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ANCIENT COINS
GREEK
1 Calabria, Tarentum, circa 272-240 BC, silver
didrachm or nomos, magistrate Likinos, wt. 6.46gms. (GCV 363), good very fine £150-200
2 Lucania, Metapontum, circa340-330 BC, silver
stater, head of Demeter, rev. barley ear, wt. 7.77gms. (GCV 405), very fine £180-220
3 Lucania, Thourioi, silver stater or didrachm,
head of Athena to r., rev. bull to r, wt. 7.45gms. (GCV 446-448), reverse off-centre, toned about very fine £150-200
4 Paphlagonia, Kromna, circa 340-300 BC, silver
triobol or drachm, head of Zeus, rev. head of Hera, wt. 3.48gms. (GCV 3678), reverse off centre, toned good very fine £200-250
5 Caria, Knidos, silver didrachm, circa 189-167
BC, head of Helios, rev. lion’s head, wt. 5.20gms. (GCV 4851), very fine £150-200
6 Argolis, Argos, silver triobol, before 146 BC,
forepart of wolf, rev. large ‘A’ within incuse square, wt. 2.01gms. (GCV 2797), toned, very fine £120-150
7 Abataea, miscellaneous Æ issues (22), mostly of Aretas IV (AD 9-40), mainly fine to very fine (22) £300-400
ROMAN8 Rome, Julius Caesar silver denarius, African mint,
47-46 BC. head of Venus right, rev. Aeneas advancing l., carrying palladium in right hand and Anchises on left shoulder, CAESAR downwards to r., fine; other denarii, Republican (5), later (3), including Trajan and Domitian, fair and fine (9) £100-150
9 Rome, Nero (54-68 AD), gold aureus, laureate head to r., rev. Jupiter seated l., wt. 5.90gms. (Fr. 94), ex-jewellery, edge shaved, metal flaw behind head, obverse good fine, reverse fair to fine £300-350
10 Rome, Vespasian (69-79 AD), gold aureus, 69-70 AD, laureate head to r., rev. Pax seated l., wt. 6.95gms. (Calico 607), fine £500-600
11 Roman Provincial, Perinthus, Marcus Aurelius, Ae 24, good fine £20-30
12 Rome, silver denarius (6) of Julia Domna, Plautilla, Julia Paula, Julia Maesa and Julia Mamaea, (2) all toned, about extremely fine or better (6) £150-200
13 Rome, silver denarius (6), of Elagabalus (2) and Caracalla (4), all toned, about extremely fine or better (6) £150-200
14 Rome, Orbiana, silver denarius, Rome 225, rev.
Concordia Aug, wt. 2.87gm, (RIC 319), toned, good very fine £120-150
15 Rome, Diva Paulina, debased silver/bronze
denarius, Rome 236, head to r., rev. flying peacock, wt. 3.76gms. (RIC 2), good very fine, scarce £100-125
16 Roman Antoninianii, Gallienus, (15), Salonina, (10), generally very fine to extremely fine, many with partial silvering £100-150
17 Roman Antoninianii, Gallienus, (5), Legionary issues, LEG III ITAL, LEG II ADI, LEG I ADI, LKEG II ITA; COH PRAET generally very with partial silvering, scarce £350-450
18 Roman Antoninianii, Gallic Empire, Laelianus, (1), Postumus, (15), Victorinus, (1), Tetricii (25) the first fine and corroded, some small flans, generally fine, some better £300-400
19 Roman Antoninianii, (19) Claudius II (1); Quintillus (2), Aurelian (3), Probus, (5), Tacitus (4), Carinus (1), Numerian (4), generally fine to very £100-200
20 Roman Antoninianii, (49); Tetrachy, (37); Carausius (12), (4); generally fine or better £200-300
21 Roman Antoninianii of the Tetrachy, generally fine or better (43) £200-300
22 Roman Folles, The Tetrachy, generally fine to very fine (33) £200-300
23 Rome, Romulus, bronze ¼ follis, Rome circa
310, rev. domed shrine, wt. 2.36gm (RSC 3687), good very fine, scarce £150-200
24 Late Roman Ae 3’s Constantinian family, Constantine II, Constantius II, Fausta, Helena, generally fine to very fine (76) £250-350
25 Late Roman Ae 4’s Constantinian family, generally fine to very fine (79) £100-150
26 Late Roman Ae 3’s and Ae 4’s, Valens to Valentinian II, generally fair to fine, a few better (89) £100-150
27 Late Roman Ae 4’s, Arcadius and later, generally fair to fine, a few better (40) £80-100
28 Late Roman Ae 2’s, Gratian to Magnus Maximus, generally fair to fine, a few better (61) £150-250
29 Rome, Constantius I as Caesar, silver argentius,
Rome circa 295-297, rev. Virtus Militum, wt. 2.99gms. (RSC 3562), good very fine £200-250
30 Rome, Julian II, silver siliqua, Constantinople
360-363, rev. VOTIS/V/MULT/XX, wt. 1.76gms. (RSC 3970), toned good very fine £80-100
31 Arcadius, silver siliquae (5), Milan mint,
diademed bust of emperor right, DN ARCADIVS P F AVG. rev. Roma seated l. on cuirass, VIRTVS ROMANORVM, good fine, corroded (5) £45-60 *ex Holway Hoard
32 Ancient Rome, a collection of bronze coins (50)
mostly small denominations and mostly identified in envelopes, generally fair to fine (50) £80-120
33 An interesting group of Roman coinage, mostly bronze, some silver, mixed grades(lot) £40-80
34 Lidner coin trays containing Roman Bronze and other base metal coins, trays in Aberfil case containing mostly modern coins £60-90 *Please note this lot is collection only.
35 Byzantine, Constantine IV (668-683), gold
solidus, bust three-quarter face to r., rev. cross potent on three steps, Officina H, wt. 4.40gms. (Sear 1157), about extremely fine £200-250
ISLAMIC
36 Arab-Sasanian, al-Hajjaj b. Yusuf, silver drachm (5), Bishapur 77h, 78h, 79h, 80h [2], (Album 35), second clipped, all fine (5) £120-150
37 Arab Tabaristan, ½ drachms (5) together with Arab-Sasanian, Khusraw II drachm, Byshapur 50h, fine to very fine (6) £120-150
38 Umayyad, temp. al-Walid I (86-96h), silver dirham (8) Abarshahr 92h, 96h, [2], 2.30gm, 2.80gm, al-Taymara 92h, wt. 2.96gms., Ramhormuz 90h, wt. 2.90gms., temp. Sulayman (96-99h), al-Tamara 97h, wt. 2.88gms., temp. Hisham (105-125h), Balkh 115h [2] wt. 2.91gms., 2.93gms., temp. Marwan II (127-132h), al-Jazira 129h, wt. 2.83gms.; the first with old mount and clipped, the second rare, others generally good very fine to extremely fine (8) £300-350
39 Umayyad, temp. al-Walid I, silver dirham, Sijistan (4), 90h, 92h, 94, 95h, wt. 2.84gm, 2.80gm. 2.85gms., 2.83gms., all good very fine or better, scarce (4) £300-350
40 Umayyad, temp. al-Walid I, silver dirham, Suq al-Ahwaz (5), 90h, 91h, 94h, 96h, 98h, wt. 2.88gms., 2.80gms., 2.85gms., 2.85gms., 2.88gms., year 96h very fine, others extremely fine (5) £200-250
41 Umayyad, temp. al-Walid I, silver dirhams, Marw (7) 90h, 91h, 92h, 93h, 94h, 95h, 96h, wt. 2.87gms., 2.86gms., 2.87gms., 2.85gms., 2.77gms., 2.95gms., 2.79gms., Sulayman (2), 97h, 99h, wt. 2.78gms., 2.85gms., all good very fine, or better, some about uncirculated (9) £250-300
42 Umayyad, silver dirham (9), Sabur, al-Walid 1, 90h, 91h, 92h, 93h, 94h, 95h, 96h, Sulayman 97h, 98h, wt. 2.85gms., 2.89gms., 2.86gms., 2.81gms., 2.91gms., 2,88gms., 2.90gms., 2.86h, 2.86gms. (Klat 421.b-429 inc.), all extremely fine or better (9) £300-350
43 Umayyad, silver dirhams (2), Wasit, 105h and 120h, very fine and toned (2) £60-80
44 Abbasid, temp. al-Mansur, gold dinar 150h, no
mint, wt. 4.20gms, good extremely fine £200-250
45 Abbasid, temp. al-Mahdi, gold dinar, no mint
159h, wt. 4.23gms, about extremely fine £180-220
46 Abbasid, temp. al-Mahdi (158-169h), gold dinar,
no mint 163h, wt.4.26gms. (Lowick 290), about extremely fine £200-250
47 Abbasid, temp. al-Rashid (170-193h), gold dinar,
(Misr) 186h, citing Ja’far, wt. 4.25gms. (Bernardi 69), good very fine £200-250
48 Abbasid, temp. al-Rashid, gold dinar, (Madinat
al-Salam) 193h, rev. letter ha below, wt. 4.15gms. (Bernardi fi), good very fine £200-250
49 Abbasid, temp. al-Ma’mun (194-218h), gold
dinar, Misr 201h, citing Sulayman, wt. 4.15gms. Bernardi 90bDe), about very fine, scarce £180-220
50 Abbasid, temp. al-Ma’mun, gold dinar, al-Iraq
203h, wt. 3.95gms. (Bernardi 103), slightly clipped, otherwise good very fine £200-250
51 Abbasid, temp. al-Ma’mun, gold dinar, Misr
215h, wt. 4.14gms. Bernardi 116 De), about very fine £180-220
52 Abbasid, al-Musta’in (248-251h), gold dinar,
Marw 249h, obv. al-‘Abbas, wt. 4.25gms. (Bernardi 161Ph), about very fine, rare £200-250
53 Abbasid, al-Mu’tamid (256-279h), gold dinar,
San’a 257h, wt. 2.61gms. (Bernardi 172 E1 ), about extremely fine £250-300
54 Abbasid, al-Mu’tamid, gold dinar, San’a 275h, wt.
2.87gms. (Bernardi 177 E1 – date not recorded), about extremely fine, rare £300-350
55 Abbasid, al-Mu’tamid, gold dinar, San’a 279h,
wt. 2.88gms. (Bernardi 187 E1), edge shaved, better than very fine £200-250
56 Abbasid, al-Muqtadir (295-320h), gold dinar,
Mah al-Kufa 318h, wt. 3.08gms. (Bernardi 242Mr), fine, scarce £150-200
57 Spanish Umayyad, Hisham II/‘Amir, fractional dinar, no mint undated, wt. 1.36gms. (A. A354), good very fine and very rare £280-300
58 Almoravid, Abu Bakr b. ‘Umar (448-480h), gold
dinar, Sijilmasa 462h, wt. 4.16gms. (Hazard 36), very fine, scarce £300-350
59 al-Murabitid, silver qirat, no mint undated (3), ‘Ali b. Yusuf (500-537h) (A. 467.1), Tashufin b. ‘Ali (537-540h) (A. 472.1) and Ishaq b. ‘Ali (540-541h) (A. 475); al-Muwahhidid, Anonymous, square dirhams (4) (Hazard North Africa 1085; A. 496); The Alawite Sharifs of Morocco, Isma’il al-Samim ((1082-1139h), silver mazuna, Miknasa undated (A. 584), all very fine or better (8) £100-120
60 al-Muwahhidid, ‘Abd al-Mu’min b. ‘Ali (524-55h), silver half square dirham, no mint undated, wt. 0.72gms., (A. 481.1), extremely fine and very rare £100-120
61 Ottoman, Abdul Hamid II, gold zeri-mahbub, Misr 1187/2 – 1192; together with Mahmud II gold ¼ sultani (2); Jaza’ir 1228h, 1244h, wt. 2.55gms, 0.83gms, 0.71gms, the first coin about extremely fine, the two ¼ sultani twice pierced but very fine and rare (3) £300-350
62 Aghlabid, Ziyadat Allah I, gold dinar, no mint (al-Qayrawan) 207h, wt. 4.11gms, fine £140-160
63 Tulunid, Khumarawayh (270-282h), gold dinar,
al-Rafiqa 276h, wt. 4.38gms. (Bernardi 193Hn), good very fine £250-300
64 Fatimid, al-Hakim (386-411h), gold dinar, al-
Mansuriya 388h, wt. 4.16gms. (Nicol 1131), very fine £180-220
65 Fatimid, al-Mustansir (427-487h), gold dinar,
Misr 439h, wt. 3.85gms. (Nicol 2119), good very fine £180-220
66 Fatimid, al-Mustansir, gold dinar, al-
Iskandariya 477h, wt. 4.14gms. (Nicol 1684), about very fine £180-220
67 Ayyubid, ‘Uthman (589-595h), gold dinar, al-
Qahira 589h, wt. 5.69gms. (Balog 184), good very fine £250-300
68 Lu’lu’id, Badr al-din Lu’lu’ (631-657h), gold
dinar, al-Mawsal 645h wt. 5.22gms. (Jafar 50), usual uneven strike, good very fine £200-250
69 Rassid: 1st Period, al-Nasir li-din Allah (301-325h), silver sudaysi (19), Sa‘da (c. 301-325h), total weight: 8.84gms; average weight: 0.47g. (A.1068), all very fine (19) £80-100
70 Zirid, Anon. al-Mu’izz b. Badis, gold dinar,
Madinat ‘izz al-islam al-Qaurawan 444h, wt. 3.88gms (Haz 7; A. 458), good very fine £220-260
71 Saudia Arabia, Nejd and Hejaz, Ottoman
copper-nickel 40 para (48) with ‘al-Hejaz’ countermark, generally very fine £400-500
72 Ilkhanid, Abu Said, gold dinar type F, Shiraz
72xh, wt. 4.44gms. (Album 2208), clipped, good fine, scarce £120-150
73 Kart, temp. Pir’Ali (771-784h), silver tanka (7), Herat 982h, (Album 2353A), unevenly struck, generally fine or slightly better (7) £60-80
74 Islamic miscellaneous gold, Abbasid, al-Ma’mun (196-218h), gold dinar, al-Iraq (2); Ottoman Empire (4), Ahmad III, Zeri Istambul, Islambul 1115h; Mahmud I, zeri mahbub, Islambul 1143h; Mahmud II, ¼ zeri mahbub, Qustantiniya 1223/5h and ½ hayriye altin, Qustantiniya 1223/21, (Lot wt. 16.16gms), first two clipped, very fine, others very fine or better (6) £450-500
BRITISH COINS
75 Celtic coinage, a small group of potin and base
metal coins (28); base silver styca, blundered legend, reads VIGMVND, poor, fair and fine (29) £100-150 *ex Baldwin’s vault
76 A group of Early Saxon broken pennies and cut halfpennies (12), from Alfred-Eadgar, generally fine or better £300-400
77 A group of Saxon broken pennies and cut halfpennies (12), from Aethelred II – Edward the Confessor, generally fine or better £300-400
78 A group of Saxon and Norman broken pennies and cut halfpennies (15), from Aethelred II – Henry II. generally fine or better £300-400
79 Aethelred II (978-1016), penny, helmet type
(BMC VIII), London, Leofric, helmeted bust l., rev. LEOFRIC MΩO LVND, voided long cross over quadrilateral in centre, trefoils at corners, wt. 1.47gms. (S.1152; N.775; Hildebrand 2701), creased, otherwise about very fine £120-150 *ex Baldwin’s vault
80 Aethelred II, Long Cross penny (2), Lincol,n moneyer Vnbein;;, Brighhtlaf; Edward the Confessor, small flann pennies, (2), Amorican stater, James I, penny, rose and thistle type. generally fine or better £400-450
81 Aethelred II pennies, (6), Helmet type (972-1016), BMC VIII, London, Armoured bust left in radiate helmet, rev. voided long cross over square with trefoil at each point, Leofpold (2), Swetinc,, Lyfinc (2), Sibwine., wt. 1.5, 1.5, 1.4, 1.4, 1.4, 1.3 gms. (S. 1152, N.775,). generally fine to very fine, crimped and peckmarked, the last a contemporary barbarous issue £600-800
82 Stephen, Type I, Penny, the obverse re engraved probably in the late 19th century, Henry I, Penny, Type, XV, Henry II, Tealby penny., generally fair (3) £100-150
83 Henry III (1216-72), pennies, long cross type
(5), class 5b2: Durham (2), Ricard, RICARD ON DVRI; Norwich (2): ION ON NORWIC; class 3ab, Jacob, IACOB ON NORWI; Canterbury, class 5b2, Nicole, NICOLE ON CANT (S.1368A/61A/62B; N.991/3, N.985/2, N.986/1, N.992/2), generally good fine to about very fine (5) £150-200 *ex Baldwin’s vault
84 Edward I, (7); halfpenny of Newcastle, (2) Class 3 e, one pellet in each quarter of reverse, halfpenny, London; Farthing, London, (3), Bristol, (1); generally fair to fine £200-300
85 Edward I, pennies, (7) 4d, London; 9a, London, 9.b, Durham, Bp. Bek, 9.b, London; 8a, London; 5a, Durham; 6b, London, fine to very fine, toned £250-350
86 Edward II, Long Cross pennies, (7), Canterbury (6), London (1) generally fine and toned £100-150
87 Edward III, PreTreaty Series, Halfgroat, (2), Penny, Class 15d, Durham, crown in centre of reverse, Penny, Durham, and a Contemporary forgery of a Groat and an Edwardian Long cross penny, generally fair to fine £300-400
88 Mary, groat, mm. pomegranate, crowned bust l.,
rev. long cross fourchée over shield of arms (S.2492; N.1960), a little crimped, good fine £100-150
89 Philip and Mary, shilling, 1555, busts vis-à-vis,
English titles and mark of value, REGINA ANG (N 1968; S 2501), portraits somewhat flat and crease across reverse, good fine £200-250
90 Philip and Mary, groat, mm lis, crowned
bust of Mary l., reads REX Z REGINA, rev. long cross fourchée over shield of arms (N. 1973; S.2508), water-marked (?) surface, good fine, darkish tone £150-200
91 James I, second coinage, shilling, mm rose, both
sides, crowned fourth bust r., mark of value behind, rev. shield of arms (S.2655; N.2100), very fine £150-200
92 Charles I, sixpence, Nicholas Briot’s second
milled issue (1638-1639), mm anchor both sides, crowned bust l., rev long cross fourchée over shield of arms (N 2306; S 2860, very fine £120-150
93 Charles I, halfcrown, York mint (1643-1644),
mm. lion, king on horseback l., brandishing sword, EBOR below, rev. crowned oval shield (N.2314; S.2868), even, light tone, pleasant fine £200-300
94 Charles I, Civil War coinages, Aberystwyth,
1638/9-42, groat, mm. book, crowned bust left, armour visible, rev. oval garnished shield, plume above (N.2339; S.2892), sharp very fine on full flan, toned, rare £200-250
95 Commonwealth, halfcrown, mm. sun, 1652,
English shield of arms within wreath, rev. conjoined shields, mark of value above (S.3215), die flaw from II of value to 2 of date, fine and toned £200-300
96 Commonwealth, sixpence, 1656, mm sun,
English shield of arms within wreath, rev. conjoined shields, mark of value above. (ESC, Bull 204 [1492] N.2726; S.3219), obverse fine, reverse better £100-150
97 Charles II, Hammered Coinage (1660-1662),
shilling, First Issue, crowned bust left, mm coronet, obv. only, no inner circle or mark of value, rev long cross fourchée on shield of arms (ESC, Bull 273 [1009]; N 2762; S 3308), some flatness, obverse fine, reverse better £200-250
98 Charles II, part Maundy set, 4d, 3d and 2d,
1679; with 4d 1683 (S. 3384, 3386, 3388), very fine or nearly so; Anne, part Maundy 4d, 3d and 2d, 1710 (S. 3599), two fine, 2d better (7) £80-120
99 James II, Maundy set, 1687, laur. head l., rev.
crowned mark of value (S.3418; ESC.2382), very fine or better (4) £250-300
100 William and Mary, fourpence, 1690, conjoined
laur. heads r., rev. crowned mark of value (S.3439; ESC.1869), extremely fine £70-100
101 George III, sixpence, 1787, obverse with c/
stamp of initials PG or EG below fish; worn Georgian halfpenny with c/stamp central portrait of George III l., GEO III REX; George V, sixpence, the reverse with photographic portrait image of a lady, first and last very fine, second fine (3) £120-160
102 George III, guinea, 1791, fifth laur. head r., rev.
crowned shield of arms (S.3729), gilt, ex-mount, very fine £250-300
103 George III, Bank Token, Eighteen Pence, 1811,
armoured bust right, rev. inscription within wreath (ESC 969; S 3771), extremely fine but dark speckled toning £60-80
104 George III, farthing, 1773 (S. 3775), softly struck,
extremely fine £70-90
105 G Victoria, two pounds, 1887, ‘Jubilee’ bust l., rev.
St. George and the dragon (S.3865), cleaned and has been in a ring mount, good very fine £450-550
106 G Victoria, two-pounds, 1887, ‘Jubilee’ bust l., rev.
St. George and the dragon (S.3865), pleasant very fine £550-650
107 G Victoria, two-pounds, 1887, ‘Jubilee’ bust l., rev. St.
George and the dragon (S.3865), very fine £550-650
108 G Victoria, two-pounds, 1887, ‘Jubilee’ bust l., rev.
St. George and the dragon (S.3865), about very fine £550-650
109 Victoria, crowns (2): 1844; 1890, young
head/’Jubilee’ bust l., rev. crowned shield of arms within wreath/St. George and the dragon (S.3882, 3921), the first about fine, the second cleaned, good very fine (2) £60-80
110 Victoria, young head crown, 1847, yr XI, cinquefoil
stops (Bull 2567; ESC 286; S 3882), lightly cleaned, minor edge marks, good very fine £150-250
111 Victoria, crowns (2): 1893, LVI; 1895, LIX, veiled bust l., rev. St. George and the dragon (S.3937), both cleaned, the latter with slight edge bruise, otherwise very fine or better (2) £80-100
112 Victoria, Maundy set, 1859, young head l., rev. crowned mark of value within wreath (S.3916; ESC.2470), threepence is a currency piece, toned, extremely fine or better (4) £125-175
113 Victoria, old head coinage, halfcrown and shilling, 1897; florin, 1895 (S.3938, 3939, 3940A); George V, halfcrown, 1923 (S.4021A), extremely fine or virtually so (4) £80-120 *ex. Baldwin vault
114 Victoria, penny, 1874, narrow date, young head l., rev. Britannia std. r., with shield and trident (S.3954), about extremely fine £300-320
115 Victoria, penny, 1890, ‘bun’ head l., rev. Britannia
(S.3954), certified and graded by PCGS as Mint State 64 Red £100-150 *ex Baldwin’s vault
116 Victoria, halfpenny, 1885, ‘bun’ head l., rev.
Britannia (S.3956), certified and graded by PCGS as Mint State 64 Red Brown £70-100 *ex Baldwin’s vault
117 Victoria – George V, pennies (4): 1901 (2);
1902 (2); halfpennies (3): 1900; 1901; 1930, (S.3961/3990/3962/4058), some with verdigris, some with toning, all uncirculated with lustre (7) £30-40
118 Edward VII, florin, 1910, bare head r.,
rev. Britannia standing (S.3981), practically uncirculated £150-200
119 George V, specimen crown, 1935, bare head l., rev. St. George and the dragon (S.4049; ESC.376), in red card box of issue, virtually mint state £70-90
120 George V, proof threepence, 1936, bare head l.,
rev. oak sprigs and acorns (S.4042), spot on back of head, otherwise about mint state £60-80
121 George V, Maundy set, 1928, bare head l., rev. crowned mark of value within wreath (S.4027), toned, about mint state (4) £80-100
122 George VI, pennies, 1947 (38), bare head l., rev. Britannia seated r. with shield and trident (S.4114), mostly mint state with full lustre (38) £60-80
Given to the consignor in his birth year.123 George VI, halfpennies, 1946 (14), bare head l.,
rev. ship sailing l. (S.4115), mostly mint state, scarce date; with brass threepences (5): 1938 (4); 1939, extremely fine or better (19) £100-125
124 G Elizabeth II, gold Proof Five-Pounds or Crown, 2000, the Queen Mother’s centenary year, by Ian Rank-Broadley, crowned head r., rev. diademed bust of Queen Mother l., 22 ct., wt. 39.94gms. (S.4553), in original case of issue, with certificate no. 1044 (of 3,000 issued), FDC £800-1200
125 G Elizabeth II, gold Proof Five-Pounds or Crown, 2002, the Queen Mother Memorial, crowned head r., rev. diademed bust of Queen Mother three quarters r., by Avril Vaughan, 22 ct., wt. 39.94gms. (S. L11). in original case of issue, with certificate no. 1568 (of 2,086 issued), FDC £800-1200
126 G Elizabeth II, proof sovereign, 1979, diademed
bust r., rev. St George and the dragon (S.4204), in plastic folder and card box of issue, brilliant mint state £240-280
127 G Elizabeth II, proof sovereign, 1979, diademed
bust r., rev. St George and the dragon (S.4204), in plastic folder and card box of issue, brilliant mint state £240-280
128 Elizabeth II, proof crowns (2): 1953; 1960, queen
on horseback l./laur. bust r., rev. crown in centre of emblematical cross, shield of arms in each angle (S.4136, 4143), about mint state (2) £30-40
129 Elizabeth II, Maundy set, 2000, laur. head r., rev.
crowned mark of value within wreath (S.4211), all in plastic capsules, with certificate, FDC (4) £100-125
130 Great Britain, a collection of coins, hammered (6), including shilling of James I; and milled issues, mostly silver (31), poor, fair and fine (37) £50-70
131 British and World coins, generally fair to fine, an interesting lot (approx 400) £150-200 *Please note this lot is collection only.
132 Great Britain, Trade dollar, 1911 B; India, rupees (2), Bengal Presidency, yr 19; William IV, 1835; Bolivia, 4-soles, 1854; Brazil, 40-reis, 1879; USA, dollar, 1923; and others (5), fine and very fine (11) £150-200
133 Miscellaneous British sets: mint set, 1967; proof sets, 1970; 1971; 1972; 1973; 1974; 1975; 1977; 1978; 1979; 1980; 1981; 1982; 1992; Deluxe sets: 1983; 1984 (4); 1985 (2); 1986 (2); 1987; 1988; 1989 (2); 1990; 1991; 1992; 1993; 1994; 1995; 1996; 1997; 1998; 1999, with foreign proof sets (3), FDC (40 pieces) £100-150 *Please note this lot is collection only.
134 British proof sets and coins: Year 2000 Executive proof set; proof sets (11): 2000 (3); 2001; 2002 (2); 2003; 2004; 2005; 2006; 2007; proof silver pounds (11): 1983 (2); 1988; 1989; 1990; 1991; 1993; 1999; 2001; 2016, piedfort, the last round pound; 2017, piedfort, FDC (23 pieces) £150-200 *Please note this lot is collection only.
135 British silver proof sets and coins: piedfort two pounds sets (2): 1997; 1998; two pounds sets (2): 1997; 1998; one pound sets (2): 1996; 1997; crowns (2), 1980; 1981; £5, 1990, 90th Birthday; £5, 1993; (3); £2 (6): 1994; 1995, 50th Anniversary; 1995; 1996; 1999; 2001, piedforts; £2 (6): 1994; 1995, 50th Anniversary (2); 1995, Dove; 1996; 1998; 50 pence 2 coin set, 1997; 50 pence (6): 1993, 1994, 1997, piedforts; 1998; 2000; 2009; 20 pence, 1982, piedfort; 5 pence, 1990, piedfort; 10 pence 2 coin set, 1992; 5 pence 2 coin set, 1990; Channel Islands 3 coin sets, 2005 (3), FDC (33) £150-250 *Please note this lot is collection only.
136 British silver proof sets and coins: 1986, 12 coin set, Commemorative Collection; 1996, Silver Anniversary Collection; 2006, 13 coin set, including Maundy coins; 2008, Emblems of Britain; pounds (8): 1984; 1985; 1986; 1987; one pound 4 coin set, 2010-2011, with miscellaneous foreign proofs, FDC (17) £300-350 *Please note this lot is collection only.
137 Queen’s Portrait Set of £5 coins, 2013, 4 silver piedforts (S.PSS55), only 697 sets issued, scarce; Britannia silver proof set, 1997, both FDC (2) £300-350 *Please note this lot is collection only.
138 Miscellaneous English and foreign silver and copper coins and medals, (circa 180), mostly fine or better (180) £200-250 *Please note this lot is collection only.
139 A collection of British and world coins, approximately 350, mixed grades £70-100 *Please note this lot is collection only.
140 A collection of approximately 60 crown sized silver proof coins, along with approximately 40 half crown sized silver proof coins £60-80 *Please note this lot is collection only.
141 A collection of British and world coins, approximately 150, mixed grades £50-80 *Please note this lot is collection only.
142 A collection of British and world coins, approximately 150, mixed grades £50-80 *Please note this lot is collection only.
143 A collection of British and world coins, approximately 150, mixed grades £50-80 *Please note this lot is collection only.
144 A collection of British and world coins, approximately 150, mixed grades £50-80 *Please note this lot is collection only.
145 A collection of British and world coins, approximately 150, mixed grades £50-80 *Please note this lot is collection only.
146 A collection of British and world coins, approximately 150, mixed grades £50-80 *Please note this lot is collection only.
147 A collection of British and world coins, approximately 150, mixed grades £50-80 *Please note this lot is collection only.
148 A collection of British and world coins, approximately 150, mixed grades £50-80 *Please note this lot is collection only.
149 Misc. coins, including modern crowns, mostly contained in album leaves £60-80 *Please note this lot is collection only.
150 Bag containing approximately 70 Jubilee Crowns £50-80 *Please note this lot is collection only.
IRISH COINS
151 Edward I, penny, c. 1280-82, Class Ib, Waterford
mint, crowned facing bust within beaded triangle, rev. long cross, CIVITAS WATERFOR (S.6249); Scotland, David II, second coinage (1357-67), penny, Edinburgh mint, crowned bust l., rev. long cross stars in angles (S. 5118), both fine, second deeply toned on obverse (2) £100-150
152 Edward I, farthing, type I, Dublin (S.6267; DF
70), poor £30-50
153 Edward IV, Light “Cross and Pellets” coinage,
1472-1478?, silver penny, Dublin, no marks by neck, rev. plain cross, CIVITA DVBLIN (DF 136; S.6360), very fine £70-90 *ex Baldwin’s vault
154 Henry VII, early three crowns issue, groat,
Dublin, three crowns with H below, rev. shield of arms (S. 6435), a little short of flan and legend weak, fine, but very rare variety £150-200
155 Elizabeth I, “Fine” shilling, 1561, crowned
bust (3c) l., legend ends REG, rev. crowned arms dividing date, legend ends MEVM (D & F 248; S. 6505), somewhat crimped but good fine £200-250
156 Elizabeth I, shilling, 1561, mm harp, crowned
bust l., within beaded circle, legend ends REG, rev. three harps in crowned frame, date either side, (S.6505; DF.248), obverse about fine, reverse better £200-250
157 Charles I, the Great Rebellion, Ormonde siege
money, sixpence (1643), C R crowned, rev. small D over large VI (D & F 300; S. 6547), only fine but rare £80-120
158 James II, “Gunmoney” crowns (2), 1690,
horse’s head raised (S.6578), both with double striking, first brass flan, very fine; second coppery flan, underlying coin very fine but verdigris stains; shilling, [1689], Feb:, large flan (S.6581), very fine; and a well-made contemporary forgery of an English shilling, about very fine (4) £120-160 *ex Baldwin’s vault
159 William and Mary, halfpenny, conjoined busts right, rev. crowned harp (DF.495; S.6597), good very fine £100-150 *ex. Baldwin vault. Old collector’s ticket bt. “A. H. Baldwin Feby. 12 1906”.
160 George I, William Wood, halfpenny, 1723, no stop before HIBERNIA (S.6601); with USA, Indian head cents (3), 1864, 1864 L, 1870, all fine or a little better, last scarce (4) £200-250
161 George III, Bank of Ireland, token coinage,
10-pence (7), type I (3), 1805 (2), 1806; type II (4), 1813, and 5-pence, all 1805, draped, laur. head; 10-pence, 1813, large laur. head (S. 6617, 6618), mostly very fine (7) £100-140 *ex Baldwin’s vault
162 George III, “Voce Populi” coinage, halfpenny,
1760, laur. bust r., with P below, rev. Hibernia with harp, type 5 (DF 570), pierced at top otherwise fine £70-90 *ex Baldwin’s vault
These coins circulated in the North American Colonies and are of USA interest
SCOTLAND
163 Robert II, groat, Perth, mm cross pattée, crowned bust left, sceptre before face, star at base, rev. VILLA DE PERTH+ (S.5136), very fine £250-300
TOKENS
BRITISH
164 17th century tokens, Essex: Colchester (12 –
W.105/110/139 (2 vars.)/142/143 (4 vars.)/160 (2 vars.)/161), poor to fine (12) £60-80 *ex Baldwin’s vault
165 17th century tokens, Somerset (19): Bath,
Bridgwater, Bruton, Crewkerne, Langport, Taunton, Wells (19 – W.6 (4 vars.)/26 (2 vars./48/49 (2 vars.)/73/75/109 (2 vars.)/175/227/229/230/301 (2 vars.), poor to good fine (19) £100-150 *ex Baldwin’s vault
166 17th century tokens, Suffolk (14):
Beccles, Bury St Edmunds, Lowestoft, Long Melford, Mildenhall, Newmarket, Saxmundham, Southwold, Woodbridge (14 – W.5/37/122/128/190/194/203/224-26/232/245/247/251/274/285/289 (2 vars.)/298/357/363 (1656), poor to good fine, W.203 rare, W.190 very rare (21) £150-200 *ex Baldwin’s vault
167 17th century tokens, unidentified, poor to fine,
believed all different (26) £80-120 *ex Baldwin’s vault
168 A group of 17th to 19th century tokens and passes, mixed grades (approx. 50) £50-80
169 A group of 17th to 19th century tokens and passes, mixed grades (approx. 50) £80-100
170 British tokens: London, Turnmill Street (Clerkenwell), H.B., farthing, At Dagger Alley (W.3240); Edinburgh, lead farthing, Johnston, 100 High Street/Snuff Shop (D&H.167), the first good fine, the second fair, both extremely rare; with a Duke of Wellington white metal memorial medallion and sundry other coins and tokens, mostly fine (8) £100-130
171 18th -19th century, Thomas Spence, token
halfpenny, THE BEGINNING OF OPPRESSION / THE END OF OPPRESSION, edge SPENCE X
DEALER X IN X COINS X LONDON X (D&H Middlesex 814; Conder p.109, 324; Atkins p.132, 636), scarce; others (2), Bristol halfpenny, 1811; W.J. Taylor, threepence, first two good very fine, last extremely fine (3) £70-90
172 18th century tokens, Whitehaven area, Moresby,
Moresby Colliery Copper Tokens (11), c 1720’s, arms of John Brougham, rev MOR / RESBY, between scrolls(D&W.113), some stained but mostly about fine (11) £90-120
173 18th century tokens, Dundee, James Wright Jr,
Silver Shilling, 1797, ancient cross, W - DES at sides, rev Highlander, edge plain, 5.51g (DH 4), perhaps once gilt, good very fine £60-80
174 18th century tokens, Regal evasions
(8), halfpennies (6 – A.421/437/438 (4 varieties)), farthings (2 – A.487/490); 18th century tokens also considered as evasions (47), halfpennies (36 – DH. Hants. 90/91; Warks. 327/327b/327c/327d/327f (7)/330a (3)/331/462 (2)/463 (2)/464/465/466/467/468/470/470a (3)/473 (3)/474; Dublin 227 (2)), farthings (11 – DH. Middx 1154/1156 (2)/1160 (2)/1161 (2)/1162/1163 (3)), fair to good very fine, a good study group (55) £180-250 *ex Baldwin’s vault
175 18th and 19th century tokens, silver (2); copper
(23); and Worcestershire, Greatheads penny, 1797, white metal, poor but very rare; others mostly fine, some better (26) £60-80
176 19th century silver tokens, Berkshire (2):
Reading, halfcrown (D.3), eighteen pence (D.4); Cambridgeshire: March, shilling (D.1); Cheshire (6): Nantwich, Stockport, shillings (5 – D.1/4-7), sixpence (D.8); Co. Durham: Stockton, shilling (D.2); Gloucestershire (7): Cheltenham, Gloucester, shillings (D.1/5/7-11); Herefordshire (2): County, shillings (D.1/2); Kent (2): Folkestone, shilling (Mays 4 = D. Dorset 16), sixpence (Mays 5 = D. Not Local 14), Glos. 9 good fine but flat area either side, very rare, Kent Mays 4 in brass, fair/fine, pierced, rare, the rest fair to good very fine, Cheshire 5 rare (21) £250-350 *ex Baldwin’s vault
177 19th century silver tokens, Devon (8):
County, Barnstaple, Exeter, shillings (7 – D.1/2/5/7/12/13/17), sixpence (D.14); Dorset (9): Blandford Forum, Poole, Shaftesbury, shillings (6 – D.2/7/9/13/21/26), sixpences (3 – D.10/28/29); Cornwall: Launceston, shilling (D.7), Cornwall and Devon 17 mediocre/fair, the rest nearly fine to good very fine, Devon 7 pierced, several rare (18) £220-350 *ex Baldwin’s vault
178 19th century silver tokens, Gloucestershire,
Gloucester, Saunders & Butt, shillings, 1811, City arms (3): dated October 20th (D.7), October 25th (2 – D.8/9), D.9 very fine/good very fine, a little scuffed, very rare, the others extremely fine or better with reflective surfaces, D.7 rare, all the issues of this company (3) £180-250
179 19th century silver tokens, Hampshire
(10): County, Andover, Newport (IoW), Portsmouth, shillings (8 – D.2/obv. 2, rev. 4/5/11/12/20/37/38), sixpences (2 – D.7/28); Lancashire (3): Liverpool, Manchester, shillings (D.2/3/6); Leicestershire (3): County, shillings (2 – D.1/2), sixpence (D.7); Lincolnshire (3): County, Lincoln, shillings (D.1/12/13); Northamptonshire (2): Peterborough, eighteen pence (D.3), shilling (D.5), nearly fine to very fine, Hants. D.37 and 38 pierced, Northants. 5 pierced and plugged, several rare (21) £250-350 *ex Baldwin’s vault
180 19th century silver tokens, Middlesex (20): London, one shilling and sixpence (D.5); shillings (11 – D.6/8/9/11/12/15 (2)/17/21/24/29), sixpences (8 – D.31/33/33 Bis/35/36/38/42/44), fair to good very fine, D.12 pierced, this and several others rare (20) £200-300 *ex Baldwin’s vault
181 19th century silver tokens, Norfolk (9):
Attleborough, King’s Lynn, Yarmouth, shillings (8 – D.6/11/14/15 (2)/16/17 (2)), sixpence (D.12); Suffolk: Ipswich, shilling (D.4), fine to nearly extremely fine, D.11 pierced, this and Suffolk 4 rare (10) £120-180 *ex Baldwin’s vault
182 19th century silver tokens, Northumberland (5): Newcastle, halfcrown (D.1), shillings (3 – D.11-13), sixpence (D.14); Nottinghamshire (3): Mansfield, Newark, shillings (D.3-5); Staffordshire (8): Bilston, Fazeley, Stafford, shillings (5 – D.2/8/11/14/15), sixpences (3 – D.3/12/13), nearly fine to good very fine, Staffs. 14 pierced, several rare (16) £180-250 *ex Baldwin’s vault
183 19th century silver tokens, Somerset: Bath,
Bristol and Frome Selwood, shillings (14 – D.17/21/23-26/28/30/38/41/49/51/52/71), sixpences (8 – D.53-55/59/63-66), D.30 fair, pierced, very rare, the rest fine to nearly extremely fine, D.41 pierced and plugged, very rare (22) £200-300 *ex Baldwin’s vault
184 19th century tokens, silver, Sussex (4): Chichester,
Shoreham, shillings (2 – D.8/16), sixpences (2 – D.12/13); Warwickshire (9): Birmingham, shillings (7 – D.7/8/10/11/13/17/19), sixpences (2 – D.22/23); Wiltshire (2): Marlborough, shilling (D.3), sixpence (D.5); Worcestershire: County, shilling (D.1), Sussex 16 poor, formerly bent as a love token, very rare, the rest fine to good very fine, Warks. 7 lacquered, 23 scratched on obverse, several rare (16) £180-250 *ex Baldwin’s vault
185 19th century tokens, silver, Yorkshire (22):
County, Bradford, Bridlington, Leeds and Sheffield, shillings (21 – D.1/3-6/22-24/30-32/42/49/52/56/58/60/64/68/71/72), sixpence (D.73), fair to very fine, several rare (22) £150-250 *ex Baldwin’s vault
186 19th century tokens, silver, Yorkshire (21):
Doncaster, Hull, Scarborough, Whitby, York, shillings (16 – D.7/9/35/75-77/79-82/84-87/89/91), sixpences (5 – D.11/17/36/94/96), fine to nearly very fine, several rare (21) £150-250 *ex Baldwin’s vault
187 19th century tokens, silver, Wales (10):
Carmarthen, shilling (D.1); Flintshire (6): County, shillings (4 – D.1/3 (2)/4), sixpences (2 – D.6/7); Glamorgan (3): Neath, shilling (D.10), sixpences (2 – both D.16), fair to nearly very fine, Flints. 1 pierced, D.4 rare (10) £130-180 *ex Baldwin’s vault
188 19th century tokens, silver, Unlocalised issues
(7): one shilling and sixpence (D. Not Local 7), shilling (D.8), sixpences (5 – D.15/17-20), fair to nearly very fine, D.7 and 8 very rare (7) £100-150 *ex Baldwin’s vault
189 19th century tokens, silver, Ireland (8): Bank of
Ireland (6), thirty pence, 1808 (S.6616); ten pence, 1805 and 1806 (S.6617), 1813 (S.6618); five pence, 1806 (S.6619) and a contemporary counterfeit, 1805; Dublin (2), shillings (D.8/9), nearly fine to good very fine, test scrape on rim of D.8 (8) £80-130 *ex Baldwin’s vault
190 19th century tokens, silver shillings (12) and
sixpences (11), of Cheshire (D.1); Dorset (D.29); Lancashire (D.3); Middlesex (3 – D.11/15/21); Norfolk (3 – D.15-17); Nottinghamshire (D.5); Somerset (5 – D.24/28/53/59/64); Staffordshire (D.3); Warwickshire (D.22); Yorkshire (D.17); Wales (3): Flintshire (2 – D.3/7), Glamorgan (D.16); Not Local (2 – D.17/19), nearly fine to very fine, Norfolk 15 counterstamped E W on reverse (23) £150-250 *ex Baldwin’s vault
191 19th century tokens, silver shillings (15) and sixpences (8), of Devon (D.1); Kent (Mays 5); Middlesex (3 – D.9/15/21); Norfolk (3 – D.14/15/17); Nottinghamshire (D.3); Somerset (6 – D.21/26/52/55/63/71); Staffordshire (D.13); Worcestershire (D.1); Wales (4): Flintshire (2 – D.3/6), Glamorgan (2 – D.10/16); Not Local (2 – D.17/19), fair to very fine, Somerset 52 bent as a love token (23) £150-250 *ex Baldwin’s vault
192 19th century tokens, Gateshead, Boundary Tokens
(8), 27th May 1824 (2); 24th May 1836 (2), both pierced; 24th May 1849 (2 – one proof); 5th October 1857 (2), very fine to extremely fine (8) £120-180
AUSTRALIA
193 Dease, E. F., Brisbane Street, Launceston,
Tasmania, Drapers Merchants, copper penny, legend, rev. golden fleece (G.60 [R4]; A.99; R.107), choice extremely fine with some lustre and redness £150-200 *ex Baldwin’s vault
194 Dease, E. F., Brisbane Street, Launceston,
Tasmania, Drapers Merchants, copper penny, legend, rev. golden fleece (G.60 [R4]; A.99; R.107), a little spotting but extremely fine, some lustre and much redness £150-200 *ex Baldwin’s vault
195 Dease, E. F., Brisbane Street, Launceston,
Tasmania, Drapers Merchants, copper penny, legend, rev. golden fleece (G.60 [R4]; A.99; R.107), choice extremely fine, uniform dark brown patina £150-200 *ex Baldwin’s vault
196 De Carle, E. & Co., Melbourne, Auctioneers and Land Agents, copper penny, Justice seated, 1855 (G.63; A.103; R.116), very fine £70-100 *ex Baldwin’s vault
197 De Carle, E. & Co., Melbourne, copper pennies
(2): Auctioneers, rev. TASMANIA, Justice seated; Grocers & Spirit Merchants, rev. BRITANNIA, Britannia seated (G.64/65; A.104/105; R.114/115), both good very fine (2) £100-180 *ex Baldwin’s vault
198 Harrold, Charles & Co, Birmingham, UK,
halfpenny token, undated, 2 ST PAULS SQ / BIRMINGHAM / LATE JOSEPH LANE & SON, rev. REFINED AUSTRALIAN COPPER FOR REFINING GOLD (R.187 [R10] ‘possibly unique’), very fine and extremely rare £1000-1500 *ex Baldwin’s vault
Charles Harrold & Co. continued trading as silversmiths into the Edwardian era when it was run by Charles, Alfred Henry and Francis Herbert Westwood, still at 2 and 3 St. Paul’s Square, Birmingham.
199 Palmer, B., Sydney, Wine and Spirit Depot,
copper pennies (4), undated, name, etc., rev. liver bird, Liverpool Arms (G.215; A.408; R.403), very fine or nearly so (4) £170-200
200 Palmer, B., Sydney, Wine and Spirit Depot,
copper pennies (4), undated, name, etc., rev. liver bird, Liverpool Arms (G.215; A.408; R.403), very fine, one stained (5) £170-200 *ex Baldwin’s vault
201 Smith Peate & Co, Sydney, Grocers, copper penny (G.247; A.479; R.471); with PEACE & PLENTY pennies (6): Melbourne 1858 (3); Hanks & Compy; Hanks & Lloyd, both Sydney; Robert Hyde & Co, Melbourne, fine to very fine (7) £100-180 *ex Baldwin’s vault
202 Stokes, Thomas, Melbourne [die sinker and
engraver], copper penny, 1862, Australian Arms with kangaroo and emu supporters, rev. IN VINO VERITAS, vine (G.268 [R5]; A.542; R.514), number 548 pencilled on reverse, good very fine though surface dirty £100-160 *ex Baldwin’s vault
203 Stokes, Thomas, Melbourne [die sinker and
engraver], copper pennies (2), 1862, legend, rev. IN VINO VERITAS, vine (G.T266; A.540; R.504); another, Australian Arms (G.268d; A.547; R.509), Andrews number pencilled on reverse of G.268d, one T266 extremely fine though dull, the others very fine (3) £150-200 *ex Baldwin’s vault
204 Toogood, A., Sydney, Merchant, copper pennies
(2), 1855, AUSTRALIA, Justice seated (G.287a; A.587; R.558), nearly extremely fine (2) £100-150 *ex Baldwin’s vault
205 Wood, W. D., Montpelier Retreat Inn, Hobart, ‘proof ’ halfpenny, façade of the inn (G.316; A.641; R.601), surface dull but extremely fine £180-220 *ex Baldwin’s vault
NEW ZEALAND
206 Caro, J. & Co, Christchurch, General
Ironmongers, ploughman (G.41; A.62; R.74), double scratch on reverse, very fine £100-150 *ex Baldwin’s vault
207 Coombes, Samuel, Auckland & Grahamstown,
Gentlemen’s Mercer, copper penny, bust three-quarters r., rev. legend (G.48b [R6]; A.78; R.88), very fine, a rare variety; others (3), usual type (G.48a; A.77; R.87), good fine to very fine (4) £100-150 *ex Baldwin’s vault
208 Gittos, B., Auckland, Leather Merchant, copper
pennies (4), 1865, legends both sides (G.84; A.149; R.154), three very fine, one a little better (4) £100-150 *ex Baldwin’s vault
209 Gittos, B., Auckland, Leather Merchant, copper
pennies (5), 1865, legends both sides (G.84; A.149; R.154), nearly very fine (5) £100-150 *ex Baldwin’s vault
210 Gratten, Richard, Thames Hotel, Auckland,
copper pennies (3), 1872, Maori in canoe (G.86; A.152; R.157), very fine (3) £100-150 *ex Baldwin’s vault
211 Gratten, Richard, Thames Hotel, Auckland,
copper pennies (5), 1872, Maori in canoe (G.86; A.152; R.157), nearly very fine (5) £100-150 *ex Baldwin’s vault
212 Gratten, Richard, Thames Hotel, Auckland,
copper pennies (6), 1872, Maori in canoe (G.86; A.152; R.157), fine to very fine (6) £100-150 *ex Baldwin’s vault
USA
213 USA, copper token, female slave kneeling, AM I NOT A WOMAN & A SISTER (W-11-720a), some rim knocks, otherwise very fine £60-80 *ex Baldwin’s vault
214 USA, copper tokens (4), female slave kneeling,
AM I NOT A WOMAN & A SISTER (W-11-720a), fine to good fine (4) £100-130 *ex Baldwin’s vault
WORLD COINS
215 Austria and dependencies, miscellaneous minor
silver coins, 18th to 19th centuries, mostly extremely fine, many with original colour (16) £200-300
216 British Honduras, copper token 1½ pence, 1885, issued by Henry Gansz, BELIZE HONDURAS around date, rev. issuer and denomination (KM.Tn2; Pr.76), certified and graded by NGC as About Uncirculated 55 Brown £350-400 *ex Richard Stuart Collection
217 British West Africa, Edward VII, aluminium
1/10-pennies (174), issue of 1907-1908, unchecked for dates (KM 1), most show some degree of corrosion, some a few spots, others quite bad, however most probably never circulated (174) £100-200 *ex Baldwin’s vault
218 British West Africa, Edward VII, aluminium 1/10
penny, 1907 (4) (KM. 1); George V, cu.-ni. penny, 1913 H (KM 9); Edward VIII, cu.-ni. Penny, 1936 KN (3) (KM. 16), some minimal spotting on some of the 1/10 pennies, uncirculated (8) £100-150
219 British West Africa, George V, two-shillings (11), 1913 (2), 1913 H, 1915 H (3), 1916 H (2), 1918 H, 1919 H (2), crowned bust l., rev. palm divides date; shillings (5), 1913, 1914, 1914 H, 1916 H (KM 13, 12); smaller (5); with other colonial, silver (16), various base metals (16), many very fine, a few better (51) £120-150 *ex Baldwin’s vault
220 Ceylon, Dutch colony, copper 2 stuivers, Galle, 1783 (Sch.1334, KM.30), well struck with full impression, very fine and scarce in this condition £120-200
221 Ceylon, George III (1760-1820), silver dump 48 stivers, 1808, elephant left, date in exergue, rev. value, wt. 9.25gms (Pr.10; KM.77), contemporary copy, very fine £120-180
222 Ceylon, Colonial mostly Dutch, an assortment of VOC 1 stuivers of various mints and dates, includes Jave, bonk, 1 stuiver, 1886, mixed condition, mostly poor to fine, some better examples included (30) £100-150
223 China, Ming period, Chongzhen (1628-1644), brass “cash” coinage, identified (155); together with others (approx. 135); and a small “Square Foot Spade”, this poor, coins mostly fine and better (lot) £80-120 *ex Baldwin’s vault
224 China, Fantasy “Cash” coin, large cast bronze coin with square central hole, character legend, rev. dragon and bird of paradise, wide decorated border, 150mm, 19th century, nearly very fine £50-80
225 China, Hunan Province, Tea Brick, divided into three panels, central panel with temple gateway design, five stars above and legend below in 2 lines, the reverse divided into 16 segments, 237mm x 188mm, 20th century, better than very fine £70-90
226 China, fantasy coins and amulets (8), including knife money; pointed foot spade money; smaller spade money (3), etc., probably 19th century with aged patination, fine and better (8) £45-60
227 Demerary & Essequibo, half stiver, 1813, good very fine; with miscellaneous world coins and medals, mostly base metal and in circulated condition (lot) £40-60
228 Dutch East Indies, Regal coinage,
Wilhelmina, Half-Cents (38), 1914 (4), 1916, 1932, 1933 grapes(2), bad verdigris stain, 1934 (11), 1935 (9), 1936 (2), 1937, 1945 (3), earlier extremely fine and 1944-45 mint state; 1933 seahorse (2), 1933 grapes (4) (KM 306, 314.1 & 2), fine to very fine (40) £60-80
229 Dutch East India Company coinage, Copper
Duits (8), 1734, 1737, 1744, 1745, 1746, 1807, 1808 (2); Half-Duits (2), 1808; sundry Half-Duits (7), latter fair to fine, others fine and better but 1807 and 1808’s very fine, some redness; British East India Company, tin Duit, 1814 (KM 244), fine (18) £60-80
230 East Africa, Victoria, Pice (20),1897 (2), 1898 (13), 1899 (6), bust l., rev. value (20 - KM 1); Mombasa, Pice (38), 1888 H (KM 1 varieties); others (6), fine to very fine, a few better (65) £100-140 *ex Baldwin’s vault
231 East Africa and Uganda, Edward VII,
50-cents, 1906 (4), crowned bust r., rev. lion walks r. (KM 4), some speckled toning, extremely fine or nearly so (4) £200-300 *ex Baldwin’s vault
232 East Africa and Uganda, Edward VII, 50-cents, 1906 (4), crowned bust r., rev. lion walks r. (KM 4), some speckled toning, extremely fine or nearly so (4) £200-300 *ex Baldwin’s vault
233 East Africa and Uganda, Edward VII,
50-cents, 1906 (4), crowned bust r., rev. lion walks r. (KM 4), some speckled toning, extremely fine or nearly so (4) £200-300 *ex Baldwin’s vault
234 East Africa and Uganda, Edward VII, 50-cents, 1906 (4), crowned bust r., rev. lion walks r. (KM 4), some speckled toning, extremely fine or nearly so (4) £200-300 *ex Baldwin’s vault
235 East Africa and Uganda, Edward VII, 50-cents
and 25-cents (2), 1906, crowned bust r., rev. lion walks r.; cupro-nickel 10-cents (2) and cents (2), 1907 (KM 4, 3, 2, 5), some speckled toning on silver, extremely fine or nearly so (7) £80-120 *ex Baldwin’s vault
236 East Africa and Uganda, Edward VII, 50-cents, 1906, 25-cents (4), 1906 (2), 1910 H (2), crowned bust r., rev. lion walks r.; cupro-nickel 10-cents, 1907 (4); cents, 1909 (27), (KM 4, 3, 2, 5), very fine or nearly so (36) £70-100 *ex Baldwin’s vault
237 East Africa and Uganda, Edward VII, 50-cents (4),
1906, crowned bust r., rev. lion walks r. (KM 4); 25-cents (25), 1906 (16), 1910 H (9), similar (KM 3); and George V (2), 1913, 1914, most very fine (31) £80-120 *ex Baldwin’s vault
238 East Africa and Uganda, Edward VII, 50-cents (8); 25-cents (2), 1906, 1910 H; cupro-nickel (7); aluminium (1), generally very fine (18) £100-150 *ex Baldwin’s vault
239 East Africa and Uganda, Edward VII, 50-cents,
crowned bust r., rev. lion before mountain (KM 4), a few discolouring flecks, virtually mint state £70-90 *ex Baldwin’s vault
240 East Africa and Uganda, Edward VII, aluminium
cents, 1907 (2), 1908, crown and value, rev. numeral 1 and tusks, central hole (KM 5), 1907 virtually mint state, 1908, corrosion marks (3) £100-150 *ex Baldwin’s vault
241 East Africa and Uganda, Edward VII, silver
25-cents, 1906 (12), crowned bust r., rev. lion before mountain, extremely fine to uncirculated (10) £150-200 *ex Baldwin’s vault
242 East Africa and Uganda, Edward VII, silver
25-cents, 1906 (12), crowned bust r., rev. lion before mountain, extremely fine to uncirculated (11) £150-200 *ex Baldwin’s vault
243 East Africa and Uganda, Edward VII, silver
25-cents, 1906 (48), crowned bust r., rev. lion before mountain, very fine to extremely fine (12) £150-200 *ex Baldwin’s vault
244 East Africa and Uganda, George V, 50-cents
(6), 1911, 1914 H (KM 9), 1921 (2), 1922 (2) (KM 20); 25-cents (4), 1913 (KM 10); cupro-nickel 10-cents (2), 5-cents (3), cents (3); bronze cent; British West Africa, penny, 1916, halfpenny, 1919, generally very fine, some better (19) £100-140 *ex Baldwin’s vault
245 East Africa and Uganda, Edward VII, cupro-
nickel half-cents (7), 1909; George V, cent, 1912 H (KM 7), all virtually mint state, though uneven’ bloom’ on former (8) £80-120 *ex Baldwin’s vault
246 East Africa and Uganda, George V, cupro-
nickel cents (28), 1911 H (9), very fine; 1912 H (20) (KM 7), 1911’s very fine and all but three 1912’s extremely fine (28) £65-85 *ex Baldwin’s vault
247 East Africa and Uganda, George V, Cents (100), 1912 H, strung together, uncirculated (100) £300-400 *ex Baldwin’s vault
248 East Africa and Uganda, George V, Cents (100), 1912 H, strung together, uncirculated (100) £300-400 *ex Baldwin’s vault
249 East Africa and Uganda, George V, Cents (100), 1912 H, strung together, uncirculated (100) £300-400 *ex Baldwin’s vault
250 East Africa and Uganda, George V, Cents (100), 1912 H, strung together, uncirculated (125) £300-400 *ex Baldwin’s vault
251 East Africa, George V, Florin, 1920, crowned bust l., rev. lion walks r. (KM 17), an uncirculated coin with some minor scuffs and obverse dull £80-120 *ex Baldwin’s vault
252 East Africa, George V and George VI, Shillings (68); 50-cents (40); 25-cents (3), all rev. lion walks r., various types and some non-silver, fine to very fine (111) £100-150 *ex Baldwin’s vault
253 East Africa, Edward VIII, bronze 10-cents (23), 5-cents (32), strung together with a New Guinea Penny, all 1936 (KM 24, 23; 6), mixed mints; second string, 5-cents, 1936 (72); additional 10-cents (19) and 5-cents (22), a few mint state, others very fine or better, a useful lot for Edward VIII enthusiasts (169) £150-200 *ex Baldwin’s vault
254 East Africa, George V and George VI, a
quantity of the base metal coinage, varied state but many very fine and a few better (lot) £80-120 *ex Baldwin’s vault
255 East Africa, George V and George VI, a
quantity of silver coinage, various types, shillings (25) and smaller (57), varied state but many very fine (82) £100-120 *ex Baldwin’s vault
256 East Africa, George V and George VI, miscellaneous
bronze and cupro-nickel coinage (156), 10-cents – cents, varied state, many very fine (156) £80-120 *ex Baldwin’s vault
257 Egypt, British Protectorate, Hussein Kamil,
10-piastres, AH 1335 – 1917 H (KM 320), good extremely fine £80-120 *ex Baldwin’s vault
258 Germany, Saxony, various minor silver coins (4)
of the 16th to 17th centuries, pleasant tones, all from mounts, very fine or better; from the O’Byrne collection, with old tickets £250-350
259 Germany, Saxony, various silver medals (3), 1665-
72, and an open-work silver badge, probably of the period. all from mounts, very fine; mostly from the O’Byrne collection, with old tickets (4) £250-350
260 Germany, Württemberg, 5 marks, 1898, good fine; with miscellaneous world coins, mostly base metal and in circulated condition (lot) £40-60
261 Germany, Prussia, Wilhelm II (1888-1918),
silver 3 marks (5), 1913 (J. 110). Uncirculated, some with pleasant, light tone; German East Africa, Wilhelm II, silver 1/ 4 rupie, 1891 (3) (J. 711), extremely fine (8) £150-200
262 Guatemala, Charles IV (1789-1808), silver 8 reales 1806-NG, assayer M, (KM 53), cleaned, good very fine £150-200
263 E.I.C. Bombay, silver 1/5 rupee / fanam, 1799
(2), Tellichery (Pr. 298), good very fine. (2) £50-100
264 India, Arcot, Muhammad Ali (1751-1795), gold
pagoda, three Swamis standing, rev. Persian “Ain” on granulated field, 3.38gms (Fr. 906; KM 14), extremely fine £80-120 *ex Baldwin’s vault
265 India, Mysore, Haider Ali (1761-1782), gold
pagodas (3), Persian “He” on granulated field, rev. Shiva and Parvati, 3.42gms x 2; 4.45gms (Fr. 1346; KM 15), very fine and better (3) £180-220 *ex Baldwin’s vault
266 India, Mysore, Haider Ali (1761-1782), gold
pagodas (4), Persian “He” on granulated field, rev. Shiva and Parvati, 3.41-3.43gms (Fr. 1346; KM 15), very fine and better (4) £200-250 *ex Baldwin’s vault
267 India, Mysore, Haider Ali (1761-1782), gold
pagodas (4), Persian “He” on granulated field, rev. Shiva and Parvati, 3.41-3.43gms (Fr. 1346; KM 15), very fine and better (4) £200-250 *ex Baldwin’s vault
268 India, Mysore, Krishna Raja Wodeyar (1799-
1868), gold pagodas (4), Shiva and Parvati, rev. Brahmi legend, 3.42 – 3.43gms (Fr. 1358; KM. 210), very fine (4) £180-220 *ex Baldwin’s vault
269 India, Mysore, Krishna Raja Wodeyar (1799-
1868), gold pagodas (4), Shiva and Parvati, rev. Brahmi legend, 3.42 – 3.44gms (Fr. 1358; KM. 210), very fine (4) £180-220 *ex Baldwin’s vault
270 India, Mysore, Krishna Raja Wodeyar (1799-
1868), gold pagodas (3), Shiva and Parvati, rev. Brahmi legend, 3.38, 3.41, 3.44, 3.45gms (Fr. 1358; KM. 210), two very fine, last two fine (4) £180-220 *ex Baldwin’s vault
271 India, Mysore, Krishna Raja Wodeyar (1799-
1868), gold half-pagodas (11), Shiva and Parvati, rev. Brahmi legend, all 1.67-1.71gms, except one 1.48gms (Fr. 1359), very fine (11) £220-260 *ex Baldwin’s vault
272 India, Vijayanagar, gold pagodas (4), single God, rev. Brahmi legend, 3.26-3.37gms; half-pagodas (3), 1.67-1.71gms, mostly very fine (7) £200-240 *ex Baldwin’s vault
273 India, Nayakas of Chitradurga, gold “Durgi”
pagoda, Krishna as Bal Gopala, rev. Nagari legend, 3.30gms (Fr. 381), good very fine; half-pagoda, similar, 1.70gms (Fr. 382), fine (2) £80-120 *ex Baldwin’s vault
274 India, Vijayanagar, Venkatapiraya III (1632-
1646), gold pagoda, Venkatesvara stands in arch, rev. legend, 3.31gms (Fr. 372), fine; half-pagodas (3), similar, 1.71gms (F.373), very fine (4) £150-200 *ex Baldwin’s vault
275 India, Vijayanagar and elsewhere, gold half-
pagodas (5), with fractionals and fanams (7), mostly very fine (12) £100-150 *ex Baldwin’s vault
276 India, Vijayanagar, Devaraya I (1406-1422), gold
pagoda, Shiva and Parvati, rev. legend, 3.38gms (Fr. 352); another, Venkatapiraya III (1632-1646), Venkatesvara stands in arch, rev. legend, 3.43gms (Fr. 372); a group of half-pagodas, varied (10), first fine, others mostly better (12) £200-250 *ex Baldwin’s vault
277 India, Vijayanagar and elsewhere, gold half-
pagodas (10), varied, mostly very fine (10) £150-200 *ex Baldwin’s vault
278 India, Victoria, as Queen, rupees (2), 1862, crowned bust l., rev. value and date within acanthus leaf border (KM 473.1); Hyderabad, 2-annas, AH 1362/33, rupees certified and graded by NGC as Mint State 60, 2-annas certified and graded by NGC as About Uncirculated - Cleaned £80-120 *ex. Baldwin’s vault
279 India, Hyderabad, Mir Mahbub Ali Khan II
(1869-1911), 1/8-Rupees, mixed dates (45-KM Y14); and 1/16-Rupee, similar (KM Y13), mint state or virtually so £70-120
280 India, Hyderabad, silver rupees (10), 1916 (3, 1334h and 1335h (2)), 1917, 1918 (1335h yr. 8),1919 (1338h), 1922, 1923, 1924 (KM Y53a), and 1942 (KM Y63), very fine to extremely fine (10) £50-80
281 India, Edward VII, 1/12-Annas, 1910 (40 – KM
497), uneven tone but mint state and all with much redness (40) £180-280
282 India, Edward VII, 1/12-Annas, 1910 (50 – KM
497), uneven tone but mint state and all with much redness (50) £220-280
283 India, George V, bronze quarter-annas (150), mixed dates, crowned bust l., rev. value within decorative border (KM 512), mint state or virtually so (150) £120-180 *Please note this lot is collection only.
284 India, George V, bronze quarter-annas (150), mixed dates, crowned bust l., rev. value within decorative border (KM 512), mint state or virtually so (150) £120-180 *Please note this lot is collection only.
285 India, George VI, bronze quarter-annas (150), mixed dates, crowned bust l., rev. value within decorative border (KM 531), mint state or virtually so (150) £120-180 *Please note this lot is collection only.
286 India, George VI, bronze quarter-annas (150), mixed dates, crowned bust l., rev. value within decorative border (KM 531), mint state or virtually so (150) £120-180 *Please note this lot is collection only.
287 India, George VI, bronze quarter-annas (150), mixed dates, crowned bust l., rev. value within decorative border (KM 531), mint state or virtually so (150) £120-180 *Please note this lot is collection only.
288 India, George VI, nickel-brass half-annas (555), square, crowned bust l., rev. value, mixed dates (KM 534), mint state or virtually so (555) £200-300 *Please note this lot is collection only.
289 India, George VI, nickel-brass half-annas (555), square, crowned bust l., rev. value, mixed dates (KM 534), mint state or virtually so (555) £200-300 *Please note this lot is collection only.
290 Islamic and Indian, coins in silver (23) and copper (27), mixed condition (50) £200-300
291 Italy, Naples, Robert II of Anjou (1309-43),
silver Gigliato (2); together with miscellaneous European coins, mostly medieval or late medieval, in silver (14) and copper (9), mostly fine to very fine, a few better (26) £280-350
292 Italy, miscellaneous coins in silver (9) and copper (5), 16th to 18th centuries, fine to very fine, one clipped (15) £150-200
293 Japan, Manen koban, undated, Japanese
characters both sides (C.22d), mount attached, very fine £300-400
294 Laos, “Tiger Tongue” or Hoi money, silver
currency bars (3), 130mm, 109.72gms; 115mm, 91.82gms; and 100mm, 63.34gms; “Pig’s Mouth” or Nan Tok silver ingot, 60mm, 62.50gms; and another small ingot, fine (5) £100-150 *ex Baldwin’s vault
295 Malta, Raimundo Despuig, scudo, 1738,
armoured bust r., rev. crowned arms within ornate shield (KM 203), good fine, a little stained £80-120
296 Malta, 30 tari, 1795, very fine, mounted and sweated; together with world coins in silver (19) and base metal (24), generally fine to very fine, a few better (44) £250-300
297 Malta, Ferdinand von Hompesch, 30-tarí, 1798, bust l., decorated breastplate, rev. arms on crowned double-headed eagle (KM. 345.3), usual light file marks to blank, slight stain, better than very fine £150-200
298 Mauritius, George V, rupees (2), and half-
rupee, 1934 (KM 17, 16); bronze 2-cents, 1923 (KM 13), silver good very fine, last virtually mint state (4) £80-120 *ex Baldwin’s vault
299 Mombasa, Victoria, silver coinage, rupees (3), 1888 H, crown over sun, rev. scales (KM 5); half-rupees (2), 1890 H (KM 4); quarter-rupees (4), 1890 H (KM 3); and 2-annas (3), 1890 H (KM 2); bronze pice (3), 1888 (KM 1.5), rupees good fine, smaller silver very fine and bronze extremely fine (14) £100-140 *ex Baldwin’s vault
300 Mombasa, Victoria, silver 2-annas, 1890 H,
crown over sun, rev. scales (KM 2); bronze pice, 1888 (KM 1.5); Hong Kong, Victoria, mil, 1865 (KM 2), virtually mint state (3) £120-160 *ex Baldwin’s vault
301 Mombasa, Imperial British East Africa Company, silver rupees (4), 1888 H, scales, rev. Crown above sun (KM 5), one very fine, others fine; half-rupee, 1890 H, similar (KM 4), very fine (5) £100-140 *ex Baldwin’s vault
302 Nepal, Jaya Vishnu Malla (1729-45), silver suki (1/4
mohar), NS 849 / 1729 AD (Rh. 472; KM. 392); Jaya Prakash Malla (2nd reign, c. 1750-68), mohar (2), NS 873 / 1753 AD (KM. 261); ¼ mohar, NS 873 / 1753 AD (KM. 253); Suki (2), dated 865, struck c. 1750 (RH. 492; KM 407); Pratapa Simha (1775-77), ¼ mohar, SE 1698 / 1776 AD (Rh. 651; KM 470.1); Prithvi Vira Vikram Shah (1881-1911), ½ mohar, SE 1827 /1905 AD (KM 648), about very fine to extremely fine, the mohars and 1776 ¼ mohar ex-mount (8) £200-300
303 Nepal, Girvan Yuddha Vikrama (1799-1816), silver mohar, SE 1736 (KM 529); Rajendra Vikrama (1816-47), silver mohars (7) (KM 565.2); Surendra Vikrama (1847-81), silver mohars (10) (KM. 602); Prithvi Bir Bikram (1881-1911), silver mohar, SE 1803 (Km 651.1), the last scarce first year of issue, generally very fine (19) £200-250
304 Netherlands, Kampen, lead squeeze of liondaalder, undated, fine to very fine £60-80
305 Netherlands, Willem I (1815–1840), gulden, 1837,
type 1a, head r., rev. crowned arms (Sch. 268); Willem II, gulden, 1847 (KM 66); Willem III, 2 ½-gulden, 1872 (KM 82), and gulden, 1865 (KM 93), first good very fine, second fine, last two very fine (4) £100-120
306 Penang, copper uniface cent/pice, ND (1786),
cent/pice, 1787, and half cent/pice, 1787 (Pr. 5, 7, 9), about very fine (3) £100-150
307 Penang, East India Company, copper quarter-cent or Keping, 17[87], legend in Arabic, rev. bale-mark (SCM PG 2; KM 1), off-centre and lacks last 2 digits of date, but a delightful small coin, nearly extremely fine, scarce £80-120 *ex Baldwin’s vault
308 Peru, 8 reales, 1800IJ, Lima, about very fine; with miscellaneous world coins and medals, many American, mostly base metal in circulated condition (lot) £50-80
309 Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Elizabeth II (1952
- ), proof set of coins, 1955, comprising silver halfcrown to threepence, bronze penny and (KM PS 2) Southern Rhodesia, Rhodes Centenary crown, 1953 (KM 27), in respective Royal Mint red leatherette cases of issue, slight tarnish but mint state (8) £150-200
310 Russia, Nicholas I, 5 roubles, 1834CПБ ПД, St
Petersburg, crowned double-headed eagle, rev. value and date (KM.C175.1; Fr.155), a couple of edge scrapes below date, otherwise good very fine £250-300
311 Russia, Nicholas II, 15 roubles, 1897 (2), wide rim, bare head l., rev. crowned double-headed eagle (KM.Y65.1; Fr.177), very fine £350-400
312 South Africa, ZAR, Kruger, halfcrown, 1897, bust l., rev. circular shield of arms over flags, eagle above (Hern Z35; KM.7), good very fine £80-120
313 South Africa, ZAR, Kruger, shillings, 1897 (2), bust l., rev. value and date within wreath (KM.5), one toned, with some small digs on obverse, otherwise extremely fine, the other about mint state (2) £80-100
314 South Africa, George V, silver 6 pence, 1923
(KM.16A), authenticated and graded by PCGS as Proof 61 £75-100
315 South Africa, Elizabeth II, 5 shillings, 1960, 50th Anniversary of South African Union, Union Buildings, rev. shield of arms (KM.55), certified and graded by PCGS as Prooflike 67, a very high grade, scarce; USA, commemorative half dollar, 1947S, Booker T. Washington, certified and graded by PCGS as Mint State 64 (2) £60-80
316 South Africa, proof set, 1961, silver 50 cents to brass ½ cent (7 coins); silver crown, 1947; East London copper token penny, 1880; commemorative medals (7) in base metal, including Edward VIII (2), visits to Natal and Pretoria, 1925, and Prince George, visit to Durban, 1934; Pretoria silver philatelic society award, 1913, the set with some light toning, otherwise as struck, the crown uncirculated, medals about very fine to mint condition (17) £150-250
317 South and Central America, crown-size coins (??), Bermuda, crown, 1959; Colombia, peso, 1956; Cuba, pesos (2), 1934, 1953, Marti; Dominican Republic, Trujillo, peso, 1955; Ecuador, sucre, 1944, Mexico; Mexico, 5-pesos (2), 1953, 1957; pesos (2), 1947, 1960; 25-pesos, 1968, Olympic Games; Panama, balboa, 1934; Paraguay, 300-guaranies, 1973, Stroessner; Peru, sol, 1916; Venezuela, bolivar, 1936; smaller, Cuba (2), Panama (4) and Venezuela, many very fine, some better (22) £280-300
318 Spain, silver cob 8 reales (9), undated from metropolitan and colonial mints, generally fine (9) £300-350
319 Spain, silver cob 4 reales (18), undated from metropolitan and colonial mints, generally fine (18) £300-350
320 Sri Lanka [Ceylon], an interesting and cumulative collection of the copper Massa coinage of the Polonnaruva and Dambadeniya periods (approx. 200), a few in collector’s envelopes (c. 1940’s & ‘50’s), identified as being Parakrama Bahu, the Great (1153-1186); Rajah Lilavati (1197-1211); Sri Rajah Lilavati (Queen); Sahasamalla (1200-1202); Dharmasoka Deva (1208-1209); Vijaya Bahu IV (1271-1273); Bhuvanaika Bahu (1273-1284), generally fine but including some better pieces (approx. 200) £100-200 *ex Baldwin’s vault
321 Straits Settlements, Victoria, 20 cents, 1894, crowned head l., rev. value within beaded circle (KM.12), certified and graded by NGC as About Uncirculated 55 £60-80
322 Straits Settlements, Victoria, bronze ½ cent, 1899
(7) (Pr. 203), much lustre and original colour, some staining and handling marks, otherwise uncirculated (7) £250-300
323 Sudan, Khalifah Abdullah (1302-16h / 1885-98
AD), billon 5 piastres, 1311h, yr 11 (2, different varieties); billon 2 piastres, 1310h, yr 8; billon 2 piastres, 1311h, yr 11 (26); billon 2 piastres, 1312h (8) (KM 5, 18, 22), mostly fair to fine, all with old tickets, many varieties described, many said to be rare (37) £200-300
324 Turkey, Selim III (1789-1807), silver yuzluk, 1203h, years 1, 5 (2) (KM 507); Abdul Hamid II (1876-1909), silver 5 kurush, 1293h, years 32 & 33 (KM 737); Muhammad V (1909-18), silver 5 kurush, 1327h, years 6 & 7 (KM 750), one yuzluk with flan flaw, very fine to extremely fine (7) £60-90
325 USA, gold 1 dollar, 1851D, mounted, fine, rare
date £150-250
326 USA, half-dollar, 1854 O [New Orleans], seated
Liberty type, arrows at date, Liberty std. r., rev. eagle with shield on breast, nearly extremely fine £220-280
327 USA, Hawaii, Kalakaua, dollar, 1883, bare head r.,
rev. crowned shield with supporters on crowned mantle (KM.7), good very fine, scarce £250-300
328 USA, commemorative half-dollars (2), Stone
Mountain, 1925; Independence Sesquicentennial, Liberty Bell, 1926, extremely fine (2) £100-150
329 USA, nickel 5-cents, Jefferson / Monticello,
1930’s – 1940’s, including War types (190), fine, very fine and some better (190) £80-120 *ex Baldwin’s vault
330 USA, Kennedy silver half-dollars, 1964, 5 x $20 mint rolls, the rolls much clear-taped; coins unexamined, presumed mint state; modern British £2, 1986; crowns (4) and Georgian penny, 1806, stained (lot) £500-550
331 Zanzibar, Sultanate, Barghash Ibn Sa’id (1870-
1888), copper pysa, AH 1299 (25 – KM 1); AH 1304 (3 – KM 2), poor, fair and fine (28) £80-100 *ex Baldwin’s vault
332 A large quantity of British and world coins, mostly 19th -20th century, some pre-’47 and other silver, including Kruger halfcrown, 1896 and Austria, Maximilian I commemorative 50-schillings, 1969; but mostly base metal issues and a few well-worn lead curiosities, generally fair to fine, but some better (lot) £80-120
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COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS
333 British and World coins and medals etc., mostly
19th century, a few earlier and some later; including Natal, small silver Coronation medal, 1902; and an iron (?) cast of the Royal Society’s medal of Captain Cook, this poor; an interesting selection, mostly poor, fair and fine (lot) £100-150
334 Miscellaneous world tokens and tallies, base metal, various periods (27), fine to very fine (27) £50-100
335 Miscellaneous oriental coins, mostly of China, Japan, Java, Malaya and Tibet, in silver (8) and base metal (26), fine to very fine (34) £150-200
336 A group of world coins, medals, tokens and weights, on the theme of dogs which appear in the designs or as mint-marks, in silver (2) and base metal (10), mostly 18th to 19th centuries, fine to very fine (12) £80-120
337 Assorted world proof and currency sets, (approx. 30) £60-80
338 Miscellaneous coins of the world, mostly base metal and in circulated condition (lot) £30-50
339 Miscellaneous coins of the world, many from the Irish Republic, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, mostly base metal and in circulated condition (lot) £30-50
340 Miscellaneous coins of the world, mostly base metal and in circulated condition (lot) £30-50
341 Miscellaneous coins and medals of the world, mostly base metal and in circulated condition (lot) £30-50
BRITISH
342 Charles II, Scottish Coronation at Scone
Palace, cast silver medal, 1651, unsigned, crowned and draped bust r., wearing Collar of Order, rev. lion rampant left, holding thistle in paw, NEMO. ME. IMPVNE. LACESSET, 32mm (MI 394/18; Eimer 183; Wollaston 4), very fine though uneven tone from previous cleaning and minute piercing between date and C of CAROLVS £250-300
343 James II, Mary of Modena, Coronation
1685, official silver medal, by John Roettier, her laureate and draped bust r., rev. the Queen, seated, on a mound, O DEA CERTE, 34mm (MI 606/7; Eimer 274), believed only 400 specimens struck, good very fine; one time cleaned and now unevenly re-toned £120-180
344 Archbishop William Sancroft (1617-1693) and the Seven Bishops, cast Silver Medal, 1688, by George Bower, bust of Sancroft right, in clerical robes and cap, rev medallic portraits and names of the Bishop of London and the six imprisoned bishops, 48mm (MI 622/37; Eimer 288), pierced and tooled, very fine; a second example, the obverse engraved with initials TW to either side of bust, 48mm, fine £90-120
It would be nice to speculate that the initials TW were in support of Thomas White, the Bishop of Peterborough, who is depicted on the medal’s reverse.
345 William and Mary, Coronation 1689, official silver medal, by John Roettier, conjoined busts r., rev. Jove hurls thunder at Phaeton, who falls from his chariot, NE TOTVS ABSUMATVR, 35mm (MI 662/25; Eimer 312), good very fine; one time cleaned and now unevenly re-toned £120-180
346 William III and Mary, white metal medals (3), William’s entry into the Hague, 1691, by R. Arondeaux, 49.5mm; Distrust of Louis XIV, 1693, by Jan Smeltzing, 57mm; Visit of Prince Louis of Baden to London, 1694, by I. Boskam, 50.5mm (MI 7/164; 91/311; 94/315), all with much porosity, fair to fine, last very rare; and France, Louis XIV, Namur Taken, copper medal, 1692, by Mauger, 41.5mm (MI 69/276; Divo 240), very fine (4) £70-180 *ex. Revd. William Lewis Gantz (1873-1940), of Stanstead Abbots, Herts (Glendining auction, 23-27 June, 1941, lots 1933, 1936, 1992, parts) Collection
347 Daniel Wray, FRS (1701-1783), English antiquarian, cast Bronze Medal, 1726, when 24, by Giovanni Battista Pozzo, bust right in high relief, rev NIL ACTVM REPVTANS CVM QVID SVPERESSET AGENDVM, 69mm (MI 465/78; BDM IV, 681; Hall I, 579, Baldwin Auction 64), a rough and un-patinated cast, pierced at top, good fine, though probably much as made £60-80
Wray was in Rome in 1726, where this medal is believed to have been made – MI states that it was “a striking representation”. He was a Fellow of the Royal Society, President of the Society of Antiquaries and a Trustee of the British Museum.
348 George II, The Loss of Minorca, pinchbeck medal, 1756, William Blakeney stands between firing cannon and ship, BRAVE BLAKNEY REWARD, rev. Admiral Byng receives purse of gold, WAS MINORCA SOLD FOR FRENCH GOLD, 34mm (MI 679/394; Eimer 653; MH 348), very fine though some roughness to obverse, rare £80-120 *ex O’Byrne Collection (with ticket)
349 Clerkenwell, London, St. James’s Church rebuilt, silver medal, 1788, by I. Phillips, façade of the old church, CLERKENWELL, rev. façade of the new church, CLERKENWELL MC, 38.5mm (BHM 290), uneven tone, very fine, scarce £70-100
350 Horatio, Admiral Lord Nelson (1758-1805), death at the Battle of Trafalgar, silver-plated medal, 1805, by Thomas Webb (the reverse after Flaxman), bare head of Nelson left, rev. Bellona, thunderbolts in hand, approaches war galleys, IPSE BELLI FVLMEN, 54mm (BHM 577; Eimer 957; MH 507; Hardy 63), has been polished, very fine £150-200
The silver-plating contemporary with the medal.
351 George IV, specimen Prize medals (2), copper, Royal Academy of Music, 1822, by B. Wyon, Apollo head l., 42mm; Harrow School, Peel Prize medal, 1826, by W. Wyon, bust of Cicero r., 43.5mm, virtually mint state (2) £70-100 *ex. James O’Byrne Collection
352 George IV – William IV, John Scott, Earl of Eldon, Lord Chancellor, medals (2), gilt-silver and copper, 1827, by C. Voigt, 47.5mm (BHM 1308; Eimer 1197); George Canning, Death, 1827, French silver medal, unsigned, 41.5mm (cf Eimer 1195); Other Archer, Earl of Plymouth, Death, copper medal, 1833, 50mm (BHM 1652), very fine (4) £70-120 *ex. Revd. William Lewis Gantz (1873-1940), of Stanstead Abbots, Herts (Glendining auction, 23-27 June, 1941, lots 1953, 1954, 2011, part) Collection
353 Charles II, The Great Seal, a reproduction of the recto of the seal, by Thomas Simon, the King, as a Roman general, sword in hand, on horseback to r., the river and cityscape of London beyond, 138mm, maker’s mark on edge, believed mid 1960’s; another, pink wax-like resin, a British Museum souvenir, 1970’s; Elizabeth I, a deep red wax-like resin reproduction of the recto, the Queen on horseback to l., all very fine (3) £50-80
354 Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), pair of gold medals, 1964, by R. Schmidt, struck by the Austrian Mint, Vienna, head l., rev. seated British lion, 32 and 20mm, total wt. 20.9gms, 900 fine, with certificate (3980), in fitted case of issue, brilliant (2) £380-420
355 Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), pair of gold medals, 1964, by R. Schmidt, struck by the Austrian Mint, Vienna, head l., rev. seated British lion, 32 and 20mm, total wt. 20.9gms, 900 fine, with certificate (3996), in fitted case of issue, brilliant (2) £380-420
356 Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), pair of gold medals, 1964, by R. Schmidt, struck by the Austrian Mint, Vienna, head l., rev. seated British lion, 32 and 20mm, total wt. 20.9gms, 900 fine, with certificate (4021), in fitted case of issue, brilliant (2) £380-420
A small group of British Medals, mostly in white metal
357 Charles, Marquis Cornwallis, the Defeat of Sultan Tippoo [Tipu], white metal medal, 1792 (corrected date), by C H Küchler, uniformed bust of Cornwallis left, rev Cornwallis receives the sons of Sultan Tippoo as hostages, 48mm (BHM 363; Eimer 845; Pudd 792.1.2; Pollard 5); Admiral Earl Howe, Naval Victory of the Glorious 1st June 1794, white metal medal, by C.H. Küchler, uniformed bust of Earl Howe right, rev. naval engagement, 47mm (BHM 383; Eimer 855; Pollard 8), both scuffed, some porosity on second, very fine (2) £120-160
358 Admiral Lord Nelson, Matthew Boulton’s Trafalgar Medal, 1805, struck in white metal, by Conrad H. Küchler, uniformed bust of Nelson l., rev. view of a naval engagement, lettered edge, TO THE HEROES OF TRAFALGAR ..., 48mm. (BHM.584; Milford Haven 1919, 496; Eimer 960; Pollard, NC 1970, 30), a little light porosity, otherwise about extremely fine £200-300
359 George III, Royal Medals in white metal (8), Princess Charlotte, Nuptuals, 1816 (BHM 908), rare; and death, 1817 (BHM 937); Death of Queen Charlotte, 1818 (BHM 963); death of George III (4) (BHM 1000, 1001, 1006, 1008); Frederick Duke of York, 1826, by Ottley, bust r., rev. COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF ALL HIS MAJESTY’S FORCES, 43mm (BHM - ), generally better than very fine, first pierced (8) £100-150
360 Edward Walhouse (later taking the name Edward Littleton, 1st Baron Hatrherton (1791-1863), Staffordshire election ticket [undated], white metal, WALHOUSE FOR EVER in 3 lines, rev., WHATEVER MAY BE CONDUCTIVE TO THE AND PROSPERITY OF THE COUNTRY WILL ALWAYS DEMAND MY ACTIVE CO-OPERATION, milled edge, 40mm, pierced with original split ring suspender, very fine and extremely rare £70-90
Similar in style to the York election medals of 1807
361 Map of the World, the two hemispheres, white metal medal, c.1820, believed to be by Thomas Halliday for Thomason, the Eastern and Western Hemispheres to either side, Australia named as “NEW HOLLAND”, 74mm (BHM -; Eimer 1139), in velvet-lined square red leather case of issue, a superb medal in brilliant mint state, extremely rare £400-600
362 George IV, a group of white metal medals (6), for his Coronation (4) and death (2), one with rev. façade of Windsor Castle from the Long Walk, 41-50mm, 3 pierced, 2 with original split-ring suspenders, very fine (6) £100-150
363 St. George’s Church, Leicester, Foundation medal, copper, 1823, by J. Ottley, façade of the church, rev. legend in 27 lines, CEREMONIAL STONE…LAID BYTHE RIGHT HONOURABLE RICHARD WILLIAM PENN EARL HOWE, 64mm (BHM 1217; JT 89a; cf Eimer 1653, footnote), in red leather fitted case of issue, with Ottley’s trade label attached to outer lid, surface a little dulled but virtually mint state and rare thus £70-100
A fire destroyed the church in 1911, but it was rebuilt the following year, without the spire. It has been used by the Serbian Orthodox Church since 1983.
364 St. Peter’s Church, Ashton-under-Lyne, Birmingham, Foundation medal, copper, by J. Ottley, façade of the church, rev. legend in 29 lines, CONSECRATED …BY THE…LORD BISHOP OF THE DIOCESE, 64mm (JT.80a; BHM - ; cf Eimer 1653, footnote), reverse mint state, obverse nearly so; with a smaller white metal consecration medal, 41mm, virtually mint state; The Birmingham Music Festival and the General Hospital, white metal medal, 1823, by J. Ottley, façade of the hospital, rev. legend in 25 lines, 64mm (BHM 1213; JT 54a), a little scuffed, nearly extremely fine; other white metal medals of (4), of Birmingham Town Hall (3) and St. James’s Church, Handsworth, very fine or better (7) £100-150
365 William IV, Royal medals, in white metal, Coronation (3) and death; Victoria, Coronation (4); Baptism of Prince of Wales; Visit of Louis Philippe, 1844, in leather case of issue; Great Exhibition, 1851; Worsley Hall, 1851; Manchester, 1851; Aston Hall, Birmingham, 1858 (2), very fine and better (15) £120-160
366 Railways: George Stephenson (1781-1848), Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, white metal medal, 1830, by T Halliday, head to left, rev. viaduct with engine and two tenders pulling six carriages, one carrying passengers, 46.5mm (BHM 1459; Eimer 1224; Moyaux 3; cf Swan 42-3); Opening of the Grand Junction Railway, white metal medal, 1837, by T. Halliday, trains at both ends of a viaduct in a rural landscape, rev. façad, e of the railway station at Liverpool, 55mm (BHM 1788; Moyaux 11; JT 113b; cf. Swan 31-2), first very fine, second nearly extremely fine, rare; and a Thames Tunnel medal, 1843, extremely fine(3) £120-160
Stephenson was the surveyor and later engineer for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The reverse depicts the bridge at Newton over the Sankey Canal. The Grand Junction Railway linked Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham and, in time, helped to ensure the commercial successes of each city.
367 Personages, white metal medals (13), Linneus,
24 Classes of Plants, Miles Coverdale; Pitt, the Younger; Robert Raikes; Wellington (Calendar reverse), other medals (8), one poor, but others all very fine and better (13) £80-120
368 White metal medals, Prince Albert, portraits, Manchester Exhibition, 1857, oval (BHM 2604, listed only in bronze as R3); death 1861; Prince of Wales, Marriage 1863 (2 – large and small); Exhibition medals (3); others, education, etc. (5), many extremely fine (12) £140-180
369 China, “The Chinese Junk Keying”, white metal medal, [1848], by T. Halliday (?), starboard view of the junk, rev. legend in 16 lines with details, 45mm (BHM 2315; MH 598), very fine £60-80
370 France, The Execution of Louis XVI, white metal medal, 1793, by C H Küchler, conjoined busts of the King and Marie Antoinette right, rev. the King’s head held up to the crowds and militia around the guillotine, 51mm (Pollard 2;
Hennin 465; Julius 254); Sweden, Gustav III, Assassination, white metal medal, 1792, by C. H. Küchler, armoured bust r., rev. figure holds wreath over a tomb bedecked with military trophies, 56mm. (Hild. 98; Pollard 3), both with some porosity, very fine, scarce (2) £70-100
Both struck at the Soho Mint, Birmingham.
371 Russia, Count Alexander Wassiljewitsch Suworow (1729-1800), Victories against the French in Italy by the Russian forces, white metal medal, 1799, by C H Küchler, struck at the Soho mint (Birmingham, England), armoured bust right wearing fur mantle, rev Mars standing, raising a seated Italia with his left hand, and trampling on the shield of a cowering French soldier, ITALIÆ LIBERATOR MDCCXCIX, 49mm (Diakov 248; Pollard 17; Hennin 903; Julius 698; BDM III, 242), nearly extremely fine £100-150
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WORLD
372 Algeria, Al Amir Abd-el-Kader (1807-1883), copper tribute medal, 1846, by Adolphe Christian Jouvenal, bust l., wearing Arabicic robes, AJ monogram to r., rev. biographical legend in eighteen lines ending with …BATTLE OF D’JEMMA GHAZOUAT, 57mm (BDM III, 90; Escande-24), good very fine £70-100
Abd-el-Kader was the political and military leader who led a struggle against the French invasion and occupation of Algeria, c. 1834-47 and is considered as the founder of the modern country, He died in Damascus in 1883.
373 Belgium, Leopold I (1790-1831-1865), Inauguration of the railway network, copper medal, 1834-35, by Braemt, uniformed bust of King l., rev. Belgica seated before a locomotive, holding a cornucopia and a map of the rail network, 50mm (Moyaux 54; Swan 209), sharp very fine, scarce £80-120 *ex Baldwin’s vault
374 Canada / South Africa, Boer War Welcome Home
and Tribute Medals (2), in white metal, 1900, by P. W. Ellis & Co, Toronto, Strathcona’s Horse, rev. dove and sword, CANADA’S BRAVE BOYS, 34.5mm (Hibbard H1; Hern 904/872), in card box of issue; Toronto Exhibition, soldier advancing, CANADA MUST BE RECKONED WITH, rev. arms and motifs, 38.5mm (Hibbard H1; Hern 928, in silver only), mint state or virtually so, rare (2) £80-120
375 Denmark, Frederick III (1609-1648-1670) and Sophie Amalie, bronze medal, undated, by Erich Parise, busts of each to r. and l., 40mm. (Galster 81), with miscellaneous coins and medals of the world, mostly base metal and in circulated condition (lot) £60-80
376 Egypt / Germany, Berlin Trade Exhibition,
1896, small souvenir medallet of the Cairo Pavilion, pyramids and Sphinx, rev. arms of Berlin, 24mm, integral suspension loop, extremely fine £40-60
377 France, Louis XIII (1601-1610-1643), Building an Extension to the Louvre, Copper Medal, 1624, by Pierre Regnier (c.1577-1640), laureate bust right, rev façade of the Louvre, POSCEBANT HANC FATA MANVM , 33mm (BMC [Jones] II, 95-6; Maz 489), at one time gilt, good fine; Regency of Marie de Medici, Bronze Medal, undated, the Medallist “S”, bust right, with ruff collar, LVDOVICVS XIII REX CHRISTIANSS GALLIAR ET NAVARR HENR MAGNI FIL PIVS FEL AVG+ rev standing figure, 38.5mm (BMC [Jones] 331 for obv), first fine; second much rubbed, seemingly a pocket-piece, obv. fine, rev fair; and a poor but contemporary lead cast of Guillaume Dupré’s medal of Henri IV, Marie de Medici and the Dauphin, 1603, 62.5mm (BMC [Jones] II, 15; Kress 556; Maz II, 656), obverse once gilt, pierced, fair to fine (3) £90-180
Louis XIII laid the foundation stone to the Louvre extensions in 1624 and the medals were struck both to be laid in the foundations and also for distribution.
378 France, Constitution, Marquis de Lafayette (1757-1834), copper medals, 1791, by Rambert Dumarest for the Monneron Frères, bust l., in uniform, rev. legend within wreath, IL A COMMANDÉ LA GARDE NATIONALE PARISIENNE ..., lettered edge, 35mm (Hen 304); Louis XVI, 1/20-ecu [6-sols], 1779 A, Paris, posthumous issue, bust of Louis XV l., rev. crowned arms and open wreath (Gad.351; KM 552.1), both extremely fine, latter with dark tone (2) £100-150
379 France, Universal Exposition, 1889, the Eiffel Tower, gilt medals (6), ASCENSION AU SOMMET; silvered, AU 2ME ÉTAGE; bronze (5), various levels, 42.5mm; Universal Exposition and centenary of the Administration des Monnaies et Médailles, 1789-1889, 51mm; souvenir medals (2); with medals (2) for Giffard’s balloon, 51mm, these fine; others generally very fine (17) £120-160
380 Germany, Frederick the Great (1712-1740-1786),
King of Prussia, British made pinchbeck medals (2), Battle of Lissa and Capture of Breslau, 1757, King on horseback l., rev. troops attack fortress, 38mm (MI 685/403; Olding 616); the sieges of 1757, bust three-quarters l., rev. eagle above cityscape, 38mm (Olding 634); and earlier medal of Prince Charles of Lorraine, Recapture of Prague, 1744, by J. Kirk, Prince on horseback r., rev. cavalry enter Prague, 40mm (MI 592/239), first and last very fine, second fine (3) £80-120 *ex O’Byrne Collection (last with ticket)
381 Italy, Lodovico Sforza, called ‘Il Moro’, (1452-1494-1508), Duke of Milan, a bronzed electrotype copy of the portrait medal, c 1488, formerly ascribed to Caradosso, 40.5mm, very fine £30-50
382 Italy, Attila the Hun (AD 406-453), Silvered Bronze Medal, unsigned, 17th – 18th century (from 16th century original), bust of Attila as a faun left, ATTILA REX, rev view of the city of Aquileia, AQVILEIA, 47mm (Att 411; Volt 374; Hall 2248); another, cast in Lead, 50mm, both somewhat crude, fine (2) £60-80
383 Italy, Clemente, Bishop of Mende (1483-1504), uniface cast Medal, Lead, attributed to Giovanna Candida (b. before 1450 d - after 1495), bust right wearing cap, CLEMENS DE RV VERE EPS MIMATEN, 57mm (Hill, Corpus 843), integral suspension loop, an aftercast, probably late 18th – 19th century; and a crude uniface cast Bronze Medal of St Zenobius, laureate bust left, 53.5mm, both fine, latter with some verdigris and pierced before sitter’s forehead (2) 60-80
The first medal, made between 1494 and 1499 was the reverse to one of his brother, Giuliano della Rovere (1443-1513), from 1503 Pope Julius II.
384 Italy, Andrea Caraffa (d 1526), Count of Santa Severina 1496, Viceroy of Napes 1524, cast Bronze Medal, by Girolamo Santacroce (1502-1537), bust left in crested helmet, ANDREAS CARRAFA S SEVERINAE COMES, rev Prudence seated to left, NIL ABEST, 37mm (Pollard [2007] 155; Arm II, 108/13; Kress 109; Hall I, 120). A contemporary cast with rubbed surface, good fine £90-180
Girolamo Santacroce (1502-1537), Neapolitan sculptor and medallist.
385 Italy, Cosimo I de’ Medici, second Duke
of Florence (1519 - 1574), small cast of the normally struck Bronze Medal (1537), armoured bust right with beginnings of beard, COSMVS MED II REI P FLOR DVX, rev standing figure of Salus with snake, SALVS PVBLICA, 35mm (Att 782; Arm I, 144, 3; Bargello II, 328; Hall I, 92-93), very fine £70-120
Domenico di Polo di Angelo de’ Vetri (after 1480-1547), Gem engraver and court medallist to Alessandro I and Cosimo I de’ Medici
386 Netherlands, William I, Prince of Orange (1544-1585) cast Bronze Medal, 1577, by Conrad Bloc, 1577, bare headed, draped and armoured bust right; on shoulder truncation, GVILEL DG PR AVRAICAE CO NASSAVIAE 1577, rev. bust of Charlotte, Princess of Orange, to left, CHARLOTTE DE BOVRBON PR DAVRENGE A 1577, 43.5mm (vL I, 236), broken suspension loop; Peter Gyron (1579-1624), Duke of Ossuna, Count of Urena, Viceroy of Sicily, cast Bronze Portrait Medal, 1618, by Ju. De Gyr, bust right, rev a horse rears, PRIMVS ET IRE VIAM, 45.5mm (Börner 1816; BDM II, 350), ‘chip’ off top edge from broken suspension loop; and uniface cast of the obverse of the medal of Maurice, Prince of Orange (1567-1625), as Knight of the Garter, cast Bronze Medal, by A Rottermont, 52.5 x 43.5mm (MI 205/39; vL II, 87; Eimer 92), pierced, piece broken from bottom edge; each fair to fine (3) £80-120
387 Netherlands, Maurice, Prince of Orange (1567-1585-1625), Knight of the Garter, cast Bronze Medal, by A Rottermont (?), bust three-quarters right with ruff collar and mantle over right shoulder, legend in 2 lines around, rev. crowned arms of Prince Maurice within Garter, 53 x 43.5mm (MI 205/39; vL II, 87; Eimer 92), and a uniface Bronze cast of the medal’s obverse, 54.5 x 44mm, both about very fine (2) £120-180
This medal formed part of a series by Bloc that were made in 1577 and refer to the support William received in the Southern Netherlands (he had a triumphal entry into Brussels in September 1577).
388 Romania, Lascăr Catargiu (1823–1899), Statesman and four time Prime Minister, statue erected in Bucharest, Gilt-bronze medal, 1907, by Caqrniol Fiul, bust three-quarters left, rev. the statue, 76.5mm, scuff on reverse otherwise extremely fine £40-60
The statue by Antonin Mercié was dedicated in 1907 in the Piata Romana, but it was removed during the communist regime. A replacement has now been placed on Lascar Catargiu Boulevard.
389 Spain, Juan de Herrera (1530 –1597), Architect and Mathematician, Bronze Medal, 1578, by Jacopo Nizolla da Trezzo (1515/1519-1589), signed IAc tr 1578, bearded bust left in ruff collar, rev. figure of Architecture seated before classical building, in ex, DEO ET OPT PRINC, 50mm (Pollard [2007] 507; Kress 440; Arm I, 242, 8; M Cano Cuesta [Prado] 1), somewhat knocked and bruised, fine £70-120
Under the patronage of Philip II, Herrera was the architect of the Palace at Escoril.
390 Spain / Italy, Philip V (1683-1746; King of Spain and the Two Sicilies 1700-1713), visit of the King to Naples, bronze medal, 1702, by Maria Antonio de Gennaro, equestrian portrait to left, PHILIPPVS V HISPANIARVM ET VTRVSQ SICIL REX, rev. Minerva seated with armorial shield and cornucopiae, behind, a distant view of Mount Vesuvius, ADVENTVI PRINCIPIS FOELICISSIMO, 57mm (Molinari 185; Siciliano 69; Johnson 310), very fine £100-150
391 Switzerland, Protestant Reformers and Thologians, a group of 6 cast copper medals from the series by Jean Dassier (1676-1763), including Huss and Benedict Pictet, each 27.5mm.; Cardinal de Fleury, by Dassier, rev. arms, 28mm.; Zwingli, silver medal, 1819, signed B.B., 30mm.; Netherlands, 200th Anniversary of Reconquest of Flushing, silver medal, 1772, by Berckel, 28mm.; Germany, Marcus Aurelius Cavinus (283-285), white metal medal, from series by Christian Wermuth, c. 1694-99, lettered edge, 32mm., generally very fine, last rare (10) £100-150
Benedict Pictet (1655–1724), Reformed theologian from Geneva, described on the medal as a member of the Royal Societies of London and Berlin.
392 USA, the first treaty of commerce between the Netherlands and the USA, 1785, copper restitution of the medal with added explanatory legend, struck January, 1905, by Bailey, Banks and Biddle (Philadelphia) for the Holland Society of New York Amsterdam Commercial Treaty Medal (cf Betts 604), extremely fine £50-70
MEDALS BY SUBJECT
393 Ballooning, Isaac Earlysman Sparrow,
ASCENDED AT OXFORD, 1823, Copper Tokens (2) IRONMONGER reverse and IRONMONGER obverse (Malpas 27-28), virtually mint state with much redness (2) £50-60
394 Ballooning, Isaac Earlysman Sparrow, Copper Tokens (21), ASCENDED AT OXFORD, 1823, IRONMONGER obverse (2); balloon both sides, NAIL MERCHANT / LEATHER SAUCE (1); IRONMONGER reverse (18), generally fine to very fine (21) £70-100
395 Masonic, a Dutch or possibly South African, oval silver badge, 19th century, engraved with square, plane and name “A. F. Bolstad”, leaf border, the blank reverse with traces of assay marks and numbered “14”, 120 x 82mm, much tarnished and with some damage, fine £40-60 *ex Baldwin’s vault
396 Sport, Golf, Herne Bay GC, silver medal, 1906, “Presented by J. C. Lovell Esq”, 37mm; Tonbridge GC, copper medal, 1897, by Vaughton, 44mm, in case of issue; Neasden GC, Junior Monthly Medal, copper, “F. D. Davey, 1898”, 38mm; Boxing, Westminster School, three cast bronze medals, 1930-1932, awarded to E. N. Grace, Busby’s, 55mm; France, small plaquette, by Alexandre Morlon, named for the “Compagnie de Navigation Sud-Atlantique / Paquebot Charles Tellier”, 69 x 40mm, very fine and better (7) £70-90
Herne Bay’s original 9-hole parkland/links course was reconstructed in 1902 and the President was Mr J C Lovell. The Paquebot Charles Tellier was launched in 1952 for la Cie Sud Atlantique then owned by the French government, 1962-67. Whether the golf was played on board the ship or on shore is uncertain
397 Modern sporting medals (14) including x6 equestrian together with approximately 80 Jetons within album leaves and sundry coins in folders £50-80 *Please note this lot is collection only.
A group of British Empire and Commonwealth Games medals
398 Sport: British Empire Games, Hamilton, Canada 1930, competitor’s uniface bronze and enamel badge, a lion proudly stands before Union flag, COMPETITOR above, 32mm, brooch pin to reverse, original yellow ribbon attached, almost extremely fine and very rare £80-120
The 1930 British Empire Games was the first of what is now known as the Commonwealth Games. They were held in Hamilton, Ontario from 16-23 August. There were 400 competitors representing 11 nations, and 59 events. Women were only able to enter swimming events.
399 Sport: British Empire Games, London 1934, competitor’s uniface oval gilt-bronze medal, by Phillips, Aldershot, lion on tablet, wreath around, red, white & blue ribbon with COMPETITOR clasp, 45 x 28mm; bronze participation medal, Victory, between two columns, raises a wreath, rev. open wreath, 44mm (Eimer 2024); Sporting prize medal, silvered bronze, by Messrs. John Pinches, athlete crouches with wreath, a rejected design for a medal for the 1948 London Olympics (Pinches [1987], p. 255]), all extremely fine, first rare (3) £80-120
The 1934 British Empire Games were the second of what is now known as the Commonwealth Games. They were held at Wembley in England from 4–11 August. There were 500 competitors representing 17 nations, including the Irish Free State. In all there were twenty-one events for men and nine for women, these being for swimming and, in athletics, sprint events.
400 Sport: New Zealand, the [Cancelled] Centennial Games, Auckland, 1940, matt bronze participant’s medal, arms of New Zealand with Kiwi supporters, rev. wreath of local flora, 45mm, un-issued, mint state, extremely rare £80-120
The Second World War saw the cancellation of a number of long-planned sporting events including these Centennial Games and the Helsinki Olympic Games.
401 Sport: British Empire Games, Sydney, Australia, 1938, participant’s bronze rectangular medal, by D. E. Morden, for Stokes, Melbourne, view of the Harbour Bridge with, above, vignettes of seven sports, rev. open wreath united with map of Australia, 75 x 62mm (Carlisle 1938/22), virtually mint state, scarce £120-150
The 1938 British Empire Games were the third of what is now known as the Commonwealth Games. They were held from 5–12 February 1938 and coincided with Sydney’s sesqui-centenary. There were 464 competitors representing 15 nations. In all there were 71 events.
402 Sport: British Empire Games, 1950, Auckland, New Zealand, participant bronze medal, signed G. W. (for Mayer & Kean Ltd, Wellington), and awarded to the Olympian A. L. Jay [Australia], bust of Britannia r., rays of rising sun beyond, rev. named between Union shield and map of New Zealand, floral sprays either side, 51mm, extremely fine, rare £100-150
Allan Louis Neville Jay (b. 1931), competed first for Australia and then for the United Kingdom; five-time-Olympian foil and épée fencer and world champion; winner of two silver medals in Rome in 1960 and Great Britain’s flag bearer in the 1964 Olympic Games. After Auckland he participated in a further nine Commonwealth Games representing the England. He participated in the Maccabiah Games in 1953 and 1957 and was elected to the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 1985. The Auckland Empire Games was the fourth and the first post-war British Empire Games. A total of 590 athletes represented 12 nations at a total of 87 events.
403 Sport: British Empire and Commonwealth Games, participation medals (3), 1954, Vancouver, Canada, matt gilt-bronze medal, crown within linked chain, rev. central totem pole, maple leaf wreath and border of athletes, 54mm; 1958, Cardiff, Wales, matt bronze medal, crown within linked chain, rev. Welsh Dragon stands on freeze of athletes, leeks either side, 54mm; 1962, Perth, Western Australia, matt bronze medal, by K. G. Luke, Melbourne, crown within linked chain, rev. arms and supporters with flowers above, 57mm, mint state or nearly so, scarce (3) £150-200
404 Sport: British Empire Games, London 1934, bronze participation medal, by F. Phillips (Aldershot), Victory, between two columns, raises a wreath, rev. open wreath, 44mm (Eimer 2024), in case of issue; British Empire and Commonwealth Games, Vancouver, Canada, 1954, bronze participation medals, crown within linked chain, rev. central totem pole, maple leaf wreath and border of athletes, 54mm, virtually mint state and scarce (2) £70-100
405 Sport: British Empire and Commonwealth Games and Commonwealth Games, various bronze medals, 1966, Kingston, Jamaica, 53mm; 1970, Edinburgh, medal of the Australian Commonwealth Games Team, “For Support”, unnamed, 58mm, in leatherette box; souvenir medals (2), bust of Prince Philip l., by H. Paget; 1974, Christchurch, New Zealand, 63mm; 1978, Edmonton, Canada, 43mm; 1982, Brisbane, Australia, 57mm, in plastic case; 1986, Edinburgh, view of castle, 68mm, in case; 1990, Auckland, New Zealand, 50mm, in case; 1994, Victoria, Canada, 51mm, in card box; 1998, Kuala Lumpur, 52mm, in wooden case; and a large medallic souvenir, 97mm; 2002, Manchester, silvered bronze, by the Royal Mint, 50mm, in case; 2006, Melbourne, 60mm, in case, all mint state or virtually so, a rare set (14) £150-200
406 U.S.A., “Better Babies”, bronze medal, c. 1940’s, by Laura Cardin (1889-1996), sculptor and medallist (and wife of James Earle Fraser), 50mm; Good Conduct Medal, established 1941; native American chief, small bronze medal of the Colonial Exposition, Paris, 1931, by L. Bazor, 32mm; Anthropology and Ethnology Congress, Copenhagen 1938, delegate’s badge (no. 467), 27mm; sundry others (9); British Antarctic Territory, Queen Elizabeth Land, proof silver £2, 2012, in case, mint state; UK currency crowns (5), very fine and better (19) £70-100
MISCELLANEOUS407 Engraved coins (4), smoothed shilling with
heart dividing RM and BS, rev. 1778; later small silver (3) with initials; 1902 penny with “Mabel”; sundry other coins (35), including silver (6), worn, fair and fine (39) £40-60
408 Java, assorted steel weights (4), wts. 45.53gms.; 39.64gms.; 36.92gms.; 12.18gms., fair to fine (4) £30-50
409 A late medieval bronze fob-type seal, engraved * AVE MARIA GR’A PLENA (Áve María, grátia plena - Hail Mary, full of grace), 28.5mm; cameos (2), heads of classical beauties, in coral and 31mm and lava, 41mm; Arabic seal, carved bone mount of love-birds, 52.5mm; and two bracelets of gold and elephant hair (6) £100-150
A visiting card of the Rev. Clyde White attached to the first item states, “This very ancient Seal was dug up in a garden near the Observatory, Oxford 1841”.
410 A Georgian collector’s silver-mounted tortoiseshell folding pocket magnifying glass, 95 x 77mm, handsome and rare; with a smaller Victorian tortoiseshell folding pocket magnifying glass, with double lenses and central “peep-hole”, 48 x 34.5mm (2) £100-150
411 A small Georgian gold and black enamel rectangular mourning brooch, 21.5mm; a small collection of miscellaneous trinkets including a Japanese carved nut ojime of a sage, 30mm; a Masonic silver compass fob, Chester Hallmark, 1899 and an ancient bronze finial of a face (lot) £80-120
412 International Society of Postmasters Official Commemorative Issues; a pair of albums containing a total of 72 medallic first day covers – the medals sterling silver; stamps postmarked on country of definition, each with explanatory card, a Franklin Mint product, c. 1975-1977, mint state £300-400
BANKNOTES
413 A selection of world banknotes, mixed grades (approx. 70) £50-100
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