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Click here to subscribeEdward IV Bristol Groat. Light coinage, 1464 - 70. Silver, 2.75 grams. 25.04 mm. Obverse: Crowned facing bust, quatrefoils at neck. EDWARD DEI GRA REX ANGL FRANC. Reverse: Cross with pellets in each quarter, VIL LAB RIS TOLL. Mint mark sun. I in BRISTOLL over an E. Ref: Buck, Medieval English Goats. Type VI. Spink, 2004.
Stephen Penny. Circa, 1136 - 1145 AD. Watford type. Silver, 1.30 grams. 20.11 mm. Obverse: Diademed and crowned bust left with sceptre, +STIEFNE RE. Reverse: Cross moline with flour in each angle, +ROBERD? ON TET. Moneyer Robert at the Thetford mint. Ref: North 873.
Mary Groat & Elizabeth I Sixpence. Mary, circa, 1553-54. Silver, 25mm/1.7g and 26mm/2.8g. Mary groat: Crowned bust left. Reverse: Shield over cross. Elizabeth I. Crowned bust left, rose behind. mint mark eglantine. Reverse: Shield over cross, 1574. Ref: Spink, 2492 / 2562.
Phillip and Mary Sixpence. Silver, 2.9 grams. 26mm. Obverse: Busts face to face, crown above. 1554. PHILIP ET MARIA D G R ANG FR NEAP PR. HISP. Reverse: Oval garnished shield with arms of Spain and England, crown above dividing VI mark of value. Ref: Spink 2505.
Henry VIII Halfgroat. Second coinage, 1526-44. Silver, 1.15 grams. 18.09 mm. Obverse: Crowned bust right, HENRIC VIII D G R AGL Z F. Reverse: Shield over cross, W A at sides. Archbishop Warham. CIVI TAS CAN TOR, Canterbury mint. Mint mark rose. Ref: Spink 2343.
Henry VII Groat. Circa, 1485 - 1509 AD. Silver, 2.95 grams. 25.92 mm. Obverse: Crowned facing bust with open crown, saltires at neck. HENRIC DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC. Reverse: Cross with pellets in each quarter, CIVI TAS LON DON. London mint class I.Mint mark appears to be Lis on sun and rose. Ref: Spink 2194.
Anglo-Saxon Mythical Beast Mount. Circa 6th century AD. Size: 37.83 mm. A copper-alloy mount with heavily gilded surfaces in the form of a mythical beast of Salin's Style II. S-shaped form with the head turned back, mouth open and resting along its back. At the other end a tail or limb is tucked under. Around the body of the piece is a slender crest, this along with the head and tail are covered in gold with the main body being silver. Reference: G. Speake. Anglo-Saxon Animal Art. p.10, 20.
Anglo-Saxon Strap-End. Circa 9th - 10th century AD. Size: 45.59 mm. A copper-alloy zoomorphic strap-end detailed with two rectangular panels filled with niello and decorated with silver wire scrolls. The animal head terminal is elongated with large oval ears and pointed snout. Ref: Mills, Saxon & Viking Artefacts. p.24, fig. AS30.
Anglo-Saxon Inlaid Iron Pommel. Circa 8th-10th century AD. Size: 35.43 x 32.11 mm. An iron sword pommel of three lobes divided by grooves, its possible it originally had two small lobes, one on each side that have been lost to corrosion. This example is similar in shape to the Petersen Type L varieties. The surfaces retain areas of inlaid silver beading and gold panels at the corners, originally this would have a very ornate and high status piece. Similar examples can be seen in, Ref: Webster & Backhouse, The Making of England. p.226, fig, 180 & 181.
Medieval Inscribed Silver Ring. Circa 12th - 14th century AD. Size: 21.45 mm. US size: 8. UK size: Q. Weight: 2.77 grams. A thick plain band ring inscribed on the outer face, +IESVS: NAZARNVS: REX: IVDEORVM. "Jesus Christ of Nazareth, King of the Jews". Such rings are often referred to as religious or magical & medicinal rings due to the fact that they were inscribed with invocations intended to produce certain effects such as protecting the wearer from harm, or healing sickness. The words IESVS NAZARENVS REX IVDEORVM are held to have been inscribed above the head of Christ on the cross. Ref: Oman, 1974, 633; states "In The Revelation to the Monk of Evesham, written in 1196, a goldsmith in Purgatory discloses that the words gave protection from sudden death.". Property of an Essex collector, purchased from a deceased estate.
A VICTORIAN FOUR PIECE SILVER TEA SET by Hunt and Roskell, Late Storr and Mortimer, comprising coffee/hot water pot, teapot, twin-handled sugar bowl and cream jug, all with conforming repousse foliate decoration, the coffee/hot water pot London, 1871, the teapot, sugar bowl and cream jug London, 1878 (c. 76oz)
A 19TH CENTURY HANAU SILVER SNUFF BOX, probably Italian, in the form of a heart decorated with renaissance style repousse decoration, width: 4.5cm, depth: 4.5cm, height: 1.4cm; and two other silver snuff boxes one by Edwin Thomas Bryant, London, 1899, of casket form decorated with figures in a landscape; the other by by Henry Matthews, Birmingham, 1894 in the form of a heart decorated with flowery tendrils and a silver tray by George Smith, London, 1900 decorated with a couple gardening (4)
A 19TH CENTURY SILVER SNUFF BOX, by Edward Smith, Birmingham, 1846, with a presentation inscription to the top with a surround of floral tendrils and gilt interior, together with another silver box by London, 1845 with machine work decoration and a silver card case (3) (c. 14.5oz)
A 19TH CENTURY SILVER SNUFF BOX, by John Reily, London, 1811 of cylindrical form with a gilt wash interior and a collection of other silver snuff boxes and items, including a white metal mounted tortoishell snuff box with mother of pearl inlay in the form of a bouquet of flowers (c. gross weight 310grams) (7)
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