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Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals (1 & 2 December 2020)

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Total Lots Found: 1508

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Lot 1

Æthelred II (978-1016), Penny, First Hand type, Ipswich, Leofman, leofman m¯o gipes, 1.40g/12h (Sadler figs. 38-49, and SCBI Fitzwilliam 630, same dies; BEH –; N 766; S 1144). Good fine but broken £60-£80

Sold for £150

Lot 2

Æthelred II (978-1016), Penny, CRVX type, Wallingford, Ælfric, ælfric m¯o pelig, 1.58g/3h (BEH 3895 var; N 770; S 1148); together with a Long Cross Penny, possibly Stamford, moneyer uncertain [2]. First fair to fine, second very fine but double-struck, especially on reverse £120-£150

Sold for £300

Lot 3

Cnut (1016-1035), Penny, Pointed Helmet type, Buckingham, Leofric, [l · eof]r · ic on bvcc · i, 0.75g/3h (Dolley et al, BNJ 1965, 14, same dies; BEH 116; N 787; S 1158). A large fragment, nearly very fine, reverse better, very rare £120-£150

Sold for £950

Lot 4

Harold I (1035-1040), Penny, Jewel Cross type, London, Widia, pidia on [ – ]ndene :·, 0.82g/4h (Talvio L2; cf. BEH 725; N 802; S 1163). Curious reverse style, fine or better, but chipped, cracked and perforated £100-£150

Sold for £260

Lot 5

Harold I (1035-1040), Penny, Long Cross and Fleur-de-lis type, London, Edric, edric onn lvn, fleur-de-lis between two pellets, 1.02g/12h (BEH 584; N 803; S 1165). Cracked, otherwise fine £80-£100

Sold for £300

Lot 6

Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Pennies (2), Radiate type, Lincoln, Asfrithr, osefrd on linco, 1.02g/6h (dies not in Mossop; Freeman 202; N 816; S 1173); Trefoil-Quadrilateral type, Northampton, Ælfwine, ælfpine on ham, 1.00g/2h (Freeman 3; N 817; S 1174) [2]. First fair to fine, second better but pierced, rare £120-£150

Sold for £320

Lot 7

Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Trefoil Quadrilateral type, Bedford, Sweta, spo[——] bedefo, 0.75g/3h (Bagshawe –; Freeman –; N 817; S 1174). A large fragment, better than very fine and toned, an excessively rare mint for the type and possibly UNIQUE £300-£400

Sold for £160

Lot 8

Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Expanding Cross type [Light issue], Newport, Sigeweard, sipar[d on n]ipepor, pellet in first and fourth quarter, 0.85g/12h (Blackburn et al, BNJ 1993, p.125, no.2, this coin; Freeman –; Stewartby I, 288, same rev. die; N 820; S 1176). Badly chipped, otherwise very fine, excessively rare £300-£400

Sold for £2,600

Lot 9

Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Hammer Cross type, Bedford, Wulfwig, [pv]fpi on bedefor, 1.09g/9h (Bagshawe 11489-91; Freeman 88; N 828; S 1182). Chipped and cracked, otherwise better than very fine and toned, rare £150-£200

Sold for £190

Lot 10

Anglo-Scandinavian Imitations, ‘Long Cross/Last Small Cross mule’, Penny, bust left, + edelred rex anglo, rev. + leofric on cntpa, 1.03g/12h (Malmer 127.1722, chain 105; SCBI Copenhagen 1452, same dies [= BEH 194]). Creased and surfaces marked, otherwise fine £200-£260

Sold for £340

Lot 11

William I (1066-1087), Penny, Two Sceptres type [BMC IV], London, Ælfwine, ælfpine on lvndi, 1.34g/7h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.77; N 844; S 1253). Better than fine but surfaces have been filled £50-£70

Sold for £200

Lot 12

Stephen (1135-1154), Penny, Cross Moline type, Southern variant, Southampton, Sanson, sa[—] on an, king with collar of large pellets, 0.97g/12h (Allen, BNJ 2012, p.115; N 905; S 1295). On a slightly irregular flan, fine, very rare £200-£300

Sold for £500

Lot 13

Henry II (1154-1189), Tealby coinage, Penny, class D2, London, Accard, [––]rd : on : l[–]n, 1.47g/3h (BMC 442; N 958/2; S 1340). About very fine £80-£100

Sold for £240

Lot 14

Henry II (1154-1189), Tealby coinage, Penny, class F1, Ipswich, Rodbert, rodbe[–] on : [–]ip, 1.24g/9h (Sadler 1429-30, same dies; BMC 349; N 961/1; S 1342, this coin illustrated). Small scratch on face, otherwise very fine and toned £100-£120

Sold for £190

Lot 15

Richard I (1189-1199), Penny, class IVb, Canterbury, Ulard, vlard · on · can, reads hencricvs, 1.40g/12h (SCBI Mass 1090; N 968/2; S 1348C); together with other Short Cross Pennies (3), various classes, of Canterbury and London (2) [4]. Fine to very fine £120-£150

Sold for £240

Lot 16

Edward III (1327-1377), Post-Treaty period, Groat, London, mm. cross pattée, double saltire stops, double saltire before civi, saltire before lon, 4.58g/12h (LAL 26; N 1286; S 1637). Good fine £80-£100

Sold for £130

Lot 17

Edward IV (First reign, 1461-1470), Light coinage, Groat, mm. rose, no marks by neck, fleurs on cusps except above crown, quatrefoil after franc, no eye after tas, 2.70g/6h (B & W Vb/d; N 1566/1567; S 1999/2000). Good fine or better and toned, the combination of dies very rare £100-£120

Sold for £300

Lot 18

Henry VII (1485-1509), Profile issue, Halfgroats (3), Tower, mm. pheon on obv., lis on rev., 1.39g/9h, Canterbury (2), both mm. martlet on obv., rose on rev., 1.38g/12h, 1.32g/10h (N 1749-50; S 2259, 2261); Sovereign type Pennies (4), Durham (2), Bp Fox, both rd by shield, 0.77g/2h, 0.66g/9h, York (2), Abp Rotherham, no mm., single and double pillar to throne, 0.70g/1h, 0.59g/12h (N 1728-9, 1731; S 2233, 2236, 2238); Halfpence (3), all Tower, cla...

Sold for £340

Lot 19

Henry VIII (1509-1547), First coinage, Halfgroat, York, Abp Bainbridge, mm. martlet, keys below shield, 1.28g/12h, Pennies (2), both Durham, Bp Ruthall, mm. star, td by shield, 0.64g/11h, 0.56g/12h (N 1769, 1777; S 2323, 2332); Second coinage, Halfgroat, York, Sede Vacante, mm. key, 1.28g/3h, Penny, Tower, mm. lis, 0.66g/7h, Halfpence (2), Canterbury, Abp Cranmer, mm. catherine wheel, 0.25g/3h, York, Abp Wolsey, mm. uncertain, tw by bust, 0.29g/3...

Sold for £300

Lot 20

Henry VIII (1509-1547), Posthumous coinage, Groat, Tower, mm. grapple on rev. only, bust 5, Roman lettering, roses in forks, pellet stops, 2.04g/11h (Whitton d; N 1871; S 2403). Fine or better for issue £100-£150

Sold for £95

Lot 21

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Sixth issue, Shillings (4), mm. hand, 5.33g/6h, mm. woolpack on obv., tun on rev., 5.86g/12h, mm. key, 6.13g/2h, mm. anchor, 5.84g/2h (N 2014; S 2577) [4]. Fine, second rare £200-£240

Sold for £360

Lot 22

Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Milled coinage, Shilling, intermediate size, mm. star, 30mm, 5.79g/6h (Borden/Brown 16, O3/R3; N 2023; S 2591). About fine £90-£120

Sold for £220

Lot 23

James I (1603-1625), First coinage, Shilling, mm. thistle, first bust, 5.66g/12h (N 2072; S 2645). Fine, but scratched on obverse £80-£100

Sold for £130

Lot 24

James I (1603-1625), First coinage, Shilling, second bust, mm. thistle, 5.41g/11h (N 2073; S 2646); Second coinage, Shillings (3), third bust, mm. rose, 5.80g/9h, fourth bust, mm. escallop, 5.89g/1h, fifth bust, mm. mullet, 5.88g/1h (N 2099, 2100, 2101; S 2654-6) [4]. Fine, toned £150-£200

Sold for £360

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