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Click here to subscribeBohemia, John the Blind (1310-46), Half-Groschen (or Sterling), c. 1311, Kuttenberg, iohannes primvs, facing bust wearing tall crown, rev. dei gratia rex boemie, crowned lion rampant with double tail, 1.70g/12h (Doneb. 828; Weiller 337). Nearly very fine, toned, extremely rare£1,500-£2,000 --- Provenance: Barry Cooke Collection
Bohemia, Frederick of the Palatinate, 24 Kreuzer, 1620, Prague, crowned bust right, rev. arms in field, 6.69g/2h (Halacka 656); together with other Austrian, German, Swiss and eastern European coins (49), mostly post-medieval [50]. Varied state £200-£260 --- Provenance: Barry Cooke Collection
Archbishops of Canterbury, Wulfred (805-32), Penny, Gp I(ii), Canterbury, vvlfredi a[–]piscopi around facing tonsured bust, rev. d[–]roverniae cifitatis around conjoined alpha and omega device, 1.21g/3h (Naismith C36.2, these dies not represented; N 236; S 887). Significant edge chip, otherwise the fabric stable, good very fine and very rare; with a portrait of fine style £600-£800
China, HUPEI, Hankow Volunteers, a silver Sun Yat-sen ‘Memento’ Dollar (L & M 49), obv. stamped ‘HANKOW’ and ‘1938’ to left and right of bust, rev. engraved ‘H. Weston Force R.F.’, 26.53g (cf. Stack’s Bowers Auction, Hong Kong, 4 April 2017, lot 72289). Pierced at top, lightly polished otherwise very fine, very rare £1,000-£1,200
Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf (796-821), Penny, Large Portrait phase [Gp IVA], Canterbury, Deormod, coenvvlf rex m, draped and diademed bust right breaking inner circle, rev. [–]iormod mo[–], pincer cross, wedges in angles, 1.23g/3h (Naismith C39; BLS 44; N 347; S 916). Flan creased over around 11 o’clock with resulting crack across bend, otherwise fine and rare £200-£260
Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf (797-821), Penny, Gp IV, Canterbury, Diormod, + coenvvlf[–] around draped and diademed bust right breaking inner circle, rev. diomod m[–] around pincer cross, 0.90g/11h (Naismith C39, these dies not represented; N 347; S 916). Creased cracked and chipped, otherwise good fine £150-£180
Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, Double Crown, Gp E, class II, mm. triangle [1639-40] over anchor (flukes to right on obv.), .carolvs. d: g: ma: br: fr: et. hib: rex., fifth, ‘Aberystwyth’, bust left, rev. cvltores. svi. devs. protegit., quartered oval shield of arms, crown above, crowned c r in fields, 4.55g/7h (SCBI Brooker 172, same dies; N 2173; S 2705). A few peripheral surface adhesions from the purse or pouch in which the hoard was originally deposited, about extremely fine and probably much as struck with a pleasing portrait and attractive bright fields £2,400-£3,000 --- Provenance: Found in the grounds of Hazelbury Manor near Box (Wiltshire) in 2020 (WILT-0CB2A3)
Germany, TRIER, Baldwin von Luxemburg (1307-54), Pfennig, Trier, facing bust wearing mitre, holding gospel and crozier, rev. eagle and key, 0.58g/2h (Noss 7); together with a Half-Schilling (Schlüsselpfennig) [2]. First very fine, second nearly so but with light scratches£100-£120 --- Provenance: Barry Cooke Collection
Kings of Wessex, Æthelwulf (839-58), Penny, Phase 2, c. 846-9, Rochester, Æthelhere, e[––]vlf rex, diademed and draped bust right breaking inner circle, rev. edeler, cross pattée with two limbs moline, 0.87g/3h (Naismith 28b, same dies = SCBI Mack 709, same dies; N 600; S 1047). A large fragment, otherwise very fine, very rare £400-£500
Kings of Wessex, Edward the Elder (899-924), Penny, Diademed bust type [HLT 1], London region, Tila, eadvveard rex, diademed and draped bust left within inner circle, rev. tila m oneta in two lines divided by three crosses pattée, cross flanked by trefoils above, single trefoil below, 1.50g/9h (O’Donovan, BNJ 1964, 449-50; CTCE 40(ii); N 651; S 1084). Broken and repaired, good fine, rare £300-£360
Æthelstan (924-939), Penny, Helmeted Bust type [NE II, BMC xii], Telia, æθelstan rx, draped bust right wearing crowned helmet, rev. telia moneta, cross-crosslet, 1.24g/9h (Blunt 418; SCBI BM 250; N 686; S 1104). Some edge loss between 9 and 12 o’clock, otherwise very fine, dark patina; rare, especially so by this moneyer £800-£1,000
Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, Double Crown, Gp F, class II, mm. triangle in circle [1641-3], .carol[vs. d:] g: ma: bri: fra: et. hi: rex., sixth bust left, rev. cvltores. svi. devs. protegit., quartered oval shield of arms, crown above, crowned c r in fields, 4.47g/10h (SCBI Brooker 178-9; N 2177; S 2706). Some weakness of strike, very fine £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: Found in the grounds of Hazelbury Manor near Box (Wiltshire) in 2020 (WILT-0CB2A3)
Æthelred II (978-1016), Penny, Long Cross type, Stamford, Scot, edelred rex aio [retrograde], bust right, rev. scot mωo stam, 1.11g/8h (Malmer 194.1182; BEH 3539; N 774/1; S –). Hairline split at 12 o’clock terminating within legend, otherwise very fine, dark patina, extremely rare £500-£600
Spain, BARCELONA, Henry IV of Castile (Pretender, 1462-63), Croat, crowned bust left, rev. long cross, annulets in first and fourth quarters, pellets in second and third, 3.22g/12h (Crusafont 911.1; Cayón 1916-17). Good very fine or better, lightly toned and extremely rare thus £1,200-£1,500 --- Provenance: Barry Cooke Collection
James I (1603-1625), Third coinage, Laurel, mm. spur rowel [1619-20], iacobvs d: g: mag: bri: fra: et hibern: rex, draped and laureate second bust left, rev. faciam eos in gentem vnam, shield of quartered arms over long cross, crown above, 8.79g/1h (SCBI Schneider 83 var. [obv. legend]; N 2112; S 2638). Numerous scratches behind the head and small graffito in reverse field, otherwise good very fine, strong portrait £1,500-£1,800 --- Provenance: Found in the grounds of Hazelbury Manor near Box (Wiltshire) in 2020 (WILT-0CB2A3)
Henry VII (1485-1509), Facing Bust issue, Groat, class IIIc, mm. greyhound’s head (no.2), crown with inner arch plain, double saltire stops before civi, single saltire stop after tas, 2.96g/9h (SCBI Ashmolean 407; N 1705c; S 2199). Very fine or better £240-£300 --- Provenance: Goldberg Auction 44 (Beverly Hills), 10 February 2008, lot 4331; CNG eAuction 420, 9 May 2018, lot 581
Henry VII (1485-1509), Facing Bust/Profile issue mule, Halfgroat, York/Canterbury mule?, Abp Savage, mm. martlet both sides, facing bust with double-arched crown within tressure, keys by neck, lettering series F, rev. posvi dev adivtorev mev around quartered shield of arms set over long cross, ornate barred a, 1.10g/8h (Stewartby IVb [York] / Va [Canterbury], the mule unrecorded; Winstanley 2 [York] / 1 [Canterbury], the mule unrecorded; cf. SCBI Ashmolean 672-3, same obv. die; N 1716/1750; S 2215/2261). Struck from a worn obverse die and somewhat short of flan, otherwise good fine with identifying marks clear, extremely rare £300-£400 --- Offered here for sale is a highly unusual Halfgroat of Henry VII, produced at York under the authority of of Archbishop Savage (1501-7). The obverse carries a facing bust and the name of the reigning monarch. There are two main identifying marks which facilitate the mint attribution; St Peter’s keys beside the neck (the left key being somewhat blundered), and the mint mark martlet. The obverse lettering series is F, and the die can be assigned to Winstanley’s type 2, which he makes current around 1503. Notably, the obverse die used to strike our coin is also known to have been muled with reverse dies from Winstanley’s type 6 (SCBI Ashmolean 672-3), the last of the facing bust issues from York, which continued until around 1504. Quite surprisingly, the reverse of our coin belongs to the succeeding Profile issue, introduced in 1504 and produced for a while alongside the old full-faced coiange, before becoming the sole coinage. Its design is markedly distinct from that employed on the full-faced coinage, doing away with the ‘cross and pellets’ arrangement which had been the standard design for English silver coins since the fourteenth century. Instead, the reverse of the Profile issue comprises a single band of circumscript legend around a quartered shield of arms set over a long cross. During this period three mints were in operation; London, Canterbury and York. Mint mark martlet, as appears on the reverse, was seemingly employed at both Canterbury and York, an arrangement which has caused some confusion of attribution. According to the scheme set out first by Carlyon-Britton, adjusted by Winstanley and reinforced by Lord Setwartby, the Profile issue Halfgroats of Canterbury can be distinguished from those pieces of York on account of various other elements of design. The reverse of the coin under consideration here has three characteristics worthy of note; it lacks keys in the field beneath the shield; it utilises the spelling avdivtorev as opposed to the usual avdivtore; and finally, the a in avdivtorev is barred and ornamental in shape. All three elements suggest that the reverse die used to strike this mule belongs to the group ordinarily associated with Canterbury.
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![Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, Double Crown, Gp E, class II, mm. triangle [1639-40] over anchor (flukes to right on obv.)](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/676e0195-8fab-4ae4-96dd-af65010fb958/87cd680c-dbbb-4940-b668-afba010ba069/468x382.jpg)
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![Kings of Wessex, Edward the Elder (899-924), Penny, Diademed bust type [HLT 1], London region, Tila, eadvveard rex, diademed](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/676e0195-8fab-4ae4-96dd-af65010fb958/e0b779e8-20cc-40d7-8e07-afba010afd9d/468x382.jpg)
![Æthelstan (924-939), Penny, Helmeted Bust type [NE II, BMC xii], Telia, æθelstan rx, draped bust right wearing crowned helmet](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/676e0195-8fab-4ae4-96dd-af65010fb958/7b3134ce-5f3c-4cba-94ac-afba010af7c1/468x382.jpg)
![Charles I (1625-1649), Tower mint, Double Crown, Gp F, class II, mm. triangle in circle [1641-3], .carol[vs. d:] g: ma: bri:](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/676e0195-8fab-4ae4-96dd-af65010fb958/411246b0-0bc1-42bc-a349-afba00fe62f7/468x382.jpg)
![Æthelred II (978-1016), Penny, Long Cross type, Stamford, Scot, edelred rex aio [retrograde], bust right, rev. scot mωo stam,](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/676e0195-8fab-4ae4-96dd-af65010fb958/14891843-3223-444e-9572-afba010aeb10/468x382.jpg)
![James I (1603-1625), Third coinage, Laurel, mm. spur rowel [1619-20], iacobvs d: g: mag: bri: fra: et hibern: rex, draped and](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/676e0195-8fab-4ae4-96dd-af65010fb958/7f49315c-2794-433e-9e6e-afba010bb851/468x382.jpg)
