Charles I, Oxford mint (1642-6), groat, m.m. none, 1645, large bust extending to bottom of coin, rev. single plume, 2 scrolls and ox monogram over Declaration, 1.86g (JGB 958 (same dies); N. 2466; S. 2988), some faint scratches on obverse, traces of double-striking on king’s crown, otherwise clear and evenly toned, almost very fine, reverse very fine, rare. Ex R. C. Lockett, Glendining, 17 October 1956, lot 2474 (part) and N. Asherson, Spink 6, 10-11 October 1979, lot 85.
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Charles I, Exeter mint, (1643-6), shilling, 1645, m.m. rose, rev. Declaration type, 5.43g (JGB 1067 (same dies); Besly C16; N. 2576; S. 3086), has been straightened, and expertly plugged before bust, unevenly toned, with a strong portrait, good fine and better, an extremely rare type at Exeter. Coins of the ‘Declaration’ type, known to contemporaries as ‘Exurgat money’, are very rare outside the royal mints of Oxford and Bristol, and their appearance at other royalist mints is likely to have some special significance, though this is not always obvious, BNJ 1992, p.119. Very small quantities of ‘Exurgat money’ dated 1644 (halfcrowns), and 1645 (halfcrowns and shillings) were struck at Exeter, and they are considered one of the great rarities of the Charles I provincial series. Ex V. J. E. Ryan, Glendining, 22 January 1952, lot 1204, SCMB, April 1952, no. 7488 and SCMB, January 1953, no. 3808.
Filips de Stoute (1384-1404), dubbele groot, Mechelen, undated (1384), helmeted lion sejant to left within tressure of fifteen arches, rev., short cross fleury within double marginal legend, 3.87g (D. de P. pl. VI, 7), weakly struck on lion, fine to good fine and very rare. Bought Franceschi, 8 April 1971.
17th Century: Suffolk, Newmarket, Joseph Adams, halfpenny, 1669, Cheesemonger (BW -) slightly creased, fine to very fine, very rare, believed to be unpublished. Ex A. H. Baldwin Auction 38, 4 October 2004, lot 824. *We are grateful to Michael Dickinson for the suggestion that this token, reading new . market in two words, is more probably a London issue of Clare Market, otherwise New Market (cf SCBI 62, Norweb 8668-8672). This attribution is supported to some degree by the ‘Thames patina’ which the token exhibits. Apart from its appearance in the Baldwin auction described, the piece does appear to be previously unpublished. The estimate is unchanged.
Filips de Stoute (1384-1404), dubbele groot botdrager, Valkenburg, undated (1396-1403), lion sejant left with knot in tail, rev., long cross over shield, 4.01g (Lucas 9), almost very fine and rare. Filips de Stoute opened a short-lived mint at Valkenburg, whose output was denoted by the addition of a knot in the lion’s tail.
Filips de Goede (1419-1467), halve gouden rijder, Ghent, undated (1434-1440), Count on horseback charging right, in full armour and brandishing shield, in ex., flad, rev., shield on cross fleury, 1.75g (Delmonte 488 [R.2]; D. de P. XXI, 45; v.G&H 2-2; F. 184), good very fine, rare. Bought Franceschi, 8 October 1963.
Aalst, kleine denarius, moneyer Arnot, obv., ar?ot, bust right holding sword, rev., a ? l ? o ? s ? t ? around cross pattée with two annulets and two pellets in angles, 0.42g (Ghyssens 212b; Gaillard 28 var.), good very fine and toned, rare. Bought Delmonte, his April 1970 Fixed Price List, coin 60
Maria van Bourgondië (1477-1482), bourgondische goudgulden, undated (1478-1480), St Andrew, nimbate, standing facing and holding long cross, without rowel in exergue, rev., Burgundian arms on long cross pattée, 3.43g (Delmonte 497; D. de P. XIII, 68; v.G&H 37-3b; F. 193), slight central weakness, otherwise good very fine and rare. Bought Franceschi, 3 April 1959.
Filips de Schone (minority, 1482-1494), Fifth Coinage, halve bourgondische goudgulden, undated (1489-1492), crowned arms of the Holy Roman Empire, legend naming Maximilian of Hapsburg, rev., St Andrew standing, nimbate, holding long cross and supporting arms of Austria and Burgundy, 1.66g (Delmonte 500; v.G&H 81-5; F. 196), good very fine and rare. Bought Franceschi, 20 May 1964.
Karel de Eenvoudige (897-922), denarius, Brugge, struck under Boudewijn II (Count of Flanders, 879-918), cr?t?d – rex around ‘Karolus’ monogram, rev., + brvcci? mo around cross pattée, wedges, with tops attached to inner circle, in angles, 1.72g (Depeyrot 699), almost extremely fine and richly toned, rare. Ex Kress auction 116, 28 October 1960, lot 1508.
Revolt of Ghent (1488-1492), First Coinage, St Jansgoudgulden, undated (1488), St John holding agnus Dei and supporting shield bearing arms of Flanders, spur-rowel stops, rev., arms of Austria and Burgundy on cross fleury, without city-name in angles, 3.16g (Delmonte 501 [R.1]; v.G&H 142c; F. 239), tiny loss at edge and traces of solder on obverse rim, otherwise good very fine and well-struck, rare. Bought de Mey, 2 October 1971.
Filips de Schone (majority, 1494-1506), spaanse reaal, 1505, crowned shield bearing quartered arms of Spain and Austria-Burgundy, rev., Burgundian cross quartered with the arms of Castille, Leon, Granada, and the Order of the Golden Fleece, 3.26g (v.G&H 165-5), evenly struck, very fine or better and rare
Keizer Karel (1506-1555), First Coinage, mule St Filippus goudgulden, undated (1506-13), St Philip, nimbate, standing facing, holding long cross and book and supporting crowned shield with arms of Austria and Burgundy, rev., phs dei gra archidv avst du z bg co f, cross fleury with lis in centre, crowns and lis diagonally opposed in angles, saltire stops, 3.28g (Delmonte 513/510; v.G&H 169-5a/115-5c), a mule with an old reverse die of Filips de Schone, head of Saint weakly struck, otherwise good very fine and rare. Bought Delmonte, 23 December 1966.
Keizer Karel (1506-1555), restrike zilveren Karolusgulden, (lily) carolv : d : g : rom : imp : hisp rex : dvx : bvrg : c : f , crowned and armoured bust right, rev., da : mihi – virtvte – co : host – es : tvos, quartered arms of Austria and Burgundy, crowned and superimposed on long cross fleury which breaks marginal legend, 27.79g (cf Delmonte 4; cf v.G&H 187-5), apparently a later striking on a carefully-prepared flan with broad margins, extremely fine and toned, extremely rare. Bought Delmonte, 8 November 1966.
Revolt of Ghent (1581-1584), gouden nobel, 1582, mo: avrea · restavr · metropol · gand · · fland ·, royal figure standing in ship, crowned and holding sword and shield bearing lion rampant; lion at stern holding banner with clasped hands, n – t in upper field, rev., · nisi · dns · cvstod · civitat · frvstra · vigilant · 82 , elaborate cross fleury with crowned lions over trefoils in angles and lis at the end of each limb, trefoils in spandrels, 6.73g (Delmonte 533 [R.2]; Gilleman 14; F. 243), die rust evident on obverse but about extremely fine and well struck, rare. Ex Vinchon auction, 7 November 1966, lot 155. *The coin is offered as a restrike made from the original dies during the 1830s, as evidenced by the die rust visible. Revised estimate: £1,000-2,000.
Revolt of Ghent (1581-1584), halve gouden nobel, 1582, mon · avrea · metropol · gand · · fland ·, royal figure standing in ship, crowned and holding sword and shield bearing lion rampant; lion at stern holding banner with three lis, n – t in upper field, rev., · nisi · dns · cvstod · civit · frvstra · 82 , elaborate cross fleury with crowned lions over lis in angles and lis at the end of each limb, trefoils in spandrels, 3.38g (Delmonte 534 [R.3]; Gilleman 16; F. 245), about extremely fine and rare. Bought Franceschi, 7 October 1963.
Siege of Oudenaarde (1582), uniface tin 10-stuivers, 1582, spes nra devs 1582 around shield bearing lion rampant, value above, countermarked with arms of Oudenaarde above, 4.05g (Maillet p. 30, 3; Haeck 724), very fine to good very fine with strong countermark, rare. Ex Gallerie des Monnaies (Lausanne), list 13, July 1969.
Siege of Oudenaarde (1582), uniface tin 2½ stuivers or 5-groten, spes nra devs 1582, crowned A within lunettes, mark of value at sides, countermarked with Lombardic A above, 3.57g (Maillet p. 30, 5; Haeck 726; cf Elsen auction 91, 24 May 2007, lot 1167, same die), some double-striking, very fine and rare. Ex Delmonte, his Fixed Price List, July 1967, no. 55.
Siege of Oudenaarde (1582), uniface tin stuiver or 2-groten, spes – nra – devs – 1582, long cross with limbs terminating in lis, shield bearing lion rampant in centre, 5.16g (Maillet p. 30, 6; Haeck 727; cf Elsen auction 117, 15 June 2013, lot 1466, same die), very fine and rare. Ex Delmonte, his Fixed Price List, April 1970, no. 76.
Albert and Isabella (1598-1621), dubbele souverein, 1620, Albert and Isabella seated jointly on a double throne, holding sword and sceptre respectively, rev., crowned arms within collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece, 11.06g (Delmonte 554 [R.3]; v.G&H 304-6b; F.223), edge smoothed above busts and neatly plugged and repaired below S of DVCES to right of Albert’s head, otherwise good very fine and well struck with strong portraits, rare. Bought Franceschi, 30 April 1959.
Karel II (1665-1700), hammered coinage, souverein, 1667, crowned lion rampant left holding sword, left paw resting on globe set on stand, rev., crowned arms within collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece, 5.33g (Delmonte 565 [R.3]; v.G&H 345-4a; F. 233, ‘very rare’), from a ring-mount and so the rim slightly turned, otherwise good fine to very fine and very rare. Bought Maison Platt, 21 October 1963. This year is missing from the dates listed by Delmonte and appears to be unpublished.
Karel III (1703-1711), halve-patagon, 1709, Burgundian cross, with crown above and jewel of the Order of the Golden Fleece below, three crowned and interlocking C’s at sides, rev., crowned arms within collar of the Order of the Golden fleece, crown divides date, 13.81g (Delmonte 362 [R.4]; v.G&H 378-2), small edge split, about very fine and toned, rare. Bought Delmonte, 6 June 1979.
Baden-Durlach, Karl IV Wilhelm (1709-1738), Rheingold ducat, 1721, Darmstadt mint, mintmaster B. J. Bethmann, armoured bust right, rev., crowned oval shield garnished with Order collar and supported by gryphons, 3.49g (Wielandt 626; KM 64), on a slightly irregular flan, virtually as struck, very rare. Although not designated as ‘Rheingold’ on the coins themselves, a small quantity of ducats and half-ducats of Karl IV Wilhelm, using gold from the river, was struck in Darmstadt in 1721, there being no mint in operation in Baden-Durlach at the time.
Baden-Durlach, Karl Friedrich, ducat, 1751, Durlach mint, armoured bust right, signed s (for A. Schaeffer) below, rev., crowned arms on mantle with Order collar, date 17 – 51 at sides, 3.43g (Wielandt 677a; KM 102 var.), creasemarks and a few surface scratches or knocks, about very fine and rare
Karel de Eenvoudige (897-922), denarius, Brugge, struck under Boudewijn II (Count of Flanders, 879-918), cr’?t?d – rex around ‘Karolus’ monogram, rev., + brvcci? mo (with annulet above m) around cross pattée, wedges, with tops attached to inner circle, in angles, 1.72g (Depeyrot 699 var.), good very fine and toned, rare. Purchase from Franceschi, 18 February 1966.
Russia, Peter the Great (1689-1725), 2 roubles, 1725, Krasny mint, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev., St Andrew holding saltire cross, 4.04g (Diakov vol. 2, 1.2, same dies; Sev. 102), light test-marks on edge, good very fine and lightly toned, rare. Provenance: Count Emeryk Hutten Czapski (1897-1979), grandson of the celebrated collector, numismatist and historian of the same name; thence by descent.
Spain, José Napoleon (1808-1813), 80 reales, 1810 M-AI, Madrid mint, bare head left, date below, rev., crowned shield of arms within collar of the golden fleece, value either side, crowned M and AI below, 5.92g (Cayon 14721; KM 542); ex mount with minor associated marks to edge, slightly undulating, scratches to portrait and elsewhere, fair to fine, rare
Spain, Philip IV (1621-1665), silver 50-Reales or Cincuentin, 1635 R, Segovia mint, assayer Rafael Savan, crowned Habsburg shield of arms, with aqueduct denoting Segovia Mint to left of shield with R immediately below denoting the assayer Rafael Savan, value to right of shield rev., arms of Castille and Leon at centre within tressure, date above, 172.86g, 75mm diameter (Cayon 6590; KM 81.5); typical flan flecks, small hairlines and edge marks, about extremely fine and with attractive, light tone, extremely rare and amongst the finest examples known for this date. Cincuentines were issued in extremely limited numbers (some have suggested 20 or fewer examples for some dates of issue) and are believed to have been prestige pieces given as a mark of favour to courtiers, noblemen and members of the royal family. These imposing and rare silver coins were struck sporadically during a few relatively short periods between 1609 and 1683 and were known at the time as monedas excelentes. For a comparable example, see the ‘Millennia Collection’ of 2008 where the catalogue records a total of 12 examples known, 6 of which are held in public collections. Whether the present coin represents a new addition or whether it was included in the 2008 survey is not known but it compares favourably with the piece then offered. Provenance: From a UK collection and stated to be ‘Ex Webb, 1966’, at which time the piece was apparently acquired for £130.
Ionia, uncertain mint, cistophorus, uncertain quaestor, with “ATRA” monogram and thyrsus in reverse field,12.83g (Metcalf 658, same obverse die), very fine; Mesopotamia, Adiabene, Natounia, Ae 18mm, radiate head of Helios-Shamash (?) right, rev., rider on camel right (CSE II, 846; Hoover, SNR 88, 2009, series 1), fine and rare (2)
Constans II, solidus, Syracuse, facing busts of Constans II and Constantine IV, rev., VICTRIA (sic) AVG CIKU, cross on steps flanked by Heraclius and Tiberius, 4.35g (DO 162 var.; MIB 95 var.; Spahr 156 var; S. 1086A var.), one minor edge clip, very fine and very rare. Ex Bonham auction 6, 14 September 1981, lot 620.
Undine, a rare Della Robbia Art Nouveau plaque, dated 1902, incised decoration of the nymph Undine amongst stylised flowers against a blue ground with green border, incised to the lower left Della Robbia, and verso incised ship motif with initials DR dated 1902 with further green enamel monogram for Hannah Jones and further incised signatures G.H.S. possibly for George Seddon and E.M.W. for Emily Margaret Wood, 20 cm x 46.2 cm (see illustration). CONDITION REPORT: There is a shallow chip to the top right hand corner which is approximately 2 cm long x 1 cm deep and a further glazed chip just below which is approximately 5 mm x 1.3 cm in length. There is an older chip to the bottom edge just left of centre which is a glaze chip approximately 7 mm x 5 mm. The sides are glazed and there is a small section of glazing missing to the bottom left edge, this is not a chip just flaking of the glaze. Slightly further along just off centre of the bottom edge there is a further smaller 4 mm x 3 mm glaze chip. The left hand edge has a small chip approximately 2 cm long x 6 mm wide. The right hand edge appears to be free from any post production faults as does the top edge (other than the chip previously mentioned in the top right hand corner), there is however a very small rubbed patch to the very edge of the top left side. There are no apparent cracks or signs of restoration. The glaze throughout is very crazed which should be visible on the web image. There is some residue of what we believe to be grout around the left and right hand edges. Other than those faults mentioned it appears to be in relatively good order.
A rare Chinese blue and white 'Flower and Wave' censer and cover for the Islamic market Xuande six-character mark, probably Ming Dynasty Of globe form, raised on a spreading foot, the cover surmounted with a garlic-head finial, pierced with six trefoil vents, mirrored by six further larger vents at the shoulder above a broad band of complex foliate piercing, decorated with flower sprays and bands of flowers and foliage between ruyi-head borders in typical 'heaped and piled' cobalt, the base with flowers and scrolling foliage above a lappet border, the foot with later silver replacement, decorated with further flower and leaf band above a broad border of waves. 37cm high The finial section of the cover has been broken cleanly and re-attached with metal staples. The base has a significant crack to the rim with further fine hairlines visible within. The original foot is missing and replaced with a silver version with replicated decoration. There are fine surface scratches inside and out in places, consistent with age and use. Please refer to images.
A rare Chinese celadon five-spouted vase Daoguang seal mark and of the period The elegant globular body rising to four cylindrical necks flanking a taller central neck, raised on a spreading foot ring, decorated with an even sea-green glaze with white slip painted motifs of precious objects. 30cm high Two of the shorter spouts have fine hairlines. There is a very small dint to the underside foot rim. Please refer to images.
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