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Lot 1540

A solid oak 3 drawer chest and a 1930's oak pot cupboard

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Lot 2031

A collection of circa 1950's brooches in silver including an unusual fan brooch stamped NBs, a peacock brooch and an 'Entremblant' flower brooch, 5 in total.

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Lot 2034

A banded agate stone set vintage bracelet together with a circa 1970's textured design silver bangle in good original condition.

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Lot 2035

A lovely opening sweetheart locket, circa 1930/40's set with rubies and pearls in 9ct rose gold on attached later 9ct gold chain, ideal for valentines day.

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Lot 2049

A vintage silver charm bracelet dated Birmingham 1976 together with a white stone brooch circa 1940's.

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Lot 2056

A circa 1940/50's pretty pink kunzite stone ring set in 9ct gold, very good colour, size M.

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Lot 2171

A collection of coin sets including 4 Britain's first decimal coins, old pennies, 1970's etc., (9 sets).

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Lot 2179

An album of vintage cigarette packets and 1920's New World gas cooker lithograph tin sign.

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Galerie Zacke
Lot 513

A HEAVILY CAST BRONZE TRIPOD CENSER, MING DYNASTY China, 1368-1644. The censer with a compressed globular body raised on three legs issuing from the mouths of horned mythical beasts and a pair of pierced s-shaped handles that flank the neck and flat, everted rim. The neck is finely incised with a circumferential leiwen pattern. Condition: Fair condition with minor wear, casting flaws, a ding to the body, the feet with recesses revealing slag from the casting procedure. Verdigris on the interior and the underside. Minimal losses, some nicks to edges. A piercing to the base has been closed with a metal plate. The handles are detachable and fixed with small modern wood pegs. Provenance: English private collection. Weight: 5.4 kg Dimensions: Diameter 30 cm handle to handle The base is incised with a Chinese inscription which is partly illegible. Auction result comparison: Compare with a related censer sold at Sotheby’s New York in Important Chinese Art on 12 September 2018, lot 300, for USD $25,000 incl. buyer’s premium. 銅獸面紋朝冠耳三足爐，明代 中國，1368-1644。香爐鼓腹，獸面三足，一對朝冠耳位於頸部。頸部雷紋裝飾帶。 品相：品相良好，輕微磨損，鑄造缺陷。腳掌上有凹槽，露出了鑄造過程中產生的爐渣。 內部和底下有銅綠。 輕微缺損，邊緣有些划痕。 底座的穿孔已用金屬板封閉。手柄是可拆卸的，並用小型現代木釘固定。 來源：英國私人收藏 重量：5.4 公斤 尺寸：耳至耳直徑 30 厘米 拍賣成果比較：一件相似三足爐2018年9月12日于紐約蘇富比《重要中國藝術》，拍號300，成交價USD $25,000 含買家佣金。

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Galerie Zacke
Lot 784

SMALL JADE DRAGON CARVING China, Shaanxi Province, Xian. In a style of late Eastern Zhou, early Western Han. A jade sinuous dragon undulating in a narrow 'S'-shape and an acuminated tip. Decorated with a sequence of animals: a smaller, reversed dragon on top and a reversed parrot and a cat underneath. Beautiful pale green colour. Condition: Good condition. Provenance: Private collection of a German artist and collector living in Southeast Asia. Weight: 26 g Dimensions: Length 13.5 cm

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Galerie Zacke
Lot 843

A BAMBOO 'BOATING' BRUSH POT BY WANG JICHANG, QIANLONG PERIOD China, 1735-1796. Intricately carved with a majestic lakeshore landscape, depicted with an elderly man looking out from a small open pavilion nestled in a fenced garden grown with bamboo and pines towards two boating parties on the lake, one boat with its sail raised up the mast and seated with eight figures, the other smaller fishing boat being pulled by two boys running across a small bridge, all below rocky mountains and swirling clouds, and above a seal mark reading ‘Wang Jichang Zhi’. Condition: Fine condition with old wear, one tiny loss and several natural age cracks. Provenance: English private collection. Paper label with inventory number to base. Weight: 511.4 g Dimensions: Height 16 cm, Diameter 13.7 cm This cylindrical brush pot is signed Wang Jichang, a bamboo carver active in the mid-Qing dynasty and a native of Jiading, Jiangsu province. In this bucolic boating and fishing scene, Wang skillfully picks out elements of the motif in a range of depths and textures. Note the variation in cuts between the trees, evoking a sense of wild forest, and the carving around the figures that brings them into focus as the principal actors in this narrative. Literature comparison: Compare a brush pot carved with a similar boating scene, but signed Shanmei, in the Hong Kong Museum of Art, illustrated in Ip Yee & Laurence C. S. Tam, Chinese Bamboo Carving, Part I, Hong Kong, 1978, pl. 40, together with a slightly larger example, pl. 67, and three brush pots sold at Sotheby’s Hong Kong, the first of slightly smaller size, 14th May 1983, lot 648, and the second and third of similar size, 25th May 1979, lot 874, and 10th April 2006, lot 1648. Auction result comparison: Compare with a closely related bitong by the same artist at Sotheby’s Hong Kong in Important Chinese Art, 03 April 2019, lot 3714, bought in at an estimate of HKD $250,000-350,000. 竹雕《汎舟》，王紀常，乾隆時期 中國，1735-1796。錯綜複雜的雕刻，雄偉的湖岸景觀，是一個老人在一個小亭子遠望，這個亭子坐落在一個松竹林中。湖上的兩個划船聚會，一艘船坐著八個人，另一艘較小的漁船被兩個男孩拉著，穿過一個小橋。落款“王紀常制”。 品相：品相良好，老磨損，一道輕微缺損和一些天然年代裂紋。 來源：英國私人收藏。底部有藏家收藏編號。 重量：511.4 克 尺寸：高16 厘米，直徑 13.7 厘米 拍賣結果比較：同一藝術家的相近作品于香港蘇富比《重要中國藝術》，2019年4月3日，拍號3714，估價HKD $250.000-350.000。

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Lot 1117

I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, England, Charles I, Briot’s First Machine-made issue, Shilling, mm. daisy on obv. only, signed b both sides, bust within inner circle, carolvs d g magn britann fran et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 6.03g/93.1gr/6h (Sharp type 2; SCBI Brooker 717, same dies; N 2300; S 2854). Small reverse edge flaw, otherwise very fine, toned £700-£900 --- Provenance: Bt Spink

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Lot 1118

I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, England, Charles I, Briot’s First Machine-made issue, Sixpence, mm. flower and b on obv. only, bust within inner circle, carolvs d g magn britan fr et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 2.96g/47.0gr/6h (SCBI Brooker 718, same dies; N 2301; S 2855). Small die flaws behind head, feint crease marks and two tiny marks in reverse field, otherwise good very fine, attractively toned £400-£500 --- Provenance: Bloomsbury Auction, 11 October 2004, lot 390

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Lot 1119

I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, England, Charles I, Briot’s First Machine-made issue, Halfgroat, no mm., crowned bust within inner circle, signed b below, carolvs d g mag brit fr et hib r, rev. ivstitia thronvm firmat, square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 0.83g/12.9gr/6h (SCBI Brooker 721, same dies; N 2302; S 2856). Extremely fine with considerable mint bloom, lightly toned £200-£300 --- Provenance: Bloomsbury Auction, 11 October 2004, lot 391

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Lot 1120

I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, England, Charles I, Briot’s Second Machine-made issue, Shilling, mm. anchor (flukes to right), bust just breaking inner circle, carolvs d g mag brit fr et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 5.87g/90.9gr/6h (SCBI Brooker 728, same obv. die; N 2305; S 2859). Struck on a full flan showing few of the usual signs of blank filing, minor die flaw in second quarter of reverse, otherwise extremely fine and attractively toned £700-£900 --- Provenance: Stack’s Auction (New York), 2-3 December 1998, lot 656; Ponterio Auction 117 (New York), 18-19 January 2002, lot 1680

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Lot 1121

I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, England, Charles I, Briot’s Second Machine-made issue, Sixpence, mm. anchor (flukes to right), bust within inner circle, carolvs d g mag brit fr et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, square-topped shield over long cross fourchée, 3.00g/46.5gr/6h (SCBI Brooker 732, same dies; N 2306; S 2860). Weak on King’s shoulder (and corresponding on reverse), otherwise good very fine, toned £300-£400 --- Provenance: DNW Auction 85, 17 March 2010, lot 447; I. Gordon Collection, CNG Mailbid Sale 90, 23 May 2012 (2564)

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Lot 1126

I: Briot, Warin and Rawlins, England, Peace or War, 1643, a struck copper medal by T. Rawlins, from the same dies as previous, 29mm, 6.68g (Platt I, pp.205-6, type A; MI I, 308/134; E 142). Some scratches on reverse, otherwise about very fine £90-£120 --- Provenance: Bt S. Harvey May 2012

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Lot 1141

III: Commonwealth Coins of 1651, Currency, Shilling, 1651, mm. sun on obv. only, shield of England within wreath, the commonwealth of england, no stop after the, rev. god with vs, conjoined shields of England and Ireland, mark of value above, 5.93g/91.6gr/6h (ESC 90 [984]; N 2724; S 3217). Neatly struck on a full flan, good very fine and attractively toned £600-£800 --- Provenance: Bt Spink April 1963

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Lot 1142

IV: Coins of Oliver Cromwell, Pattern Broad or Fifty Shillings, 1656, by T. Simon, in gold, laureate bust left, olivar d g r p ang sco et hib &c pro, rev. pax qværitvr bello, crowned shield, edge protector literis litteræ nummis corona et salvs, 22.66g/350.2gr/6h (Lessen, BNJ 1996, A1; WR 38; N 2743; S 3224). Some minor marks and hairlines, otherwise better than extremely fine, extremely rare; about 12 specimens believed known £100,000-£150,000 --- Provenance: V.M. Brand Collection; A Small Group of Early English and Scottish Milled Gold Coins, Glendining Auction, 18-19 November 1970, lot 16. From the same dies as the broad (see next two Lots). The purpose of the thick lettered edge version of the coin is not known. However, the edge legend was specified in the legal warrant for the broad, which proved too thin for it, and thus was grained instead. It is believed that these lettered edge coins could have been presentation pieces intended to show what Simon and Blondeau could produce, so long as the Mint supplied the bullion and some wealthy individual paid for them. The precise provenance of this coin prior to its acquisition by Virgil Brand remains uncertain

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Lot 1143

IV: Coins of Oliver Cromwell, Pattern Broad of 20 Shillings, 1656, by T. Simon, in gold, from the same dies as previous, edge grained, [140.0gr], 9.06g/140.0gr/6h (Lessen, BNJ 1996, A2; SCBI Schneider 367; WR 39; Nathanson p.27; N 2744; S 3225). Some minor surface marks and hairlines, otherwise extremely fine with reflective fields and peripheral red toning, rare £20,000-£30,000 --- Provenance: H.K. Hepburn-Wright Collection; bt Spink 1964

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Lot 1144

IV: Coins of Oliver Cromwell, Pattern or Trial Broad of 20 Shillings, 1656, by T. Simon, in silver, from the same dies as previous, edge grained, 6.16g/95.3gr/6h (Lessen, BNJ 1996, A3; cf. N 2744; cf. S 3225). Good very fine and toned, extremely rare; very few specimens known £6,000-£8,000 --- Provenance: H.K. Hepburn-Wright Collection; bt Spink 1964. Three or four of these silver broads on thin flans are known to exist, as well as a plain-edged specimen on a thick flan in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow. They may have been trial or die-proof strikings, or alternatively low-cost examples for presentation to dignitaries or other officials

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Lot 1145

IV: Coins of Oliver Cromwell, Crown, 1658/7, laureate bust left, olivar d g r p ang sco et hib &c pro, rev. pax qværitvr bello, crowned shield, edge has nisi peritvrvs mihi adimat nemo, 30.06g/464.0gr/6h (Lessen, BNJ 1996, E12; L & S 1; ESC 240 [10]; S 3226). Traces of tooling to remove parts of the customary die break on neck, otherwise good extremely fine with old cabinet toning and reflective fields £4,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: A Small Collection of Crowns, Glendining Auction, 19 June 1968, lot 176

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Lot 1146

IV: Coins of Oliver Cromwell, Halfcrown, 1656, laureate bust left, olivar d g r p ang sco et hi &c pro, rev. pax qværitvr bello, crowned shield, edge has nisi peritvrvs mihi adimat nemo, 14.86g/229.6gr/6h (Lessen, BNJ 1996, H25; ESC 251 [446]; S 3227). Characteristic small die flaws in front of face and other minor marks on obverse, otherwise about extremely fine and toned, arguably the finest known specimen £8,000-£10,000 --- Provenance: J.L. Dresser Collection, Stack’s Auction (New York), 29 April-1 May 1987, lot 1792. The first recorded appearance or issuance of this coin was on 1 June 1657

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Lot 1147

IV: Coins of Oliver Cromwell, Halfcrown, 1656, from the same dies as previous, edge has nisi peritvrvs mihi adimat nemo, 14.82g/229.1gr/6h (Lessen, BNJ 1996, H25; ESC 251 [446]; S 3227). Characteristic small die flaws in front of face and other minor marks on hair and neck, otherwise very fine and dark-toned £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: K.V. Graham Collection, Glendining Auction, 12 June 1963, lot 254; bt Spink 1964

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Lot 1148

IV: Coins of Oliver Cromwell, Halfcrown, 1656, an obverse trial strike in lead, laureate bust left, olivar d g r p ang sco et hi &c pro, edge plain, 21.58g/333.5gr (Lessen, BNJ 1996, H25a, this piece; cf. S 3227). Fine or better, UNIQUE £400-£600 --- Provenance: C. Freedman Collection, Spink Auction 55, 8 October 1986, lot 106 (part). Simon’s obverse die trial, strike or test impression. This is a genuine impression from the die as an early trial of sorts by Simon: the flan is larger than the die and the full extent of the die is apparent, showing the full beading of the die of about 2mm, in contrast to an actual silver coin with its truncated beading of about 1mm, proving that such an impression can only have been done by the die. The usual die flaws present on a silver coin are not evident here, but that might be because it is lead. To safeguard the die, and still get a good image from it, lead would have been an obvious choice of material, and the impression was probably made by a manual screw press, avoiding the use of great force – there is no way of knowing if the die was even hardened at this stage. This is one of the few surviving original Simon die proofs (others are the British Museum’s pewter shilling and lead Lord General obverse strikings, and two pewter sixpences, one of which was previously in the British Musuem, and some Charles II thin gold impressions)

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Lot 1149

IV: Coins of Oliver Cromwell, Halfcrown, 1658, laureate bust left, olivar d g r p ang sco et hib &c pro, rev. pax qværitvr bello, crowned shield, edge lettered, has nisi peritvrvs mihi adimat nemo, 15.00g/231.9gr/6h (Lessen, BNJ 1996, I26; ESC 252 [447]; S 3227A). Light scratch on neck, otherwise extremely fine, old cabinet toning £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: With Eedle 1963; bt D.R. Sear March 2009

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Lot 1150

IV: Coins of Oliver Cromwell, Halfcrown, 1658, from the same dies as previous, edge has nisi peritvrvs mihi adimat nemo, 15.03g/232.4gr/6h (Lessen, BNJ 1996, I26; ESC 252 [447]; S 3227A). Small edge split at 11 o’clock, otherwise extremely fine, toned £3,000-£3,600 --- Provenance: Bt from a private advertiser in Exchange & Mart, 1963

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Lot 1151

IV: Coins of Oliver Cromwell, Shilling, 1658, laureate bust left, olivar d g r p ang sco hib &c pro, rev. pax qværitvr bello, crowned shield, edge grained, 5.99g/92.6gr/6h (Lessen, BNJ 1996, J28; ESC 254 [1005]; S 3228). About extremely fine, attractively toned £2,000-£2,600 --- Provenance: H.K. Hepburn-Wright Collection; bt Spink 1964

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Lot 1152

IV: Coins of Oliver Cromwell, Shilling, 1658, from the same dies as previous, edge grained, 6.00g/92.9gr/6h (Lessen, BNJ 1996, J28; ESC 254 [1005]; S 3228). About extremely fine, toned £2,000-£2,600 --- Provenance: Bt Superior 1978

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Lot 1154

IV: Coins of Oliver Cromwell, Farthing, undated, by D. Ramage, from the same obv. die as previous, rev. thvs vnited invincible, three columns bound together, r below, lozenge stops both sides 4.22g/65.5gr/6h (Lessen, BNJ 1996, O44; Cooke 813; BMC 391; Montagu 1; N 2749; S 3230). About very fine, extremely rare £6,000-£8,000 --- Provenance: Sir Kenyon Vaughan-Morgan Collection, Sotheby Auction, 17-18 June 1935, lot 382; F. Brooks Collection [from Spink 1956]; H.K. Hepburn-Wright Collection; bt Spink 1964

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Lot 1155

IV: Coins of Oliver Cromwell, Pattern Farthing, undated, by D. Ramage, in silver, laureate bust left, olivar pro eng sc irl, rev. charitie and change, crowned shield, lozenge stops both sides, edge plain, 3.40g/52.8gr/6h (Lessen Q46, this coin; Cooke –; BMC 393, this piece; cf. Montagu 5; cf. N 2750). Perhaps at one time gilt, some test scratches in front of face, otherwise fine; UNIQUE as a silver Farthing of Oliver Cromwell £10,000-£15,000 --- Provenance: Earl of Pembroke Collection, Sotheby Auction, 31 July-19 August 1848, lot 1400; S. Addington Collection; H. Montagu Collection, Part IV, Sotheby Auction, 15-17 July 1897, lot 51; J.G. Murdoch Collection, Part II, Sotheby Auction, 8-13 June 1903, lot 758; C.A. Watters Collection, Glendining Auction, 21-5 May 1917, lot 449; G.H. Stafford Collection, Sotheby Auction, 12-14 July 1926, lot 587; bt Spink 1968. Examined by the British Museum Research Laboratory in October 1971 and confirmed as a struck piece (XRF reference file no. 3127, 6 October 1971, signed by Dr Tony Werner, Keeper)

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Lot 1156

IV: Coins of Oliver Cromwell, Pattern Farthing, undated, by D. Ramage, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 3.44g/53.4gr/6h (Lessen, BNJ 1996, Q47; Cooke –; BMC 394; Montagu 5; cf. N 2750; S 3230). Extremely fine and excessively rare; one of only four specimens known, two of which are in institutional collections £10,000-£15,000 --- Provenance: SNC August 1907 (42735); SNC January 1908 (49033); SNC September 1909 (69361); V.M. Brand Collection; Hess/Leu Auktion 27 (Lucerne), 14 October 1964, lot 723; bt Spink 1965

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Lot 1158

V: Original Medals by Simon, Scottish Rebellion Extinguished, undated [1639], a struck silver-gilt medal by T. Simon, King on horseback left, trampling arms, signed s on cuirass on ground, carolvs d g mag brit fran et hib rex, rev. from the same die as previous, 31mm, 7.88g (Platt I, p.150, type B, and p.150, this piece illustrated; Nathanson p.10, same dies; MI I, 282/91; E 134a). Attractive original gilding, reverse off-centre, otherwise very fine and very rare £1,500-£2,000 --- Provenance: O.F. Parsons Collection, Spink Auction 34, 14-15 March 1984, lot 587 [from Spink November 1945]; DNW Auction 86, 16-17 June 2010, lot 13

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Lot 1160

V: Original Medals by Simon, Scottish Rebellion Extinguished, undated [1639], a struck silver medal by T. Simon, King on horseback left, trampling arms, no date, signed s (or t over s) on cuirass on ground, carolvs d g mag brit fran et hib rex, rev. qvos devs, hand issuing from clouds holding cord linking a rose and a thistle, 28mm, 5.76g (Platt I, p.151, type D; MI I, 283/93; E 134b). Very fine and toned, rare £600-£800 --- Provenance: Baldwin FPL 1999 (346); ‘Strathtay’ [H.S. Fothringham] Collection, Spink Auction 194, 26 March 2008, lot 26

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Lot 1165

V: Original Medals by Simon, Death of Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex, 1646, a struck oval gold medalet by T. Simon, draped bust right, signed t s f below, rob essex com mil parl dvx gen, rev. hinc illæ lachrymæ, Grief seated left on broken pillar, in exergue abrvp sep 14 1646, 20 x 17mm, 4.51g (Platt II, p.88, type C; MI I, 327/167 [dies 1/3]). Very fine, red tone, extremely rare; with traces of suspension loop £4,000-£5,000 --- Provenance: T.M. Whitehead Collection, Sotheby Auction, 5 May 1898, lot 42; J.G. Murdoch Collection, Part VI, Sotheby Auction, 2-6 June 1904, lot 64; Greta Heckett Collection, Sotheby Auction, 25 May 1977, lot 213; A Fine Collection of British Historical and Commemorative Medals, Sotheby Auction, 9 March 1989, lot 39; An Important Collection of Stuart Badges and British Commemorative Medals, the Property of a Gentleman, Spink Auction 120, 9-10 July 1997, lot 343. Robert Devereux, 3rd Earl of Essex (1591-1646). Although there is no documentation, this was probably an official medal intended to be distributed at the funeral, but whether or not it was is questionable, since Simon had trouble with the dies. If not distributed at the funeral, then they must have been given afterwards, for gold medals were not casually made. As Hawkins correctly listed (MI I, 326-327/165, 166, 167), a single obverse die was paired with three reverses, which broke, and that remains the number known today (cf. Platt II, p.89). In later years Simon was to master lettering on tiny dies, but never their metallurgy. It is impossible to know the number of medals made. There is one of each die-pairing in the British Museum, as well as a legitimate silver specimen of MI 165 (reverse 1); a worn silver MI 165 is in the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, a pierced MI 166 in the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, an MI 166 with loop at 4.60g is in the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg (transferred from the Kunstkamera in the 19th century) and a pierced gold MI 165 was included in the sale of the Alfred Morrison collection in 1965, but a complete study has not been performed. Other silver and gold examples are later cast copies

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Lot 1175

VIII: Original struck gold Medals by Simon, Lord Protector, c. 1655-8, a struck gold medal by T. Simon, armoured and draped bust left, signed tho:simon:f below, olivervs dei gra reipvb angliæ sco et hib & protector, rev. pax qværitvr bello, lion séjant displaying arms, 39mm, 29.68g (Lessen, BNJ 1977, type 1 and pl. xii, 1, this piece; Nathanson p.25; MI I, 409/45; E 188a). Numerous surface and rim marks and scratches, otherwise about extremely fine with reflective fields, extremely rare and important £10,000-£15,000 --- Provenance: R. Huth Collection, Part II, Sotheby Auction, 8 April 1927, lot 15; SCMB M311, March 1940 (64049); bt Spink 1966. In Simon’s archive there are invoices for five medals and their recipients, namely two English officers and three ambassadors. The officers were Major Daniel Redman (August 1655) and Colonel John Sadler (September 1655); the ambassadors were the Swedish Agent, who would be either Christer Bonde or less likely Peter Coyet (between June and October 1656), James, Duke of Courland, Rudolf von Strauch (July or August 1657) and the Portuguese ambassador, Adelino José Rodrigues de Mello (January 1657/8). In the 17th century it was normal for a ruler to give out precious awards to diplomats in the form of such items as miniature pictures in jewelled mounts, or gold medals and chains, and Cromwell employed both methods. Hence the bust has drapery to give it an imperial look (like the later crown, where Simon, on paper, originally had Oliver in a plain coat, but the Council altered that to a Caesarean image on the coin). There are two enigmas with this important historical, artistic and numismatic medal. The first is the unsuccessful attempt to correlate the surviving examples with the known recipients (BNJ 1977, p.121). Simon’s invoice and a separate petition for payment covers five medals and their weights with chains: Courland was added to the 1657 Simon account also in the same year, but the Portuguese was in a subsequent petition of his on 13 July 1658. So it is possible that there were other separate official requests for medals and payments. We can only rely on the extant paper records, and these five are all that are known. The surviving medals are: 1. Gold. The present specimen. The lettering is absolutely not bifurcated, meaning a collar was used, and there may possibly be evidence of a witness line, but this is not certain for the edge is scored all round. There is certainly no trace of a loop having been removed. 2. Gold. British Museum, illustrated by Henfrey (pl. i, 6). No discernible witness line and apparently flat letter bases. 3. Gold. Montagu Collection (lot 234), present location unknown. With loop and ring and bifurcated letters. 4. Gold. Murdoch Collection (lot 152), present location also unknown. With bifurcated letters but no loop. 5. Silver. British Museum, ex Hawkins. Bifurcated letters and, with its badly cracked reverse, would have been made by Simon for the record when it was too late to do anything further. Had it been necessary, he could have made a new reverse die. It was made without a collar, which is somewhat surprising, because a collar could have prevented a broken die from completely destroying itself. It is possible that the Montagu and Murdoch specimens are one and the same, if mention of the loop and ring was omitted by the Murdoch cataloguer. The Montagu specimen sold to Spink and the Murdoch to Whelan for £9 more. The Murdoch catalogue annotated by Jacques Schulman implies that the medal was in fact ex Montagu, so there may only be three examples with just the Montagu/Murdoch medal being untraced. The second enigma is the problem of how these medals were made, what the dies looked like and how the chains were handled, for all had chains, which was their main monetary value. Assuming that the two gold medals known today were made with collars, as must have been the case with no fish-tail letters, then the dies had to be circular with no integral loop, as was true for many of Simon’s oval medals on round dies. The Montagu or Murdoch examples with bifurcated letters would simply have been struck without using collars, and that is acceptable. But what about the Montagu with a loop? This loop does not appear integral to the dies, and could simply have been gold soldered on - we do not know. Regardless of all this, the question remains – how were the expensive chains attached? Always, other Simon medals had loops and rings and the chains threaded through the ring (for example the 1653-4 naval rewards). The missing Montagu specimen might tell us if this bifurcated striking without a collar does or does not have an integral loop in the die(s). A separate surround mount with ring could have been supplied with the medal to take the chains, for the chains most certainly would not have been given with the medal with no method of attachment. Thus the type of dies, the question of bifurcation or not, and the ring to hold the chains, all tie in to these unanswered questions. This medal is sometimes incorrectly called an ‘Inauguration Medal’, which it was not. The inauguration of the Lord Protector was in December 1653, but no medal was made for the occasion or later; the term Lord Protector medal, too, is simply a modern composed designation

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Lot 1183

X: Personal Medals by the Simon Brothers, John Campbell, Earl of Loudoun, 1645, a cast silver medal by A. Simon, bust left wearing skull-cap, signed a s on truncation, no legend, rev. iohan com lovdovn svmmvs scotiæ cancellarivs in five lines, 36mm, 13.08g (Platt II, p.63, type A; MI I, 321/157; E 148a, and pl. 17, this piece illustrated). Surface crack by front of skull-cap, otherwise very fine and very rare £800-£1,000 --- Provenance: C. Humphris Collection, Morton & Eden Auction 4, 21 May 2003, lot 1153; C. Foley Collection, Woolley & Wallis Auction (Salisbury), 16 October 2014, lot 276. John Campbell, 1st Earl of Loudoun (1598-1662), Covenanter, arrested for treason in 1640 but subsequently pardoned, was one of the Scottish commissioners who sought to mediate between the two sides in the Civil War, ultimately without success because King Charles refused to consider escaping the country while under the protection of those commissioners

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Lot 1184

X: Personal Medals by the Simon Brothers, Albert Joachim, 1646, a cast and chased silver-gilt medal by A. and T. Simon, bust left, signed a s on truncation, no legend, rev. 1646 alb ioachimi eq fæderat belg post varias in evrop legat iam ordinar in brit an 22 æt 86 in seven lines, 36mm, 15.06g (Platt II, pp.178-9, type A; MI I, 324/162; E 151). Good very fine; with later clip and ring for suspension £300-£400 --- Provenance: H. Oppenheimer Collection, Christie’s Auction, 27-9 July 1936, lot 305 (part); Sotheby Auction, 12 July 1993, lot 118; C. Humphris Collection, Sotheby Auction, 3-4 October 1996, lot 273. Albert Joachim (1560-1654), ambassador of the United Provinces. When Baron de Reede and William Boreel came from Holland to negotiate between Charles I and Parliament in 1644, the aged Joachim was especially attached to the mission as an advisor

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Lot 1188

XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, First issue, Halfcrown, mm. crown on obv. only, crowned bust left, no inner circles or mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag brit fran et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, no stop above, dies 1/1, 14.69g/227.0gr/2h (ESC 270 [448]; N 2759; S 3307). Some light rubbing to high points of obverse, otherwise very fine, dark blue/grey tone, very rare £3,000-£4,000 --- Provenance: E. Burstal Collection, Glendining Auction, 15 May 1968, lot 511; Chris Martin FPL Spring 2004 (H 245). Please note that where dies are numbered in this section, the designations are merely arbitrary for differentiation, not official sequencing

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Lot 1189

XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, First issue, Shilling, mm. crown on obv. only, crowned bust left, no inner circles or mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag brit fr et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, no stop above, dies 1/1, 6.03g/93.1gr/8h (ESC 272 [1010]; N 2762; S 3308). Some double striking on obverse, otherwise good very fine, reverse better, toned £1,500-£2,000 --- Provenance: Bt Spink October 1966

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Lot 1190

XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, First issue, Shilling, mm. crown on obv. only, crowned bust left, no inner circles or mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag brit fr et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, stop above, dies 2/2, 6.04g/93.5gr/8h (ESC 273 [1009]; N 2762; S 3308). Some peripheral weakness and a trace of double striking on obverse, tiny mark in field before King’s face, otherwise very fine and the shield well-struck, rare £1,200-£1,500 --- Provenance: Bt Spink August 2009

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Lot 1191

XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, First issue, Shilling, mm. crown on obv. only, crowned bust left, no inner circles or mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag brit fr et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, stop above, dies 3/3, 5.94g/91.9gr/10h (ESC 273 [1009]; N 2762; S 3308). Very fine, attractive olive-grey tone, rare £1,500-£1,800 --- Provenance: DNW Auction 107, 20-1 March 2013, lot 374

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Lot 1192

XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, First issue, Shilling, mm. crown on obv. only, crowned bust left, no inner circles or mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag brit fr et hib rex, rev. from the same die as Lot 1190, dies 4/2, 5.93g/91.8gr/6h (ESC 273 [1009]; N 2762; S 3308). Good very fine and toned, rare £2,000-£2,600 --- Provenance: DNW Auction 106, 6 February 2013, lot 557; Davisson’s Mailbid Sale 32, 6 June 2013 (162)

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Lot 1193

XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, First issue, Sixpence, mm. crown on obv. only, crowned bust left, no inner circles or mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag brit fran et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, stop above, dies 1/1, 2.93g/45.3gr/3h (ESC 274 [1507]; N 2765; S 3309). Tiny mark in obverse field, otherwise extremely fine and attractively toned £1,500-£2,000 --- Provenance: E. Wigan Collection; W. Brice Collection; H, Montagu Collection, Part III, Sotheby Auction, 13-19 November 1896, lot 750; B. Roth Collection, Part I, Sotheby Auction, 19-20 July 1917, lot 345; R.C. Lockett Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 11-17 October 1956, lot 2621 (part); with Baldwin; Davisson’s Mailbid Sale 4, 18 November 1994 (254)

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Lot 1194

XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, First issue, Sixpence, mm. crown on obv. only, from the same dies as previous, dies 1/1, 3.05g/47.4gr/3h (ESC 274 [1507]; N 2765; S 3309). Small edge cut and light scratches in obverse field, otherwise good very fine, attractively toned £1,000-£1,200 --- Provenance: St James’s Auction 17, 24 May 2011, lot 119

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Lot 1195

XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, First issue, Twopences (2), mm. crown on obv. only, dies 1/1, 2/2; Penny, no mm., dies 2/2, all without inner circles or marks of value, 1.01g/15.8gr/7h, 1.02g/15.8gr/10h, 0.52g/7.9gr/1h (ESC 276, 278, 280 [2161, 2163, 2264]; S 3310-11) [3]. Penny about very fine, others very fine and better, all toned £100-£150 --- Provenance: First bt Baldwin; last bt CNG April 2006

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Lot 1196

XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, First issue, Twopences (2), mm. crown on obv. only, dies 3/3, 4/4; Penny, no mm., dies 2/2, all without inner circles or marks of value, 0.99g/15.1gr/12h, 0.97g/15.0gr/8h, 0.47g/7.4gr/10h (ESC 276-7, 281 [2162, 2264]; S 3310-11) [3]. About very fine and better £90-£120 --- Provenance: First bt CNG December 2004; second bt CNG; last bt J. Elmen November 2002

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Lot 1197

XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Second issue, Shilling, mm. crown on obv. only, crowned bust left, no inner circles, with mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag bri fr et hi rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, stop above, dies 1/1, 6.01g/93.1gr/2h (ESC 291 [1012]; N 2763; S 3314). Good fine and toned, the variety very rare £700-£900 --- Provenance: Glendining Auction, 24-5 May 1972, lot 874

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Lot 1198

XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Second issue, Shilling, mm. crown on obv. only, crowned bust left, no inner circles, with mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag br fr et hi rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, stop above, dies 2/2, 5.44g/84.3gr/2h (ESC 293 [1014]; N 2763; S 3314). Fine £400-£500 --- Provenance: Bt Baldwin August 2009

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Lot 1199

XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Second issue, Twopence, mm. crown on obv. only, crowned bust left, no inner circles, with mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag b fr et h rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, stop above, 1.06g/16.4gr/2h (ESC 296 [2164]; S 3316). Bright from past cleaning, otherwise about very fine, extremely rare £120-£150 --- Provenance: Bt Baldwin 1996

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Lot 1200

XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Third issue, Halfcrown, mm. crown, crowned bust left, with inner circles and mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag bri fra et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, 14.91g/230.5gr/6h (ESC 298 [453]; N 2761; S 3321). About very fine, dark tone £500-£600 --- Provenance: L.E. Bruun Collection, Sotheby Auction, 18-22 May 1925, lot 820 (part); H.M. Lingford Collection [from Baldwin August 1944]; SNC July 2009 (HS 3877); SNC May 2010 (HS 4156)

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Lot 1201

XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Third issue, Halfcrown, mm. crown, crowned bust left, with inner circles and mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag br fr et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, 14.62g/225.7gr/2h (ESC 301 [456]; N 2761; S 3321). Some light obverse scratches, otherwise fine, reverse better £200-£260 --- Provenance: Bt CNG March 2010

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Lot 1202

XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Third issue, Shilling, mm. crown, crowned bust left, with inner circles and mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag brit fr et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, [90.8gr], 5.86g/90.8gr/11h (ESC 308 [1016]; N 2764; S 3322). Neatly struck on a round flan, good very fine, light olive tone £400-£500 --- Provenance: E.C. Carter Collection; J.F.H. Checkley Collection, Glendining Auction, 10 February 1965, lot 257

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Lot 1203

XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Third issue, Shilling, mm. crown, crowned bust left, with inner circles and mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag bri fra et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, 6.06g/93.6gr/1h (ESC 309 [1019]; N 2764; S 3322). Slightly double-struck and a spot by King’s crown, otherwise very fine, toned £300-£400 --- Provenance: Bt A. Davisson January 2004

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Lot 1204

XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Third issue, Sixpence, mm. crown, crowned bust left, with inner circles and mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag bri fra et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, dies 1/1, 2.90g/44.8gr/4h (ESC 316 [1510]; N 2767; S 3323). Good very fine and toned, probably much as struck £300-£400 --- Provenance: CNG Triton V Auction (New York), 15-16 January 2002, lot 2470

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Lot 1205

XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Third issue, Sixpence, mm. crown, crowned bust left, with inner circles and mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag bri fra et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, dies 2/2, 2.87g/44.7gr/4h (ESC 316 [1510]; N 2767; S 3323). Good fine, toned £120-£150 --- Provenance: DNW Auction DC2, 30 November 2009, lot 91

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Lot 1206

XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Third issue, Sixpence, mm. crown, crowned bust left, with inner circles and mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag bri fra et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, dies 3/3, 2.99g/46.3gr/12h (ESC 316 [1510]; N 2767; S 3323). Bright appearance, a little off-centre and legend weak in places, otherwise good very fine £300-£400 --- Provenance: Davisson’s Mailbid Sale 28, 17 December 2009 (407)

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Lot 1207

XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Third issue, Sixpence, mm. crown, crowned bust left, with inner circles and mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag bri fra et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, dies 4/4, 2.94g/45.5gr/12h (ESC 316 [1510]; N 2767; S 3323). Two tiny digs in reverse field, otherwise about very fine £180-£220 --- Provenance: DNW Auction 85, 17 March 2010, lot 504; bt CNG June 2010

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Lot 1208

XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Third issue, Sixpence, mm. crown, crowned bust left, with inner circles and mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag bri fra et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, dies 5/5, 2.94g/45.6gr/9h (ESC 316 [1510]; N 2767; S 3323). About very fine £200-£260 --- Provenance: SNC January 1962 (384); H.E. Manville Collection, Spink Auction 154, 12 July 2001, lot 72; St James’s Auction 17, 24 May 2011, lot 120. NB: The provenance given in Spink 154 is incorrect and refers to a different coin

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