Roman Republic Denarius Pub Crepusius (82BC) Obverse: Laureate head of Apollo right, control symbol behind, Reverse: Horseman right, brandishing spear, Exergue: P. CREPVSI, Sydenham 738a, Crawford 361/1c, 3.69 grammes, Bold Fine with some edge nicks
RomanSestertiusAntoninus Pius (143-144AD) Obverse: Laureate head right, ANTONINVS [AVG PI]VS P P TR [P COS III], Reverse: Britannia seated left on a pile of rocks, holding military standard in right hand and spear in left arm, round shield to right, IMPERATOR IIII S-C across fields, 21.02 grammes, RIC 745, Cohen 119, Obverse Poor and pitted, Reverse a bold VF
Spain, Osca Siler Denarius (204-154BC) Obverse: Head right with short beard, legend *N behind, Reverse: Horseman galloping right with spear, Iberian legend '*PMAN' below, Burgos 1501, 3.97 grammes, Good Fine on a full round flan
AngelHenry VIII First Coinage, Obverse legend HENRIC ? VIII? With last I and ? Merged, S.2265 mintmark Pheon, 4.97 grammes, Fine with some scuffing and a dig to the shield on the reverse
CrownEdward VI 1551 S.2478 mintmark y, 30.43 grammes, Fine the reverse with some surface marks, two resemble round chopmarks, and with a G-shaped scratch to the right of the shield
Cut Halfpennies (11) all short cross types, not all identified, two are London Mint, one Canterbury Mint, two show the moneyer as Ricard and Johan, Fair to Near Fine, worthy of further research for the specialist collector
FarthingRichard III , only partial obverse lettering visible [R] ICA [RD], a large edge chip at the top of the obverse, so mintmark not visible, S.2171A, 0.22 grammes, portrait Fine, legends almost all worn, Rare
GroatElizabeth I Second issue, S.2556 mintmark Cross Crosslet, 2.00 grammes, approaching VF an evenly struck example, Ex-Patrick Finn, comes with his ticket
HalfcrownCharles I Group III, Third horseman, Type 3a2, Rough ground under horse, S.2776, mintmark Triangle, 15.17 grammes, VF with some minor flan stress below the horse, a pleasing example with much eye appeal
HalfcrownCharles I under Parliament, Group III, Type 3a3, no ground below horse, cruder workmanship, S.2778 mintmark ( R ), 14.75 grammes, Good Fine with some weakness on the obverse, with signs of old gilding
Hammered a small group (5) ShillingCharles I Group E, Fifth Aberystwyth Bust, type 4.3 Single arched CrownS.2796 Fair/About Fine stained on the obverse, SixpenceElizabeth I 1580 Fifth Issue S.2572, mintmark Latin Cross, 2.82 grammes, VG/Near Fine with even wear, Threepences (2) Elizabeth I 1561 with 15mm inner circle, S.2564, mintmark Pheon, Fine, bent and straightened, Elizabeth I 1565 Poor/Fair, PennyEdward IILondon Mint, Class 13, S.1459 Fair/Near Fine
Hammered a small group (6) Pennies (3) Commonwealth Near Fine with a large edge chip, Edward I/II Canterbury Mint, Fair, and a third possibly Edward I/II Fair, bent and straightened, HalfgroatEdward III Fair and clipped with some edge damage, and Scotland (2) Plack James V (1513-1526) Fair with surface cracks, Twopence (Turner or Bodle) Charles IIS.5625 VG with some surface residue
PennyOffa - Kings of Mercia, (757-796) South Eastern Mints, Light Coinage (c.765-c.792) S.904, North 264, Blunt 19, Obverse: Long Cross botonnee, over Saltire botonnee, with +O / FF / AR / EX in the angles, Reverse: Cross with O / SM / O / d in angles (the d reversed), London or Canterbury Mint, die duplicate of Chick 125b, another example of this die pairing is in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, 1.01 grammes, Near VF with a small flan crack, Extremely Rare, comes with a letter from the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge with description of the coin and locations of previous finds of this type.
Shilling 1656 CommonwealthESC 995, Bull 150, 5.51 grammes, VG/Good Fine the obverse with pitted surface and darkly toned, the reverse Good Fine and pleasing
Shilling 1656 CommonwealthESC 995, Bull 150, 5.89 grammes, VF with touches of attractive golden tone, on a full flan, a most attractive example with both grade and strike far superior to most examples usually seen of this issue
ShillingCharles I 1642 Oxford Mint, Declaration type. Obverse: Crowned bust left with mark of value [CA] ROLVS : D:G: MAG : [BR:] FR : ET : HIBER : REX, Reverse: Declaration reads RELIG : PROT / LEGI : ANGL / LIBER : PAR, Three Plumes above, date 1642 below with incomplete double striking to the 6. Morrieson Oxford dies B/1, an unlisted die pairing, Brooker 925var. North 2439, S.2971, the reverse die not represented in the Brooker Collection, 5.33 grammes, Near Fine/Fine with two large edge clips, nevertheless an unusual die pairing and worthy of further study for the Charles I specialist
ShillingCharles I Group F, Sixth large Briot Bust, Type 4.4 with stellate lace collar, double-arched crown, S.2799, mintmark Star, 5.87 grammes, Fine or better with some weakness in parts, on an irregularly shaped flan
ShillingJames I First Coinage, Second Bust, beard appears to merge with collar, S.2646, mintmark Thistle, 5.95 grammes, Near VF weakly struck in places, the reverse with some flan stress, the shield weak at the top and on the lower right quarter
ShillingPhilip and MaryundatedS.2498, 5.66 grammes, the obverse with portrait profiles well defined, with Mary's portrait retaining some details, legends bold, Reverse with bold legends, the shield retaining some detail, weak in the centre as often for this type, overall approaching Fine
SixpenceElizabeth I 1562 Milled issue, Large Broad Bust, elaborately decorated dress, Small Rose, S.2596, mintmark Star, 3.02 grammes Fine/Good Fine, bent and straightened, comes with old ticket
SixpenceElizabeth I 1562 Milled issue, Tall, narrow bust with plain dress, Large rose, S.2594, Mintmark Star, 3.15 grammes, Good Fine/Fine, tooled in the fields, the reverse cleaned
Proof Set 1902 Long Matt Set (13 coins) comprising Gold Five Pounds 1902 UNC with minor hairlines and a contact marks, Gold Two Pounds 1902 nFDC with some minor hairlines, Sovereign 1902 UNC with minor scratches in the King's beard, Half Sovereign 1902 nFDC/UNC with a contact mark on the sword, Crown 1902 UNC with minor friction on the horse, Halfcrown 1902 UNC/nFDC with a hairline scratch on the King's cheek, Florin 1902 UNC/nFDC, Shilling 1902 nFDC, Sixpence UNC/nFDC with minor hairlines, Maundy Set 1902 nFDC toned, the Penny with an edge nick, the silver with matching tone, other than the Maundy Penny, in the Royal Mint red box of issue
Proof Set 1902 the short Matt Proof issue (11 coins) Sovereign to MaundyPenny, comprising Sovereign 1902 Matt Proof nFDC/FDC the obverse with minor hairlines, Half Sovereign 1902 Matt Proof nFDC with very minor hairlines on the horse, Silver nFDC to FDC with odd small contact mark, with matching tone, a most attractive set, in the red box of issue
Proof Set 1937 (4 coins) Five Pounds to Half Sovereign Choice and encapsulated by NGC Five Pounds PF64 CAMEO, Two Pounds PF64* Sovereign PF65 CAMEO, Half Sovereign PF64 accompanied with red case of issue
Proof Set 1951 (10 coins) Crown to Farthing nFDC to FDC lightly toned a few with some small verdigris spots, the bronze and brass with good lustre, in the green box of issue with old Seaby paperwork
Proof Set 1953 (10 coins) Crown to Farthing, UNC to FDC. Reported to have been awarded in 1953 to a dignitary and comes in a distinctly different box. The coins with a matching tone, and containing the following 3 varieties associated with what have been known as VIP sets, Penny 1953 Freeman 244 Proof, dies 1+A (Reverse with toothed border), rated R19 by Freeman, Florin 1953 Obverse 1 (I of ELIZABETH points to a space) Proof Davies 2360 dies 1A, and Halfcrown 1953 Obverse 1 Proof Davies 2310 dies 1A, (Obverse: I of DEI points to a space), Cataloguer's Note: The set originally came to the vendor along with a medal, a CVU, (Commander of the Victorian Order) which was only handed out by the Queen, so the set was actually distributed by the Queen. The medal is no longer with the set. The set comes in a maroon case with different fabric and with different gold embossing on the lid, being a simple crowned EIIR without the usual 'CROWNED 2ND JUNE 1953' below. An extremely rare set
Crown 1681 TRICESIMO TERTIO edge, ESC 64, Bull 414, VG or better, once cleaned and retoned, the 81 of the date with some weakness, as often found on this issue
Crown 1700 DVODECIMO edge ESC 97, Bull 1010 a high grade example with speckled toning, the reverse attractively toned in an NGC holder UNC Details CLEANED
Crown 1720 20 over 18, Roses and Plumes, SEXTO edge, also with T over broken T in ET on edge, ESC 113, Bull 1543, NEF the reverse slightly better, the obverse with some contact marks and a scratch by D.G., the reverse with minor adjustment lines often seen on this issue, the fields displaying a subtle blue/green and gold underlying tone, a most pleasing example with excellent eye appeal, George I Crowns becoming increasingly difficult to find in high grades
Crown 1819 LIX ESC 215, Bull 2010, Davies 5 variety with small stalk to Q of QUI, 1's in the date have no lower right serifs, the 'Small stalk' type accounts for only around and estimated 1% of this type, Bold VG
Crown 1819 LIX I over Smaller I in SOIT, type as ESC 215, Bull 2010 EF and with an overall underlying colourful tone, two small scratches by F:D: and a series of fine hairlines in the lower half of the obverse
Crown 1893 LVI 4 streamer strands from helmet, short top strand, less undulating streamer, ESC 303, Bull 2593, Davies 503G dies Obverse 1, Reverse J, a scarcer reverse type not listed in the original 1982 Davies book, VG
Crown 1893 LVI 5 streamer strands emanate from the helmet, the lower two appear to join the central strand, wider spaced REGNI on edge (15.5mm) ESC 303, Bull 22593, Davies 503F, dies Obverse 1, Reverse L (formerly Reverse I), a scarcer reverse type not listed in the original 1982 Davies book, Fine/Good Fine with grey tone
Crown 1893 LVI 5 streamers emanate from a single strand at the back of the helmet, ESC 303, Bull 2593, Davies 503E dies Obverse 1, Reverse H, a scarcer reverse type not listed in the original 1982 Davies book, Near Fine, the reverse slightly better
Crown 1893 LVI Wide spaced 3 in date, REGNI on edge nearly 14.5mm long, LVI ESC 303, Bull 2593, Davies 501, dies 1A, GVF with light surface residue on IND IMP
Crown 1898 LXI, ESC 314, Bull 2604, Davies 523 dies 2D, GVF the obverse possibly once cleaned, the reverse with a heavier contact mark on the horse, a rare date/edge type combination
Crown 1935 Raised edge ProofESC 378, Bull 3655 UNC with minor contact marks and light hairlines, retaining much original mint brilliance, in the Royal Mint box of issue
Crown 1953 Proof, the obverse with the design frosted, ESC 393G. Comparison with the other 1953 Proof Crowns in this sale, the difference is quite striking, in an NGC holder and graded PF66 Cameo
Double Florin 1887 Arabic 1 ESC 395, Bull 2697, UNC with golden tone with touches of blue and magenta over original mint lustre, in an LCGS holder and graded LCGS 80
Farthing 1665 Pattern in silver, Bust with short hair, Obverse 1a, Reverse: Britannia left QVATVOR . MARIA . VINDICO, on a 24mm diameter flan, Straight grained edge, Peck 407, NVF/Good Fine with a small scratch on the obverse
Farthing 1665 Pattern in silver, Bust with short hair, Obverse 1a, Reverse: Britannia left QVATVOR . MARIA . VINDICO, on a 24mm diameter flan, Straight grained edge, Peck 407, VF/GVF with touches of colourful tone and a scratch on the obverse
Farthing 1690 Edge: NVMMORVM [star] + FAMVLVS . 1690 + [star] the second star illegible, most of the remaining part of the edge clear, 5.81 grammes, Peck 570A VG/Fine for issue, listed by Peck as 'Extremely Rare'. Peck states no example in the British Museum, we note there was no matching example in the Cooke collection, which contained some 17 different 1690 Farthings
Farthing 1694 First A of BRITANNIA unbarred, double exergue line, stop after ET lower than normal, as Cooke 610, from the same dies, unlisted by Peck, 5.56 grammes, VG
Farthing 1694 GVLIELMS error, with BRITΛNNIΛ (unbarred A's), double exergue line, VG on a porous flan, the error legend very clear, Extremely rare, Peck recorded only two examples
Farthing 1697 GVLIELMS errorPeck 660 VG, Extremely Rare, our archive database stretching back to 2003 shows that this is only the second example we have offered
Farthing 1699 Date in Legend, No stop after date, S over lower S in TERTIVS, Peck 681, Fine/VG with some weakness on Britannia, with good surfaces, our archive database stretching back to 2003 shows that this is the first we have offered of this type, so possibly rarer than the 'Very Scarce' designation stated by Peck
Farthing 1749 Peck 889 GEF with lustre traces, the obverse with a small flan flaw by REX, the reverse with a striking flaw on the rim between 2 and 3 o'clock
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