 14.20, 14.17, 14.14 grams. S. 3923/3889/3923/3938; ESC 395/696/719/735. Near extremely fine and better, some with lustre. [4] £150 - £200

181 William the Lion - Hue Walter - Phase B Short Cross Penny. 1205-1230 AD. Obv: profile bust with sceptre and LE REI WILAM legend. Rev: short voided cross with +HVEWALTER legend.

1.37 grams. S. 5029. Fine. £80 - £100 21

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182 James V - Edinburgh - Groat. 1526-1539 AD. Second Coinage. Obv: profile bust with +IACOBVS 5 DEI GRA REX SCOTORV legend with trefoil stops. Rev: shield over cross dividing OPPIDV EDINBURG legend for Edinburgh mint. 2.68 grams. S. 5378.

Very fine and full flan. Scarce thus. £550 - £650

186 Charles II - 1681 - Halfpenny. Dated 1681. Large lettering.

Obv: profile bust with CAROLVS. I.I. DEI. GRATIA legend. Rev: crowned harp with date and MAG. BR. FRA. ET. HIB. REX legend.

7.26 grams. S. 6574. Good fine, reverse slightly weak. £90 - £120

183 Mary - Testoon. Dated 1557. First Period, before marriage, Type IIIa. Obv: crowned arms dividing M R with +MARIA DEI G SCOTOR REGINA 1557 legend. Obv: cross pattee with plain cross in angles and IN VIRTUIE TVA LIBERA ME 1557 legend and ‘crown’ mintmark. 6.10 grams. S. 5404. Very fine. Ex Spink sale 11, 10 August 1980, Lot 703; with old collector envelope. £480 - £600

187 James II - October 1689 - Gunmoney Halfcrown. Dated Oct: 1689. Large size. Obv: profile bust with IACOBVS II DEI GRATIA legend. Rev: crown and sceptres with script I-R to sides, XXX above, month below and with MAG BR FRA ET HIB REX legend. 15.17 grams. S. 6579E. Near extremely fine for issue. £150 - £250

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WORLD COINS

EXTREMELY RARE

184 Edward IV - Dublin - Halfgroat. 1463-1467 AD. Second Crown Coinage. Obv: large crown with two saltires above in tressure of nine arcs with EDWAR DEI GRA D HYBER legend. Rev: long cross dividing POSVI DEV ADIVTORE ME and CIVITAS DVBLIN legends for Dublin mint. 1.09 grams. S. 6285. Very fine for issue with only slight clipping evident. Extremely rare. £2,600 - £3,000

185 Henry VIII - Harp Groat. 1540-1542. 2nd Harp Issue. Obv: harp dividing crowned initials ‘h’ and ‘k’ with HENRICVS DOMINVS HIBERNIE legend. Rev: long cross over arms with HENRIC VIII D G R [ ] legend. 2.21 grams. S. 6479. About very fine for the issue. £90 - £120 22

188 Australia - Edward VII - 1910 - Florin. Dated 1910. Obv: profile bust with EDWARDVS VII D G BRITT OMN REX F D IND IMP legend. Rev: arms with date below and ONE FLORIN TWO SHILLINGS legend. 11.27 grams. K&M # 21. Very fine. Scarce. £90 - £120

189 Bolivia - 1860 - 8 Soles. Dated 1860. Obv: profile bust with 4oo Gs below and LIBRE POR LA CONSTITUCION legend. Rev: palm tree with date below flanked by PTS monogram and FJ with 10Ds-20Gs to sides and REPUBLICA BOLIVIANA legend. Edge: milled with incuse legend. 19.97 grams. K&M # 138.6. Good very fine. £50 - £70

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190 Brazil - Pedro II - 1854 - 500 Reis. Dated 1854. Obv: 500 in wreath with date below and PETRUS II D G CONST IMP ET PERP BRAS DEF legend. Rev: arms with IN HOC SI—GNO VINCES legend.

6.33 grams. K&M # 464. Uncirculated with lustre and light tone.

Scarce. £60 - £90

191 Burma - Beikthano - Rising Sun - 1/4 Unit/20 Ratti.

Circa 450-580 AD. Group 3. Obv: sun with rays 5/5. Rev: temple.

Silver, 2.30 grams. Mitchiner 5636; R&S 3.8 (this coin). Extremely fine, about as struck. Rare. £120 - £200

192 Costa Rica - 1889 Countermark on English Victoria 1842 Sixpence. Dated 1842. A Victoria English sixpence bearing on the obverse the circular Costa Rica countermark of a walking lion with HABILITADA POR EL GOBIERNO legend (this being normally the reverse mark used). 2.75 grams. For coin, S. 3908; for countermark, K&M, Costa Rica, p. 250. Coin, good fine; countermark, very fine and better. Apparently unrecorded use of this Costa Rica mark on an English coin. Possibly a trial piece from the Heaton mint? £150 - £250 A shortage of coin resulted in silver 50 centavo coins of Columbia being countermarked at the Heaton mint, England for use in Costa Rica in 1889-90.

The Columbian coins so marked also bear a different countermark (arms and COSTA RICA) on the obverse. Worthy of further research.

193 Cyprus - George V - Proof 1928 - 45 Piastres. Dated 1928. Obv: profile bust with GEORGIVS V DEI GRA REX ET IND IMP legend. Rev: two lions with date and CYPRUS FORTY FIVE PIASTRES legend. 28.35 grams. K&M # 19. About as struck, few minor hairlines and lightly toned. Rare (mintage 517). £250 - £350

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194 Cyprus - George V - 1913 - 9 Piastres. Dated 1913. Obv: profile bust with GEORGIVS V DEI GRA REX ET IND IMP legend.

Rev: arms dividing date with NINE PIASTRES legend. 5.62 grams.

KM # 13. Near very fine. Very rare and a key date in the series. £70 - £90

195 France - Louis XV - 1741 - 1/5th Ecu. Dated 1741. Obv: profile bust with fox and diamond (for M. Renard de Petiton) below and LUD XV D G FR ET NAV REX legend. Rev: crowned arms with A below (for Paris) and date and with SIT NOMEN DOMINI BENEDICTUM legend. 6.27 grams. K&M # 515.1. Extremely fine with lustre. Scarce thus. £150 - £250

196 France - Charles X - 1830 - Gold 40 Frances. Dated 1830.

Obv: profile bust with CHARLES X ROI DE FRANCE legend. Rev: crowned arms dividing value with date and A below (Paris). Edge: incuse legend. 12.85 grams. K&M # 721.1; Fr. 547. Near extremely fine with tiny edge bruise and much lustre. £350 - £400

197 German States - Frankfurt 1772 - Thaler. Dated 1772.

Obv: double-headed eagle with MONETA REIPVBL FRANCOFVRT ADLEGVM CONVENTIONIS legend and X ST EINE F M MDCCLXXII in exergue with PCB below. 28.11 grams. K&M # 251; Dav. 2226.

Extremely fine and brilliant with almost full lustre. Scarce. £360 - £400 23

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198 German States - Hamburg - Charles VI 1730 IHL Thaler. Dated 1730. Obv: double-headed eagle with two swords and orb with CAROLVS VI D G ROM IMP SEMP AVGVST legend. Rev: arms with date and MONET NOV CIVITAT HAMBVRG ANNOIVBIL II legend. 29.23 grams. Extremely fine and lightly toned. Rare thus. £350 - £450

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201 German States - Regensburg - Francis II 1793 GCB Thaler. Dated 1793. Obv: profile bust with KORNLEIN below and FRANCISCVS II D G ROM IMP SEMP AVG legend. Rev: city with MONETA REIP RATISPON legend and X ST EINEF C M 1793 GCB in exergue. 28.08 grams. K&M # 469; Dav. 2633. Brilliant uncirculated with full lustre and fields almost proof-like. Rare thus. £600 - £800

202 German States - Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach - 1903 - 5 Marks. Dated 1903. Obv: co-joined profile busts with 30 A IV below and WILHELM ERNST-CAROLINE GROSZHERZOGU GROSZHERZOGINV SACHSEN legend. Rev: eagle with date and DEUTSCHES REICH legend with FÜNF MARK below, 27.77 grams.

K&M Y # 173. Almost uncirculated with lustre. £70 - £90

199 German States - Munster - 1661 Thaler. Dated 1661.

Obv: St Paul over City with a Rmo CELsmo DD CHRISTOPh BERN EPo ET PRINCIPE MONAST Ao MDCLXI legend. Rev: arms with PROTECTOR MEVS ET IN IPSO SPERAVI QVI SVBDIT POPVLVM MEVM SVBME Psal 143 legend. 28.80 grams. K&M # 75; Dav. 5603.

Good very fine, better in parts and lightly toned. Scarce thus. £320 - £400

203 German States - Saxony - Friedrich August 1740 Thaler. Dated 1740. Vicariat Issue. Obv: profile bust with FRID AUG REX POL DUX SAX ARCHIMARESCHALL ET ELECTOR D G legend. Rev: double-headed eagle with arms and date with IN PROVINCIISIVR SAXON PROVISORET VICARIVS legend. 29.24 grams. K&M # 902; Dav. 2668. Good extremely fine with light golden tone. Rare thus. £650 - £850

200 German States - Regensberg - 1653 - Medallion. Dated 1653. Obv: eagle holding orb with RESPICIT HAEC POPVLVM RESPICIT ILLA POLVM legend. Rev: wreath with IN MEMO / RIAM REGIAE / CORONATIONIS / ET COMITIORVM / RATISE ANO / MDCLIII legend with HF monogram below (Hieronymous Federer).

19.96 grams. Extremely fine and lightly toned. Rare. £520 - £700

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204 German East Africa - Wilhelm II - 1891 - 1/2 Rupee.

Dated 1891. Obv: profile bust with GUILELMUS II IMPERATOR legend. Rev: arms with date and 1/2 RUPEE below and DEUTSCH OSTAFRIKISCHE GESELLSCHAFT legend. 5.82 grams. K&M # 4.

Extremely fine with lustre. Rare. £100 - £180

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John the Baptist with NON SVRREXIT MAIOR legend and T.XXX below. 29.62 grams. K&M # 266. Very fine and better, with usual weakness at centre and small flan flaw. Scarce. £120 - £180

205 Italy - Vittorio Emanuel III - 1905R - 1 Lira. Dated 1905.

Obv: profile bust with VITTORIO EMANUELE III legend. Rev: crown over eagle with R (Rome) below with date and REGNO D’ITALIA legend. 4.98 grams. K&M # 32. Uncirculated with lustre. Very rare and the key date in the series. £500 - £700

210 Mexico - 1916 - 50 Centavos. Dated 1916. Obv: eagle and snake with ESTADO UNIDOS MEXICANOS legend. Rev: rays with 50 CENTAVOS and date and M for Mexico City mint. Edge: incuse legend. 12.46 grams. K&M # 445. Almost uncirculated. Rare thus. £60 - £90

206 Italian States - Naples - Ferdinand II - 1856 - 120 Grana. Dated 1856. Obv: profile bust with date below and FERDINANDVS II DEI GRATIA legend. Rev: arms with G.120 below and REGNI VTR SIC ET HIER legend. Edge: incuse legend. 27.47 grams. K&M # 153. Good very fine with some adjustment marks to reverse. £60 - £90 211 Russia - Nicholas I - 1839 - 1/2 Rouble. Dated 1839. Obv: eagle with cyrillic legend. Rev: date and cyrillic legend within wreath.

10.53 grams. K&M Y # 167.1. Very fine. £60 - £80

207 Italy - Vatican - Pius IX - 1868 - 4 Soldi. Dated 1868.

Obv: profile bust with date below and PIVS IX PONT MAX ANN XXII legend. Rev: 4 SOLDI with R (Rome) at centre and STATO PONTIFICIO 20 CENTISIMI legend. 19.95 grams. K&M # 1374.

Extremely fine and lightly toned. £40 - £60 208 z Malta - Emmanuel de Rohan - 1780 - 6 Tari. Dated 1780. Obv: arms with F EMMNAVEL DE ROHAN M M H S S legend.

Rev: wreath around T VI 1780 legend in two lines. 5.27 grams. K&M # 303.1. Very fine for issue. Scarce. £100 - £150

209 Malta - Emmanuel Pintom - 1768 - 2 Scudi. Dated 1768.

Obv: arms with F EMMANUEL PINTO M M H S S legend. Rev: St

212 Russia - Nicholas II - 1900 - Gold 5 Roubles. Dated 1900.

Obv: profile bust with cyrillic legend. Rev: eagle with value and date below. 4.28 grams. K&M Y # 62; Fr. 180. Near extremely fine, reverse better. £100 - £150

213 Russia - 1896 - Coronation Issue Rouble. Dated 1896.

Obv: profile bust with date below and cyrillic legend. Rev: regalia in wreath. Edge with incuse legend. 19.87 grams. K&M Y # 60. Very fine. Scarce. £260 - £320 25

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214 Straits Settlements - Edward VII - 1907 - Dollars [2].

Dated 1907. Obv: profile bust with EDWARD VII KING & EMPEROR legend. Rev: floral design with ONE DOLLAR and date below and STRAITS SETTLEMENTS above. 20.21, 20.12 grams. K&M # 26.

Good very fine. [2] £60 - £90

219 Kempson - Bank of England - Token Penny. 1796-1797.

Die B. Obv: view of Bank with BANK OF ENGLAND ERECTED 1734 legend. Rev: London arms with LONDON PENNY TOKEN legend.

22.05 grams. Bell p. 48; K. 74; D&H Mdx. 46; Withers 46.

Uncirculated with lustre. £80 - £100

215 Sweden - Gustav IV - 1803 - 1/6th Riksdaler. Dated 1803. Obv: profile bust with GUSTAF IV ADOLPHSV G OCHV KONUNG legend. Rev: crowned arms with date and GUD OCH FOLKET legend. 6.23 grams. K&M # 560. Extremely fine, with lustre. £80 - £100

216 Switzerland - 1896 - Gold 20 Francs. Dated 1896. Obv: profile bust with CONFOEDERATION HELVETICA legend. Rev: arms in wreath dividing 20-FR with date and B (for Bern mint) below.

6.44 grams. K&M # 31.3; Fr. 495. About extremely fine. £120 - £180

217 USA - 1913 San Franciso - Buffalo/Line Nickel. Dated 1913. Obv: profile Indian bust with date with incuse F below and LIBERTY legend. Rev: buffalo standing on line with UNITED STATES OF AMERICA E PLURIBUS UNUM legend and FIVE CENTS below with ‘S’ mintmark for San Franciso mint. 4.78 grams. K&M # 134.

Good very fine. Very rare and the key date for this mint/type. £120 - £180

220 Kempson - Bethlem Hospital - Token Penny. 1796-1797.

Die B. Obv: view of building with BETHLEM HOSPITAL ERECTED MDCLXXV legend. Rev: London arms with LONDON PENNY TOKEN legend. 23.47 grams. Bell p. 49; K. 75; D&H Mdx. 48; Withers 48. About uncirculated with lustre, showing die cracks to obverse.

80 - £100

221 Kempson - Carleton House - Token Penny. 1796-1797.

Die B. Obv: view of building with CARLETON HOUSE AS IN 1788 legend. Rev: London arms with LONDON PENNY TOKEN legend.

22.19 grams. Bell p. 50; K. 77; D&H Mdx. 49; Withers 49.

Uncirculated with lustre. £80 - £100 222 Kempson - Chelsea Hospital - Token Penny. 1796-1797.

Die B. Obv: view of building with CHELSEA HOSPITAL ERECTED MDCXC legend. Rev: London arms with LONDON PENNY TOKEN legend. 22.01 grams. Bell p. 50; K. 78; D&H Mdx. 50; Withers 50.

Uncirculated with lustre. £80 - £100

218 USA - Hawaii 1883 - Half Dollar. Dated 1883. Obv: profile bust with date below and KALAKAUA KING OF HAWAII legend. Rev: arms with HAPALUA below and UAMAU KEEAOKA-AINAIKA PONO above. 12.49 grams. K&M # 6. Extremely fine, the fields prooflike with lustre. £80 - £120 26

223 Kempson - Christ Church Hospital - Token Penny. 17961797. Die B. Obv: view of building with CHRIST’S CHURCH HOSPITAL FOUNDED 1552 legend. Rev: London arms with LONDON PENNY TOKEN legend. 22.96 grams. Bell p. 51; K. 79; D&H Mdx. 51; Withers 51. Uncirculated with lustre. £80 - £100

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224 Kempson - Foundling Hospital - Token Penny. 17961797. Die B. Obv: view of buildings with FOUNDLING HOSPITAL LAMBS CONDUIT FIELDS COMPLETED 1741 legend. Rev: London arms with LONDON PENNY TOKEN legend. 21.80 grams. Bell p. 51; K. 80; D&H Mdx. 53; Withers 53. Uncirculated with lustre. £80 - £100

225 Kempson - Ironmonger’s Almshouse - Token Penny.

1796-1797. Die B. Obv: view of building with IRONMONGERS ALMSHOUSE ERECTED MDCCXIII legend Rev: London arms with LONDON PENNY TOKEN legend. 22.69 grams. Bell p. 54; K. 85; D&H Mdx. 59; Withers 59. Uncirculated with lustre. £70 - £90

226 Kempson - Mansion House - Token Penny. 1796-1797.

Die A. Obv: view of building with MANSION HOUSE ERECTED MDCCLIII legend. Rev: London arms with LONDON PROMISSORY PENNY TOKEN legend. 22.25 grams. Bell p. 55; K. 87; D&H Mdx. 43; Withers 43. Uncirculated with lustre. £60 - £90

231 Kempson - Ludgate - Token Penny. Dated 1797. Die D. Obv: view of gate with LUDGATE AS ENLARGED &c MCCCCIIII TAKEN DOWN MDCCLXVI legend. 17.07 grams. Bell p. 66; K. 107; D&H Mdx. 78; Withers 78. Very fine. Scarce. £80 - £90

227 Kempson - Montague House - Token Penny. 1796-1797.

Die B. Obv: view of building with MONTAGUE HOUSE ALTERED FOR THE BRITISH MUSEUM 1754 legend. Rev: London arms with LONDON PENNY TOKEN legend. 21.80 grams. Bell p. 56; K. 89; D&H Mdx. 62; Withers 62. Uncirculated with lustre. £90 - £150

228 Kempson - Royal Exchange - Token Penny. 1796-1797.

Die B. Obv: view of building with ROYAL EXCHANGE ERECTD. 1669 legend. Rev: London arms with LONDON PENNY TOKEN legend. 21.92 grams. Bell p. 57; K. 92; D&H Mdx. 65; Withers 65.

Uncirculated with lustre. £80 - £100

232 Kempson - Newgate - Token Penny. Dated 1797. Die D. Obv: view of gate with NEWGATE AS REPAIRD MDCLXXII BURNT AT THE RIOTS MDCCLXXX legend. Rev: Justice holding scales and sword with date and BRITISH PENNY TOKEN legend. 18.01 grams.

Bell p. 67; K. 109; D&H Mdx. 80; Withers 80. About uncirculated with lustre and light tone. Scarce. £90 - £120

229 Kempson - Westminster Bridge - Token Penny. Dated 1797. Die D. Obv: view of bridge with WESTMINSTER BRIDGE COMPLEATED NOVR 1750 legend. Rev: Justice holding scales and sword with date and BRITISH PENNY TOKEN legend. Edge: with I PROMISE TO PAY ON DEMAND THE BEARER ONE PENNY x legend. 18.15 grams. Bell p. 62; K. 101; D&H Mdx. 70; Withers 70.

Extremely fine with lustre and obverse from slightly rusty die. Rare. £90 - £110

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230 Kempson - Aldgate - Token Penny. 1796-1797. Die D. Obv: view of gate with ALDGATE ERECTED 1609 TAKEN DOWN 1766 legend. Rev: Justice holding scales and sword with date and BRITISH PENNY TOKEN legend. 18.36 grams. Bell p. 64; K. 103; D&H Mdx. 73; Withers 73. Almost uncirculated with lustre. Scarce. £90 - £120 27

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