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Click here to subscribeCa. 100-300 AD. A fine bronze applique modelled in the shape of a bust of goddess Luna with a lunar crescent on top of her head. She is portrayed with her head slightly turned left and bears some facial features rendered in a naturalistic manner. Hollow to the underside.Size: L:56mm / W:35mm ; 16gProvenance: From the private collection of an Essex gentleman; previously in an old British Collection, formed in the 1990s.
Ca. 300-400 AD. A possibly later gold ring with a hollow, round hoop widening to the shoulder; oval bezel set with jasper intaglio engraved with a bust of a bearded Serapis - a syncretic deity of Hellenistic Egypt, combining the features of some Egyptian and Greek gods.Size: D: 17.45mm / US: 7 1/4 / UK: O 1/2; 6.1gProvenance: Private UK collection; From an old Oxford collection formed in the 1990s; Ex. private Japanese collection.
Ca. 100-300 AD. The ring features a round hoop with expanded shoulders, and an oval bezel, set with a carved intaglio with a draped bust of Jupiter, facing right, with a full beard, a laurel wreath in his hair. Ring possibly of a later period.Size: D: 16.5mm / US: 6 / UK: M; 7.3gProvenance: Property of a London Ancient Art Gallery; formerly in the famous Alison Barker collection, a retired London barrister; acquired between early 1960s to 1990s.
AD 527-538. Justinian I Av. solidus, AD 527-538, Constantinople, 6th officina. D N IVSTINI-ANVS P P AVG; helmeted and cuirassed bust facing, holding globus cruciger, shield on left shoulder. Rev. VICTORI-A AVGGG and officinal letter; angel standing facing, holding long staff surmounted by staurogram and globus cruciger; star to right; mintmark CONOB. DOC 9f.3; MIBE 7; SB 140. Lustrous, slight bend in flan, scratches and cleaning scratches, light deposits on reverse. Good, very fine, gold. Size: 20.5mm, 4.53 g, 7hProvenance: Private London collection.
AD 582-602. Maurice Tiberius Av. semissis, AD 582-602. Constantinopolis. ? N mAVRI P P AV; pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Maurice Tiberius facing right. Rev. VICTORIA AVGG / CONOB; victory advancing right, head to left, holding wreath in her right hand and globus cruciger with her left; star in field to right. DOC 12a. MIB 17a. SB 485. Light deposits on the obverse, otherwise, good very fine, gold. Size: 20 mm, 2.18g, 6h.Provenance: Private London collection.
AD 610-641. Heraclius, with Heraclius Constantine, Av. solidus, AD 610-641, Constantinopolis. ?? NN hERACLI?S ?T h?RA CONST P P AVG; crowned and draped bust of Heraclius facing, with long beard and whiskers, on the left; crowned and draped bust of Heraclius Constantine facing, with slight beard and moustache, on the right; above, cross. Rev. VICTORIA AVG? A / CONOB; cross potent on base and three steps. DOC 20e. MIB 21-22. SB 743. Some marks and with a graffito on the reverse, otherwise, very fine, gold.Size: 21 mm, 4.48 g, 6h.Provenance: Private London collection.
AD 668-685. Constantine IV Pogonatus, with Heraclius and Tiberius Av. solidus, AD 668-685, Constantinople, 7th officina. Struck 674-681. D N CANUS PP; helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly right, holding spear over shoulder, shield on left shoulder. Rev. VICTOA AVGU; standing facing figures of Heraclius and Tiberius, each wearing chlamys and holding globus cruciger; cross potent set on three steps between, mintmark CONOB. DOC 10f; MIB 7a; SB 1156. Clipped, reverse double struck, a couple of flan flaws. Good, very fine, gold.Size: 18.5mm, 4.29 g, 7hProvenance: Private London collection.
AD 764-773. Constantine V Copronymus, with Leo IV and Leo III, Av. solidus, AD 764-773, Constantinople. CO?S?A??I?OS S L?O? O ??OS; crowned facing busts of Constantine V and Leo IV, each wearing chlamys; cross above, pellet between. Rev. C L?ON P A M?L; crowned facing bust of Leo III wearing loros, holding cross potent. Füeg 6.B.5; DOC 2g; Sear 1551. Extremely Fine, gold.Size: 4.42g, 20mm, 6h.Provenance: Private London collection.
AD 1071-1078. Michael VII Ducas, Au,Ag. histamenon, AD 1071-1078, Constantinopolis. Bust of Christ Pantokrator facing, wearing tunic and pallium, raising his right hand in benediction and holding book of Gospels in his left; in fields, IC - XC. Rev. +MIX AH? RACI? O ?; bust of Michael VII facing, wearing loros and crown with pendilia, holding labarum in his right hand and globus cruciger in his left. DOC 2e. SB 1868. Slightly clipped and with minor graffiti, otherwise, good fine, Electrum.Size: 27 mm, 4.31 g, 6h.Provenance: Private London collection.
AD 1071-1078. Michael VII Ducas Au,Ag. histamenon, AD 1071-1078, Constantinople. IX-XC to left and right of the facing bust of Christ Pantokrator. Rev. +MIXAHA RACIA O D; crowned facing bust of Michael VII, wearing loros, holding labarum and globus cruciger. DOC 2c.1; SB 1868. Lustrous, obverse double struck, a couple of light scratches. VF. Electrum. Size: 29.5mm, 4.34 g, 6hProvenance: Private London collection.
AD 1071-1078. Michael VII Ducas Av. histamenon, AD 1071-1078, Constantinople. IX-XC to left and right of Christ seated facing, with nimbus cross, raising right hand and holding book of gospels in left hand. Rev. +MIXAHA RACIA O D; bearded, crowned, facing bust of Michael VII, wearing loros, holding labarum and cross on globe. Sear 1869. Very Fine. Gold. Size: 26mm, 4.27gProvenance: Private London collection.
An Amanda Wyatt Wedding dress, 36" waist/38" bust and a stole, 86" x 16". The ivory dress having boned bodice, V shape to waistline, chiffon over satin and silver embellishment to the bust line and the spaghetti crossover straps and also to the back of the train; back opening having zip and diamonte buttons.
British Iron Age, CATUVELLAUNI, Andoco (20 - 1 BC), silver Unit, bearded bust left, a behind, all within interlaced border, rev. Pegasus flying left, andoco around, 0.94g/11h (ABC 2721; VA 1868-1; S 264). Good very fine, well struck up and attractively toned; the type very rare £600-£800 --- Provenance: Bt N. Mills Struck from the same dies as the Eaton Bray coin (CCI 92.0446).
Kings of Mercia, Offa (757-96), Penny, Light Coinage, East-Anglia (Ipswich?), Wihtræd, portrait type, +offa + rex + around bust right with patterned tunic and flowing hair, rev. +p ih tr ed in angles of floriate cross lozenge, 1.16g/12h (Chick 178a, this coin; N 302/1; S 906). Trifling surface porosity, otherwise good very fine and struck on a full round flan; with a pleasing portrait of unusual style £4,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: Found at Great Hockham, Norfolk, October 1995 Bt P. Finn [but not listed in the FPL] Derek Chick listed two specimens of this type (178) within his 2010 Corpus. The piece offered for sale here, and a second example, found within Essex in 2006. The latter coin is struck from an obverse die of far inferior workmanship and bares a closer resemblance to Chick’s types 179-180.
Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf (796-821), Penny, portrait type, Canterbury, Gp IV, Oba, + coenvvlf rex m around diademed and draped bust right, breaking inner circle and dividing legend, rev. oba mon eta divided by three crosses, cross moline within inner circle, 1.46g/3h (Naismith C41.2f, this coin; BLS 65e, this coin; N 352; S 916). About extremely fine, rich cabinet toning over attractive surfaces £5,000-£6,000 --- Provenance: H.M. Reynolds Collection, Sotheby Auction, 4 May 1914, lot 9 R.C. Lockett Collection, Part III, Glendining Auction, 4-6 November 1958, lot 2653 Ridgemount Collection, Spink Auction 69, 20 April 1989, lot 35 M. Rasmussen FPL 27, Spring 2015 (5) Struck from the same obverse die as the Eastbourne (EMC 1987.0113), Fitzwilliam (SCBI 1, 399) and Leeds University (SCBI 955) specimens.
Kings of Mercia, Burgred (852-74), Penny, Phase III, c. 868-74, Hugered, + bvrgred rex around draped and diademed bust right, rev. dmon hvgere eta in three lines, lunnets around upper and lower line, 1.42g/12h (MacKay H11.98-99 [B1, bars]; SCBI BM 448; N 426; S 942B). Some double-strike, otherwise good very fine £600-£800 --- Provenance: Bt Studio Coins 2007
Kings of Wessex, Æthelwulf (839-58), Penny, Inscribed Cross Phase [IV], Canterbury, Æthelnoth, aedelvvlf rex around draped bust right breaking inner circle, rev. edelnod moneta arranged on limbs of, and around, beaded cross, 1.36g/12h (Naismith C139f, this coin; N 618; S 1051). Minor die-shift on reverse, good very fine, strong portrait, richly toned £3,000-£3,600 --- Provenance: G.C. Drabble Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 4-6 July 1939, lot 373 M.J. Grover Collection, DNW Auction 79, 24 September 2008, lot 3414 Bt Spink 2008 Struck from the same obverse die as the St Petersburg specimen (SCBI 50, 181).
Kings of Wessex, Æthelberht (858-65), Penny, Inscribed Cross type [BMC i], Canterbury(?), Beagmund, aeθelbearht rex around diademed bust right breaking inner circle, rev. beagmvnd moneta arranged on limbs of, and around, beaded cross, 1.35g/11h (cf. Naismith C167c [this specimen untraced]; N 620; S 1053). Good very fine, dark toned £2,000-£2,600 --- Provenance: V.J.E. Ryan Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 22-4 January 1952, lot 708 (part) Sotheby’s Auction, 23-4 May 1988, lot 311 SNC December 2005 (HS 2216) A homonymous moneyer operated under Ecgebrht at the Rochester mint, and continued striking coin there until the early part of Æthelwulf’s reign (Naismtih R16, R19). It is possible that the Beagmund responsible for the present coin is one and the same as the Rochester moneyer, or alternatively a close relative. As such, a reattribution of this penny to Rochester cannot be entirely discounted.
Kings of Wessex, Edward the Elder (899-924), Penny, Diademed bust type [HLT 1], London region , Grimwald, + eadvveard rex, diademed and draped bust left within inner circle, rev. grihp ald mo in two lines divided by three crosses pattée, cross flanked by trefoils above, single trefoil below, 1.56g/12h (O’Donovan, BNJ 1964, 436; CTCE 26; N 651; S 1084). Very fine, attractively toned £2,000-£2,600 --- Provenance: M. Rasmussen FPL 9, Spring 2006 (5) SNC February 2007 (HS 2718)
Kings of Wessex, Edward the Elder, Penny, Diademed bust type [HT 1], Wessex, Wulfred, + eadvveard rex around diademed and draped bust left within inner circle, rev. vvlf red mo in two lines divided by three crosses, trefoil of pellets above and below, 1.59g/6h (O’Donovan, BNJ 1964, 210; CTCE 45; N 651; S 1084). Neatly struck on a round flan, portrait of unusually naturalistic style, good very fine, toned and very rare £3,000-£3,600 --- Provenance: A.J. Arnot Collection, BDW Auction 11, 21 March 1995, lot 68 DNW Auction 158, 24 April 2019, lot 162 For a portrait of similar style see Lockett 2716
Danelaw, Penny, after Alfred the Great of Wessex’s London Monogram series [BMC VII], ælfr ed re+ around diademed and draped bust right, rev. londonia monogram, crossbar of a omitted, ‘T’ and six pellets within body of d, 1.26g (MacKay A6, 23 [023/R22] and pl. 5, 80, this coin; N 463). Struck from dies of pleasing artistic style, extremely fine and lightly toned over good metal; extremely rare £10,000-£12,000 --- Provenance: Bt P. Finn September 1994 Struck from the same reverse die as a coin in the Assheton cabinet.
Æthelstan (924-939), Penny, Crowned Bust type, London, Grimwald, ædelstan rex crowned and draped bust right breaking inner circle, rev. grimpald mo lond, 1.64g/3h (Blunt 273; N 675; S 1095). Slight weakness on crown, otherwise about extremely fine, toned £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: Bt 2013
Eadmund (939-946), Penny, Crowned Bust type [BMC iv], uncertain mint (probably in East Anglia), Klakkr, eadmvnd re, crowned and draped bust right breaking inner circle, rev. clac mone mone around small cross pattée, 1.41g/12h (CTCE 263(c), this coin; Blunt 4.6, this coin; N 697; S 1106). With a bust of attractive, fluid style, extremely fine and extremely rare £4,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: W. Brice Collection H. Montagu Collection, Part I, Sotheby Auction, 18-23 November 1895, lot 649 F. McClean Collection, Sotheby Auction, 13-19 June 1906, lot 180 R.C. Lockett Collection, Part IV, Glendining Auction, 26-7 April 1960, lot 3697 Dr B. Bird Collection, Glendining Auction, 20 November 1974, lot 106 E. Norweb Collection, Part I, Spink Auction 45, 13 June 1985, lot 62 J. Linzalone Collection, Stack’s Auction, 7 December 1994, lot 2326 bt Spink 1997 This coin shares its obverse die with a coin in the Reading Collection (SCBI 11, 52) signed by the moneyer Winide, and piece from the Chester hoard (SCBI 34, 480) signed by Bruninc.
Eadred (946-955), Penny, Crowned Bust type [BMC v], Norwich, Hrodgar, +eadred rex, crowned and draped bust right breaking inner circle, rev. x hrodglr mo norpi around small cross, 1.51g/9h (CTCE 228; SCBI East Anglia 1121; N 715; S 1116). Slight wave to flan, otherwise good very fine, clear portrait, very rare £4,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: Baldwin Auction 44, 2 May 2006, lot 854 bt. York Coins 2012
Edward the Martyr (975-978), Penny, Sole type, Stamford, Boia, eadpard rex ang (ng ligate), diademed bust left, rev. boia m¯o stanf, small cross, 1.41g/7h (Wells 24, same dies; BMC 24; N 763; S 1142). Extremely fine, superb portrait and attractively toned; extremely rare £6,000-£8,000 --- Provenance: H.H. Allan Collection, Sotheby Auction, 7-10 July 1908, lot 19 R.C. Lockett Collection, Part III, Glendining Auction, 4-6 November 1958, lot 2759 ‘Ridgemount’ Collection, Spink Auction 69, 20 April 1989, lot 70 L.R. Stack Collection, Sotheby Auction, 22-3 April 1999, lot 492 J. Hall Collection, DNW Auction 71, 28 September 2006, lot 46 Struck from the same dies as the Lord Grantley specimen (1106).
Harold I (1035-1040), Penny, Jewel Cross type [BMC i], Lincoln, Mathan Balluc, nadan ballvc o lin, Lincoln style bust, 1.16g/10h (Mossop –; BEH –; N 802; S 1163). Extremely fine; the moneyer’s name very unusual and very rare £2,400-£3,000 --- Provenance: Bt Sovereign Rarities 2017 Veronica Smart discusses this moneyer (Matathan Balluc) in her article ‘Osulf Thein and others: Double Moneyers’ names on the Late Anglo-Saxon Coinage’ in SiLASC, presenting two possible interpretations for this figure’s byname. One, rather amusing, possibility is that the epithet relates to the OE bealluc or ‘testicle’. Alternatively, the byname may derive from the Celtic balach or ‘boy’. Smart viewed the latter as the more likely, given the Irish origin of the moneyer’s initial name, although that is not to say that Matathan’s contemporaries would have recognised its cosmopolitan origin.
Harthacnut (1035-1042), Penny, Jewel Cross type [BMC i], bust right, Warwick, Sigeweard, siperd on n par:, 1.11g/9h (BEH 190; N 809; S 1167). Good extremely fine and lightly toned; rare mint £4,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: Bt 2017 London Coin Galleries Stuck from the same dies as the Stockholm specimen (SCBI 40, 61).
Harold II (1066), Penny, PAX type, Lewes, Osweald, ozpold on lepeei, bust left with sceptre, 1.30g/9h (Pagan, NM p.190, Gp B; HHK 278; N 836; S 1186). Good very fine, rich cabinet toning £3,400-£4,000 --- Provenance: Bt Studio Coins 1987 Struck from the same dies as the G.V. Doubleday (223), F. Elmore Jones (447) and H. Lestocq (166) specimens.
Richard III (1483-1485), Groat, London, type 2b, mm. boar’s head (no.2), nothing below bust, rev. barred a in civitas, 3.17g/7h (Winstanley 6; N 1679; S 2156). A full and attractive coin; good very fine, portrait better and very rare £2,400-£3,000 --- Provenance: Glendining Auction 6 November 1991, lot 510
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