Danelaw, Penny, after Alfred the Great of Wessex’s London Monogram series [BMC VII], eγfr-ed re+, diademed and draped bust right, rev. londonia monogram, crossbar of a omitted, t and four pellets within body of d, 1.30g (MacKay D, dies unlisted; N 463). Double-struck on obverse, otherwise good very fine, a few light marks consistent with being a field-find; an early, rare and evocative Viking coin £4,000-£5,000
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Mary (1542-1567), First period, Testoon, type IIIa, 1557 on obv., 1556 on rev., mm. crown on rev. only, small high-arched crown above shield, annulets in field, 5.51g/12h (SCBI 35, –; SCBI 58, 329-31; B 13, fig. 789; S 5404). Surfaces rough in places (fire damaged?), otherwise nearly very fine, the muling of dates rare £300-400
Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Expanding Cross type, Heavy issue, Wallingford, Beorhtwine, brihtpine on pali, 1.53g/3h (Freeman –; N 823; S 1177). Scattered marks otherwise very fine, grey patina; the moneyer extremely rare at Wallingford in this type £300-£360 --- Provenance: Royal Berkshire Collection [from Spink 1993]
Mary (1542-1567), Second period (with Francis), Half-Testoon, type I, 1558, mm. crown on obv., cross on rev., no stops by crown, reads dei · g · r · r · scotor, 3.04g/12h (cf. SCBI 35, 1095-6; cf. SCBI 58, 1005; cf. B 1, fig. 880; S 5419). Slightly double-struck, very fine or better, toned, the obverse legend variety with dei extremely rare £600-£800
Charles I (1625-1649), Third coinage, Falconer’s Anonymous issue, Thirty Shillings, mm. thistle, unsigned, reads fran & hib, two leaved thistles above crown on rev., 14.86g/6h (Murray 6; Bull 21; B –; S 5557). Old scrape on horse, minor edge flaws, otherwise good very fine, rare £300-£400 --- Provenance: H. Montagu Collection, Part IV, Sotheby Auction, 15-17 July 1897, lot 311; T. Bearman Collection; R.C. Lockett Collection, Glendining Auction, 18-19 June 1957, lot 427 (part); Sanders Collection
Edward IV (First reign, 1461-1470), Small Cross on Rose/Radiant Sun coinage (c. 1462-3), Penny, large rose, small cross pattée at centre, rev. radiant sun with pellet-in-annulet in centre, 0.54g/12h (S 6290 [6289]; DF 113). Small edge chip, otherwise very fine and extremely rare; struck on the normal small flan £800-£1,000
Free State (1921-1937), Pattern Florin, 1927, by P. Morbiducci, in copper, edge plain, 7.97g/12h (KM –). Traces of lacquer, extremely fine and extremely rare £8,000-£10,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- XRF analysis of this coin reveals it to be almost pure copper (99.7%).
Free State (1921-1937), Pattern Shilling, 1927, by P. Morbiducci, in copper-nickel, edge plain, 5.08g/6h (KM –). Minor spotting, otherwise good extremely fine, extremely rare £10,000-£12,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK ---
Free State (1921-1937), Pattern Penny, 1927, by P. Morbiducci, in copper, edge plain, 8.59g/12h (KM –). Good extremely fine, extremely rare £10,000-£12,000 --- Importation Duty This lot is subject to importation duty of 5% on the hammer price unless exported outside the UK --- --- Although these pieces are often described as bronze, XRF analysis of this coin reveals it to be almost pure copper (99.8%).
William I (1066-1087), Penny, Two Sceptres type [BMC IV], Lincoln, Ulfr, vlf on lincoln, 1.33g/9h (Mossop Aa, pl. lxxxii, 6; Allen 2012, p.76; BMC 246; N 844; S 1253). Some weakness in legends, very fine or better, toned, very rare £1,000-£1,200 --- Provenance: H. Montagu Collection, Part V, Sotheby Auction, 16-20 November 1897, lot 70 (part); W.C. Boyd Collection, Baldwin Auction 42, 26 September 2005, lot 882
Henry VI (First reign, 1422-1461), Leaf-Mascle issue, Groat, Calais, mm. crosses IV/V, leaf in spandrel below breast and after posvi, mascle after rex and before la, double saltire after la, leaf and saltire after sie, 3.48g/5h (Whitton 31a; Buck –; N 1475; S 1890). Surfaces rough, good fine, the variety very rare £80-£100 --- Provenance: St James’s Auction 4, 8 May 2006, lot 221 This reverse die is illustrated in F.A. Walters’ article, NC 1911, pl. ix, 4.
Stephen (1135-1154), Penny, Cross Moline type [BMC I], Carlisle, Hudard, vdard : o[––]ard :, reads st[––]ne re : x :, 1.24g/11h (EMC 2016.0202, same dies; cf. Mattinson & Cherry, BNJ 2013, p.104, fig. 8; Allen, BNJ 2012, p.108; Mack 282; N 874; S 1306/5002). Of sound metal, very fine and very rare, one of the best and most legible specimens known of the type £800-£1,000 --- Struck by David I of Scotland or Henry of Northumberland in the name of Stephen
India, Princely States, TRAVANCORE, Rani Gouri Lakshmi Bai (ME 986-90/1811-15), gold ‘Anantaraya’ Pagoda, stylised facing figure of a deity holding a baton in each hand, two floral sprigs in lower fields, rev. granulated, 3.39g (Mears p.293, SG 9; KM B8; F 1399a). Extremely fine and most attractive, very rare [certified and graded by NGC as MS 65] £3,000-£4,000 --- Investment Gold If this lot is purchased by a VAT-registered trader, he or she may claim back the VAT element on the buyer's premium from HM Revenue and Customs --- --- Provenance: ‘Skanda’ (L.B. Brilliant) Collection, Spink/Taisei Auction 9 (Singapore), 20 February 1991, lot 616; R.P. Puddester Collection, Part I, Noonans Auction 268, 8-9 February 2023, lot 907
Henry II (1154-1189), Tealby coinage, Penny, class C2, Ipswich, Robert, robert : on : pip, reads henri : r :, 1.35g/9h (Sadler III, p.225, fig. 1238, this coin; BMC 336, same dies; N 957; S 1339). Light surface scratches, fine or better, toned, rare £200-£260 --- Provenance: F. Elmore Jones Collection, Glendining Auction, 13 April 1983, lot 1142b; J.C. Sadler Collection
India, EIC: Bengal Presidency, Proof Half-Anna [1831-5], Calcutta, edge plain, 12.94g/6h (Stevens 9.30; Prid. 214). Has been polished and with some carbon spots, otherwise about extremely fine, rare [certified and graded by NGC as Proof Details: Cleaned] £240-£300 --- Provenance: F. Pridmore Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 18-19 October 1982, lot 632 (part); R.P. Puddester Collection, Part I, Noonans Auction 268, 8-9 February 2023, lot 721 [from Baldwin July 1990]
India, EIC: Bombay Presidency, Half-Rupee, Bombay [naming Surat], 1825-31 issue, in the name of Shah ‘Alam II, frozen regnal year 46, privy mark 9 incorporating an inverted crown at left, 5.81g/6h (Stevens 3.23; Prid. 281). Very fine and toned, rare £150-£200 --- Provenance: A Collection of Coins relating to the East India Company, Spink Auction 166, 12 November 2003, lot 210 (part); R.P. Puddester Collection, Part I, Noonans Auction 268, 8-9 February 2023, lot 524
India, EIC: Madras Presidency, Quarter-Ashrafi, 1819 issue, 2.92g/12h (Stevens 4.6; Prid. 243). Obverse very fine, reverse about extremely fine, rare [certified and graded by NGC as AU 58] £700-£900 --- Provenance: SNC October 1980 (8583); R.P. Puddester Collection, Part I, Noonans Auction 268, 8-9 February 2023, lot 220
Henry VI (First reign, 1422-1461), Leaf-Mascle/Leaf-Trefoil mule, Groat, London, small leaf in spandrel below breast, rev. double saltire after lon, 2.38g/7h (Whitton 20f/23e; N 1474/1484; S 1889). Cut down to the inner circle, very fine and toned, very rare £100-£150 --- Provenance: DNW Auction 41, 3 June 1999, lot 1174 (part) Clipping of English coin was extensively practised in Ireland in the mid-15th century and statutes were passed in 1447 and 1456 to restrict its circulation. Contemporary forgeries were modelled on these clipped-down coins and one or both are referred to in contemporary documents as O’Reilly’s Money.
Low Countries, DORESTAD, Louis the Pious (814-40), Denier au temple, hlvdovicvs [––], cross with pellet in each angle, rev. dorestatvs mon, temple, 1.24g/6h (MG 337; cf. MEC I, 819). Good fine, extremely rare £1,200-£1,500 --- Provenance: found near Bury St Edmunds (Suffolk), September 2023 According to MEC, only three specimens are known - one from Germany (Pilligerheck Hoard 1956) and two from the Netherlands, one each from the Yde (Drenthe) Hoard 1955 and Tzummarum II (Friesland) Hoard 1991. This specimen seems to be the first found in the UK and may have been brought to its East Anglian findspot by Vikings in the 850s or 860s.
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