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Lot 99

A 925 silver ring set with oval cut emeralds, (M.5).

Lot 117

British Iron Age, CATUVELLAUNI, Cunobelin (8 - 41 AD), silver Unit, coiled ram-headed serpent within intertwining lined border, rev. winged horse flying left, cvn below, 0.80g (ABC 2834; BMC 1857; S 300). Good fine, rare £200-£260

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)

Lot 243

Victoria (1837-1901), Specimen set, 1887, comprising Five and Two Pounds, Sovereign and Half-Sovereign, Crown to Threepence [11]. The gold extremely fine but hairlined, the silver varied state £3,600-£4,000

Lot 246

Edward VIII (1936), Fantasy Proof set, 1937 [struck 1999], in silver, Crown to Sixpence and Threepences (2) (Giordano FC10, 9, 8, 7, 6.2, 6.1, 6) [7]. Brilliant, as struck but minor staining on one Threepence; in case of issue £60-£80

Lot 259

DUROTRIGES, Uninscribed issues, base silver Stater, 3.60g (S 367); ROMAN, Marcus Aurelius, Denarius, 163-4, rev. Minerva standing left, 2.69g (RIC 104); Lucius Verus, Denarius, 161, rev. Providentia standing left, 3.12g (RIC 463); together with other silver coins (6) [9]. First three fine and better, others varied state £60-£80

Lot 260

CORIELTAUVI, plated Stater, Domino type, devolved head of Apollo, rev. disjointed horse left, ‘domino’ shape above, 3.56g (cf. ABC 1758; cf. S 393); Henry III, Short Cross coinage, class VIIb, Canterbury, uncertain moneyer, 1.22g/1h (S 1356B); Edward III, Pre-Treaty period, Halfgroat, London, series E, 1.66g/6h (S 1576); Elizabeth I, Fourth issue, Threepence, 1575, mm. eglantine, 1.42g/9h (S 2566); Charles I, Tower mint, Halfgroat, Gp D, type 3a3, mm. (P), 1.05g/12h (S 2833); together with a Roman Republican Denarius and other hammered and milled silver coins (13) [19]. Varied state £80-£100

Lot 279

Elizabeth II, silver Proof Five Pounds, 2005, Nelson Bicentenary (S L15); GIBRALTAR, Elizabeth II, silver Proof Five Pounds (4), 2005, Trafalgar Bicentenary; Trafalgar Bicentenary, 2005, a gilt-bronze replica of the naval medal by L. Pingo; Waterloo Bicentenary, 2015, a set of 5 bronze medals; together with a Wellington Peninsular token [12]. Mostly as struck; one cased £60-£80

Lot 281

Edward III to Charles I, hammered silver coins (9), various denominations and types; together with a Scottish Penny of Alexander III and an Irish Halfpenny of Edward I [11]. Varied state £140-£180

Lot 282

George VI to Elizabeth II, assorted coins in silver (10), base metal (65), all but one enamelled or partly enamelled [75]. Varied state, the un-enamelled coin set in a ring-mount £100-£150

Lot 283

British coins and tokens, in silver (10), base metal (15) [25]. Varied state £70-£90

Lot 284

British and World coins, in silver (47), base metal (64) [111]. Varied state £200-£300

Lot 285

British and World coins, in silver (33), base metal (160) [193]. Varied state £50-£70

Lot 288

Kitchener, Frances Madge, ‘Mint Coinage: The Coins and Coinage, Working Drawings’, a self-titled green cloth and board binding containing a group of sketch designs and original artist’s pen and ink drawings for proposed 1937 and 1953 British coinages, together with some photographic images of various coins and medals, many annotated by the artist, contemporary newspaper cuttings and correspondence between Kitchener (using her real name and ‘M. Francis’, a nom-de-plume), Lionel Thompson, Deputy Master of the Royal Mint, and Graham Hughes, Art Director at Goldsmiths’ Hall, between March and July 1952 [Lot]. Mostly clean, a unique and intriguing group £300-£400 --- Frances Madge Kitchener, RRC (1889-1974), niece of Herbert Kitchener; b Kasauli, India; served as a nurse in the French Red Cross, 1914-20; studied at the Slade School of Fine Art in the 1920s; designer of the British brass threepence. The reverse design of a thrift plant, or sea-pink, originated from a set of sketches submitted by Kitchener in June 1936 for the new silver threepence of Edward VIII (the sketches are not included in the lot). However, the decision had been taken to phase out the small silver coin and replace it with a new nickel-brass piece, the exact shape and size of which was being debated by the Royal Mint Advisory Committee during the summer of 1936. Following the decision to make the coin 12-sided, Miss Kitchener submitted a further model in September 1936. Trial pieces of various thicknesses were struck and used to test the reaction of interested parties, like slot machine manufacturers (Dyer, p.23). Kitchener’s subsequent efforts to have her designs shortlisted for Elizabeth II’s new coins proved unsuccessful and the rejection letters from the Royal Mint, along with her proposed designs, are included with the lot. A request from Graham Hughes, chairman of the Coronation Medals Panel, for a plaster model of a coronation medal for the new monarch, was rejected: “...time is too short, I am a deliberate worker, and seventeen days...is not long enough for me to do the medal in...”

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 338

Treaty of Campoformio, 1797, a copper medal by B. Duvivier, 56mm (Julius 575); Death of General Hoche, 1797, a copper medal by R. Gayrard [struck 1821], 41mm (BDM II, 227); Battle of Camperdown, 1797, a copper medal by T. Webb & W. Wyon for Mudie, 41mm (BHM 432; E 886); Battle of the Nile, 1798, a copper medal by C.H. Küchler for A. Davison, 47mm (BHM 447; E 890); Battle of the Nile, 1798, a white metal medal, unsigned, 38mm (BHM 453; E -); Battle of the Nile, 1798, a copper medal, unsigned, 33mm (BHM -; E -); Banque de France, 1800, a restrike octagonal silver jeton by R. Dumarest [struck 1860-79], 36mm (Bramsen 29); Death of Sir Ralph Abercromby, 1801, a white metal medal, unsigned, 40mm (BHM 505; E -; Bramsen 142); Preliminaries of Peace, 1801, a copper medal, unsigned (by H. Kettle?), 38mm (BHM 516; 935; Bramsen 162); Peace of Amiens, 1802, a white metal medal by J.G. Hancock for Kempson & Kindon, 38mm (BHM 539; E 942; Bramsen 204) [10]. Varied state, one pierced £150-£200

Lot 347

Charles II, Coronation, 1661, a silver medal by T. Simon, crowned bust right, rev. king enthroned left, being crowned by Peace, 29mm, 7.83g/3h (MI I, 472/76; E 221). About very fine £150-£180

Lot 348

Murder of Sir Edmundbury Godfrey, 1678, a gilt-silver medal, unsigned [by G. Bower], draped bust right being strangled, rev. prostrate figure being strangled by man standing over him, papal figure standing at left, 39mm, 27.73g/7h (MI I, 577/247; E 257). Lightly cleaned, some minor marks, otherwise good very fine £150-£180

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 353

Battle of Ramillies, 1706, a silver medal by J. Croker, draped bust of Anne left, rev. map held by two Fames, 35mm, 14.98g/12h (MI II, 284/92; E 419). Lightly brushed, edge filed, otherwise good very fine £150-£180

Lot 359

Battle of Cape St Vincent, 1797, a gilt-white metal medal, unsigned [by T. Wyon Sr], 38mm (BHM 433); Opening of Liverpool Museum and Library, 1860, a copper medal by J. Moore, 45mm (BHM 2690); International Health Exhibition, 1884, a copper medal by L.C. Wyon & J. Pinches, 45mm (BHM 3175); Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, a copper medal by Pinches, 37mm (BHM 3275); Battles of Heligoland Bight and Dogger Bank, 1914-15, a white metal medal by Spink, 45mm (BHM 4117); Sinking of the SS Lusitania, 1915, a cast bronze medal after K. Goetz, 55mm (BHM 4118); together with other British and World medals and medalets in silver (3), base metal (17) [26]. Varied state, second scratched on reverse £100-£150

Lot 367

Grand National Jubilee, 1809, a copper medalet by Kettle & Sons, 25mm (BHM 648); Marriage of Princess Charlotte, 1816, a copper medalet, unsigned, 25mm (BHM 909); Opening of Waterloo Bridge, 1817, a silver medal by T. Wyon Jr, 27mm (BHM 961); Death of George III, 1820, a brass medalet, unsigned, 26mm (BHM 1005); Death of the Duke of York, 1827, white metal medalets (2), unsigned, 26mm (BHM 1288); a brass medalet, unsigned, 25mm (BHM 1291); a brass medalet by T. Ingram, 24mm (BHM 1293); Opening of London Bridge, 1831, a brass medalet, unsigned, 28mm (BHM 1547) [9]. Varied state, one pierced £60-£80

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 371

Royal Society of Edinburgh, an oval silver ticket or pass, royal society edinburgh instituted 1783, rev. named (Robt Haldane, 1820), 37 x 29mm, 14.05g (D & W pp. 126-7; W 2644). About extremely fine; pierced at top for suspension £300-£400 --- Robert Haldane (1772-1854), Scottish mathematician

Lot 372

George IV, Coronation, 1821, a silver medal by B. Pistrucci, laureate head left, rev. Britannia, Scotia and Hibernia approaching the enthroned King being crowned by Victory, 35mm, 17.69g (BHM 1070; E 1146a). Cleaned, surface marks on reverse, otherwise about extremely fine; in original case [this slightly damaged] £200-£260

Lot 380

Centenary of the Foundation of the Wesleyan Methodist Society, 1839, a white metal medal by C.F. Carter, bust left, rev. façade of mission house, 65mm (BHM 1895; E 1329); Brighton Health Congress & Domestic & Scientific Exhibition, 1881, a silvered-bronze award medal by F.V. Hadlow, named (Sutton & Sons [Class 1] Potatoes and Seeds), 51mm (D & W 52/64; Allen –); Guy’s Hospital, London, 1887, a copper award medal by L.C. Wyon, unnamed, 50mm; Chartered Surveyors’ Institution, 1900, a gilt-silver award, unsigned, named (Charles John Howell Thomas Highest Marks Fellowship Examination 1900), 51mm, 56.30g; together with other base metal medals (2), 1823, 1838 [6]. Varied state £80-£100

Lot 391

Great Exhibition, Hyde Park, 1851, Exhibitor’s Medal, a copper award by W. Wyon, edge named (Sweden & Norway, No. 11), 44mm (Allen HP-A055; BHM 2463); International Exhibition, South Kensington, 1862, a copper medal by C. Schnitzspahn & J. Wiener, 41mm (Allen SK-B235; BHM 2745); Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a small silver medal by G.W. de Saulles, 26mm (BHM 3506; E 1817b); Outbreak of World War I, 1914, a gilt-bronze medal, unsigned, 35mm (BHM 4113); National Emergency Medal, 1926, a bronze award by E. Gillick, 51mm (BHM 4210); Winston Churchill, 1941, a uniface lead or pewter medal, unsigned, 68mm; Allied Victory, 1945, a bronze medal by A.I. Löwenthal for Pinches, 63mm (BHM 4409); Death of Sir Winston Churchill, 1965, a bronze medal, unsigned, 39mm; Sefton, 1982, a copper-nickel (?) pendant by T. Cuneo, 26mm; 400th Anniversary of the Spanish Armada, 1988, a brass medal, unsigned, 39mm [10]. Varied state; four cased, two boxed £80-£100

Lot 408

Crystal Palace Picture Gallery, Prize Medal, 1872, a silver award by W.J. Taylor, Britannia standing facing, flanked by Plenty and Learning, Fame flying left above, rev. wreath, named (Awarded by the Crystal Palace Co. for a picture “Erasmus” painted by M. Dauriac of Antwerp), 63mm, 130.85g (Allen SY-1873/001 var.; BHM -). Brushed, scratched in exergue on obverse, otherwise extremely fine and toned £200-£260

Lot 413

Victoria, Golden Jubilee, 1887, a silver medal by L.C. Wyon after Sir J.E. Boehm and Sir F. Leighton, crowned bust left, rev. enthroned figure of Empire surrounded by standing figures representing Science, Letters, Art, etc, Mercury and Time below, 77mm, 216.16g (W & E 2000A.2; BHM 3219; E 1733b). Polished, some marks in fields, otherwise about extremely fine; in case of issue £400-£500

Lot 420

Staffordshire Golf Club, a silver prize medal by Vaughton, player addressing ball, rev. wreath, engraved (1894, 2nd Prize, Given by Mrs Conway Morgan), 39mm, 25.21g. Cleaned, otherwise very fine £40-£50

Lot 421

Crystal Palace Picture Gallery, Prize Medal, a silver award by G.G. Adams, Britannia standing facing, flanked by Plenty and Learning, Fame flying left above, rev. wreath, named (Awarded by the Crystal Palace Co. for a Painting “Market Place in Capri” by Ferd. Brütt, 1895), 63mm, 108.19g (Allen SY-1873/001 var.; BHM -). Cleaned, some scratches, otherwise very fine £100-£120

Lot 422

Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a large silver medal by G.W. de Saulles, veiled bust left, rev. young head left, 56mm, 84.24g (W & E 3000A.4; BHM 3506; E 1817a). Lightly cleaned, otherwise extremely fine; in case of issue £100-£120

Lot 423

Victoria, Diamond Jubilee, 1897, a large silver medal by G.W. de Saulles, similar, 56mm, 83.56g (W & E 3000A.4; BHM 3506; E 1817a). Edge knock, otherwise about extremely fine; in case of issue [this slightly damaged] £80-£100

Lot 429

Edward VII, Coronation, 1902, a silver medal by G.W. de Saulles, 31mm (BHM 3737); together with other bronze medals (2), and a Dundee silver Shilling token [4]. Very fine or better, one cleaned £80-£100

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 436

Central Nursing Council for England & Wales, a silver and enamel badge, rev. named (N. Jebb, S.R.N. 53223, 21-6-29), 27 x 27mm; Nursing, a silver and enamel badge by G. Kenning & Son, rev. named (Ursula R. Johnson), 57 x 35mm; Royal Sanitary Institute, 1938, a brass and enamel badge by Fattorini, 40 x 35mm; Warrington School of Nursing, a white metal and enamel badge, rev. named (1945, Muriel Dorothy French), 60 x 28mm; Central Midwives Board for Scotland, a nickel and enamel badge, rev. named (22106, Jessie W. Dick, 9-4-53), 43 x 33mm; Medico-Psychological Association, a bronze badge, rev. named (Mary E. Howard), 52 x 41mm; Queen’s Institute of District Nursing, a gilt-bronze and enamel badge, rev. named (Mary Burnett, for 21 years’ service), 42 x 26mm; Southend Hospital, a nickel and enamel badge by Fattorini, 28 x 27mm; St John Ambulance Association, a bronze badge, rev. named (A190345, John Peebles), 45 x 40mm; Willesden General Hospital, a silver and enamel badge, 41 x 37mm [10]. Good very fine or better £60-£80

Lot 437

George V, Silver Jubilee, 1935, a silver medal by P. Metcalfe, conjoined crowned busts left, rev. view of Windsor Castle, 32mm, 15.53g (W & E 5668A.5; BHM 4249; E 2029b). Lightly hairlined, otherwise extremely fine and attractively toned; in cardboard box of issue £30-£40

Lot 444

AUSTRIA, Centenary of the Schemnitz Mining Academy, 1870, a bronze medal by C. Radnitzky, 70mm (BDM V, 15); BELGIUM, Leopold I, Silver Jubilee, 1856, a bronze medal by L. Wiener, 75mm (BDM VI, 493); GERMANY, Westphalia, a bronze prize medal, unsigned and undated, 37mm; Capture of Lille, 1914, a bronze medal, unsigned, 50mm [4]. First very fine, others extremely fine or better, second lightly cleaned; latter two cased £100-£150

Lot 456

FRANCE, Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, a restrike bronze medal by B. Duvivier [struck after 1880], 41mm; Landing of Louis XVIII at Calais, 1814, a copper medal by B. Andrieu & N. Brenet, 40mm (Bramsen 1406); Constitutional Charter, 1814, a copper medal by B. Andrieu, 40mm (Bramsen 1468); Society for the Amelioration of Prisons, 1819, a copper medal by J.-J. Barre & R. Gayrard, 41mm (BDM II, 226); Birth of the Duke of Bordeaux, 1820, a copper medal by F. Caunois, 68mm (BDM I, 362); a copper medal by R. Gayrard, 38mm (BDM II, 226); together with assorted French medalets in silver (2), base metal (6) [14]. Varied state £150-£200

Lot 460

FRANCE, Fernand Chapsal, 1920, a bronze plaquette by O. Vencesse (?), 70 x 48mm; Professor Moure, 1926, a bronze medal by F. Cogné, 66mm; General Weygand, 1935, a bronze medal by G. Prud’homme, 68mm; AUSTRIA, Coronation of Ferdinand I, 1838, a silver medalet, unsigned, 19mm; GERMANY, Goethe Centenary, 1932, a uniface bronze medal by A. Hartig, 76mm [5]. Very fine or better £60-£80

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

Lot 473

PAPAL STATES, Dogma of the Immaculate Conception, [1856], yr XI, a silver medal by I. Bianchi, bust of Pius IX left, rev. Pope standing in the Basilica di S. Giovanni in Laterano, reading Doctrine of Immaculate Conception to audience; above in clouds, Virgin and four angels, 44mm, 35.00g (Mazio 704; Rinaldi 50). Nearly extremely fine £100-£120 --- The medal commemorates the announcement of the Doctrine on 8 December 1854. Although the Pope would normally be seated for such ceremonies, Pius was forced to stand up because, unexpectedly, a ray of sunlight shone in his face. It was a cloudy winter’s day in Rome so the appearance of the sunbeam was interpreted as a heavenly confirmation of the dogma

Lot 474

PAPAL STATES, Consecration of the French Bishops, 1907, a silver medal by F. Bianchi, bust of Pius X right, rev. Pope and Cardinals bless kneeling bishop before altar and audience, 44mm, 34.56g (Rinaldi 101). Extremely fine £40-£60

Lot 475

PERU-BOLIVIA, Confederation, 1838, silver proclamation medal, bare head of Santa Cruz right, crossed flags and arms behind, rev. tower within wreath, 38mm (Fonrobert 9235). Cleaned, otherwise very fine [slabbed ANACS EF 45 Details, Cleaned] £100-£120

Lot 477

PRUSSIA, Royal Academy of Art, 1834, a silver award medal by Lachtmann & G. Goetze, bust of Friedrich Wilhelm III of Prussia left, rev. kneeling artist, 33mm, 21.80g. Extremely fine or better and very rare; in fitted case of issue, named (R. von der Sahl, den 3 Juny 1834) £80-£100

Lot 511

Germany, BAVARIA, Ludwig III, Pattern 20 Marks, 1914d, in gilt-silver, edge plain with small hallmark, 5.94g/12h. Good extremely fine, rare £300-£400

Lot 574

Miscellaneous, Assorted European coins in silver (8), base metal (2) [10]. Varied state £80-£100

Lot 575

Miscellaneous, Coins of the World (50), all in silver [50]. Varied state, many extremely fine or better £200-£300

Lot 576

Miscellaneous, Coins of the World (50), all in silver [50]. Varied state, many extremely fine or better £200-£300

Lot 577

Miscellaneous, Coins of the World (50), all in silver [50]. Varied state, many extremely fine or better £200-£300

Lot 578

Miscellaneous, World coins and tokens, in silver (13), base metal (42) [55]. Varied state £80-£100

Lot 579

Miscellaneous, World coins, in silver (4), base metal (11) [15]. Varied state £80-£100

Lot 592

Ottoman, Mustafa II, Kurush, Qustantiniya 1106h (OC 22-016-00; ICV 3241); Abdul Hamid I, 2 Zolta, Qustantiniya 1187h, yr 11 (OC 27-021-02; ICV 3403); Mahmud II, second silver series, 10 Para, Qustantiniya 1223h, yr 4 (OC 30-076-01; ICV 3507); sixth silver series, 2 Zolta, Qustantiniya 1223h, yr 19 (OC 30-072-02; ICV 3524); seventh silver series, Kurush, Qustantiniya 1223h, yr 21 (OC 30-073-06; ICV 3527); Budju, Jaza’ir 1239h (OC 30-016-00; ICV 3599) [6]. Varied state £80-£100

Lot 607

LUCANIA, Velia, Didrachm, c. 334-300, helmeted head of Athena left, rev. lion standing left tearing at prey, 6.84g/3h (HN Italy 1296); MOESIA, Istros, Drachm, c. 300, two male heads facing, the right inverted, rev. eagle on dolphin left, 5.24g (SNG BM 238); together with other Greek silver coins (3) [5]. Fair to fine £60-£80

Lot 619

THRACE, Maroneia, Triobol, 400-350, forepart of horse left, rev. grape bunch on vine, rhyton to left, 2.84g/3h (McClean 3965); ATTICA, Athens, Hemidrachm, 353-294, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. owl facing, αθε around, 2.02g/8h (Kroll Reminting fig. 11d; BMC 162ff); Obol, 390-294, helmeted head of Athena right, rev. αθε, four crescents, 0.53g/1h (Kroll Reminting –; BMC 180ff); together with other Greek silver coins (6) [9]. Fair to good fine, second very rare £60-£80

Lot 762

Roman Imperial, Tiberius to Nero, silver (2) and base metal (15) coins, various types [17]. Varied state £80-£100

Lot 764

Roman Imperial, Trajan to Hadrian, coins in silver (1) and base metal (15) [16]. Varied state £60-£80

Lot 765

Roman Imperial, Hadrian to Commodus, coins in silver (3) and base metal (16) [19]. Varied state; all with collector’s tickets £60-£80

Lot 770

Assorted Ancient and Islamic coins, in silver (12), base metal (2) [14]. Varied state, one plugged £100-£150

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