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Lot 1525
Sheffield Sunday School Union Golden Jubilee, 1862, a copper medal, unsigned, 38mm (Grant III, p.320; cf. DNW 193, 1175); Incorporation of the Town of Barrow [-in-Furness], 1867, a copper medal, unsigned, 38mm; Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, Australia, a bronze medal by Stokes & Martin, 32mm (W & E 2389B.2; BHM 3319); West Ham School Board, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (C. Doughty...1893), 35mm; Plymouth Exhibition, 1904, a bronze medal, unsigned [by J.A. Restall], 39mm (Allen Pt 4; cf. DNW M2, 2293); Arts & Crafts Exhibition, Shrewsbury, a silver award medal, unsigned, named (A. Tipton, 1906), 38mm; Currant Bread Competition, a silver award medal by J.A. Restall for T. Ottley, named (Second Prize Awarded to A.W. Mills, Aylesbury 1910), hallmarked Birmingham 1908, 39mm; The Royal Agricultural Show, Shrewsbury, 1914, a white metal medal, unsigned, 38mm (W & E 5497A.2; BHM 4105) [8]. Very fine and better, but first two lacquered and sixth has been wiped £120-£150 --- Provenance: P. Jones Collection, additionally: first P.D. Greenall Collection, Baldwin Auction 16, 30 October 1997, lot 415 (part), second Baldwin Auction, 22 March 2001, lot 307 (part), third Croydon Coin Auction 167, 9 January 2001, lot 741, fifth Baldwin Auction, 3 November 2001, lot 300, seventh P.J. Preston-Morley Collection, DNW Auction 54, 19 June 2002, lot 604 (part) [from A.C. Eimer May 1982]
![Edward III (1327-1377), An Important Gold Leopard of Edward III’s Third (Florin) coinage, First issue, January 1343 [O.S.]](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d4e4ce5a-4d3e-4db8-a798-ae3e00a192c4/11166d7e-d79c-4ab3-a450-ae3e00be854e/468x382.jpg)
Lot 154
Edward III (1327-1377), An Important Gold Leopard of Edward III’s Third (Florin) coinage, First issue, January 1343 [O.S.] Lot 154 + Edwr’ · d’ · gra’ · rex · angl’ · z · franc’ · dns : hib’ (stops small annulets) Crowned leopard séjant left, tail turned between his hind legs and passing behind him; around his neck a banner carrying the quartered arms of England and France ancient. + : Domine : ne : in : fvrore : tvO : argvas : me : (stops small double annulets) Voided cross with ornate quatrefoil finials within quatrefoil tressure, lis on cusps and lions in spandrels. 3.48g/53.7gr/6h (Stewartby p.196; SCBI Schneider –; N 1106; S 1477). Obverse about very fine, retaining light surface marks consistent with a field find, reverse better than very fine and retaining original brilliance, exceptionally rare; by far the finer of the two known specimens available to commerce £100,000-£140,000 --- Provenance: Found with a gold Noble of Edward III in north Norfolk, October 2019 (BM. 2020T40; PAS NMS-30E3B9); disclaimed 18 November 2021. Four other examples are known: British Museum, purchased in 1810, part of the collection formed by Barré Charles Roberts (1789-1810) [previously from the collection of the Coventry antiquary Thomas Sharp (1770-1841), and published in the Gentleman’s Magazine, 1800, vol. ii, p.945]. British Museum, purchased in 1915 from the estate of John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) [previously in the collections of John Brumell (1771-1850: Sotheby Auction, 19-27 April 1850, lot 196, £126), Edward Wright Wigan (1823-71) and Sir John Evans (1823-1908)]. Ashmolean Museum, purchased in 1956 from the Richard Cyril Lockett (1873-1950) Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 11-17 October 1956, lot 1223, £920 [previously Puttick & Simpson Auction, 29 June 1922, £170]. Private Collection, purchased from the Lord Stewartby (1935-2018) Collection, Part III, Spink Auction 239, 26 September 2016, lot 893, £4,300 [previously Spink Auction 164, 23 July 2003, lot 379, £4,400]. The Roman Empire had a sophisticated economy with coinage in gold, silver and bronze. While this system survived to some extent in the Byzantine territories, in most of western Europe silver alone became the staple circulating medium in the ninth century. In Italy, by the 13th century, the increasing volume and importance of trade required increasingly larger amounts of specie. Perhaps due to the influence of the Arabic-inspired gold coinage of the kings of Sicily, the trading republic of Florence introduced the gold florin in 1252 and the neighbouring city state of Genoa quickly followed suit. An unsuccessful attempt was then made in 1257 to introduce a gold penny in England. The Venetians struck the zecchino from 1284, destined to become the staple of eastern Mediterranean trade for the next 500 years. Charles of Anjou, King of Naples, introduced a gold coinage in 1277 with his salut d’or and, not to be outdone by his great-uncle, the king of France ordered the striking of a gold coin in August 1290, the florin d’or à la reine, based on the size and weight of the Florin but showing the power of the monarchy with a seated image of the king holding an orb and fleur-de-lis. These coins sometimes carried a privy mark of a pear with leaves, the badge of the Florentine banking company of Peruzzi, who were involved at the time in operating mints on the king’s behalf. By the mid-13th century in western Europe trade, and later banking and coinage, were increasingly concentrated in the hands of Italians. As more and more goods were bought and sold by merchants, larger and larger sums were required for payment, some offset by the growing use of credits within the merchant societies, but others settled in full with Italian gold. At the time, the English economy was generally in credit, the export of wool creating an inflow of money, silver to facilitate everyday trade and foreign gold coins for the transactions of the king, the nobility and the wealthy merchant classes. An attempt was made to introduce a large silver coin in England in 1280 with the limited striking of Edward I’s groat. This proved unsuccessful and may have delayed a similar attempt to create a bi-metallic system. By the mid-1330s, however, the situation had changed. There was a dearth of circulating coin in England to the detriment of everyday trade. As Mavis Mate tells us, ‘In 1339 the situation appeared so serious that the magnates in Parliament voiced a fear that the shortage of silver coins might bring internal trade to a halt’. This was coupled with Edward III’s war with France which drained any remaining money from England and sent it overseas in an attempt to gain allies in his dispute with Philip VI of France. These incentives were mainly paid to the princes in the Low Countries, including Edward’s brothers-in-law, Renaud, Duke of Gelderland and William, Margrave of Jülich, amongst others. These payments were sometimes made in English wool which the recipient could then sell on the European market, but more often was facilitated and paid by the Italian banking houses such as the Bardi and Peruzzi. This was normally done in gold florins, usually of Florentine origin. For example, by the end of 1339, Edward owed Duke John of Brabant a staggering 307,000 florins and a further 52,750 florins were due to the Duke of Gelderland. At around the same time, he promised to pay the Margrave of Jülich 7,000 florins a l’écu and 20,000 small gold florins for military assistance rendered during the previous months. For a man with pretensions like Edward, seeking to unite the thrones of England and France, transactions like these must have made him acutely aware of the irony of not having his own economically and politically prestigious international currency in gold. A truce in the war with France, brokered at Malestroit in January 1343, gave the King a chance to turn his attention to matters other than the war. At the request of Parliament he sought to restore the domestic silver coinage. In early 1343, Edward received a letter from a little-known Italian moneyer called Peter Circos offering to undertake a reform of the currency. Catherine Eagleton and Richard Kelleher explain ‘The petition relates primarily to silver coinage but, almost as an afterthought, Circos added a final line mentioning that if the king wanted to have gold money, he knew how to make that as well’. Circos was not given the appointment, but in December 1343 the task of introducing a gold coinage went to the mintmasters George Kirkyn and Lotto Niccolyn of Florence. The Proclamation, reprinted in NC 1900 by Sir John Evans, translates from Norman-French thus: “The King to the Sheriffs of London, Greeting. As it has been accorded and agreed by our prelates and other great persons of our Kingdom of England, for the common profit of our people of the said kingdom that three coins of gold be made in our Tower of London, that is to say:- One coin of two Leopards, the piece current for six shillings, which shall be of the weight of two small florins of Florence of good weight; and one coin of gold of one Leopard, weighing the half of the other aforesaid coin, the piece current for three shillings. And one coin of gold of a Helmet, weighing the fourth part of the aforesaid first coin, the piece current for eighteen pence. The which coins of gold ought to have course among all manner of persons within the said realm of England. Given at Westminster on the 27th day of January” [1343 O.S]. T...
![Henry III (1216-1272), Penny, class VIIa3, London, Elis, [–]s on lvnde, 1.42g/12h (Besly 227, this coin; SCBI Mass 1949-52; N](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/d4e4ce5a-4d3e-4db8-a798-ae3e00a192c4/a6b4f9cc-8668-45d3-a93b-ae3e00b52a63/468x382.jpg)
Lot 204
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Third issue, Sixpence, 1563/2, mm. pheon, bust 3E, reads elizabeth d g ang fr et hi regina, 2.75g/6h (cf. DNW 190/100; BCW BA-9G:BA-l4; N 1997; S 2561B). Last digit of the date not clearly visible, fine or better, extremely rare £150-£200 --- Provenance: Found in Norfolk. Although the last digit of the date is not conclusive, the top of the 3 is visible and the coin appears to be from the same reverse die as DNW 190, lot 100, where the footnote states ‘The late vendor [Walter Wilkinson] suggested that this is one of three specimens known and struck from a different reverse die to the Shuttlewood coin’
Lot 4
John (1199-1216), Penny, class Vb2, London, Willelm L, willelm · l · on · lv, 1.31g/10h (Besly 58, this coin; SCBI Mass 1440; N 970ii; S 1351); Henry III, Short Cross coinage, Pennies (3), class VIIa, London, Rauf, ravf o ravf de, 1.35g/10h, class VIIa3, Canterbury, Roger, roger · on can, 1.43g/2h, class VIIb1, Canterbury, Roger, · roger · of · r · onc, 1.39g/1h (Besly 64, 84, 159, these coins; SCBI Mass 1917, 1960, 2001; N 978, 979A; S 1356A-B) [4]. Second double-struck, otherwise fine and better £60-£80
Lot 40
Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Gold Shilling or Thrymsa, Post-Crondall period c. 650-70, Crispus type, helmeted and cuirassed bust right, cbispvo cob caes, rev. x x in lower angles of annuleted cross, within triple beaded border, circumscript legend around reading raseac in inverted latin script and delaiona in runes, 1.30g/8h (SCBI Abramson 8, same obv. die; SCBI BM 21, same rev. die; MEC 8, 12; N 18; S 764). A few light surface marks, otherwise about extremely fine, the obverse centrally struck from a fresh sharp die of impressive artistic quality, extremely rare £8,000-£10,000 --- Provenance: Found at Haslingfield (Cambridgeshire), 2022; EMC 2022.0006. Superior to the both the Abramson and Fitzwilliam specimens, this is only the ninth example of this extremely rare type to be recorded with the Corpus of Early Medieval Coins (EMC). The British and Fitzwilliam Museums each only have a single example within their collections, while Metcalf’s corpus of the Ashmolean Museum collection lists no example present. Owing to the broad flan used to strike this coin the runic inscription is clearly readable from right to left. Marion Archibald proposed that delaiona was a mint signature (of London), however in the face of contradictory find-spot evidence it may be preferable to interpret this as a personal name
Lot 100
VINTAGE HANDBAG. A vintage snakeskin & suede frame handbag, with patent push-button clasp. Also, a similar coin purse. Width at bottom of bag, 25.5cm. Height incl. handle 34cm. Please note that all items in this auction are previously owned & are offered on behalf of private vendors. If detail on condition is required on any lot(s) PLEASE ASK FOR A CONDITION REPORT BEFORE BIDDING. The absence of a condition report does not imply the lot is perfect.WE CAN SHIP THIS LOT, but NOT if part of a large, multiple lots purchase.
Lot 112
COLLECTORS COINS. A collection of collectors coins including the Millennium £5 coin, various 2012 Olympic coins, a 1987 uncirculated coin collection, Royal Mint 2009 Robert Burns £2 silver proof coin & a 2008 Royal Mint, £1 silver proof coin, the Royal Shield of Arms etc. Please note that all items in this auction are previously owned & are offered on behalf of private vendors. If detail on condition is required on any lot(s) PLEASE ASK FOR A CONDITION REPORT BEFORE BIDDING. The absence of a condition report does not imply the lot is perfect.WE CAN SHIP THIS LOT, but NOT if part of a large, multiple lots purchase.
Lot 172
STICK PIN ETC. A Victorian 15ct. gold diamond set stick pin & a George III double coin brooch. Please note that all items in this auction are previously owned & are offered on behalf of private vendors. If detail on condition is required on any lot(s) PLEASE ASK FOR A CONDITION REPORT BEFORE BIDDING. The absence of a condition report does not imply the lot is perfect.WE CAN SHIP THIS LOT, but NOT if part of a large, multiple lots purchase.
Lot 38
PUNCH LADLE ETC. A silver coloured metal punch ladle, the bowl inset a Queen Anne coin & with twisted baleen handle. Length 31cm. Also, a later decorated Georgian silver spoon. Please note that all items in this auction are previously owned & are offered on behalf of private vendors. If detail on condition is required on any lot(s) PLEASE ASK FOR A CONDITION REPORT BEFORE BIDDING. The absence of a condition report does not imply the lot is perfect.WE CAN SHIP THIS LOT, but NOT if part of a large, multiple lots purchase.
Lot 638
Group of four badges awarded to the F.A. official H. H. Hughes and relating to the tour of South Africa in 1939,the first issued by the Football Association inscribed and dated, the second issued by the Pretoria FA for the English FA visit, the next for the Cape Town and District FA and the other a commemorative coin suspended from bar depicting a springbok, (4)
Lot 3089
Advertising, Tobacciana and Smoking Interest - a 1940's Clement Garrett & Co Ltd, Sheffield cigarette dispenser/vending machine, tapered rounded rectangular oak case, rectangular shaped stepped feet, hinged fall front door with rectangular glass aperture surrounded by a nickel plated border, nickel plated drawer, coin slot and returned coin slot, rectangular nickel plated plaque to the side engraved 'REGISTERED DESIGN No 818228 SOLE MANUFACTURERS & PATENTEES, CLEMENT GARRETT & Co LTD, SHEFFIELD', the interior fitted with top weight, change tray and faux packets of Senior Service cigarettes, 76cm high, 30cm wide, 18cm deep
Lot 3433
Advertising, Tobacciana and Smoking Interest - a 1930's cigarette dispenser/vending machine, of small proportions, shaped rectangular oak case, rectangular glass aperture, the top crest with oval shaped ivorine plaque marked 'CIGARETTES', the rectangular shaped ivorine plaque above the door marked "THE LEGAL, PLACE COIN IN SLOT AND PULL OUT DRAWER, DO NOT PUSH COIN RIGHT THROUGH, SUPPLIED BY C.&F. CROWLY., 6 LAURENCE, POUNTNEY HILL, E.C.4", small square shaped plaque below aperture marked '6D.', single pull out drawer with brass knob, brass coin slot, the interior fitted with later empty cigarette packets, 57cm high, 14cm wide, 20cm deep, with two keys
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