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Coins and Historical Medals (13 & 14 March 2018)

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Lot 1

First coinage, Farthing, Berwick, class VIIIb, bear’s head in second and third quarters, villa bervici, 0.27g/9h (Withers 10; SCBI North 1164; N 1094; S 1539). Flat in places, otherwise very fine or better, rare £100-150

Sold for £110

Lot 2

Pre-Treaty period, Groat, series C/B mule, London, mm. cross 1, reversed ns on obv, Roman ms on rev., 4.50g/11h (Doubleday –; N 1147/1142; S 1565/1563). Good fine but sometime cleaned, extremely rare £300-400

Sold for £500

Lot 3

Pre-Treaty period, Groat, series E, London, mm. cross 2, no fleur on breast, rev. unbarred ns, 4.58g/8h (LAL 17ff; N 1163; S 1567). Small edge split, otherwise good fine £80-100

Sold for £60

Lot 4

Pre-Treaty period, Groat, series F, London, mm. crown, 4.49g/9h (N 1174; S 1569). Good fine or better, toned £100-120

Sold for £65

Lot 5

Pre-Treaty period, Groat, series Gd, London, mm. cross, small annulet stops, annulets in two quarters, reads ta·s, 4.37g/4h (N 1198; S 1570). Good fine or better, dark tone £80-100

Sold for £65

Lot 6

Pre-Treaty period, Pennies (3), all London, series C, mm. cross 1 on obv. only, 1.09g/4h; series D, mm. cross 1 broken on obv. only, 1.16g/7h; series F, mm. crown on obv. only, 1.09g/6h (N 1149, 1156, 1176; S 1584-5, 1587) [3]. Good fine or better £80-100

Sold for £75

Lot 7

Treaty period, Groat, London, mm. cross potent, variety c, single annulet stops on obv., double saltire stops on rev., reverse-barred n in lon, unbarred in don, 4.76g/6h (N 1249; S 1616). Good very fine, attractive portrait £200-300

Sold for £320

Lot 8

Groat, type I, London, mm. cross pattée, copula f, double saltire stops, 3.78g/1h (N 1320(a); S 1678). Good fine but surfaces pitted, rare £300-400

Sold for £440

Lot 9

Penny, Durham, Bp Fordham or Bp Skirlaw, type Ia, mm. cross pattée, lis on breast, rev. reads dvnolm, 1.07g/6h (N 1328; S 1697). Struck from rusty dies, good fine, rare £200-260

Sold for £170

Lot 10

Penny, York, local dies, mm. cross pattée, saltire on breast, pellets on shoulders, reads angile, rev. quatrefoil in centre, 0.87g/1h; Halfpenny, London, third issue, 0.51g/1h (N 1330d, 1332; S 1692, 1700A) [2]. Good fine or a little better £120-150

Sold for £80

Lot 11

Heavy coinage, Halfpenny, London, type 2, mm. cross pattée on obv. only, wide face, rounded shoulders, nothing in centre of rev., 0.53g/10h (Withers 2; N 1352-3; S 1723-4). Obverse slightly double-struck, otherwise good fine, rare £400-500

Unsold

Lot 12

Light coinage, Penny, York, mm. cross pattée on obv. only, annulet below bust, rev. quatrefoil in centre, 0.77g/7h (N 1364; S 1734). Chipped, otherwise about fine, rare £150-200

Sold for £140

Lot 13

Groat, class A, mm. pierced cross pattée with central pellet, ‘emaciated’ bust, nine arcs to tressure, large fleurs on all cusps, quatrefoil after henric and posvi, mixed single and double-saltire stops, 2.77g/2h (Stewartby p.323; N 1385; S 1759). Clipped, otherwise obverse about fine, reverse better, very rare £600-800

Sold for £900

Lot 14

Groat, class B, mm. cross pattée, ‘scowling’ bust, no fleurs above crown, mullet on shouder, saltire stops, saltire after posvi, double saltire after tas and don, 2.80g/9h (Stewartby p.323; N 1386; S 1762B). Good fine but clipped and with a small striking crack, very rare £600-800

Sold for £400

Lot 15

Groat, class C, mm. cross, mullet on King’s left shoulder, quatrefoil after posvi, double saltire after tas and don, 3.86g/8h (N 1387; S 1765). Obverse nearly very fine but portrait a little weak, reverse better £150-200

Unsold

Lot 16

Pennies (3), all Durham, class C, mullet and broken annulet by crown, 0.88g/12h, class D (2), mullet and annulet by crown, 0.90g/12h, 0.82g/7h (N 1396-7; S 1778-9) [3]. Good fine £120-150

Sold for £130

Lot 17

Annulet issue, Groat, London, mm. cross II, no fleur on breast, reads angl’, 3.83g/12h (Whitton 12; N 1423; S 1835). Nearly very fine but marked on face £80-100

Sold for £65

Lot 18

Annulet issue, Penny, London, mm. unclear, annulets in two quarters, 0.77g/4h (N 1431; S 1844); Rosette-Mascle issue, Penny, York, mm. unclear, crosses by hair, 0.85g/11h (N 1451 (i); S 1866); Pinecone-Mascle issue, Penny, London, mm. cross IIIb on obv. only, mascle before lon, pinecone after don, 0.82g/4h (N 1464; S 1878) [3]. Fine or better £100-120

Sold for £90

Lot 19

Annulet/Rosette-Mascle issue mule, Groat, London, mm. crosses II/V, rosette after posvi and don, mascle before tas, 3.75g/1h (cf. Whitton 13; N 1423/1445; S 1835/1858). A few surface marks, otherwise about very fine, dark tone, rare £120-150

Sold for £190

Lot 20

Rosette-Mascle issue, Groat, Calais, mm. crosses IIIa/V, mascle after rex, rosette after posvi and sie, mascle before la, 3.71g/5h (Whitton 26; N 1446; S 1859). Good very fine, dark tone £120-150

Sold for £130

Lot 21

Pinecone-Mascle/Annulet issue mule, Groat, Calais, mm. crosses IIIa/II, mascle after rex, annulet in two quarters, 3.63g/9h (Whitton 28a; N 1461/1427; S 1875/1836). Reverse die crack, nearly very fine, dark tone, scarce £100-120

Sold for £130

Lot 22

Pinecone-Mascle issue, Groat, Calais, mm. crosses IIIa/V, mascle after rex, pinecone after posvi and sie, mascle before la, reads hnric, 3.57g/7h (Whitton 30, footnote 6; N 1461; S 1875). Very fine, the variety very rare £120-150

Sold for £160

Lot 23

Pinecone-Mascle/Leaf-Trefoil issue mule, Groat, Calais, mm. cross IIIb, mascle after rex, reads adivtor, 3.80g/1h (cf. Whitton 30e; N 1461/1485; S 1875/1899). On a small flan but reasonable weight, better than very fine, very rare £150-200

Sold for £190

Lot 24

Trefoil issue [A], Groat, London, mm. crosses IIIb/V, leaf on breast, trefoils by neck and after rex, trefoil after don and mevm, reads sivitas and adivtor, 3.72g/8h (cf. Whitton 23c; N 1496; S 1908). Good fine or better, the varieties rare £120-150

Sold for £200

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