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29 January 2020
Henry VIII (1509-1547), Posthumous coinage, Groat, York, no mm., bust 6, Roman letters, crescents in forks, lozenge stops, 2.32g/1h (Laker J; Whitton (d); N 1876; S 2409). About fine £40-£60
Hammer Price: £75
Edward VI (1547-1553), First period, The first English coin to bear a date in Roman numerals: Pattern Shilling, mdxlvii [1547], in silver, possibly by A. Levens, mm. rose, crowned bust right, edward vi rex angl franc hiber z c, rev. timor domini fons vitæ and date, crowned oval garnished shield dividing e r, 5.72g/3h (Bispham pl. 2, 1, same dies; Potter, BNJ 1962, p.128, this coin mentioned; N 1953). A tiny attempt at piercing at the end of the obverse legend, some minor surface marks in...
Hammer Price: £9,000
Edward VI (1547-1553), Second period, 8 oz. issue, Shilling, Tower I, mdxlix [1549], mm. arrow, bust 1, transposed legends beginning timor, 3.74g/6h (Bispham p.135; N 1918/1; S 2465). A trifle crimped and edge irregular, otherwise better than fine, toned £150-£200
Hammer Price: £420
Edward VI (1547-1553), Second period, 8 oz. issue, Shilling, transitional 8oz.-6oz. issue, Durham House, mdxlix [1549], mm. bow, Durham House bust 1, transposed legends beginning timor, beaded inner circles, 5.27g/11h (Lessen, SNC April 1967, p.99, this coin; Bispham pp.138-9, type 3/B; cf. N 1923; cf. S 2465C). Good fine, full flan, rare £200-£300
Hammer Price: £1,100
Edward VI (1547-1553), Second period, 6 oz. issue, Shilling, Tower I, mdxlix [1549], mm. arrow (over G on rev.), bust 3, normal legends, 5.14g/7h (Bispham p.136; N 1917/1; S 2466). Edge cracks and legends partly weak, centres very fine, good portrait £300-£400
Hammer Price: £700
Edward VI (1547-1553), Second period, 6 oz. issue, Shilling, Tower I, mdxlix [1549], mm. arrow, bust 5, normal legends, reads dominii, 5.10g/12h (Bispham p.137; N 1917/1; S 2466). Scratched on both sides, otherwise better than fine with a reasonable portrait £100-£150
Hammer Price: £220
Edward VI (1547-1553), Second period, 6 oz. issue, Shilling, Tower I, mdxlix [1549], mm. swan (no.1), bust 5, normal legends, 4.75g/9h (Bispham p.137; N 1917/1; S 2466). Some weak areas on reverse, otherwise about very fine, toned £200-£260
Hammer Price: £380
Edward VI (1547-1553), Second period, 6 oz. issue, Shilling, Tower II, mdxlix [1549], mm. grapple, bust 3, normal legends, reads g g agl, 4.81g/6h (Shuttlewood 238, same obv. die; Bispham p.136; N 1917/1; S 2466). About fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £190
Edward VI (1547-1553), Second period, 6 oz. issue, Shilling, Southwark, mdxlix [1549], mm. y, bust 3, normal legends, 4.92g/2h (Bispham p.136; N 1917/2; S 2466B). Flan crack, otherwise good fine, toned £100-£150
Hammer Price: £340
Edward VI (1547-1553), Second period, 6 oz. issue, Shilling, Southwark, mdxlix [1549], mm. y, bust 4, normal legends, 5.06g/1h (Bispham p.136; N 1917/2; S 2466B). Some scratches on reverse, otherwise about fine £80-£100
Hammer Price: £150
Edward VI (1547-1553), Second period, 6 oz. issue, Shilling, Canterbury, mdxlix [1549], mm. t, bust 3, normal legends, 4.98g/9h (Bispham p.137; N 1921; S 2468). Some scratches in obverse field, otherwise good fine, reverse better, toned £240-£300
Edward VI (1547-1553), Second period, 6 oz. issue, Shilling, Tower I, mdl [1550], mm. swan (no.2), bust 5, normal legends, 4.55g/8h (Bispham p.137; N 1919/1; S 2466). Fine, obverse better £120-£150
Hammer Price: £280
Edward VI (1547-1553), Second period, 6 oz. issue, Shilling, Southwark, mdl [1550], mm. y, bust 6, normal legends, 5.07g/9h (Shuttlewood 256, this coin; Bispham p.137; N 1919/2; S 2472C). Flan crack and one further small edge split, otherwise fine, rare £150-£200
Hammer Price: £200
Edward VI (1547-1553), Second period, 6 oz. issue, Shilling, Durham House, mm. bow, Durham House bust 2, normal legends, wire-line inner circles, 4.75g/9h (Bispham pp.138-9, type 5/F; N 1924; S 2472). Edge chipped, otherwise fine to very fine, dark tone, scarce £240-£300
Hammer Price: £320
Edward VI (1547-1553), Third period, 3 oz. issue, Shilling, Southwark, mdli [1551], mm. lis, bust 6, normal legends, 4.82g/6h (Potter, BNJ 1962, pl. xii, 12, this coin; Bispham p.138; N 1944/2; S 2473A). Some minor weaknesses, otherwise very fine and full, rare £300-£500
Edward VI (1547-1553), Third period, Fine issue, Shilling, mm. tun, late bust with face in high relief, mostly small letters, 6.18g/7h (N 1937; S 2482). Light crease mark, otherwise good very fine and well-struck £300-£400
Hammer Price: £400
Edward VI (1547-1553), Third period, Fine issue, Sixpence, London, mm. tun, normal bust with large crown, 3.09g/11h (N 1938; S 2483). Edge irregular, otherwise very fine, toned £240-£300
Hammer Price: £550
Mary (1553-1554), Groat, mm. pomegranate, reads z hib regi, 1.91g/1h (N 1960; S 2492). Very fine, toned £300-£400
Hammer Price: £1,200
Philip and Mary (1554-1558), Shilling, undated, full titles, mark of value, no stops on rev., 5.98g/12h (Tooze 1175, same rev. die; N 1970; S 2498). Some detail of faces weak, otherwise very fine and carefully struck, a very rare variant £1,000-£1,500
Hammer Price: £2,600
Philip and Mary (1554-1558), Shilling, undated, full titles, no mark of value, 5.99g/5h (Shuttlewood 284, same obv. die; N 1967; S 2499). Some scratches on obverse and surface pitting, weakness in reverse legend, otherwise good fine, toned £400-£500
Hammer Price: £850
Philip and Mary (1554-1558), Shilling, 1554, full titles, mark of value, reads adivtorivm, 6.27g/8h (cf. Hulett V, 292, different dies; N 1970; S 2500). Detail of Philip’s hair weak (and corresponding on reverse), otherwise very fine and attractively toned £900-£1,200
Hammer Price: £2,000
Philip and Mary (1554-1558), Shilling, 1555, English titles and mark of value, reads ang and povimvs, first v over s, 6.07g/1h (N 1968; S 2501). Even wear, fine and toned, the reverse error unusual £200-£260
Philip and Mary (1554-1558), Groat, mm. lis, reads philip z and z regina, 1.95g/9h (N 1973; S 2508). Scratch on obverse, otherwise good fine, dark-toned £100-£150
Hammer Price: £130
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), First issue, Shilling, mm. lis, wire-line inner circles, bust 1B, reads regi, 5.83g/1h (BCW LS-2E; N 1985; S 2548). Mediocre, obverse scratched, rare £80-£100
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), First issue, Shilling, mm. lis, beaded and wire-line inner circles, bust 2B, reads regina, 6.14g/6h (BCW LS-5C; N 1985; S 2549). Feint crease mark, otherwise about very fine, toned £300-£400
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second issue, Shilling, mm. cross-crosslet, bust 1A, one pearl missing on left arch, pearls on bodice, reads an fr, 6.01g/11h (BCW CC-2Eii; N 1985; S 2555A). Edge slightly irregular and a small metal fault behind head, otherwise very fine and well-struck, excellent portrait £500-£700
Hammer Price: £750
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second issue, Shilling, mm. cross-crosslet, bust 3C, one pearl missing on left arch and three on right, reads an fr and hib, 6.54g/2h (BCW CC-5Ev; N 1985; S 2555). Somewhat bright appearance, some weakness on reverse, otherwise good very fine with an excellent portrait £300-£400
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second issue, Shilling, mm. martlet, bust 3C, reads an fr and hi, 6.21g/7h (BCW MR-4Hii; N 1985; S 2555). Good fine, reverse better £80-£100
Hammer Price: £260
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Second issue, Groat, mm. cross-crosslet, bust 1F, plain bodice, reads fra and hib regina, 1.90g/6h (BCW CC-1C; N 1986; S 2556). Some peripheral weakness, otherwise very fine, toned £150-£200
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Fourth issue, Threepence, 1573, mm. acorn, bust 4D, stop after adivtorem, 1.64g/4h (DIG 1i/B, rev. die not listed; BCW AC-1; N 1998; S 2566). Good very fine, toned £120-£150
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Sixth issue, Shilling, mm. Lombardic A, bust 3B, 6.02g/8h (BCW A-2; N 2014; S 2577). Face weak (and corresponding on reverse), otherwise very fine, toned £200-£260
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Sixth issue, Shilling, mm. tun, bust 6B, 6.37g/3h (BCW TN-2; N 2014; S 2577). Extremely fine and attractively toned, an excellent portrait coin £600-£800
Hammer Price: £1,500
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Milled coinage, Shilling, mm. star, small flan, decorated dress, 6.02g/6h (Borden/Brown 17, O1/R1; Shuttlewood 435, same dies; N 2023; S 2592). About very fine, toned £300-£360
Hammer Price: £500
Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Milled coinage, Sixpence, 1562, mm. star, tall bust C, decorated dress, medium rose, 3.23g/6h (Borden/Brown 24, O2/R2; Shuttlewood 437, same obv. die; N 2026; S 2595). Good very fine, dark grey tone £300-£400
The earliest English coin-related piece to bear a date of any kind: ‘Perkin Warbeck’, medallic jeton, 1494, in silver, issued for the Lower Exchequer and struck at the Tower mint, ‘mm’. lion, crowned arms of England and France quarterly, flanked by crowned lis and crowned rose, all within 5-arc tressure, domine salvvm fac regem, rev. mani techel phares and date, crown above lis, lion and rose, all within 4-arc tressure, 3.78g/6h (Dykes/Archibald, BNJ 2020 [forthcoming], 10, this...
Hammer Price: £3,800
James I (1603-1625), First coinage, Shilling, mm. thistle, first bust, lightly garnished armour, 6.04g/4h (Morrieson, BNJ 1907, pl. ii, 11, this coin; N 2072; S 2645). Very fine or better, attractively toned £300-£400
Hammer Price: £600
James I (1603-1625), First coinage, Shilling, mm. lis, second bust, 6.00g/6h (N 2073; S 2646). Some weakness, otherwise good fine £60-£80
Hammer Price: £95
James I (1603-1625), Second coinage, Shilling, mm. lis, third bust with square-cut beard, 5.96g/6h (Morrieson, BNJ 1907, pl. ii, 13, this coin; Lingford 1211, this coin; N 2099; S 2654). Light scratches in front of face, otherwise obverse good very fine, reverse extremely fine, carefully struck and attractively toned £500-£700
Hammer Price: £1,400
James I (1603-1625), Second coinage, Shilling, mm. escallop, fourth bust with plain armour, reads hib, 5.94g/3h (N 2100; S 2655). Weak on King’s name (and corresponding on reverse), otherwise very fine and toned, good portrait £200-£260
James I (1603-1625), Second coinage, Shilling, mm. key, fifth bust with long hair, reads hib, 5.99g/10h (N 2101; S 2656). Extremely fine and toned, excellent portrait £600-£800
Hammer Price: £6,000
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