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AUCTION

WEDNESDAY 13th NOVEMBER 2019

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No. Description Res

1 Mexico 10 pesos .900 silver for the 160th. ann. of the War of Independance NUNC £4

2 Florin 1915, VF £3 3 Florin 1929, VF/GVF £2 4 Florin 1932 scarce, has been in old plastic hence of a green 'look', F £2 5 Russian copper kopek of 1840, with a hint of impaired lustre, GVF £3 6 Russian copper denga of 1730 [Anna 1730-1740], F £3 7 Shilling 1915, F/GF £1 8 William III halfpenny 1700, F £2 9 Mexico 1 Peso 1966 .100 silver, NEF £1

10 Mexico 1 Peso 1959 scarce, .100 silver, VF £2 11 Austria 100 schilling 1975 .640 silver, EF £2 12 Austria 100 schilling 1976 .640 silver, EF £2 13 Austria 100 schilling 1978 .640 silver, EF £2 14 Austria 25 schilling, 1973 and 1958 .800 silver, both EF [2] £2 15 Switzerland 5Fr.1933B .835 silver, small stain GVF £2 16 Russia 20 kopeks 1908 .500 silver edge bumps VF £1 17 South Africa shilling 1892 .925 silver possibly pierced at top, F £1 18 Portugal 50 escudos 1972 .650 silver, light overall marks undewr magnification,

EF £2 19 South African .800 silver rand 1966, NUNC £2 20 Luxembourg 5 Frs. .625 silver, 1929, GVF £1 21 French Indo-China 20 cent 1937 .680 silver, stains reverse, GVF £1 22 Austria 50 schilling 1972 .900 silver, EF £3

23 Austria 50 schilling 1974 ..640 silver, EF £2 24 Sweden 1 krona 1929 .800 silver NVF/GVF £1 25 Sweden 1 krona 1941 .800 silver GF/NVF £1 26 Sweden 1 krona 1930 .800 silver F/GF £1 27 Edward VII silver fourpence 1905, sorry its not the 2/6d., I shall have to do

better!, GF £3 28 George V sixpence 1926, looks to be modified effigy VF/EF £3 29 George V sixpence 1926, looks to be modified effigy, GVF/EF £4 30 Mexico peso 1932 .720 silver, NUNC £2 31 Irish halfcrown 1951, NVF NR 32 Elizabeth II five pounds 1996, NUNC £4 33 Chinese Kwangtung Provence, 20 cents .800 silver, as Krause 201 but seems to

have three very weak charactors at centre [1890-1908], VF/GF £2 34 Switzerland 5Fr, 1997, GVF NR 35 Irish halfcrown 1942 .750 silver, GF £2 36 Mediaeval Europe 10 pieces, some silver?, couple damaged, F to NVF [11] £1 37 Germany 5 mark .625 silver 1951D, EF £2 38 Irish halfcrown 1962, NVF £1 39 US half-dollar 1964 .900 silver, GVF £2 40 Australian shilling 1928, scarce .925 silver, GF £2 41 China, Kwangtung Province 20 cents .800 silver 1890-1908 Krause 201, unusual

grade, GEF £4 42 Germany 5 mark .625 silver 1951F, NEF/GVF £1 43 Crown sized medallion commemorating the founding in 1922 of the Irish Free

State, gold finish but is base, UNC £2 44 South African silver threepence 1896, stains, NVF £1 45 Brazil 500 reis 1876 .917 silver, GVF £1 46 Irish halfcrown 1959, VF £1 47 Mexico 1 peso 1947 .500 silver, UNC £1 48 Mexico 25 pesos .720 silver 1968 Olympics, GEF £2 49 Dutch 10 gilden, 1973, .750 silver, light stain, GVF £2 50 Austria 50 schilling 1974 .640 silver, NEF £1 51 Ptolemaic bronze, uneven flan but c.20mm., Head of Zeus / Two eagles standing

left, F £3 52 Victorian silver Maundy twopence 1878, light marks, VF £2 53 Victorian silver threepence 1900 scuff on reverse thus NEF £1 54 Victorian half-farthing 1844, VF £1 55 Victorian half-farthing 1844, GVF £2 56 Silver threepences 1902, NEF, 1917, EF and 1919, EF [3] £1 57 Straits Settlements 50 cents 1920 .500 silver, GVF £2 58 Threepence 1950 small dig on cheek GVF with a halfcrown 1949 of New

Zealand, stained VF/GVF [2] NR 59 William IV silver fourpence 1836, VF/GVF £4 60 Crown 1953 GEF £1 61 Nazi Germany 5RM 1935E .900 silver, GVF £3 62 Dutch 10 Gulden 1970 .720 silver, bag marks NEF £3 63 Dutch East Indies 1 Guilden 1943D .720 silver, toned EF £3 64 Austria 25 schilling 1958 .800 silver, small stain, EF £2 65 Australian florin 1959 .500 silver, bag marks NEF/EF £2 66 Mexico 1 peso 1966 .100 silver, EF £1 67 Henry III silver penny long cross issue, no sceptre, reverse:- IOH OH NORWI[ ],

Norwich Mint, moneyer Ion, both dies slightly off centre, weakness in one quarter of the reverse, GF £15

68 Henry III silver penny long cross issue, no sceptre, reverse:- hVGE ON NORWIZ, Norwich Mint, moneyer Huge, with an old ticket, slightly oval flan, good portrait, GVF £25

69 Henry III silver penny long cross issue, no sceptre, reverse:- WILLEM ON NORW, Norwich Mint, moneyer Willem, with an old ticket, weak down one side, each side, GF £15

70 Henry III silver penny long cross issue, no sceptre, reverse:- hVGE ON NORWI, Norwich Mint, moneyer Huge, with an old ticket, obverse central surface stress cracks, round, well centred, portrait clear, GF perhaps a little better £20

71 Henry III silver penny long cross issue, no sceptre, reverse:- IACOB ON NORWI, Norwich Mint, moneyer Jacob, with old ticket, nice portrait NVF £25

72 Henry III silver penny long cross issue, no sceptre, reverse:- WILLEM ON NORW, Norwich Mint, moneyer Willem, with an old ticket, creased and cracked, VF/NVF £10

73 Henry IV silver halfpenny, reverse reads:- CIVITAS LOnDOn, Light Coinage 1412-1413, annulets by neck, no marks reverse, see Spink 1737, with an old ticket, a little edge damage, rare, GF £300

74 Richard II silver penny of London, loks to have 'very bushy ' hair, seems not to have pellet above each shoulder, and no scallop after 'TAS', centre of reverse is not clear but this is possibly Class IV?, Fair £25

75 Edward IV or V silver halfpenny, mm. Halved Sun and Rose?, London Mint, Spink 2148?, sold with two old tickets one of which states 'only about 4 are known' unclear but F £250

76 Richard II silver halfpenny, local dies with saltire on breast, Spink 1698, for a change we have a coin of this series which is clear, found Suffolk, with two old tickets, flan a little irregular but a good strike, clear NVF £100

77 Edward III silver penny, Post-treaty Period, 1369-1377, York Mint, lis on breast, reverse:- quatrefoil in centre, mm. Plain Cross, Spink 1649, Ex. Lockdales 147, lot 1533 GVF/VF £50

78 Edward VI? base silver penny, Double Rose / Long Cross fourchee over Royal Shield, York Mint but mm. looks as a Plain Cross?, legend looks to start E D G, Spink 2475?, GF £40

79 Germany medallic issue 1927D, silver 5 marks, Von Hindenburg, NEF/EF £10 80 Federal Republic of Germany, silver? commemorative piece, about crown sized,

1967 for Konrad Adenauey, UNC £5 81 A forger's hoard of coins of George III [brass cores], [8] £3 82 Modern forgery of an 1893 halfcrown, EF £2 83 Modern forgery of a very rare Australian halfpenny 1923, EF £2 84 Three Early Roman Empire second brasses, all suspect, one a certain forgery,

one a good attempt but seems produced from a silver looking metal, the third seems too heavy, f to GF [3] £2

85 Mostly late Roman bronzes [the silver piece is a copy], c. 65, average F £5 86 Indian Rupee 1903 .917 silver but probably a contemporary copy, GF £1 87 Roman, mostly 'silver' and an 'Edward I' penny modern copies, most marked 'R'

c.22 £1 88 Halfpenny 1732, GF £3 89 Nero denarius, reverse:- Salus enthroned, Sear 1945, F £28 90 RN hat band H.M.S. Pembroke £2 91 Britannia silver £2, 2017, UNC £15 92 Bag of European 'silvers' c.30 £2 93 Bag of European 'silvers' c.15 £1 94 Strange Victorian token, 1845, Births Deaths and Marriages, around a serpent

biting its tail, butterfly within, possibly scarce not seen before, F £3 95 Two strange 'coins' for 6d. and 1/- £2 96 Freemasons medal £2 97 Shilling 1887 in silver mount, GVF £4 98 Charles and Di Wedding medallion, GVF £2 99 Purse of oddments, c.25 £1 100 British coppers, a little better than the norm. c.22 £3 101 Toy Money? 19th. century? Austrian? 2 1/2 Shilling, VF £2

102 German States 1 kreuzer 1871, GVF £1 103 Iraq 1938 10 fils, GVF £1 104 Treasure Box £1 105 Denmark silver 2 kroner 1888, 25th. anniversary of the reign of Christian IX, a

few very small 'bag marks' under magnification, UNC £85 106 Divus Augustus, brass dupondius, Rome Mint 37-41 A.D., struck by Caligula in

honour of Augustus, reverse:- Augustus or Caligula seated on curule char, Sear 1811, Ex. Rev. D.P.Burrows Collection, a good portrait, VF/GF £80

107 Nero copper as, normal module, head left = Lugdunum Mint, reverse:- Probably Nero as Apollo Citharoeous, altar before, Sear - but see 1977, Ex. Rev. D.P.Burrows Collection, F/Fair £22

108 Caligula copper as, Rome Mint 37-38 A.D., reverse:- Vesta seated left, holding patera and sceptre, Sear 1803, Ex. Rev. P.D.Burrows Collection, not a bad portrait of this monster and coin is stable, VF £60

109 Agrippa the Admiral of Augustus copper as, struck by Caligula in honour of his deceased grandfather, Rome Mint 37-41 A.D., obverse:- Agrippa wears rostral crown [just visible], Reverse:- Neptune standing to the left, holding trident and dolphin, S C in field, Ex. Rev. P.D.Burrows Collection, Sear 1812, a good portrait of the man who actually defeated Mark Antony, large flan, some roughness, dark, VF £80

110 Divus Augustus copper as, struck by Tiberius, Rome Mint 22-30 A.D., reverse:- Facade of altar-enclosure of the Ara-Providentiae Augusti, Sear 1789, Ex. Rev.D.P.Burrows Collection, obverse with uneven tone, reverse slightly off centre, F/NVF £35

111 Drusus son of Tiberius was murdered by his wife Livilla on the orders of her lover Sejanus the praetorian prefect, copper as, Rome Mint 23 A.D., reverse:- PONTIF TRIBVN POTEST ITER around S C, Ex. Rev. P.D.Burrows Collection, stable, F £30

112 Kingdom of Persis, Darius I, silver drachm, struck second century B.C., of good artistic style, obverse:- Head right, with short beard, wearing satrapel head-dress, surmounted by crescent, reverse:- Fire-Altar, Ex. Rev.P.D.Burrows Collection, Sear 6196, NEF £60

113 Sixpence 1936, GVF £2 114 Asia Minor, Archaic, Achaemenid Period, under Persian rule, silver siglos, 510-

486 B.C., King Darius I, obverse:- Half-lengh figure of archer [the King] right, holding an arrow and strung bow, reverse:- Incuse punch mark, object within, small countermark in obverse right field and on edge of the reverse, Ex. Rev P.D.Burrows Collection, Sear 3427, NVF £35

115 Edward I silver penny of Durham, P/Fine £3 116 Imitation spade guinea issued by Sainsburys '1798', F £1 117 Victorian silver fourpence 1846, light scuffs, F £3 118 Edward III silver halfpenny of London, obverse legend ends ]DNS hVB, possibly

J.J.N. 1116 but present coin has normal Roman 'N's, possibly co0mes under Spink 1546A, needs more study, interesting, cracked and small edge loss, lightly crinkled, F £3

119 Elizabeth I silver penny, Second Issue, no rose or date, mm. Cross-Crosslet, Spink 2558, lightly crinkled, NF/VF £18

120 Antoninus Pius sestertius, Rome Mint 145 A.D., reverse reads:- LIBERALITAS AVG IIII in exergue COS IIII, S C in fields, Antoninus seated left on curule chair, placed on platform, behind a standing officer, holding spear, in front and standing front Liberalitas, holding accounting board and cornucopiae, below left a citizen facing platform, holding out fold of toga, Sear 4187, see also RIC III, 774, a clear example of this scarce type, VF/GF £175

121 Probus billon antoninianus, Rome Mint 277-280 A.D., in exergue R A each side of thunderbolt, Sear - , but see 12027, obverse:- Radiate bust left, wearing Imperial Mantle and holding eagle tipped sceptre, reverse reads:- ROMAE AETER, Temple of six columes, deity within holding Victory, obverse fields with slight roughness, just a hint of silvering, GVF/EF £30

122 Spun copper penny of George II, 1730, as seen £5 123 William and Mary copper halfpenny of Ireland 1693, better than these normally

turn up, dark, NVF £38 124 Julian II the Apostate, as Caesar under Constantius II, bronze reduced maiorina,

Sirmium Mint 356-358 A.D., reverse:- Soldier spearing fallen horseman, in left field 'M', in exergue ASIRM., Sear 19071, GVF £10

125 Turkey, silver para, Istambul Mint, Selim III 1789-1807 A.D., with ticket by Dr.R.Vezin, VF £5

126 Venician minors one hammered, one machine made, well centred, VF/F and VF [2] £4

127 Shilling 1896, NEF £18 128 Norfolk, Yarmouth 19th. century token of S.Lessy, Batty 603, VF £10 129 Florin 1916, GVF/EF £18 130 Suffolk, Bury St Edmunds 17th. century farthing token by Edward Tayler grocer,

D.81, even green patina, well centred and round, VF/NVF £40 131 Steam railway brass check LMS 43 PW / 43, VF £13 132 Chatteris token farthing of W.Curtis, Ex. Robin Dye Collection, minting fault on

edge, VF £6 133 Ransomes and Sons bronze penny of c.1830 to be spent in the 'Workmens Hall'

ie your boss pays you in tokens that you have to spend in his canteen, Ronsomes have no record of this but Charles Golding in his privately published book 'The Coinage of Suffolk' 1868, on page 93, luckly records the fact that the workmen refused them and they were melted. Ken Jarman, Ipswich member, many years ago, offered me such a token which he stated he had never seen before, I said if you havent seen it I will buy it.The only other specimen known to me is that in the A.S.Gilbert Collection, which I believe the family retain, [I have been noted of one other, which I have not seen], the present specimen turned up on E-Bay in Ipswich, America, hence 3 possibly 4 are recorded [keep looking because Golding also recorded a farthing of which none seems to have survived, The present piece has had a very hard life, a miricale it survived, sold with 2 old tickets, black uneven tone, edge taps, [graining on the edge is just visible] extremely rare, F £40

134 Another rare survivor, a WW II wooden Nazi German, Junkers 52, made in the shed by dad when on leave from the armed forces, many lads had these during this period of austerity, looks to have had a third nose, prop, one wing at sometime has been repaired,'that damn spitfire'. £40

135 Third farthing 1878, dark GF/NVF £3 136 Farthing 1918, impaired lustre, GVF £2 137 Antoninus Pius, copper as, British Mint 154-155 A.D., reverse:- Britannia seated

on rocks, mourning, S C below, Sear 4296, F £30 138 John silver cut-halfpenny, Short Cross Issue, reverse reads:- ].ON.NOR[,

Northampton or Norwich Mint, GF £3 139 Constantius II bronze centenionalis, reverse;- Constantius standing left on

galley, holding eagle and labarum, Victory seated right, as helmsman, Thessalonica Mint, Old Sear 4001, dark NVF £6

140 Constantine II as Caesar under Constantine I, centenionalis, as Sear 17284 but present piece of Trier and scarce radiate, see 17285, Sear - , obverse:- Radiate and cuirassed bust, left, reverse:- Two captive barbarians one hands tied behind back, one mourning, trophy of arms above, GVF/NEF £25

141 Farthing 1953 impaired lustre GEF £2 142 Canadian 5 cents 1920, light marks under magnificationj, EF £3 143 Roman Republican silver denarius of C.Considius, Rome Mint 46 B.C., obverse:-

Laureate head of Apollo right, mint letter behind, border dots seem omitted, reverse:- Curule chair, C CONSIDI above, PAETI below, Sear 455, good metal, GF £50

144 Constantine II as Caesar under Constantine I, bronze centenionalis, Trier Mint 321 A.D., obverse:- Laureate and draped bust left, holding Victory on globe, who is about to place laurel on emperor's head, in left hand a map, reverse:- Globe on altar, inscribed VO TIS X X, three stars above, Sear 17152, dark VF £15

145 Constantine II as Caesar under Constantine I, bronze centenionalis, Sisca Mint, obverse:- Laureate bust right, reverse:- VOT X within wreath, Old Sear 3943, VF £10

146 Constans reduced centenionali, Trier Mint 342-347, obverse:- Bust right, laureate and jewelled, draped and cuirassed, reverse:- Two Victories facing each other, touching wreaths, leaf like object between, nice even green patina, Sear 18584, NEF/GVF £10

147 Charles I copper Rose farthing, Type 4, reading CAROLVS, Spink 3205, flan a little ragged, F £4

148 Spanish Colonial silver 8 reales 1773 of Charles III, late pillar and waves type, VF £120

149 Sixpence 1885, GVF £15

150 Constantine II as Caesar under Constantine I, bronze of 15mm., obverse:- Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust, right, reverse:- Two emperors, two standards type, Lugdunum Mint, Old Sear 3951, small ancient dig on cheek, GVF/VF £8

151 Carausius billon antoninianus, obverse:- Radiate and cuirassed bust right, reverse:- Standing deity with long sceptre, is 'PA' visible?, this piece was struck in great haste [the emperor's neck depended upon it], reverse off centre, part of flan edge ragged, dark, F £4

152 Constantine II as Caesar under Constantine I billon centenionalis, obverse:- Laureate and cuirassed bust, the armour of unusual form and delicate, reverse:- Camp gate with two turrets and star between, Old Sear 3948var., a good even, central strike, GVF £8

153 Constantine I billon centenionalis, London Mint 319-320 A.D., obverse:- Cuirassed bust left, spear over shoulder, reverse:- Two Victories, resting round shield on column, Sear 16296, well centred NVF £5

154 Postumus billon antoninianus, Cologne Mint 269 A.D., obverse:- Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust, right, reverse;- Winged Victory standing to right, right hand raised, left holding palm branch, just a hint of silvering reverse which is slightly off centre, NEF £8

155 Penny 1873, just a hint of impaired lustre, NVF £5 156 Penny 1865, couple of very light edge taps, NVF £6 157 Scotland, William I silver cut-halfpenny, Perth Mint, moneyers name seems to

end ]AR ?, VF £22 158 Japanese bronze 2 sen, 'V' scales on dragons body, 1877-1884, lovely old

reddish tone GVF £3 159 Italy silver 20lira, 1927 Victor Emanuele, the coin collecting king, EF £180 160 Nerva copper as, Rome Mint 97 A.D., reverse:- Aequitas, Sear 3060, coin dark

and GF but the famous features are very clear £28 161 Julius Caesar silver denarius, moving mint in Italy, 49 B.C., obverse:- Elephant

trunk raised, trampling serpent, CAESAR below, reverse:- Priestly implements, Sear 1399, reverse off centre, VF £290

162 One Third Farthing 1913, with impaired lustre, EF £12 163 Roman Republican silver denariusof P.Clodius M.f., Rome Mint 42 B.C.,

obverse:- Laureate head of Apollo, right, lyre behind, reverse:- Diana Lucitera standing right, holding long lighted torches in each hand, Sear 492, GF £45

164 Eight sided Co-operative zinc? shilling token, GF £1 165 Gordian III bronze of c.36mm., of Tarsus, Cilicia, obverse:- Radiate and draped

bust right, reverse:- Tyche leaning on column and holding cornucopiae and rudder, Lindgren 1639, from a hoard found in Southern Turkey, all those which turned up on the London market were black and this grade or below, Fair £18

166 Lead seal of Sutton and Sons [wool], Ex. R.L.Dye Collection, Ex. Ipswich Coin Club Auction 18 .5. 2001 £4

167 Magnentius, billon heavy maiorina, obverse:- Bare headed and draped bust, right, reverse:- Magnentius standing left in military attire, holding Victory on globe, who is about to place laurel on his head, in left hand he holds a labarum, 'A' in right field, mint off flan, Sear 18791, even green patina, well centred, GF £15

168 Ancient Greek, bronze of c.13mm., of Sicily, Hieron II 274-216 B.C., Head of Apollo, left / Prancing horse, Lindgren 591, clear F £3

169 Ancient Greek, bronze of c.18mm., of Mysia, 2nd. - 1st. century B.C., Head of Asklepies / Coiled snake, Sear 3967, clear GF £18

170 Constantine I, billon follis, Trier Mint 316-317 A.D., reverse:- Radiate Sol, standing to left, right hand raised, left holding globe, T F in field, PTR in exergue, full, round, well centred, a hoard coin, see present lot 180, EF £20

171 Diocletian bronze follis, Ticinum Mint, reverse:- Moneta standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae, Old Sear 3538var., Ex. Capt.J.Haigh Collection, Ex. Evenley Hoard 11.11.1853, VF £25

172 Caracalla colonial bronze of c.27mm., of Marcianopolis, Moesia Inferior, reverse:- Eagle standing front, wings open, head left, on altar, Sear - , NVF £16

173 Vabalathus and Aurelian, joint reign, billon tetradrachm of Alexandria, Egypt of 270-271 A.D., Their heads each side, Sear 11720, Ex. Phillips Collection, very unusual in this very high grade, NEF £65

174 Constantine I billon follis a scarce type only struck at Trier 310-313 A.D., Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Constantine I, left / Radiate and draped bust of Sol, with the features of Constantine I, left, scarce, weakly struck, GF/NF £20

175 Austria copper 15 kreuzer 1807B, Franz II 1792-1835, GF/VF £8 176 Anglesey copper halfpenny 1791 token, The Paris Miners, D%H 436, GVF £15 177 Coin weight for £3.12s.by R.Cowcher c.1774 for trade with the Portugese, VF £15 178 Norwich 19th. century farthing token T.Wilsons and Son, Bell 18, 1839, GVF £15 179 The British Empire Exhibition 1924, penny sized bronze, with a hint of lustre, EF £5 180 Constantine I billon follis, reverse:- Radiate Sol, right hand raised, left holding

globe, in field T F, in exergue PLN, London Mint, from the same hoard as present lot 170, GVF £30

181 US silver dollar 1879, light overall marks under magnification, EF £25 182 British West African penny 1939 with hole at centre well off centre, see also lot

200, VF £10 183 Crown 1935, NEF £12 184 Crown 1845, cinquefoil edge stops, a little better than they normally turn up,

GF/VF £70 185 Julia Domna silver denarius, reverse:- Juno, Rome Mint 209 A.D., Sear 6588,

Found Norfolk, smallish [as struck], nice portrait, GVF £25 186 Roman Republican silver denarius of Scipio, committed suicide, 46 B.C., North

African Mint, perhaps Utica, reverse:- African elephant walking right, SCIPIO above IMP below, Sear 1379, scarce, GF £160

187 Prussia, Germany, silver 5 mark, Wilhelm II 1908A, GVF/EF £28 188 Ancient Greek bronze of c.15mm.,of Epeiros, Ambrakia, Apollo / Zeus, 238-168

B.C., Sear 1967, nice clear little piece with hard black-green patina, VF £20 189 Cyrenaica, Ptolemaic bronze of Ptolemy VII ? c.140-96 B.C., of c.13mm., wt.

1.25g., obverse:- Head of Ptolemy I ?, reverse:- Diademed head of Libya, BMC Greek 29, p.88, well centred and rare, GF/VF £30

190 Prussia, Germany, silver 3 marks of Wilhelm II, 1910A, AEF/EF with 'cabinet tone' £30

191 Hadrian silver cistophorus of Aezani Phrygia 129-132 A.D., obverse:- Bare headed and draped bust, right, reverse:- Zeus Aezineis standing holding eagle in right hand, who looks back at him, long sceptre against left arm, RCV 3441, overstruck as are all 8 specimens known, very rare, EF £450

192 A strange coin of Claudius. As we all know the bronze coinage of Claudius was much copied by the Celts, much of it in Britain, the present piece is as Sear 1855-1856, Ceres enthroned and has sold in the USA for as much as 75$, the fabric seems wrong as is the treatment of the eye and is probably a modern? copy/forgery. From the worn lacquered ? finish this could have been sometime ago, sold 'as seen' Ex. Rev. P.D. Burrows Collection, VF £25

193 Prussia, Germany, silver 2 mark of Wilhelm II, 1904A, toned GEF £30 194 Caracalla silver denarius, Laodicea Mint 199 A.D., reverse:- Felicitas standing

facing, head left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae, Sear 6798, large oval flan, good boyish portrait [struck only one year into his being 'Augustus'], good metal, GVF £35

195 Geta as Caesar under Septimius Severus and Caracalla, silver denarius, Rome Mint 207 A.D., reverse:- Minerva, Sear 7186, Ex. R. L..Dye Collection, large flan, boyish portrait, EF/GVF £40

196 Birminghan Union Copper Company penny token 1812, Ex. R.L.Dye Collection, VF £12

197 From the period of Magnentius a bronze of c.18mm., the portrait although a good attempt is not correct [ note form of eye], the reverse being incorrect and somewhat quaint, an interesting piece, produced almost certainly by a 'mint' worker, normal people did not have the technology, clear, VF £15

198 Henry VIII silver halfpenny, Spink 2356, good portrait but edge loss at bottom obverse, VF £4

199 French Indo-China 10 cents 1913, VF £2 200 George V 10 cents of East Africa 1935, central hole off centre, see lot 182, GVF £10 201 Shilling 1918, GVF/NEF £4 202 Farthing 1955, full impaired lustre, EF £2 203 Shilling 1919, scarce, light overall marks under magnification, NEF £15 204 Victorian silver double-florin 1887, GVF £25 205 Antoninus Pius brass sestertius, Rome Mint 146 A.D., reverse:- Antoninus in

triumphal quadriga, left, holding eagle tipped sceptre, Sear 4168, clear GF £40 206 Swiss canton of Geneva, sol of 1819, dies very slightly off centre, VF £4

207 Russian 2 kopeks of 1899, VF £1 208 Ancient British, Celtic, silver unit of the Durotriges, Spink 368, F/VF £18 209 Geta silver denarius, Rome Mint 206 A.D., reverse:- Providentia, Sear 7197,

striking crack from obverse 6 o'clock, clear portrait, GVF/VF £15 210 Crispus as Caesar under Constantine I, billon centenionalis, Trier Mint 321 A.D.,

obverse:- Laureate and cuirassed bust left, holding shield against body, and spear over shoulder, reverse:- Altar inscribed VOTIS XX, globe on top, three stars above, Sear 16728, dark even tone, just a hint of silvering, NEF £28

211 Roman Republican silver denarius of L.Calpurnius Piso, L.f.Ln.Frugi, obverse:- Laureate head of Apollo, right, mark below chin, reverse:- Naked horseman galloping, right, many varieties, Sear 235var., obverse slightly off centre, good metal, VF £50

212 Probus billon antoninianus, Rome Mint 278-280 A.D., obverse:- Radiate bust left, holding eagle tipped sceptre and wearing imperial mantle, reverse:- Sol in galloping quadriga left, in right hand a whip, in left a globe, in exergue a thunderbolt, Sear 12038, Ex. Capt.John Haigh Collection, Ex. W.A.Milne Collection [his rubbings book p.90, 4,] Ex. Lord Grantley Collection, 1944, NVF £18

213 Roman Republican silver denarius of C.Licinius L.f.Macer, Rome Mint 84 B.C., obverse:- Diademed bust of Apollo left, viewed from behind, holding thunderbolt over right shoulder and cloak over left, Sear 274, VF £50

214 Trajan Decius silver antoninianus, Rome Mint 250-251 A.D., reverse:- Vberitas, Sear 9384, large but slight irregular flan, VF £25

215 Anastasius I, AE nummus, Bust right / Monogram of Anastasius within wreath, Old Sear 4412 [the last Roman Emperor now given to Byzantium 46 etc], Ex. Rev. Burrows Collection, clear, scarce, F £40

216 Roman Republican silver denarius, local Italian Mint of M.Fannius C.f., obverse:- Roma wearing winged helmet, right, X below chin, reverse:- Victory in quadriga, right, RSC I, p.47 Fannia1, VF/NVF £50

217 Idaho, USA Territorial Centennial Medallion, obverse:-'Bluebird' enammeled and dated 1863-1963, reverse depicts the rope, wheel and pickaxe of the pioneers, GVF £40

218 Elizabeth I silver milled halfgroat, mm. Star 1560-1566 [Milled Coinage 1561-1570], the only denominations you see in trade are the sixpences and sometimes a shilling, all the other denominations are rare, present piece Spink 2606, light scuffs under magnification, round, well centred, rare, GVF £650

219 Roman Republican silver denarius of P.Clodius M.f., Rome Mint 42 B.C., obverse:- Laureate head of Apollo right, lyre behind, reverse:- Diana Lucifera standing right, holding long lighted torch in each hand, Sear 492, obverse off centre, NVF £45

220 Roman Republican silver denarius of Cordius Rufus, Rome Mint, 46 B.C., obverse:- Conjoined heads of the Dioscuri right, reverse:- Venus standing left, Sear 440, countermark obverse behind the heads and banker's mark on cheek, light scuffs under magnification on the reverse, GF £45

221 Roman Republican silver denarius of Q.Fabius Labeo, Rome Mint 124 B.C., obverse:- Helmeted head of Roma right, X below chin, reverse:- Jupiter in quadriga right, brandishing thunderbolt, Sear 148, well centred, GF £45

222 Colonial USA copper halfpenny 1760, VOCE POPULI issue with short neck, from the 'VOOE' die, Red Book p.49, rare, GF/NF £140

223 George III copper halfpenny 1772 in unusually high grade, NEF £120 224 Gnaeus Pompey Junior, elder son of Pompey the Great, executed 45 B.C., by

Caesar, struck [actually cast] Corduba, Spain, Sear 1386, obverse:- Laureate head of Janus, reverse:- Prow of galley right, CN MAG, IMP below not visible, F/GF £80

225 Third-Fourth century barbarian copy of a Roman bronze of c.13mm., of quite good style, obverse:- Laureate and cuirassed bust left, reverse:- 'Wide' camp gate with draw bridge? to left side, the mint CON within but retrograde, Ex. R.L.Dye Collection, clear GF £5

226 Netherlands silver ducaton 'rider' 1742, GVF/VF £220 227 Two mint £1 notes DW 17 271993 and 4, Mint [2] £4 228 Fossil Fish from the shale beds of Wyoming, USA £15 229 Boxed bronze medallions for swimming to R.Comber 1959 and 1960, Mint [2] £6 230 Cycling medal for 1936 to R.Comber, standard 25 miles, Ih. 7m. 41s., Farnham

Surrey, in original box, Mint £5 231 Trial plate for a badge, Lancashire Benevolent Fund, looks to be in brass and is

uniface, EF £10

232 Royal Life Saving Bronze Medal [Swimming], D.BIRD June 1930, EF £2 233 John Short Cross silver penny, Class 5b, reverse reads:- +ILGER.ON.LVND,

London Mint, moneyer Ilger, reverse slightly off centre, slightly rough surfaces, probably a detector find, reverse slightly off centre, NVF £40

234 Continental Imitation of an English Edward I silver penny, obverse reads:- +EDL ROBERTVS COMES, reverse reads:- GRANDES MONETA, struck by Robert of Bethune, Flanders, c.1317, Mayhew p.83, 210, full, round, well centred, NVF/VF £50

235 Edward I silver penny reverse reading:- VILL SCI EDMVNDI, under Spink 1418, Bury St Edmunds, reverse very slightly off centre, two short striking splits into obverse lower legend, NVF/VF £18

236 Charles I silver penny, no inner circles, large round shield, mm. not clear but possibly Rose and Group C, Spink 2842, F/NVF £10

237 Mid 19th. century Cambodian coins with a ticket by Dr.R.Vezin [8] £2 238 Valens bronze Centenionalis, reverse:- Victory walking left, GVF £3 239 Valens bronze centenionalis, reverse:- Victory walking left but D S in field, VF £3 240 Valens bronze centenionalis, reverse:- Valans advancing right holding standard

and dragging captive barbarian by his hair, P in right field, VF £3 241 Valens bronze centenionalis, reverse:- Victory walking left, DHSISC in exergue,

GVF £3 242 Valens bronze centenionalis, reverse as last but R in left field, same mint as last,

small area of deposit on reverse, VF, these last 5 lots probably being part of a small hoard £3

243 Bronze medallion of c.77mm. for The Inaguration of J.F.Kennedy £20 244 Philippines 3 x WW II banknotes for 2, 10 and 20 pesos of poor emergency

paper [3] £4 245 Small collection of banknotes in an album, 38 £50 246 German banknotes 4 £2 247 Box to house 100 coins £2 248 Sketch pads 12 1/2'' x 16 3/4'', all new, 2 unopened £15 249 Postcard albums with c.210, two up pages, ie to house c.400 cards £20 250 Lindner trays 8 near as new £40 251 Collection of odd banknotes, modern, 9 x £1, 1 x 10/-, priced to sell at £58 £25 252 Crown 1889 GF £12 253 Crown 1889 NVF £15 254 Halfcrowns 1942 x 2, 1946 x 2 all NEF [4] £12 255 Halfcrown 1913 GVF/EF £18 256 Halfcrown 1918, NEF/EF £25 257 Halfcrowns from circulation 1912,1914 and 1920 [3] £15 258 Halfcrown 1900 GF £8 259 Halfcrown 1909 F £8 260 Halfcrown 1909 F £8 261 Halfcrown 1910 F £8 262 Florin 1936 UNC £18 263 Florin 1887 small edge taps NEF £15 264 Florin 1888 EF £30 265 Florin 1923 these debased coins are hard to find in high grade NEF/EF £12 266 Florin 1922 note as above, dull NEF £12 267 Florin 1916 GVF/EF £10 268 Florin 1915 scarce NUNC £18 269 Florin 1930 scarce NEF/UNC £20 270 Florin 1935 GEF £8 271 Florin 1929 GVF/EF £8 272 Florin 1924 these debased coins are hard to find in high grade, GVF/EF £8 273 Florins 1914 x2 and 1926, average GVF [3] £10 274 Florin 1917 NEF/GEF £4 275 Florin 1946 UNC £10 276 Florins 1933,38,39,40,41,42,43, and 44, GVF up [8] £18

277 Shilling 1668 looks to be a detector find, sadly has a scuff across portrait, well above average. features of portrait good, GF/VF £40

278 Shilling 1787 with semee of hearts VF £25 279 Shilling 1820 GVF £25 280 Shilling 1887 very light 'bag' marks under magnification UNC £30 281 Shilling 1887 EF/UNC £25 282 Shilling 1887 EF/GEF £20 283 Shillings 1887 toned GVF and NEF/EF [2] £30 284 Shilling 1887 mirror like finish UNC £40 285 Shilling 1891 large bust EF/GEF £30 286 Shilling 1910 Vf/GVF £6 287 Sixpence 1817 GVF/VF £5 288 Sixpence 1817 probably a detector find VF £4 289 Sixpence 1857 dark VF £2 290 Sixpence 1887 Young Head GVF £4 291 Fourpence 1876 maundy NVF £3 292 Sixpence 1887 Shield back NEF £4 293 Sixpences 1887 Crown over value, average GVF [3] £6 294 Sixpence 1899 light 'bag' marks under magnification NEF £20 295 Pack of last sterling Issue Coins - Crown to farthing UNC £1 296 Two sealed copy Chinese coins UNC £1 297 Bag of assorted older, mostly foreign coins, As seen £1 298 Bag of assoorted tokens, As seen £1

THE NEXT 20 LOTS ARE BEING SOLD FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE ESSEX NS 299 Essex token to commemorate 1974 boundary changes, obverse view of

Colchester Castle, 1.4oz/39.75 gram of stg. silver, some light hairlines, AUNC £18 300 Medallion for the 40th. year of the Ipswich N S, 2006, 104 of 250, UNC £4 301 Silvered and gilt coins, 1967 1d., 1962 3d. and 20p. 2004, UNC £1 302 Augustus commemorative as, obverse:- Tiberius, reverse:- Eagle and SC, RCV

526, scarce, Fair/Fine £15 303 Vespasian denarius, reverse:- Sacrificial implements, RCV 2282, scarce,

Fair/Fine £9 304 Trajan dupondius, reverse:- SPQR, Abundantia stg. left, scarce, Fair/Fine £9 305 Nerva denarius, reverse:- clasped hands, RIC 14 scarce, Fair/Fine £15 306 Trajan denarius, reverse:- Victory, RIC 58, scarce,Fine £20 307 Hadrian denarius, reverse:- Aeternitus, scarce, AF £18 308 Faustina Junior denarius, reverse:- Venus stg., RIC 731, NVF £25 309 Septimius Severus denarius, reverse:- Securitas std., RIC 93, NVF £18 310 Probus tetradrachm, reverse:- Athene, Milne 4570, AF £5 311 Canadian dollar 1971, EF NR 312 Victorian silver florin 1878, Fair £4 313 Charles I Rose farthing, Spink 3206, AF £1 314 Silver threepences 1902 GVF, 1910 GVF and 1940 GVF/EF [3] £3 315 Charles II silver threepence 1682, GF £6 316 George III silver threepence 1762, VF £8 317 Victorian Maundy silver twopence 1838, NVF/VF £3 318 Halfcrown 1956, UNC £12 319 Farthings 1942, 1943, 1950 and 1956 all exhibit lustre, all UNC [4] NR 320 Penny 1940, light scuff in hair, impaired lustre, NUNC with a brass threepence

1967, full lustre, UNC [2] NR 321 William and Mary silver twopence, 1692, Spink 3443, rare as superb, EF £80 322 William and Mary silver threepence, 1689, Spink 3441, lightly crinkled, VF/GVF £25 323 William and Mary silver fourpence 1689, 'G' below bust, Spink 3439, full, round,

well centred, fields unmarked and rare thus, NEF £60

324 William and Mary silver Maundy threepence, 1694, 'HIB', a little original finish, scuffed across reverse, scarce, GVF/VF £40

325 William and Mary silver Maundy penny,1694, 'HI' for 'HIB', Spink 3446, scarce, GVF/VF £40

326 Professionally made coin cabinet 12'' x 11 1/2'' x 7''high, approx. [made to go into a safe] of polished mahogany, 14 trays to take various sizes of coins, with red roundels, brass fittings, a quality cabinet only fault, the key is lost, the lock could be changed, near as new £50

327 Spink 2017 as new £6 328 An album that could be used for banknotes, with pages, near new NR 329 Coin boxes 8 or 9 NR 330 Unidentified coin, a detector find, Fair NR 331 Claudius quadrans?, as described on the ticket, Fair NR 332 Commodus bronze coin, Fair NR 333 Maximinus follis, Sisca Mint, though genuine but a strange colour, AVF £5 334 George III 1806 penny, some verdegris and staining, AF £1 335 Heavy box of detector finds, interesting, proceeds to charity, As seen NR

335A Large brass cannon, 9'' in length £5 336 Water colour painting of Tudor Place, St.Mararets Plain, Ipswich by C.F.Such,

glazed and framed, 18''x14'' approx. £10 337 Days Gone, Luckhurst Fire Engine.in box, new £2 338 LIedo The Times, in box new £2 339 Book HB The Herbert Schneider Collection, Vol. III, Anglo-Gallic, Flemish and

Brabantine Gold Coins 1330-1794, As New £20 340 Elizabeth I silver groat, First Issue 1559-1560, wire line and beaded circles, Bust

1F, mm. Lis, Spink 2551, full, round, well centred, very lightly crinkled, light and small overall marks under magnification, GF £30

341 Elizabeth I silver sixpence, Third/Fourth Coinage 1561-1577, mm. Pheon 1561-1565 and dated 156Z, [note 'Z' in date], small bust 1F, Spink 2561, full, round, well centred, very lightly crinkled, centre of obverse Fair rest GF £30

342 Elizabeth I silver sixpence, Third/Fourth Coinage 1561-1577, mm. Acorn 1573-1574 and dated 1573, bust with ear showing, Spink 2562, ancient surface loss and slight roughness obverse, GF/VF £25

343 Bronze Iron Age terrett ring, a little corroded but complete item £25 344 Norfolk and Suffolk silver shilling token, 1811, payable at Yarmouth, Blyth and

Bury St.Edmunds, VF £25 345 William II silver sixpence 1697, of uneven colour, F £25 346 Henry II silver penny, Cross-Crosslets or 'Tealby' Issue, possibly an East Anglian

Mint as flan is square with corners cut off, F £80 347 Richard II silver penny, Type II with French title and small Lis on breast, hairline

striking crack, Spink 1688, rare, F £80 348 Faustina Junior, sestertius, Rome Mint 161-175 A.D., struck under Marcus

Aurelius, reverse legend:- IVNONI [REGINAE] S C, Juno stg. left, holding long sceptre and patera, peacock at her feet, Sear 5278, with an old ticket, '15/-', F £25

349 World stamp collection, much Commonwealth £30 350 Professional rubber stamp kit, with instructions NR 351 Books HB Paper Money of Scotland, Vols. I and II, 2018 as new, cost £50 NR 352 Book HB with DJ Promises to Pay The First Three Hundred Years of the Bank of

England Notes pub Spink 1994, as new NR 353 Book HB with DJ Thomas Cromwell The Rise and Fall of Henry VIII,s most

notorious minister, 2007 as new NR 354 Book SB English Paper Money, 2017, as new NR 355 Books PB Picture Postcards 29 different catalogues, some foreign, clean [29] NR

End of Auction

PLEASE NOTE – VOLUME III OF J. SADLER’S BOOK: THE IPSWICH MINT STILL AVAILABLE (OTHER 2 SOLD OUT)

Monday 16th DECEMBER 2019

Joint Society Meeting with the Norwich Coin & Medal Society: Auction and raffle, to be held at The White Horse Inn, The Street, Trowse, Norwich, Norfolk, NR14 8ST.

Weds 8th JANUARY 2020

The Ipswich Numismatic Society Challenge Shield, annual quiz. Questions to be set by the 2019 winner.

Weds 12th FEBRUARY 2020

A talk by John Sadler : “The Story of the Large Flan English Silver Penny”.

Weds 11th MARCH 2020 A talk by John Cross : “Politics of Coin Design”. Last day to submit lots for the April Auction

Weds 8th APRIL 2020

Society Auction. Lots to be submitted by the March meeting. Catalogue to be available online, and also mailed out to paid-up members of the Society. Postal bids are not possible, all transactions to be completed on the night in cash and all lots taken away in person.

Weds 13th MAY 2020

A talk by the Chairman, plus AGM – Annual General Meeting, election of officers.