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Lot 115
British Iron Age, TRINOVANTES, Dubnovellaunos (5 BC - 10 AD), Quarter-Stater, Trefoil type, wreath, two opposed crescents in centre, ringed pellet either side, rev. horse prancing left, trefoil above, branch below, 1.39g (Sills class 1, 541; ABC 2395; VA 1660; BMC 2442; S 208). Some die rust, very fine, quite well-centred, very rare £500-£600
Lot 121
Archbishops of Canterbury, Jænberht (765-92), Penny, Canterbury, of a re x in angles of Celtic cross, rev. ieb erha rep in three lines, divided by two bars with botonnée ends, 0.91g/12h (Chick 151b; N 225 var.; S 883). Edge crack repaired, otherwise very fine, very rare £1,000-£1,200 --- Provenance: Found near Dorchester, 2019 (EMC 2019.0208)
![Kings of East Anglia, Æthelstan (825-40), Penny, [Ipswich], Torhthelm, +edelstani around large a, rev. torhthelm around cross](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1ea0ffeb-8ed4-4612-bb8e-aea0011ef661/9d737a61-5edb-4b22-b118-aea10104ade6/468x382.jpg)
![Kings of Wessex, Ecgberht (802-39), Penny, London (as king of the Mercians), [829], Rædmund, + ecgberht rex m around cross po](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1ea0ffeb-8ed4-4612-bb8e-aea0011ef661/d74ba2c2-e23f-4cdc-879e-aea10105af9c/468x382.jpg)
Lot 124
Kings of Wessex, Ecgberht (802-39), Penny, London (as king of the Mercians), [829], Rædmund, + ecgberht rex m around cross potent, rev. + red: m:v d:h. in three lines, divided by beaded bars, 1.36g/9h (Naismith L31.1-2 var. [this rev. type unrecorded]; SCBI BM 1069 var.; N 585 var.; S 1037 var.). Edge slightly curved at 11 o’clock, otherwise very fine, orange earthen patina, extremely rare and important £6,000-£8,000 --- Provenance: Found in North Yorkshire, 2022 (EMC 2022.0208) The silver pence minted by the West Saxon king Ecgberht (802-839) at the London mint are of great historical importance. They adhere, in the most explicit way, to the sentiment expressed by Mark Blackburn when he wrote that ‘for the ninth century, above all others, the coinage has a fundamental contribution to make to our knowledge of political history’. While of relatively humble appearance, these coins offer exceptional testimony to perhaps the most important event of the first four decades of that century; the West Saxon conquest of London in 829. Ecgberht’s victory, and his subsequent assumption of the title ‘king of the Mercians’ signalled a major adjustment to the political and military hierarchy of the Southumbrian kingdoms. It established a precedent which was to be followed some fifty years later by his grandson, Alfred, during the struggle against the Vikings. These coins bear witness to the strength of Ecgberht's position, the willingness of at least some within Mercia to accept him as their legitimate king, if only for a fleeting moment, and the malleability of coinage as tool for disseminating political messages at the time. Ecgberht was the son of Ealhmund, a man of West Saxon royal stock who probably ruled as king in Kent during the early 780s. Following a period of enforced exile on the continent, Ecgberht returned to England on the occasion of the death of his rival Beorhtric in 802 to claim the West Saxon throne. We know little of the new king’s actions during the first two decades of the ninth century and there is no indication that Ecgberht exerted any influence outside of West Saxon territory. However, the collapse of Mercian authority in the early 820s opened the way for a complete reversal in this regard. Ultimately it was a decisive battle fought between the men of Wessex and Mercia in 825 at Ellendun, near the modern village of Wroughton, which signalled the end of the Mercian Supremacy. Before long West Saxon authority was recognised in Kent, Essex, Surrey and Sussex. Thereafter followed four years of relative peace before, as the chronicler put it, Ecgberht ‘conquered the kingdom of the Mercians, and everything south of the Humber’. These latter victories proved short lived, and by 830 the West Saxon king had ceded the newly won territory (and the London mint) back to Mercian hands. Nevertheless, Wessex was to remain the dominant force of the ninth century and it was the royal line established by Ecgberht that would eventually go on to unify all of England under a single king. It is unfortunate that Ecgberht’s London pennies are so excessively rare. Naismith’s corpus listed just four examples. Two, derived from the 1893 at Middle Temple hoard, are housed within the British Museum’s collection. Another, chipped and ragged, was published as part of the Fitzwilliam Museum’s collection in 1958, although its provenance before that date was unrecorded. The final piece known to Naismith, a large fragment with much of the legend missing, formed part of the illustrious Lockett collection. Before that it was found in the cabinets of Grantley and Wickham. In the decade following the publication of Naismith’s corpus an additional three coins were discovered and recorded on the Early Medieval Corpus database. Interestingly these recent finds, much like Lockett’s example, are all in a poor state of preservation. Those found in 2011 (EMC 2011.0217) and 2012 (EMC 2012.0321) at Long Straton and Findon respectively, were mere fragments, while the most recently excavated specimen, from near Hockcliffe (EMC 2021.0187), appears badly chipped and cracked. The coin offered for sale here is seemingly only the eighth known example of Ecgberht’s London coinage and the only complete and materially-sound specimen available to commerce. Works cited: M.A.S Blackburn and D.N. Dumville 1998 (eds), Kings, Currency and Alliances: History and Coinage of Southern England in the Ninth Century (Woodbridge) Keynes, S., 1993. ‘The Control of Kent in the Ninth Century’, EME 2, 111-31 Naismith, R., 2011. The Coinage of Southern England 796–865, BNS Special Publication 8, 2 vols. (London) Naismith, R., 2017. Medieval European Coinage, with a catalogue of the coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, Vol. 8: Britain and Ireland (c.400-1066) Naismith, R., 2019. ‘Two important coins of the Mercian Supremacy’, BNJ 89, 203-8 Stenton, F., 1971. Anglo-Saxon England. Third Edition (Oxford)
![Edward the Martyr (975-978), Penny, Reform type, Lincoln, Leofwig, levig n-o lvndoig, 1.20g/3h (Mossop pl. 1, 33 [dies Ad]; S](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1ea0ffeb-8ed4-4612-bb8e-aea0011ef661/3ef4ab96-6e1c-40ae-bb56-aea10105a0b5/468x382.jpg)
Lot 126
Edward the Martyr (975-978), Penny, Reform type, Lincoln, Leofwig, levig n-o lvndoig, 1.20g/3h (Mossop pl. 1, 33 [dies Ad]; SCBI Glasgow 748, same dies; BMC 16, same obv. die; N 763; S 1142). Two small edge cracks at 10 and 12 o’clock terminating at the inner circle, the flan otherwise full, round and stable, very fine and very rare £1,500-£2,000 --- Provenance: Found near Waddington (Lincolnshire), February 2001 (EMC 2004.0247)
Lot 152
Henry VI (Restored, 1470-1471), Penny, London, mm. Restoration cross on obv. only, reads henric, 0.68g/10h (N 1622; S 2087). Slightly bent and with two small edge cracks, otherwise good fine or better, rare £300-£400 --- From the same obverse die as the Lord Stewartby specimen (Spink Auction 242, lot 1408)
Lot 153
Richard III (1483-1485), Angel, type 2b, mm. boar’s head, ricard; di; gra; rex angl; z franc;, rev. per/crcem tva; salva’ nos; xpc; rede, 4.96g/10h (Schneider 488ff; Lockett 3177, same dies; N 1676; S 2151). A few light scuffs, otherwise very fine, all distinguishing marks clear, extremely rare £12,000-£15,000 --- Provenance: Found in Overton (Hampshire), 2022 (PAS SUR-7A0B6C)
Lot 154
Richard III (1483-1485), Penny, Durham, Bp Sherwood, mm. lis on obv. only, s on breast, reversed d in centre of rev., 0.62g/11h (Allen DM 190; Stewartby p.447; N 1687; S 2169). Peripheral weakness, otherwise very fine, dark toned and very rare with all the identifying marks discernible £600-£800 --- Provenance: R. Carlyon-Britton Collection; St James’s Auction 4, 8 May 2006, lot 262 (part)
![Charles I (1625-1649), York mint, Halfcrown, Gp 2 [type 2], mm. lion, grass ground line, oval garnished shield, 10.18g/3h (Bu](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1ea0ffeb-8ed4-4612-bb8e-aea0011ef661/b3a5a845-4772-4527-a492-aea101067bb7/468x382.jpg)
Lot 168
Charles I (1625-1649), Worcester mint, Halfcrown, mm. castle on obv. only, w and grass below horseman, crowned oval garnished shield, lion’s paws at sides, 10.04g/5h (Bull 668/12 [98-35]; Allen B-12; SCBI Brooker 1144; N 2590; S 3099). Heavily clipped, fair to fine, very rare £600-£800 --- Provenance: Davissons Mailbid Auction 8, 10 April 1997 (352); C. Adams Collection, Spink Auction 177, 1 December 2005, lot 230
![Victoria, Farthings (2), 1881, both with 4 berries (F 544; S 3958) [2]. Very fine and fine, rare £30-£40](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1ea0ffeb-8ed4-4612-bb8e-aea0011ef661/e51efede-5a65-4b6a-862a-aea200e9258e/468x382.jpg)
Lot 291
Battle of the First of June, 1794, a white metal medal by W. Wyon for Mudie, uniformed bust of Admiral Earl Howe right, rev. Neptune standing in marine car, 41mm (BHM 387; E 856). Cleaned, otherwise extremely fine, rare in white metal £80-£100 --- Provenance: Baldwin Auction 63, 30 September 2009, lot 1258 (part)
Lot 295
Battle of the Nile, 1798, a silver medal by E. Cottrill, uniformed bust of Nelson facing, rev. river god Nilus reclining left, watching the battle, legend in and below cartouche above, named (Presented to Jos. Blewett, No. 5 Lodge N.C.O.), 49mm (BHM –; E –). Lightly polished, otherwise about extremely fine, rare, with suspension bar; in contemporary fitted case £200-£260 --- This is a later copy of the original medal by Hancock & Kempson (BHM 448)
Lot 3
Henry II (1154-1189), Penny, class Ia2, Northampton, Raul, ravl · on · noram, 1.41g/2h (SCBI Mass 131, this coin; N 962; S 1343). Some slight pitting on obverse, otherwise very fine, rare £200-£300 --- Provenance: J.J. North Collection [acquired in Brighton 1972]; W.J. Conte Collection; J.P. Mass Collection, Part IV, DNW Auction 73A, 14 March 2007, lot 1147
![Richard I (1189-1199), Penny, class IVa, Winchester, Willelm, will[el]m · on · win, win punched over lvnd, reads hericvs reie](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1ea0ffeb-8ed4-4612-bb8e-aea0011ef661/28cb22a6-e788-4f5f-b11f-aea10103f402/468x382.jpg)
Lot 32
Richard I (1189-1199), Penny, class IVa, Winchester, Willelm, will[el]m · on · win, win punched over lvnd, reads hericvs reiex, 1.12g/9h (SCBI Mass 990, this coin; Winchester Mint -; N 968/1; S 1348A). Good fine and rare £100-£120 --- Provenance: P. Woodhead Collection [from Baldwin October 1961]; J.D. Brand Collection [from P.W. 1963]; J.P. Mass Collection, Part IV, DNW Auction 73A, 14 March 2007, lot 1278 (part); J. Sazama Collection, Part XI, DNW Auction 122, 2 April 2014, lot 209 (part)
![Napoleon on St Helena, [1815], a white metal medal by T. Webb & G. Mills for Mudie, uniformed bust of Napoleon right, rev. Na](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1ea0ffeb-8ed4-4612-bb8e-aea0011ef661/1072cd39-a48b-4035-bc39-aea200e3820f/468x382.jpg)
Lot 329
Napoleon on St Helena, [1815], a white metal medal by T. Webb & G. Mills for Mudie, uniformed bust of Napoleon right, rev. Napoleon seated on rock, being urged by History to record his deeds, Fame flying right above, 41mm (BHM 891; E 1079; Bramsen 1710). About extremely fine, rare in white metal £100-£120
Lot 33
Richard I (1189-1199), Penny, class IVa*, London, Willelm, willelm : on : lvnd, nd not ligated, 1.51g/8h (SCBI Mass 1038A, same dies; N 966; S 1348B). Very fine, toned, rare £300-£400 --- Provenance: W.J.C. Youde Collection; DNW Auction 76, 17 December 2007, lot 48; J. Sazama Collection, Part IX, DNW Auction 114, 18 September 2013, lot 1192
Lot 350
Pacification of Ireland, 1691, a white metal medal by J. Smeltzing, laureate head of William III right, rev. Hercules raises club over prostrate Irishman, 37mm (MI II, 32/207; E –). Slight curvature to flan, very fine and very rare £100-£120 --- Provenance: DNW Auction 60, 9-10 December 2003, lot 1404; A Collection of Irish Historical Medals, the Property of a Gentleman, DNW Auction 172, 11 March 2020, lot 273
Lot 352
Presentation of a New Mayoral Collar to Dublin, 1698, a silver medal by James Roettier, armoured and draped bust of William III right, rev. legend and date in eight lines, 85mm, 231.20g/12h (MI II, 197/509; E 378). Cleaned, some contact marks and minor edge bruises, otherwise good very fine, very rare £2,400-£3,000
Lot 368
Glasgow Academy, 1809, an engraved silver prize medal, unsigned, named (J. Denholm June 15th 1809), rev. (Presented to Mr Jno Allan as the First Prize for Distinguished Merit at the end of a Course of Geography), hallmarked Robert Gray & Son, Glasgow, 39mm, 17.74g; a similar medal named (21st Feby 1811), rev. (Given as First Prize for Distinguished Merit at the end of a Course of Geography to Elizabeth Allan), unhallmarked, 39mm, 9.37g [2]. Cleaned, about very fine and rare, more so as a pair awarded to siblings £180-£220 --- Before the establishment of the present-day Glasgow Academy in 1845, lessons were offered, in the early 1800s, by James Denholm from premises at 48 Dunlop Street, and a decade or so later a Mr Alex Watt was teaching geography from an address at 8 Buchanan Street
Lot 369
George III, Golden Jubilee, 1810, a white metal medal by T. Wyon Sr, 42mm (BHM 685); Marriage of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, 1840, a white metal medal by T. Halliday, 45mm (BHM 1911); Marriage of the Prince of Wales and Princess Alexandra, 1863, a white metal medal, unsigned [by Brookes & Adams], 38mm (W & E 906; BHM –); Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, a white metal medal by Brookes & Adams, 31mm (W & E 2040) [4]. Very fine or better, first two rare; all holed at top for suspension £80-£100
Lot 388
Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, 1851, Juror’s Medal, a copper award by W. Wyon and G.G. Adams, conjoined busts of Victoria and Prince Albert left, dolphins below, trident behind, rev. seated figure of Industry attended by Commerce, receiving wreath from Fame, edge named (Jules Henri Gernaert, Juror Exhibition 1851), 64mm (Allen HP-A040; BHM 2464; E 1457). Minor marks on reverse, otherwise good extremely fine, rare £300-£400 --- Jules Henri Gernaert, Engineer-in-Chief of the Corps of Miners, Belgium
![International Exhibition, South Kensington, 1862, Prize Medal, a copper award by L.C. Wyon [after D. Maclise], similar, edge](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1ea0ffeb-8ed4-4612-bb8e-aea0011ef661/fbe07b27-dc7f-43af-9a13-aea200e8df09/468x382.jpg)
Lot 402
International Exhibition, South Kensington, 1862, Prize Medal, a copper award by L.C. Wyon [after D. Maclise], similar, edge named (P. Haas & Sons, Class XX), 77mm (Allen SK-A005 var.; BHM 2747; E 1553). Cleaned, otherwise extremely fine, rare £100-£120 --- P. Haas & Sons, Austria; awarded for Furniture Silk
![International Exhibition, South Kensington, 1862, Prize Medal, a copper award by L.C. Wyon [after D. Maclise], signed l.c. wy](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1ea0ffeb-8ed4-4612-bb8e-aea0011ef661/0778ad49-c0ad-4b96-b608-aea200e383b9/468x382.jpg)
Lot 404
International Exhibition, South Kensington, 1862, Prize Medal, a copper award by L.C. Wyon [after D. Maclise], signed l.c. wyon on obv. and leonard c. wyon on rev., Britannia surrounded by symbolic figures, rev. legend in wreath, edge named (A. Odelberg, Class IX), 77mm (Allen -; BHM 2747; E 1553). Brushed, some minor marks, otherwise extremely fine; very rare, this variety unrecorded by Allen £200-£260 --- A. Odelberg, Sweden; awarded for Kiln
Lot 42
John (1199-1216), Penny, class IVc, Canterbury, Simun, simvn · on · can:, reversed s, obv. c for e in rex, double drapery, 1.47g/10h (SCBI Mass 1159, this coin; N 968/3; S 1349). Flat in places, about very fine and toned, rare thus £200-£300 --- Provenance: F. Elmore Jones Collection, Glendining Auction, 7 October 1986, lot 1779; J.P. Mass Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 61, 17 March 2004, lot 243; J. Sazama Collection, Part VIII, DNW Auction 111, 12 June 2013, lot 922 (part)
Lot 430
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, a silver award medal by L.C. Wyon, motto on central tablet, flanked by standing figures of Avicenna and Galen, rev. legend within wreath, edge named (William Honneyman, Practical Chemistry, 1911), 70mm, 148.49g (BHM 2509; E 1472). Lightly polished, otherwise about as struck, rare; in fitted case by Baddeley Bros, London £300-£400
Lot 431
Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, a silver award medal, unsigned, arms of the Society flanked by standing figures of Avicenna and Galen, rev. wreath, named (William Honneyman, 1911), 57mm, 95.21g (BHM -; E -). Lightly polished, otherwise about as struck, rare; in fitted case by Baddeley Bros, London £200-£260
Lot 44
John (1199-1216), Penny, class IVc, London, Ricard, ricard · on lvn, 1.50g/12h (SCBI Mass 1171, this coin; N 968/3; S 1349). Slightly off-centre, very fine, rare £150-£200 --- Provenance: J.P. Mass Collection, Part I, DNW Auction 61, 17 March 2004, lot 246; J. Sazama Collection, Part VIII, DNW Auction 111, 12 June 2013, lot 922 (part)
Lot 446
BRACCIANO, Paolo Giordano II Orsini, Created Prince of the Holy Roman Empire, 1623, a copper medal by J.J. Kornemann, bust left, rev. inscription and date, 33mm (Wurzbach-Tannenberg 6997); PAPAL STATES, Death of Cardinal Consalvi, 1824, a bronze medal by G. Cerbara, 53mm [2]. Very fine, first rare £60-£80
Lot 45
John (1199-1216), Penny, class IVc, York, Nicole, nicole · on · ever (er ligated), 1.31g/2h (SCBI Mass 1188, this coin; N 968/3; S 1349). Slightly coarse surfaces, otherwise about very fine with dark tone, rare £200-£260 --- Provenance: J.P. Mass Collection, Part II, DNW Auction 65, 16 March 2005, lot 637 [from Baldwin 1988]; J. Sazama Collection, Part VIII, DNW Auction 111, 12 June 2013, lot 922 (part)
Lot 46
John (1199-1216), Penny, class Va1, London, Ricard, ricard · on · lvn, 1.27g/10h (SCBI Mass –; N 968/4; S 1350A). Some light scratches, otherwise good fine, rare £150-£200 --- Provenance: M. Sherman Collection, DNW Auction 68, 12 December 2005, lot 254 (part); J. Sazama Collection, Part XIII, DNW Auction 124, 16 September 2014, lot 2295 The vendor notes that this reverse die is found muled with a class IVc obverse (Mass 1173); that die, in turn, is also used with IVc reverses by the moneyers Henri and Willelm
![INDIA, Pindaree & Mahratta Confederacy Defeated, 1818, a silver medal by W. Wyon [after P. Rouw] for Mudie, bare head of Lord](https://cdn.globalauctionplatform.com/1ea0ffeb-8ed4-4612-bb8e-aea0011ef661/07a43460-1c5f-4f43-9197-aea200e8bd28/468x382.jpg)
Lot 463
INDIA, Pindaree & Mahratta Confederacy Defeated, 1818, a silver medal by W. Wyon [after P. Rouw] for Mudie, bare head of Lord Hastings left, rev. Victory in chariot drawn by two winged lions, 41mm, 39.63g (Pudd. 818.1; BHM 974; E 1108). Some contact marks, otherwise very fine, rare in silver £300-£400
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