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The Chislehurst Collection (9 September 2020)

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Total Lots Found: 209

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Lot 1

British Iron-Age, Gallo-Belgic, Stater, series E [Ambiani], blank, rev. disjointed horse right, pellets and ornament above, pellet below, 5.94g (ABC 16; VA 52; S 11). Good very fine or better £500-£600

Sold for £460

Lot 2

Æthelstan (924-939), Penny, Crowned Bust type, London, Ælfwald, bust right, ædelstan rex, rev. small cross, ælfpald mo lond civi, 1.49g/3h (Blunt 269; SCBI BM 127; SCBI Glasgow 611; N 675; S 1095). Good very fine or better, obverse struck from a slightly rusty die £3,000-£4,000

Sold for £3,000

Lot 3

Eadmund (939-946), Penny, Two Line type [HT 1], Ælfstan, aelfs + tan mo in two lines divided by three crosses, trefoil of pellets above and below, 1.59g/1h (CTCE 5; SCBI BM 279; N 688; S 1105). Nearly extremely fine, toned £600-£800

Sold for £1,500

Lot 4

Eadred (946-955), Penny, Two Line type [HT 1], Oswald, + eadred rex, rev. osvvald m in two lines, three crosses between, trefoil of pellets above and below, 1.17g/12h (CTCE 54; SCBI BM 535; N 706; S 1113). Nearly extremely fine £600-£800

Sold for £850

Lot 5

Eadwig (955-959), Penny, Two Line type [HT 1 ‘York’], Heriger, aerig er m¯o divided by three crosses, trefoil of pellets above and below, tiny hammer at end of obv. legend, 1.43g/9h (CTCE 68; SCBI BM 773ff; N 724; S 1122). Good very fine or better £1,500-£2,000

Sold for £2,800

Lot 6

Æthelred II (978-1016), Penny, Long Cross type, Lincoln, Ælfsige, ælfsige mo linc, 1.31g/10h (Mossop pl. viii, 31, same rev. die; BEH 1628ff; N 774; S 1151). About extremely fine £500-£600

Sold for £340

Lot 7

Æthelred II (978-1016), Penny, Last Small Cross type, Dover, Cinsige, cinsi no dovendi, 1.01g/10h (BEH 396; SCBI Copenhagen –; N 777; S 1154). Small flan crack in centre, otherwise good very fine and toned, rare £400-£500

Sold for £360

Lot 8

Cnut (1016-1035), Penny, Short Cross type, Wilton, Ælfred, ælfred on piltv, 1.13g/6h (BEH 559; SCBI Copenhagen 3981-2; N 790; S 1159). Very fine and very rare £400-£500

Sold for £550

Lot 9

Harold I (1035-1040), Penny, Long Cross and Fleur-de-lis type, Colchester, Godric, godric on conc (dr ligulate), 1.08g/8h (Turner 99; BEH 78; N 803; S 1165). Minute flan crack at 4 o’clock, otherwise good very fine £1,500-£1,800

Sold for £2,000

Lot 10

Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Hammer Cross type, Winchester, Ælfwine, ælfpine · on pinc ·, crude bust with jewelled band to crown, obv. legend starts at 8 o’clock and reads eadpeard, 1.26g/5h (Winchester Mint 1753 [= Robinson, BNJ 52, no. 6], same dies; Freeman 28; N 828/2; S 1182). Good very fine, extremely rare £1,000-£1,200

Sold for £1,200

Lot 11

Harold II (1066), Penny, PAX type, Hereford, Edwi, edpi on herefor, 1.22g/3h (Pagan, NM p.197; N 836; S 1186). Slightly bent, otherwise about very fine and very rare; only two coins believed known from the mint £3,400-£4,000

Sold for £3,400

Lot 12

William I (1066-1087), Pattern or Piedfort Penny, Profile left type [BMC I], London, Wulfgar, pvlgar on lvdao, 2.30g/9h (Williams, BNJ 2001, p 64, no.14, this coin, Stott, ‘Saxon and Norman Coins from London II’, p.300; N 839; S 1250). Of high relief and good style, slightly porous surface, otherwise very fine or better, highly important and UNIQUE £4,000-£5,000

Sold for £3,000

Lot 13

William I (1066-1087), Penny, PAXS type [BMC VIII], Hastings, Ciping, cipincc on hieste, 1.36g/10h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.73; HHK 151; Sussex Mints 96; BMC 693-4; N 849; S 1257). A little flat in places, otherwise good very fine and toned, rare £800-£1,000

Sold for £900

Lot 14

William I (1066-1087), Penny, PAXS type [BMC VIII], Winchester, Wigmund, pimvnd on pinc, 1.38g/12h (Winchester Mint 2112-15, same obv. die, rev. not listed; Allen, BNJ 2012, p.83; BMC 1131ff; N 848; S 1257). Obverse nearly very fine but a little double-struck, reverse better £300-£400

Sold for £650

Lot 15

Henry I (1100-1135), Penny, Pellets in Quatrefoil type [BMC XIV], Bristol, Herdig, herdi [— — —], 1.41g/1h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.85; N 870; S 1275). Legends weak in parts, otherwise better than very fine with a strong portrait and attractive tone £800-£1,000

Sold for £1,100

Lot 16

Stephen (1135-1154), Penny, Cross Moline type, Northern variant, York, ‘Inasni’, inasni : o[–] e[–], collar of pellets, obv. reads steene[–], 0.96g/8h (Allen, BNJ 2012, –; Mack –; N 918; S 1312). Irregular flan, good very fine, very rare £2,000-£2,600

Sold for £2,200

Lot 17

Henry II (1154-1189), Tealby coinage, Penny, class A2, Norwich, Picot, [–]icot [—] : nor, 1.41g/2h (BMC 671; N 952/2; S 1337). On a hexagonal flan, good fine, dark tone £150-£200

Sold for £170

Lot 18

Richard I (1189-1199), Penny, class IVb, Shrewsbury, Ive, ive · on · salop, five spaced pearls on crown, 1.25g/4h (FEJ 1506, this coin; SCBI Mass 1140, same dies [= DNW 73, 1293 and 101, 332]; N 968/2; S 1348C). Legends partly flat and edge partially hammered, otherwise about very fine, very rare £200-£300

Sold for £360

Lot 19

Henry III (1216-1272), Short Cross coinage, Penny, class VIc3/VIc2 mule, London, Rauf, ravf · on · lvnde (ornamental d), 1.27g/1h (SCBI Mass 1866 var.; N 976; S 1355/1355A). Very fine, scarce £120-£150

Sold for £170

Lot 20

Edward I (1272-1307), Groat, London, variety b (Fox 6), mm. cross pattée, crown with four crescents carrying pearl ornaments, rosettes by hair and on breast, pelleted trefoils in spandrels, triple-pellet stops, pellet-barred n in dn’s, 5.32g/7h (Allen 28, this coin; SCBI North 6-7; N 1008; S 1379B). Brooch mount removed from obverse, surfaces marked and reverse previously gilt, otherwise fine, very rare £2,000-£2,600

Unsold

Lot 21

Edward III (1327-1377), Pre-Treaty period, Noble, series Gd, mm. cross 3, small e in centre of rev., small lis in second quarter, saltire stops, 7.63g/9h (cf. SCBI Schneider 46; N 1180; S 1490). A full round coin, slightly crimped edges, otherwise almost extremely fine £2,000-£2,600

Sold for £3,000

Lot 22

Edward III (1327-1377), Treaty period, Quarter-Noble, mm. cross potent, trefoils in spandrels, rev. voided quatrefoil in centre, annulets in angles, trefoils in spandrels, saltire stops both sides, 1.87g/9h (SCBI Schneider 73; N 1224; S 1501). Die break on shield, otherwise about very fine £500-£600

Sold for £500

Lot 23

Richard II (1377-1399), First Period, Groat, type II, London, mm. cross pattée, 4.07g/6h (Potter IId/IIf; N 1320b; S 1679). Some weakness in margins, otherwise very fine and dark-toned, rare £500-£700

Sold for £1,900

Lot 24

Henry IV (1399-1413), Heavy coinage, Noble, Calais, type IIa, mm. cross pattée on rev. only, flag at stern, arms of France ancient in first quarter of shield, horizontal coronet on rudder, h in centre of rev., 7.67g/9h (Stewartby p.255, 1; SCBI Schneider 193; N 1339/1a; S 1707). A few tiny surface marks, otherwise extremely fine and probably much as struck, one of the finest examples known, extremely rare £20,000-£24,000

Sold for £22,000

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