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21 January 2021
XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, First issue, Shilling, mm. crown on obv. only, crowned bust left, no inner circles or mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag brit fr et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, stop above, dies 3/3, 5.94g/91.9gr/10h (ESC 273 [1009]; N 2762; S 3308). Very fine, attractive olive-grey tone, rare £1,500-£1,800
Hammer Price: £2,000
XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, First issue, Shilling, mm. crown on obv. only, crowned bust left, no inner circles or mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag brit fr et hib rex, rev. from the same die as Lot 1190, dies 4/2, 5.93g/91.8gr/6h (ESC 273 [1009]; N 2762; S 3308). Good very fine and toned, rare £2,000-£2,600
Hammer Price: £2,800
XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, First issue, Sixpence, mm. crown on obv. only, crowned bust left, no inner circles or mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag brit fran et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, stop above, dies 1/1, 2.93g/45.3gr/3h (ESC 274 [1507]; N 2765; S 3309). Tiny mark in obverse field, otherwise extremely fine and attractively toned £1,500-£2,000
Hammer Price: £3,800
XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, First issue, Sixpence, mm. crown on obv. only, from the same dies as previous, dies 1/1, 3.05g/47.4gr/3h (ESC 274 [1507]; N 2765; S 3309). Small edge cut and light scratches in obverse field, otherwise good very fine, attractively toned £1,000-£1,200
Hammer Price: £1,300
XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, First issue, Twopences (2), mm. crown on obv. only, dies 1/1, 2/2; Penny, no mm., dies 2/2, all without inner circles or marks of value, 1.01g/15.8gr/7h, 1.02g/15.8gr/10h, 0.52g/7.9gr/1h (ESC 276, 278, 280 [2161, 2163, 2264]; S 3310-11) [3]. Penny about very fine, others very fine and better, all toned £100-£150
Hammer Price: £400
XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, First issue, Twopences (2), mm. crown on obv. only, dies 3/3, 4/4; Penny, no mm., dies 2/2, all without inner circles or marks of value, 0.99g/15.1gr/12h, 0.97g/15.0gr/8h, 0.47g/7.4gr/10h (ESC 276-7, 281 [2162, 2264]; S 3310-11) [3]. About very fine and better £90-£120
Hammer Price: £480
XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Second issue, Shilling, mm. crown on obv. only, crowned bust left, no inner circles, with mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag bri fr et hi rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, stop above, dies 1/1, 6.01g/93.1gr/2h (ESC 291 [1012]; N 2763; S 3314). Good fine and toned, the variety very rare £700-£900
Hammer Price: £1,800
XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Second issue, Shilling, mm. crown on obv. only, crowned bust left, no inner circles, with mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag br fr et hi rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, stop above, dies 2/2, 5.44g/84.3gr/2h (ESC 293 [1014]; N 2763; S 3314). Fine £400-£500
Hammer Price: £1,200
XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Second issue, Twopence, mm. crown on obv. only, crowned bust left, no inner circles, with mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag b fr et h rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, stop above, 1.06g/16.4gr/2h (ESC 296 [2164]; S 3316). Bright from past cleaning, otherwise about very fine, extremely rare £120-£150
Hammer Price: £750
XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Third issue, Halfcrown, mm. crown, crowned bust left, with inner circles and mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag bri fra et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, 14.91g/230.5gr/6h (ESC 298 [453]; N 2761; S 3321). About very fine, dark tone £500-£600
Hammer Price: £1,700
XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Third issue, Halfcrown, mm. crown, crowned bust left, with inner circles and mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag br fr et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, 14.62g/225.7gr/2h (ESC 301 [456]; N 2761; S 3321). Some light obverse scratches, otherwise fine, reverse better £200-£260
Hammer Price: £700
XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Third issue, Shilling, mm. crown, crowned bust left, with inner circles and mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag brit fr et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, [90.8gr], 5.86g/90.8gr/11h (ESC 308 [1016]; N 2764; S 3322). Neatly struck on a round flan, good very fine, light olive tone £400-£500
Hammer Price: £5,500
XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Third issue, Shilling, mm. crown, crowned bust left, with inner circles and mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag bri fra et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, 6.06g/93.6gr/1h (ESC 309 [1019]; N 2764; S 3322). Slightly double-struck and a spot by King’s crown, otherwise very fine, toned £300-£400
Hammer Price: £600
XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Third issue, Sixpence, mm. crown, crowned bust left, with inner circles and mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag bri fra et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, dies 1/1, 2.90g/44.8gr/4h (ESC 316 [1510]; N 2767; S 3323). Good very fine and toned, probably much as struck £300-£400
XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Third issue, Sixpence, mm. crown, crowned bust left, with inner circles and mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag bri fra et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, dies 2/2, 2.87g/44.7gr/4h (ESC 316 [1510]; N 2767; S 3323). Good fine, toned £120-£150
Hammer Price: £550
XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Third issue, Sixpence, mm. crown, crowned bust left, with inner circles and mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag bri fra et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, dies 3/3, 2.99g/46.3gr/12h (ESC 316 [1510]; N 2767; S 3323). Bright appearance, a little off-centre and legend weak in places, otherwise good very fine £300-£400
Hammer Price: £360
XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Third issue, Sixpence, mm. crown, crowned bust left, with inner circles and mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag bri fra et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, dies 4/4, 2.94g/45.5gr/12h (ESC 316 [1510]; N 2767; S 3323). Two tiny digs in reverse field, otherwise about very fine £180-£220
XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Third issue, Sixpence, mm. crown, crowned bust left, with inner circles and mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag bri fra et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, dies 5/5, 2.94g/45.6gr/9h (ESC 316 [1510]; N 2767; S 3323). About very fine £200-£260
Hammer Price: £1,000
XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Third issue, Sixpence, mm. crown, crowned bust left, with inner circles and mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag bri fra et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, dies 6/6, 3.02g/46.8gr/4h (ESC 316 [1510]; N 2767; S 3323). Flan a trifle irregular, otherwise nearly very fine £200-£260
Hammer Price: £440
XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Third issue, Sixpence, mm. crown, crowned bust left, with inner circles and mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag bri fra et hib rex, rev. christo avspice regno, shield, dies 7/7, 2.85g/44.1gr/2h (ESC 316 [1510]; N 2767; S 3323). A little weak on shoulder (and corresponding on reverse), otherwise very fine, rare £240-£300
XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Third issue, Sixpence, mm. crown, crowned bust left, with inner circles and mark of value, carolvs ii d g mag bri fra et hib rex, rev. from the same die as previous, dies 8/7, 3.03g/47.0gr/1h (ESC 316 [1510]; N 2767; S 3323). Front of drapery weak (and corresponding on reverse), a few surface marks, otherwise about very fine £180-£220
Hammer Price: £420
XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Third issue, ‘Maundy set’, comprising Fourpence, Threepence (DIG 1i/Ai), Twopence, Penny, all mm. crown, inner circles and marks of value, 1.98g/30.7gr/9h, 1.50g/23.5gr/11h, 0.97g/15.0gr/7h, 0.52g/7.9gr/7h (ESC 321 [2364]; S 3324-7) [4]. Twopence very fine, others about extremely fine, all toned £300-£400
XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Third issue, ‘Maundy set’, comprising Fourpence, Threepence (DIG 1iii/Cii), Twopence, Penny, all mm. crown, inner circles and marks of value, 2.04g/31.6gr/12h, 1.47g/22.8gr/2h, 0.98g/15.3gr/4h, 0.50g/7.4gr/2h (ESC 321 [2364]; S 3324-7) [4]. Very fine and better, toned £240-£300
Hammer Price: £650
XI: Hammered Coins of Charles II, Third issue, Fourpence, Threepence (DIG 1i/Cii) and Twopence, all mm. crown, inner circles and marks of value, 1.98g/30.6gr/7h, 1.50g/23.2gr/6h, 0.99g/15.2gr/8h (ESC 322, 325-6 [1839, 1954, 2165]; S 3324-6) [3]. Last about very fine, others good very fine £120-£150
Hammer Price: £460
XII: Machine-made Coins of Charles II, Trial Broad, 1662, by T. Simon, in silver, laureate draped bust left, s below, car ii d g m br fr et hi rex, rev. florent concordia regna, crowned shield, dies 1/2, edge plain, 9.46g/146.2gr/6h (Lessen, BNJ 1995, type G, and pl. 12, 15, this coin; cf. N 2780). Extremely fine and attractively toned, excessively rare, possibly UNIQUE £3,000-£5,000
Hammer Price: £19,000
XII: Machine-made Coins of Charles II, Broad, 1662, by T. Simon, in gold, from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 8.85g/137.0gr/6h (Lessen, BNJ 1995, type G, and pl. 12, 16, this coin; SCBI Schneider 420; N 2780; S 3337A). Light traces of tooling to right of shield, otherwise about extremely fine with reddish toning, rare £5,000-£7,000
Hammer Price: £12,000
XII: Machine-made Coins of Charles II, Broad, 1662, by T. Simon, in gold, laureate draped bust left, s below, car ii d g m br fr et hi rex, rev. florent concordia regna, crowned shield, dies 2/3, edge plain, 9.13g/141.1gr/6h (Lessen, BNJ 1995, type G, and pl. 12, 17, this coin; SCBI Schneider 421; N 2780; S 3337A). Small edge flaw at 7 o’clock (and corresponding on reverse), otherwise obverse about extremely fine, reverse very fine, reddish tone, rare £5,000-£7,000
Hammer Price: £11,000
XII: Machine-made Coins of Charles II, Broad, 1662, by T. Simon, in gold, laureate draped bust left, s below, car ii d g m br fr et hi rex, rev. from the same die as previous, dies 3/3, edge plain, 9.00g/139.3gr/6h (Lessen, BNJ 1995, type G; SCBI Schneider 422; N 2780; S 3337A). Reverse die rusty in places, about extremely fine with reddish tone, rare £6,000-£8,000
Hammer Price: £18,000
XII: Machine-made Coins of Charles II, Crown, undated [1663], a uniface trial striking on thin silver of the obv. die of the Petition and Reddite Crowns by T. Simon, laureate bust right, the details minutely and delicately stippled and shaded, signed simon in script below, carolvs ii dei gra, mounted on a later (19th century?) silver disc, engraved (A proof in thin silver of the finest coin ever engraved in England by T. Simon), edge plain, 16.41g/253.4gr (Lessen, BNJ 2005, pp.102-4 and...
Hammer Price: £6,500
XII: Machine-made Coins of Charles II, Pattern ‘Reddite’ Crown, 1663, by T. Simon, in pewter, laureate bust right, signed simon in script below, carolvs ii dei gra, rev. mag bri fr et hib rex, crowned cruciform shields, conjoined Cs in angles, Order of the Garter in centre, edge inscribed reddite qvæ cæsaris cæsari & ct post, followed by clouds with sun emerging, 21.46g/331.6gr/12h (Lessen, BNJ 2005, pl. 7, 5 and 8, this coin; L & S 7A; ESC 432 [74]). A few light obverse surface...
Hammer Price: £36,000
XII: Machine-made Coins of Charles II, ‘Maundy set’, undated, comprising Fourpence, Threepence, Twopence, Penny, all mm. crown on rev. only, all dies 1/1, Twopence with double-arched crown, 1.88g/29.2gr/6h, 1.54g/23.9gr/6h, 0.96g/14.8gr/6h, 0.48g/7.5g/6h (ESC 590 [2365]; S 3391) [4]. About extremely fine, attractive matching tone £300-£400
Hammer Price: £950
XII: Machine-made Coins of Charles II, ‘Maundy set’, undated, comprising Fourpence, Threepence, Twopence, Penny, all mm. crown on rev. only, from the same dies as previous, all dies 1/1, 1.88g/29.2gr/6h, 1.54g/23.9gr/6h, 0.96g/14.8gr/6h, 0.48g/7.5gr/6h (ESC 590 [2365]; S 3391) [4]. Threepence extremely fine with mint bloom, others very fine, all toned £200-£300
XII: Machine-made Coins of Charles II, Fourpence, dies 1/2, Twopences (3, all with single-arched crown), all dies 1/1, Pennies (2), both dies 1/1, all mm. crown on rev. only, 1.86g/28.9gr/6h, 1.06g/16.2gr/6h, 0.96g/15.0gr/6h, 0.90g/14.0gr/6h, 0.55g/8.5gr/6h, 0.47g/7.4gr/6h (ESC 582, 585-7, 591 [1840, 2167-8, 2271A, 2272]; S 3317-20; 3383) [6]. Very fine to extremely fine, all toned £150-£200
Hammer Price: £500
XIII: Medals of Charles II by Simon, Restoration of the Monarchy, 1660, a struck silver medal by T. Simon [formerly known as a Pattern Broad], laureate bust right, wearing Garter badge over armour, hair falling over shoulder, signed s below, carolvs ii d g mag br fr et hi rex, rev. magna opera domini, crowned shield of arms, edge plain, 29.5mm 7.95g (Lessen, BNJ 1995, type Ba; Nathanson p.34; MI I, 463/59; N 2776; cf. DNW 34, 521). About extremely fine and attractively toned, rare £500-£600
Hammer Price: £4,400
XIII: Medals of Charles II by Simon, Restoration of the Monarchy, 1660, a struck silver medal by T. Simon [formerly known as a Pattern Broad], from the same dies as previous, edge plain, 29.5mm, 7.20g (Lessen, BNJ 1995, type Ba; Nathanson p.34; MI I, 463/59; N 2776; cf. DNW 34, 521). High points of obverse rubbed, otherwise very fine and toned, rare £240-£300
XIII: Medals of Charles II by Simon, Restoration of the Monarchy, 1660, a struck silver medal by T. Simon [formerly known as a Pattern Broad], laureate bust right, draped and cuirassed with lion’s head on breast, hair falling over shoulder, s below, carolvs ii rex, rev. magnalia dei 1660, crowned royal cyphers cruciform, small shields between, edge vertically grained, 31mm, 9.26g (Lessen, BNJ 1995, type Db, and pl. 11, 10, this piece; MI I, 464/62; N 2777). Extremely fine with old cabinet...
Hammer Price: £8,000
XIII: Medals of Charles II by Simon, Restoration of the Monarchy, 1660, a struck silver medal by T. Simon [formerly known as a Pattern Broad], from the same dies as previous, edge reversvs sine clade victor · simon fecit, 30mm, 11.53g (Lessen, BNJ 1995, type Dc; MI I, 464/62; N 2777). Good very fine and toned, very rare £600-£800
Hammer Price: £4,000
XIII: Medals of Charles II by Simon, Charles II, Coronation, 1661, a struck gold medal by T. Simon, crowned bust right, signed ts on truncation, carolvs ii d g ang sco fr et hi rex, rev. everso missvs svccvrrere seclo xxiii apr 1661, King enthroned, being crowned by Peace, 29mm, 11.80g (Lessen, BNJ 1995, type A; Nathanson p.34; MI I, 472/76; E 221). Very fine, rare £2,000-£2,600
XIII: Medals of Charles II by Simon, Charles II, Coronation, 1661, a struck silver medal by T. Simon, from the same dies as previous, 29mm, 8.50g, die-axis 12h (Lessen, BNJ 1995, type A, and pl. 9, 1, this piece; Nathanson p.34; MI I, 472/76; E 221). About extremely fine £400-£600
Hammer Price: £1,100
XIII: Medals of Charles II by Simon, Charles II, Coronation, 1661, a struck silver medal by T. Simon, from the same dies as previous, 29mm, 7.27g, die-axis 3h (Lessen, BNJ 1995, type A, and p.152, this piece cited; Nathanson p.34; MI I, 472/76; E 221). A slightly later striking with minor die cracks on the reverse, about extremely fine, toned £400-£600
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