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29 January 2020
Edward IV (1461-1483), Light Cross and Pellets coinage, Groats (2), both Drogheda, mm. plain cross, g [Germyn Lynch] below bust, no marks in tressure, annulet in second and third quarters, 2.04g/12h (S 6341A; DF 134); mm. uncertain, g [Germyn Lynch], below bust, no marks in tressure, no annulets in quarters, 1.64g/12h (S 6341A var.; DF 134) [2]. First excavated and with some porosity, second fine but heavily clipped £100-£150
Hammer Price: £240
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
Hammer Price: £1,000
Edward IV (1461-1483), Light Cross and Pellets coinage, Groat, Trim, mm. pierced cross on rev., no letter on breast, pellet either side of central crown fleur, 2.03g/6h (S 6345; DF 133). About very fine £400-£500
Hammer Price: £700
Edward IV (1461-1483), Light Cross and Pellets coinage, Groat, Waterford, mm. pierced cross, g [Germyn Lynch] below bust, no additional symbols, reads hybern, saltires in first and fourth quarters, 2.08g/1h (S 6351A; DF 134). Weak at lower left (and corresponding on reverse), otherwise very fine, toned £400-£500
Hammer Price: £460
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
Hammer Price: £1,200
Richard III (1483-1485), Three Crowns coinage, Groat, Dublin, saltires after ricard, large lis in shield, 1.59g/3h (S 6412; DF 177). Pierced at 3 o’clock, clipped, otherwise fine, rare £300-£400
Hammer Price: £440
Henry VII (1485-1509), Early Three Crowns coinage, Groat, [Dublin], rex anglie francie, pellet terminals, 1.64g/3h (S 6414; DF 183). Fine, toned £90-£120
Hammer Price: £360
Henry VII (1485-1509), Geraldine issues, Groat, [Waterford], rex anglie z [fran], Fitzgerald arms flanking shield, annulet terminals, dom [inos v]rernie, lis punctuation, 1.65g/8h (S 6432; DF 186A). Fine £120-£150
Henry VII (1485-1509), Late Three Crowns coinage, Groat, [Dublin], domino hybernie, annulet terminals, h below crowns, 1.80g/1h (S 6437; DF 186). Fine to very fine, dark-toned £200-£300
Hammer Price: £550
Henry VII (1485-1509), Late Portrait coinage, Groat, Dublin, class Ia, bust breaks plain tressure, reads posvi, etc, 1.70g/6h (S 6455; DF 194). Striking split and partly weak, otherwise fine £150-£200
Hammer Price: £120
Henry VII (1485-1509), Late Portrait coinage, Groat, Dublin, class III, open flat crown, no tressure, cross fourchée, reads civitas dvblie, 1.82g/12h (S 6464; DF 200). Fine, scarce £150-£200
Hammer Price: £260
Henry VIII (1509-1547), First Harp issue, Groat, mm. crown, ha flanking harp, 2.33g/12h (S 6472; DF 201). Cracked, fine £40-£50
Hammer Price: £150
Henry VIII (1509-1547), First Harp issue, Groat, mm. crown, hi flanking harp, 2.55g/10h (S 6473; DF 202). Very fine, dark-toned £150-£200
Henry VIII (1509-1547), Posthumous coinage, Sixpenny Groat, type IV, mm. P on rev. only, 2.48g/4h (S 6488; DF 218). About very fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £480
Edward VI (1547-1553), Third period, 3 oz fine, Shilling, mdlii [1552], mm. harp, bust 6, small neat lettering, 5.14g/4h (Bispham, p.140, fig. 2A; S 6494; DF 213). Better than fine for issue, very rare £900-£1,200
Hammer Price: £1,600
Mary (1553-1554), Shilling, mdliii [1553], mm. lis, reads hib regina, 6.10g/12h (S 6495; DF 224). Fine, very rare £700-£900
Hammer Price: £1,900
Philip and Mary (1554-1558), Shilling, 1555, mm. portcullis on rev. only, legend ends an, 9.24g/11h (S 6500; DF 233). Fine, centre of reverse better £150-£200
Hammer Price: £380
Philip and Mary (1554-1558), Groat, 1557, mm. rose on rev. only, reads rex z reg, 2.98g/12h (S 6501C; DF 237). A trifle clipped, otherwise very fine and much as struck, good portraits £150-£200
Hammer Price: £420
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), First coinage, Shilling, mm. rose, bust 1B, legend ends reg, 8.63g/1h (BCW RS-2B; S 6503; DF 241). Striking split and streaky metal on obverse, otherwise fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £180
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second coinage, Shilling, 1561, mm. harp, bust 3C, legend ends regi, 4.64g/3h (BCW HP-1B; S 6505; DF 247). Very fine, toned £600-£800
Hammer Price: £750
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third coinage, Shilling, mm. star, 5.51g/12h (BCW ST-2B; S 6507; DF 252). Minor striking splits, otherwise very fine and much as struck, toned £300-£400
James I (1603-1625), First coinage, Shilling, mm. bell, second bust, 4.77g/3h (S 6513; DF 259). Small dent at 2 o’clock and some double-striking, otherwise very fine and dark-toned, good portrait £180-£220
Hammer Price: £340
Charles I (1625-1649), Inchiquin Money, First issue, Halfcrown, irregular flan stamped 9dwt: 16gr within double beaded border, 11.97g/6h (Bull 4a; S 6533; DF 276). Good fine, rare £1,500-£2,000
Hammer Price: £2,000
Charles I (1625-1649), Inchiquin Money, First issue, Shilling, irregular flan stamped 3dwt: 21gr within treble beaded border, 5.86g/6h (S 6534; DF 279). About very fine, very rare £4,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £4,400
Charles I (1625-1649), Ormonde Money, Shilling, 5.85g/6h (DNW 157, 511, same dies; S 6546; DF 297). From the obverse die in unflawed state, weak in parts, otherwise very fine and toned £600-£800
Hammer Price: £850
Charles I (1625-1649), Ormonde Money, Threepence, tall mark of value, 1.36g/4h (S 6549, same rev. die; DF 308). Obverse about fine, reverse good fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £190
Charles I (1625-1649), Confederate Catholics, ‘Blacksmith’s’ issue, Halfcrown, mm. cross pattée on obv., harp on rev., cross on housings, crude shield with flat-topped scrolls in upper garnishing, 15.28g/9h (Bull 26; S 6557; DF 335). Reverse die flaw in advancing stage, very fine and toned, rare £1,500-£2,000
Hammer Price: £1,800
James II (1685-1691), Gunmoney coinage, Shillings (2), 1689 Mar, large size, pearled top crown arch, 7.45g/6h (Timmins 2B; S 6581P; DF 427); 1690 May, small size, Dublin, 6.53g/6h (Timmins 1A; S 6582D; DF 438) [2]. First very fine, second extremely fine, black patina £100-£150
Hammer Price: £300
John, Halfpenny, ‘Third coinage, Dublin, William’, willem on di, 0.68g/6h (Seaby 1970, p.100, same rev. die). Probably of 19th century manufacture; fine to very fine, toned £40-£50
Hammer Price: £60
Edward I, Penny, ‘Early issues, Dublin’, no punctuation in initial legend, trefoil of pellets below bust, 1.29g/3h. Probably of 19th century manufacture; extremely fine and of excellent style, toned £50-£100
Edward III, O’Reilly’s Money, a Pre-Treaty period Groat, London, cut down and perhaps plated, 2.74g/2h (Dolley/Seaby, BNJ 1967, pl. xiv, 6; S p.143). About fine £40-£50
Mary, Halfgroat, by Edward Emery, harp uncrowned type, 0.81g/12h (Pagan 92). Good fine £50-£70
Hammer Price: £220
Henry II (1154-1189), AQUITAINE, Denier, reads henricvs and aqvi tani, 0.73g/10h (W & F 2 [1/a]; E 1; S 8001). About very fine £70-£90
Richard I (1189-1199), AQUITAINE, Denier, reversed s in ricardvs and reads aqvitanie, 0.66g/1h (W & F 5 [2/a]; E 4; S 8004); POITOU, Denier, no marks, 1.05g/5h (W & F 340A [1/b]; E 8; S 8008) [2]. First fine, second very fine £60-£80
Eleanor, AQUITAINE, Denier, reads aqvitanie, 0.96g/2h (W & F 9B [1/a]; E 11; S 8011). Good fine £50-£70
Edward I, before Accession (1252-1272), AQUITAINE, Denier au lion, reads fili’ : and anglie :, stop after h, 0.90g/9h (W & F 11 [5/h]; E 13; S 8013). Fine £30-£50
Hammer Price: £75
Edward I, after Accession (1272-1307), Denier au léopard, Bordeaux, e in first quarter and crescent in second, 0.85g/5h (W & F 18A [1/a]; E 20; S 8020). Good fine £50-£70
Hammer Price: £85
Edward II (1307-1325), Maille Blanche Hibernie, crenellated turrets, 1.84g/3h (W & F 22A [2/b]; E 32; S 8026). About very fine £70-£90
Edward III (1325-1362), Sterling, annulet after rex, saltire after angl, no punctuation on rev., 1.30g/7h (W & F 56 [8/b]; E 56; S 8047). Fine £80-£100
Edward III (1325-1362), Gros tournois au léopard au-dessus, cross between annulets in châtel, leaf between a and n and cross between l and i of anglie, 1.85g/4h (W & F 69B [3/e]; E 62e; S 8060). Fine or better £100-£150
Hammer Price: £160
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