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22 April 2020
British Iron-Age, Early Uninscribed series, Stater, British Qa [Remic type], devolved head of Apollo, rev. disjointed triple-tailed horse right, charioteer’s arm above, six-spoked wheel below, 5.30g (ABC 485; BMC 445ff; VA 210ff; S 38). Obverse struck from a rusty die, very fine £400-£500
Hammer Price: £700
British Iron-Age, CANTIACI, uninscribed series, Quarter-Stater, trophy type, traces of wreath at edges, rev. tree-like trophy, three ringed pellets above, the middle in beaded circle, rectangles and ringed pellets to the sides, bent line below, 1.27g (ABC 189; VA –; S 47). Nearly very fine, rare £200-£260
Hammer Price: £280
British Iron-Age, ATREBATES AND REGNI, Tincomarus, Quarter-Stater, comf on tablet, rev. horse left, ti above, c below, 1.21g (ABC 1088; BMC 842; VA 388; S 80). About very fine, very rare £200-£260
Hammer Price: £340
British Iron-Age, ATREBATES AND REGNI, Verica, Unit, com.f, with crescent and two ringed pellets above and below, rev. boar advancing right, star above, 1.26g (ABC 1222; BMC 1241ff; VA 470-1; S 131). Slight porosity, otherwise very fine and toned £150-£180
British Iron-Age, TRINOVANTES, Addedomaros, Stater, spiral of six limbs, three crescents in centre, rev. horse right, three horse muzzles above, pellet-in-annulet below tail, cornucopia below, 5.60g (ABC 2517; BMC 2396ff; VA 1620; S 201). Very fine £400-£500
Hammer Price: £380
British Iron-Age, Catuvellauni, Tasciovanus, Quarter-Stater, two crescents back-to-back across cruciform wreath pattern, tasc [?] in angles, rev. horse right, tasc around, 1.35g (ABC 2595; BMC 1641; VA 1692; S 223). Good very fine, well-centred £300-£360
Hammer Price: £420
British Iron-Age, CATUVELLAUNI, Cunobelin, Stater, Wild type, ear of barley dividing ca-mv, pellet above a, trefoil of pellets above m, rev. horse prancing right, branch and star above, cvn[o] below, 5.32g (ABC 2777; BMC 1784ff; VA 1931; S 285). Very fine, reverse struck from a blunt die £400-£500
Hammer Price: £600
British Iron-Age, CATUVELLAUNI, Cunobelin, Æ Units (2), warrior on horseback right, holding javelin, rev. warrior standing left holding spear and shield, 2.19g (ABC 2963; VA 2093; BMC 1961ff; S 338), head of Janus, cvno on tablet below, rev. sow seated beneath tree right, camv on tablet below, 1.97g (ABC 2981; BMC 1998; VA 2103; S 346); together with an Armorican billion Stater, a Senones Potin and Æ Units (2) of Dubnovellaunus and Reus [6]. Mostly about very fine £120-£150
Hammer Price: £260
British Iron-Age, CATUVELLAUNI, Epaticcus, silver Unit, head of Hercules right, epati in front, rev. eagle holding snake, pellet above, 1.20g (ABC 1346; BMC 2024ff; VA 580; S 356). Extremely fine, light toning over underlying bloom £150-£180
Hammer Price: £190
British Iron-Age, DUROTRIGES, Uninscribed series, silver Stater, degraded head of Apollo right, rev. horse left, pellets above, coffee-bean behind, 5.76g (ABC 2157; BMC 2525ff; VA 1235; S 366). Better than very fine, good metal £100-£150
Hammer Price: £220
British Iron-Age, DOBUNNI, Uninscribed series, Unit, degraded head right, rev. triple-tailed horse right, flower motif below, stylised bird’s head above, 0.71g (ABC 2015; VA 1042; S 377). Very fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £180
British Iron-Age, CORIELTAUVI, Uninscribed series, Unit, Boar/Horse type, boar right, pellet-ring above, pellet below tail, rev. horse right, pellet-ring above, 1.18g (ABC 1800; BMC 3214ff; VA 875; S 397); DUROTRIGES, Uninscribed series, silver Quarter-Stater, Geometric type, crescent with three appendages, rev. zig-zag thunderbolt, 0.72g (BMC 2754; ABC 2211; S 368) [2]. First chipped, otherwise very fine and lightly toned, second about very fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £120
British Iron-Age, ICENI, Uninscribed series, Unit, Face/Horse type, stylised head right, wreath behind, rev. horse right with corded mane, pelleted arc and lozenge above, lozenge with concave sides below, 1.26g (ABC 1567; BMC 3605ff; VA 792, 794; S 434); Ecen, Unit, two opposed crescents on wreath, rev. horse stepping right, ece below, s before, 1.22g (ABC 1660; BMC 4348ff; VA 760; S 445) [2]. Very fine and lightly toned £100-£150
Hammer Price: £300
Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Sceatta, Primary series C2, diademed head right, runes front, rev. totii on standard, enclosed trefoil of pellets to right 1.09g/6h (Abramson 4-10 var.; N 161; S 779). Very fine £100-£150
Hammer Price: £150
Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Sceatta, Continental series E, porcupine-like figure, pelleted line and annulet within curve of body, cross below, rev. debased standard, 1.13g (Abramson 97.10; cf. N 45; S 790). Nearly extremely fine £100-£150
Danish East Anglia, St Edmund coinage, Penny, Sigemund, sc eadmvie, large at monogram, pellet inside, rev. siemvnd moe, 1.22g/12h (N 483; S 961). Good very fine £200-£260
Hammer Price: £400
Æthelred II (978-1016), Penny, First Hand type, York, Fastolf, faztvlf m-o eof, 1.46g/2h (BEH –; N 766; S 1144). Good very fine £300-£400
Hammer Price: £650
Æthelred II (978-1016), Penny, Long Cross type, London, Æthelweard, ædelperd m-o lvnd, 1.27g/1h (SCBI Copenhagen 693ff; N 774; S 1151). Peckmarked and weak in places, otherwise nearly very fine £150-£180
Cnut (1016-1035), Penny, Quatrefoil type, London, Godric, godric on lvnd, 1.05g/6h (Spink Auction 225, 157, same dies; N 781; S 1157). Weak in places, otherwise very fine £200-£260
Cnut (1016-1035), Penny, Pointed Helmet type, Norwich, Leofric, l · e · ofric · on · nor :, reads cnvt r glorv :, 1.06g/6h (BEH 2940; N 787; S 1158). Good very fine £200-£260
Hammer Price: £320
Cnut (1016-1035), Penny, Short Cross type, Thetford, Wineman, pineman on de, 1.20g/12h (SCBI Copenhagen 3864ff; N 790; S 1159). Good very fine £200-£260
William I or William II, Penny, PAXS type [BMC VIII], Southwark, Ældulf, ieldolf on svde, 1.35g/12h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.80; BMC 955; N 848; S 1257). Good very fine, dark-toned £400-£500
Hammer Price: £550
Henry II (1154-1189), Short Cross coinage, Penny, class Ib1, Winchester, Gocelm, gocelm · on · winc, 1.45g/7h (SCBI Mass 499ff; N 963; S 1344). Very fine £60-£80
Richard I (1189-1199), Penny, class IVa, Canterbury, Reinald, reivnald · on · ca, 1.18g/9h (SCBI Mass 887ff; N 968/1; S 1348A). Nearly very fine, but struck somewhat off-centre £60-£80
Hammer Price: £140
John (1199-1216), Penny, class Vb, London, Walter, walter · on · lvn, 1.44g/10h (N 971; S 1351). Areas of weakness, otherwise very fine, toned £80-£100
Hammer Price: £160
Edward III (1327-1377), Treaty period, Groat, London, mm. cross potent, variety k, double annulet stops on obv., double saltire stops on rev., reverse-barred n in lon and don, barred a in adivtorem, 4.44g/12h (N 1249; S 1616). About very fine £80-£100
Henry V (1413-1422), Definitive issues, Groat, class Ca, mm. cross pattée, no fleurs over crown, mullet on king’s left shoulder, 3.76g/12h (Stewartby p.324; Potter VII; N 1387b; S 1765). Good fine £100-£150
Henry VI (First reign, 1422-1461), Pinecone-Mascle issue, Groat, Calais, mm. crosses IIIb/V, mascle after rex, pinecone after posvi and sie, mascle before la, 3.70g/8h (Whitton 28; N 1461; S 1875); Edward IV, Light Coinage, Groat, London, class VIII, mm. crown/sun, quatrefoils by neck and on breast, 3.07g/1h (N 1571; S 2001) [2]. About very fine or better £100-£150
Richard III (1483-1485), Groat, London, type 1, mm. halved sun and rose (no.1), nothing below bust, reads di, barred a in civitas, 2.99g/12h (Winstanley 1; N 1679; S 2154). About very fine, toned £600-£800
Hammer Price: £1,400
Henry VII (1485-1509), Facing Bust issue, Groat, class IVa, mm. cross-crosslet, reads adivtoe, 2.93g/4h (SCBI Ashmolean 428ff; N 1706a; S 2200). Very fine, toned £150-£200
Hammer Price: £360
Henry VII (1485-1509), Profile issue, Groat, regular type, mm. pheon, 2.91g/11h (N 1747; S 2258). Very fine with attractive old cabinet tone £200-£260
Henry VIII (1509-1547), First coinage, Penny, London, mm. crowned portcullis with chains on obv. only, 0.61g/3h (N 1773; S 2328); Second coinage, Halfgroat, Canterbury, Abp Warham, mm. cross patonce, wa by shield, 1.21g/4h (N 1802; S 2343) [2]. First fine but chipped at 1 o’clock, second better £60-£80
Henry VIII (1509-1547), Second coinage, Groat, Tower, mm. arrow, saltires in forks, 2.76g/12h (N 1797; S 2337E). Good very fine and toned, but with minor double-striking £200-£260
Hammer Price: £480
Henry VIII (1509-1547), Third coinage, Groat, Bristol, mm. WS on rev. only, Lombardic letters both sides, trefoils in forks, pellet stops, rose after civitas and lis before bristolie, pellet below shield in third quarter, 2.54g/5h (Whitton 2; N 1846; S 2372). Good fine £100-£150
Edward VI (1547-1553), Second period, 6 oz. issue, Shilling, Southwark, mdxlix [1549], mm. y, bust 4, normal legends, 5.18g/4h (Bispham p.136; N 1917/2; S 2466B). Good fine £200-£260
Edward VI (1547-1553), Third period, Fine issue, Shilling, mm. tun, 6.11g/4h (N 1937; S 2482). Nearly very fine and toned, but with small graffito on reverse £120-£150
Edward VI (1547-1553), Third period, Fine issue, Sixpence, Tower, mm. tun, 2.93g/11h (N 1938; S 2483). Struck slightly off-centre, otherwise abut very fine and toned with an attractive portrait £200-£260
Mary (1553-1554), Groat, mm. pomegranate, 2.03g/2h (N 1960; S 2492). Very fine £200-£260
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second issue, Groat, mm. cross-crosslet, bust 1F, plain bodice, reads fra and hib regina, 1.91g/5h (N 1986; S 2556). Very fine, reverse nearly so £120-£150
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second issue, Halfgroat, mm. martlet, beaded inner circles, 0.87g/1h (N 1987; S 2557); Fourth issue, Threepence, 1573, mm. acorn, 1.40g/11h, Threehalfpence, 1572, mm. ermine, 0.70g/9h (N 1998, 2000; S 2566, 2569); Fifth issue, Penny, mm. Greek cross, 0.51g/12h (N 2001; S 2575); Sixth issue, Halfpenny, mm. key, 0.26g (N 2018; S 2581) [5]. Varied state £100-£150
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