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Click here to subscribeANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Hadrian (AD 117-138), Silver Dupondius, struck AD 119-21, IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III, radiate bust facing right, drapery on left shoulder, rev VIRTVTI [AV]GVSTI, S-C, Virtus standing left, holding a spear and a parazonium, 9.79g, 6h (RIC 605 var (Virtus standing right)). Dark green-brown patina, good very fine, a rare variety.
ANCIENT COINS, THE COLLECTION OF A CLASSICIST (PART III), Constantius I (AD 305-306), Silver Argenteus, mint of Treveri, struck c. AD 300-1, CONSTA-NTIVS N C, laureate and cuirassed bust facing right, rev VIRTVS MILITVM, the four Tetrarchs sacrificing over a tripod before a turreted enclosure, a club in exergue, 3.11g, 6h (RIC 124a). Light crack in flan, cabinet tone, about extremely fine.
BRITISH COINS, Coenwulf, King of Mercia, Silver Portrait Penny, type of East Anglia, moneyer Wodel, diademed bust right to edge of coin, beaded circle around head, legend commences upper left, +COENVVLF REX M, rev pellet in beaded annulet at centre of beaded cross, pellet in annulet at each cross end, PO Ð E L+, the Ð rotated and L inverted, 1.16g (CSE E13.1; N 369; S 920). Short flan split and quite chipped, obverse and reverse die does not match those examples listed by Naismith, otherwise very fine, toned and very rare.
BRITISH COINS, Charles I, Silver Groat, Aberystwyth mint (1638/9-1642), type 1, large crowned bust left, plume before, initial mark book both sides, rev garnished oval quartered shield of arms, plume above, 1.96g (Brooker 760-63; N 2337; S 2891). Reverse die crack, lustrous, nearly extremely fine with attractive toning.
ANCIENT COINS, ANCIENT BRITISH, Celtic Silver and Base Metal, Regini and Atrebates, Tincomarus (c.25 BC - AD 10), Silver Unit, 1.01g, laureate head right, rev eagle clutching snake (ABC 1106; VA 397-1; S 83); another, 1.08g, facing head, rev bull left, TIN above (ABC 1112; VA 396-1; S 84); another, 1.26g, laureate head right, rev bull right, TIN above (ABC 1115; VA 381-1; S 85). Nearly very fine or better. (3)
ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Trajan (AD 98-117), Silver Didrachm, minted at Antioch, struck AD 100, laureate head facing right, rev eagle standing left, a palm over shoulder, a club on left (RPC 3578; Prieur 1484); Lycian League, Silver Drachm, AD 98/9, laureate head right, rev two lyres with an owl above. Both about very fine. (2)
ANCIENT COINS, GREEK COINS, Thracian Islands, Thasos (c.480-463 BC), Silver Stater, ithyphallic satyr carrying-off a nymph, rev quadripartite incuse square; Byzantion (early 4th Century BC), Silver Drachm, bull standing left, on a dolphin, rev quadripartite incuse. Both very fine. (2)
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS, BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS, Charles I, Memorial, Silver Medal, 1649, bust of king right, wearing armour and medal on riband, POPVLE MEV QVID EFCI TBI, 1649, CAROLYS REX, rev head of Medusa, concentric circles divided by flaming sword, thunderbolt and arms, BLASFEMANT NECANT SPERVNT DEVM REGEM LEGEM CONCILIABVLVM ANCLIAE, 54mm (MI i 349/208). Good very fine, finely cast and chased, likely to be a later copy. This unusual piece differs in many respects from the example recorded in the major sources. The bust differs, there is no stippling in the field and many words are misspelt. For a similar example cast in bronze see the Michael Hall Collection, Baldwin’s Auction 64, lot 644, May 2010.
ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Republic, Anonymous (c.194-190 BC), Silver Denarius, helmeted head of Roma facing right, rev Dioscuri galloping right, a crescent above, ROMA in exergue (Cr 137/1); another anonymous Silver Denarius, rudder below the Dioscuri (Cr 117A/1). Both good very fine. (2)
BRITISH COINS, Victoria, Silver Crown, 1897 LX, old veiled bust left, T.B. below truncation, rev St George and dragon, date in exergue, edge inscribed in raised letters and dated LX (ESC 312; S 3937). Toned with lustrous reverse, a few tiny marks on Queen’s portrait, extremely fine.
BRITISH COINS, Charles I, Silver Halfcrown, 1642, Oxford mint (1642-1646), King on horseback left with upright sword, Oxford plume behind, initial mark plume with crown and bands, rev Declaration in two lines, three Oxford plumes above, date below, 14.89g (cf Brooker 881; N 2411; S 2955). Irregular flan, good detail of king, very fine.
BRITISH COINS, Charles I, Silver Halfcrown, Tower Mint, group I, type 1a1, King on horseback left with upright sword, rose on housings, plume on head and crupper, rev garnished shield on long cross fourchée, initial mark lis, 12.56g (Brooker 277; N 2200; S 2763). Wear on high areas on obverse, even grey tone, nearly very fine, reverse better. ex E Rashleigh Collection, Sotheby’s, 30 June 1909, lot 917
ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Caracalla (AD 198-217), Provincial Æ issues (13), including Berytos, Phoenicia; Gabala, Syria; Petra, Decapolis; Rabbathmoba, Arabia; Flaviopolis, Cilicia; Serdica, Thrace; Antiochia, Pisidia; Marcianopolis, Moesia; Plautilla (wife of Caracalla), Silver Drachm, Cappadocia. Generally about very fine to good very fine. (14)
ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, Miscellaneous, A Collection of Items relating to Lieutenant E. Collins, 16th Lancers and Colonel A, Higson Royal Marines, comprising a hand-coloured framed and glazed portrait photograph of Lt Collins in Dress uniform of the 16th Lancers; a 1914 Princess Mary’s Christmas tin; a fired German Time Fuse from a shrapnel shell; a brass pocket Sextant by Stanley of London - E. Collins 16th Lancers engraved to lid in leather pouch; a pocket marching compass, patented in 1916 by Stanley of London with Collins painted on reverse in leather pouch; a collection of ephemera and photographs to Colonel Alexander Higson RM ADC to Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, comprising presentation Fairbairn & Sykes Dagger by Wilkinson on presentation plaque stating “Lieutenant A. Higson R.M. From Officers Headquarters 3 Commando Brigade R.M.”; a Naval Pilots Flying Log Book, Lt Alex Higson Royal Marines with flights from 26 September 1947 – 12 July 1948; a Metal Lion standing on a Crown with the label “This is an 18th century finial from the railings surrounding Stonehouse Barracks, ie Plymouth Division Royal Marines which Alex Higson joined on 1 Jan 1944, every 10th railing has such a finial (some of which are fibreglass after WW2 damage repairs); a Silver-plated Pint Tankard inscribed “Presented to Captain Alex Higson R.M. by the President and Members Sergeant Mess H.Q. 3rd Commando Brigade R.M.”; a quantity of photographs of Colonel Higson’s military career. Mostly very good, some silver plate from F&S Dagger flaking. (lot)
BRITISH COINS, Henry VII, Silver Groat, tentative profile issue, crowned bust right within inner-circle, two bands to crown, HENRIC VII DI GRA REX AGLI Z F, initial mark cross crosslet both sides, rev quartered shield of arms upon long cross fourchée, 3.10g (N 1743; S 2254). Pleasing tone, good very fine, rare. ex R Sainthill Collection, Sotheby’s, 28 April 1870
BRITISH COINS, Aethelred II, Silver Penny, CRVX type (991-997), Wareham mint, moneyer Alfgar, draped bust left with sceptre within linear circle, +ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLORX, rev voided cross within linear circle, letters C R V X in each angle, legend surrounding, +ALFGAR M-O PERH, 1.47g (BMC type IIIa; N 770; S 1148). Two light pecks on the obverse, about very fine, toned and rare. with old Baldwin stock ticket c.1975 and another collector’s ticket stating ex H King collection, Spink 1959
WORLD COINS, Cyprus, Crusader Coinage, Tripoli, Counts of Tripoli, Bohemond VI (1251-1275), Silver Gros, after 1268(?), cross-pattée in quadrilobe, + BOEMVNDVS COMES, rev star in polylobe, + CIVITAS TRIPOLI (Metcalf 490; Schl, IV, 19); Antioch, Bohemond IV or V (1201-1233; 1233-1251), Silver Gros, bust, rev crescent in one angle of cross-pattée (Metcalf 457-461). Good very fine and fine. (2)
BRITISH COINS, Eadgar (959-975), Silver Non-portrait Penny, North Western style, moneyer Eoroth, small cross pattée, +EADGAR RE, rev moneyer name and legend in two lines, central line with annulet either side of central cross, rosette of pellets above and below legend, EOR/ OÐ M, 1.29g (N 745; S 1131). Toned, rim chipped, some verdigris, otherwise very fine.
BRITISH COINS, Edward VI, Silver Penny, third period, base issue (1551), London, rose within beaded circle, legend in Edward’s name, mintmark escallop (1551-1553), rev long cross fourchée quartering shield of arms, CIVITAS LONDON, 0.64g (N 1945; S 2474). Toned, good very fine for issue.
BRITISH COINS, William I, the Conqueror, Silver Penny, PAXS type (1083-1086), Winchester mint, moneyer Lifinc, crowned bust facing, holding sceptre, PILLELM REX, rev cross patteé, P A X S in circles in angles, LIFINC ON PINCE, 1.39g (N 850; BMC viii; S 1257). Good very fine. ex Lockett Collection, with his ticket (not from the sale)
ANCIENT COINS, ROMANO-BRITISH COINS, Galerius (AD 305-311), Silver Argenteus, mint of Treveri, struck c. AD 294, MAXIMI-ANVS NC, laureate head facing right, rev VIRTVS MILITVM, the four Tetrarchs sacrificing before a turreted enclosure, a club in exergue, 3.29g, 12h (RIC 117b). Cabinet tone, about extremely fine.
ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Q. Cassius Longinus (55 BC), Silver Denarius, Q CASSIVS LIBERT, head of Libertas facing right, rev Temple of Vesta, with curule chair inside, urn on left, a tablet inscribed AC on right, 4.18g, 6h (Cr 428/2; Sydenham 918; RBW 1534). Lightly toned, good very fine.
ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, Tiberius (AD 14-37), Silver Denarius, mint of Lugdunum, TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head facing right, rev PONTIF MAXIM, females figure (Livia?) seated right, holding a sceptre and a branch, 3.58g, 12h (RIC 30; BMC 48). Toned, about very fine.
BRITISH COINS, Henry VIII, Silver Groat, first coinage (1509-1526), crowned bust right within inner-circle, initial mark castle both sides, rev quartered shield of arms upon long cross fourchée, 2.99g (N 1762; S 2316). Slight softness on face, bold initial marks, very fine, lightly toned.
WORLD COINS, Italy, Papal States, Innocent XII (1691-1700), Silver ½-Piastra, ANNO VI, capped and draped bust right, rev the Pope praying at altar, the Dove issuing from clouds above, FIAT PAX IN VIRTVTE TVA (cf Munt 30; Berman 2237, only ANNO V listed for this type). Mount removed from top, about very fine and extremely rare, this date unlisted.
ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, Gallantry Groups, The Great War Distinguished Service Order group of 7 awarded to Squadron Leader T. W. “Tommy” Lloyd, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Intelligence Officer to 617 “Dambuster” Squadron, late Liverpool Regiment: a close witness to the momentous events of Operation Chastise 16/17 May 1943, and a popular squadron personality, he was killed in a flying accident in February 1944, comprising Distinguished Service Order, G.V.R., silver-gilt and enamels; 1914-15 Star, naming erased; British War and Victory Medals 1914-1920 (Major T.W. Lloyd) with M.i.D. emblem; 1939-45 Defence and War Medals, unnamed as issued with M.i.D. emblem; Serbian Order of St Sava, 5th class breast badge, silver and enamels. Minor enamel damage to lower arm of the Order of St Stava, otherwise good very fine. (7) Distinguished Service Order London Gazette 3 June, 1918: ‘For distinguished services rendered with the British Forces on the Mediterranean Line of Communications.’ Mention in despatches London Gazette: 15 August 1917, 7 October 1918, 1 January 1943, 8 June 1944 Thomas Williams Lloyd served with the 4th Battalion, King’s Liverpool Regiment, in France from March 1915, where he was wounded. Afterwards he was appointed Adjutant to a unit of 2000 Royal Engineers at Liphook for six months, before he joined the mission that evacuated the Serbian Army from Albania to Salonika. He then spent a year in Mesopotamia as personal assistant to General Grey, who ran river transport, and worked out the scheme on which the advance to Baghdad was based. His subsequent award of the DSO was gazetted to him as a Captain (Acting Major), Liverpool Regiment, Special Reserve, employed Royal Engineers, and was the only award listed under the relevant heading. Towards the end of the war he was transferred to Italy for service in transportation and, after the armistice, was one of a mission of three officers sent by the War Office to report on communications in Hungary and the Adriatic Ports. On the renewal of hostilities, “Tommy” Lloyd was commissioned into the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, and served as the Intelligence Officer at Woodhall Spa, an appointment that witnessed him acting as I.O. to Guy Gibson’s newly formed “Squadron X”, soon to be retitled No. 617 “Dambuster” Squadron. By all accounts, including Paul Brickhill’s best-selling history, Lloyd was a popular squadron personality and patently a first-hand witness to the momentous events of May 1943, not least when he debriefed the returning “Dambuster’s”. Gibson, too, mentions him on several times in his classic memoir Enemy Coast Ahead, on one occasion for coming up with the idea of marking targets with incendiaries dropped by crack Beaufighter or Mosquito crews - “their job would be to go in at dusk, just before the main force was due, and drop coloured incendiaries on the factory itself. These could be seen from high up and the boys of the main force would be able to do steady bombing runs which would plaster the area with cookies.” Gibson countered Lloyd’s suggestion with the heavy loss likely to be suffered by the marking force, but noticed that the idea went down well with others, among them “Hoppy” Hopgood. Sadly, as recounted by Paul Brickhill, “Tommy” Lloyd was killed in a flying accident on 13 February 1944: ‘About the same time the rest of the squadron was landing at Ford in thick weather. Tommy Lloyd, Woodhall intelligence officer, had flown to Ford and de-briefed them, and then the weather worsened and it looked as though they were stranded for a while. [Squadron Leader Bill] Suggitt thought he could make it to Woodhall Spa all right and offered a seat in his aircraft to Lloyd, a gallant and revered World War I veteran. The immaculate Lloyd accepted but insisted on having a shave before take-off. A little later, spruce and monocled, he climbed into “J Jug” with Suggitt, and five minutes later the aircraft flew into a hill and everyone was killed instantly except Bill Suggitt, who lingered for a couple of days before he died.’ Their Lancaster hit a tree atop Littleton Down, the highest point on the South Downs in Sussex, and instantly spun into the ground. A local farmer found Bill Suggitt strapped in his seat shouting “Turn the engines off,” but he lost consciousness shortly afterwards. Another crew member killed in the accident was Guy Gibson’s Flight Engineer from the Dam’s raid, John Pulford, DFM. Five days later, Wing Commander Cheshire, commanding No. 617 Squadron, wrote to Lloyd’s widow: ‘Dear Mrs. Lloyd, I have very much wanted to call on you and speak to you in person. Since I have been unable to leave the Station, I am taking this opportunity of writing to you.
BRITISH COINS, George III, Silver Crown, 1820 LX, laureate head right, PISTRUCCI below on truncation, date below rev St George slaying the dragon, PISTRUCCI below groundline, Garter surrounding, Q of QUI doubled in Garter motto, edge inscribed in raised letters without stops and dated LX (ESC 219; S 3787). Lightly toned, very light hairline marks both sides, extremely fine.
BRITISH COINS, Aethelred II, Silver Penny, Long Cross type (c.997-1003), York mint, moneyer Leofstan, draped bust left, .+.ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLO, rev voided long cross with pellet at centre, +LEOFSTAN MO EOFR, 1.63g (BMC type IVa; N 774; S 1151). Attractive dark tone, nearly extremely fine. ex Lockett Collection, with his ticket (not from the sale)
ANCIENT COINS, GREEK COINS, Kingdom of Syria, Seleukid Kings, Seleukos IV Philopator (187-175 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, mint of Antioch on the Orontes, diademed head facing right, rev BAΣIΛEΩΣ / ΣEΛEYKOY, Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding an arrow and resting on a bow, a filleted palm-branch on left, monogram in exergue, 17.10g, 12h (SC 1313.2; SMA 35). Well-struck, about extremely fine.
ANCIENT COINS, GREEK COINS, Peloponnese, Sikyon (c.431-400 BC), Silver Stater, Chimaera moving to right on groundline, ΣE below, rev dove flying right, with wings open above and below, a bow above tail, all within an olive-wreath tied on the left, 12.17g, 4h (BCD 193; Traité 776, pl. CCXX, 14). Light iridescent toning, good very fine, rare. ex Spink Numismatic Circular, volume CXVI, no.4, August 2008, item GK2551
BRITISH COINS, William I, the Conqueror (1066-1087), Silver Penny, Two Stars type (1074-1077), BMC type 5, Northampton mint, moneyer Saewine, crowned facing bust, star to each side, within linear circle, legend commences at top, +PILLEM REXI ΛN, rev cross bottonnée with annulet centre, over quadrilateral with pellets on angles, +SÆPIN ON HΛMTVI, 1.34g (cf BMC 369; N 845; S 1254). Weak at top, attractively toned, bold very fine and very rare.
ANCIENT COINS, ANCIENT BRITISH, Celtic Silver and Base Metal, Iceni, Silver Unit, 0.79g, late 1st Century BC, boar right, two ‘suns’ over with pellets between, pellet below, rev horse right, ‘sun’ over, pellet on left (ABC 1576; VA 655-1; S 431); another, 0.95g, late 1st Century BC, boar right, pellets below and to right, rev horse right, three pellets and arc over, star below (ABC 1579; VA 657-3; S 431); another, 0.96g, late 1st Century BC, boar right, pellet below, ‘spear’ to right, rev horse right, wheel and two pellets above, inverted vase-shape enclosing pellet, with three pellets either side, below (ABC 1582; VA 659-3; S 431). Very fine. (3) last found in Snettisham, Norfolk, July 2003, CCI 04.2584
BRITISH COINS, Henry VIII, Silver Halfgroat, second coinage (1526-1544), Canterbury, Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, crowned bust right within inner-circle, initial mark Catherine wheel both sides, rev quartered shield of arms upon long cross fourchée, T C at sides, CIVITAS CANTOR, 1.21g (N 1804; S 2345). Good portrait, ragged flan, otherwise very fine.
ANCIENT COINS, GREEK COINS, Judaea, Yehud Coinage, Persian Period (before 333 BC), Silver Gerah (Obol), head of Athena facing right, wearing a crested helmet decorated with an olive-wreath, rev YHD, owl standing left, its head facing, olive-twig on right, 0.53g, 9h (AJC I, 115, 3; Hendin 1051). Fine, toned and very rare. ex Abramowitz Family Collection, Superior auctions, 8 December 1993, lot 3
ANCIENT COINS, ROMAN COINS, A. Plautius (55 BC), Silver Denarius, A PLAVTIVS AED CVR S C, head of Cybele facing right, rev IVDAEVS, male figure kneeling right, extending an olive-branch, a camel at his side, BACCHIVS in exergue, 3.82g, 7h (Cr 431/1; Sydenham 932; RBW 1540). Toned, nearly extremely fine.
ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MILITARY MEDALS, Campaign Groups and Pairs, A Scarce Group of 8 to Colonel C. De Putron, Lancashire Fusiliers, Late Loyal North Lancashire Regiment, mentioned in despatches for the Defence of Kimberley, comprising Queen’s South Africa Medal 1899-1902, 2nd type reverse, ghost dates, 3 clasps, Defence of Kimberley, Orange Free State and Transvaal, the last a contemporary tailors copy with un-official rivets (Lieut. C. de Putron 1st L.N. Lanc. Regt.); King’s South Africa 1901-1902, 2 clasps, South Africa 1901, South Africa 1902 (Capt. C. de Putron Lanc. Fus.); 1914-15 Star (Capt. C. De Putron. Lan Fus.); British War and Victory Medals 1914-1920, with mentioned in despatches emblem (Col C. De Putron); Kimberley Star, reverse engraved (Lieut. C. de Putron 1st Loyal North Lancashire Reg.), hallmarked “b” with top riband bar but lacking pin, French Legion of Honour, Knight’s badge, silver, gold centres and enamel, minor damage to white enamel; French Croix de Guerre 1914-1915, with palm; with associated miniatures. Medals with some verdigris, all mounted as originally worn cavalry-style except the Kimberley Star, generally very fine, toned. (8) Lancashire Regiment 1895; Lieutenant 1897; Assistant Signalling Officer and Brigade Transport Officer during the Defence of Kimberly (Mentioned in Despatches 8 May 1900); Captain 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers 15 June 1901; Instructor School of Musketry (Hythe) 1 April 1909 to 31 March 1913; attached General Staff (graded Brigade Major), Northern Command December 1913 to March 1915, served during the Great War in Gallipoli, March to October 1915, Major 1 September 1915, the Balkans Theatre of Operations, October 1915 to April 1916 and November 1916 to June 1917; Temporary Lieutenant Colonel attached 2/15th Battalion London Regiment, May 1916 to October 1917, Western Front May 1916 to November 1916; with the Egyptian Expeditionary Force June 1917 to May 1918 (mentioned in Despatches London Gazette, 5 November 1915 and 4 January 1917; Legion of Honour 5th Class and Croix De Guerre); Commandant School of Musketry Southern Command August 1918 to March 1919; Lieutenant Colonel 22 March 1920; Colonel 22 March 1924; Officer in Command Record and Pay Office Royal Tank Corps 12 March 1927.
ANCIENT COINS, GREEK COINS, Kingdom of Macedon, Alexander III, The Great (336-323 BC), Silver Drachm, mint of Abydos, lifetime issue, struck c.328-323 BC, head of young Herakles facing right, wearing a lion’s skin, rev AΛEΞANΔPOY, Zeus seated left, holding an eagle and a sceptre, monogram and Pegasos-forepart on left, 4.29g, 3h (Price 1506; Müller 609). In NGC holder graded strike 5/5, surface 5/5, beautiful blue iridescent cabinet tone, good extremely fine and a very attractive coin.
ANCIENT COINS, GREEK COINS, Macedon under Roman Rule (c.167-149 BC), Silver Tetradrachm, minted at Amphipolis, diademed and draped bust of Artemis facing right, a bow and quiver over shoulder, at the centre of a Macedonian shield, rev club, monogram above; all within an oak-wreath, thunderbolt on left, 16.67g, 9h (SNG Ashmolean 3392). Cabinet toning, well-centred, good very fine.
BRITISH COINS, Anne, Silver Halfcrown, 1708, draped bust left, rev Post-Union crowned cruciform shields, garter star at centre, date above, plain angles, edge inscribed in raised letters and dated SEPTIMO (ESC 577; S 3604). Attractive light tone, some flecking on reverse, very fine.
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