ANCIENT Greek Coins 1 Calabria, Tarentum (c.380-345 BC), Silver Stater, naked ephebos on horse left, raising its foreleg, holding shield, A below, rev TAPAΣ, Taras seated sideways on dolphin left, P below, 7.67g (Vlasto 380 (dies)). Old tone, nearly very fine. £150-200 CNG XXXIX, lot 38 2 Calabria, Tarentum (c.281-228 BC), Silver Stater, diademed head of Satyra left, EY to right, rev TA, naked horseman right, crowning horse, dolphin to right below, 7.09g (Vlasto 995). Pretty style, some light old scratches on obverse below dark tone, very fine. £300-400 ex Dr Frank J Novak Collection, CNG XXXI 3 Tarentum, Calabria, Hemilitron, 4 th -3 rd century BC, head of horse left, rev similar; Maroneia, Thrace, 400-350 BC, Persic Drachm, forepart of horse left, rev vine; Dyrrachium, Illyrium, 450-350 BC, Drachm, cow suckling calf, rev floral pattern within linear square. Very fine to about very fine. (3) £70-90 4 Lucania, Metapontum (c.500-465 BC), Silver Stater, ear of barley, MET to left, lizard to right, rev ear of barley incuse, 7.91g (Noe 215). A few light old marks below tone, some porosity on reverse, nearly very fine. £150-200 CNG XXXVII 5 Sicily, Akragas (c.495-478 BC), Silver Didrachm, eagle standing left, rev crab within shallow incuse circle, 8.03g (cf SNG Cop 26ff). Reverse slightly off-centre, toned, good fine to nearly very fine. £120-160 CNG XXXI 6 Sicily, Syracuse c.344-336 BC, Ae Litra, head of Athena left, rev starfish between two dolphins (BMC 287; S 1188). Brown tone, about very fine. £40-60
raising its foreleg, holding shield, A below, rev TAPAΣ, Taras seated sideways on dolphin left, P below, 7.67g (Vlasto 380 (dies)). Old tone, nearly very fine. £150-200CNG XXXIX, lot 38
2 Calabria, Tarentum (c.281-228 BC), Silver Stater, diademed head of Satyra left, EY to right, rev TA, naked horseman right, crowning horse, dolphin to right below, 7.09g (Vlasto 995). Pretty style, some light old scratches on obverse below dark tone, very fine. £300-400ex Dr Frank J Novak Collection, CNG XXXI
3 Tarentum, Calabria, Hemilitron, 4th-3rd century BC, head of horse left, rev similar; Maroneia, Thrace, 400-350 BC, Persic Drachm, forepart of horse left, rev vine; Dyrrachium, Illyrium, 450-350 BC, Drachm, cow suckling calf, rev floral pattern within linear square. Very fine to about very fine. (3) £70-90
4 Lucania, Metapontum (c.500-465 BC), Silver Stater, ear of barley, MET to left, lizard to right, rev ear of barley incuse, 7.91g (Noe 215). A few light old marks below tone, some porosity on reverse, nearly very fine. £150-200CNG XXXVII
5 Sicily, Akragas (c.495-478 BC), Silver Didrachm, eagle standing left, rev crab within shallow incuse circle, 8.03g (cf SNG Cop 26ff). Reverse slightly off-centre, toned, good fine to nearly very fine. £120-160CNG XXXI
6 Sicily, Syracuse c.344-336 BC, Ae Litra, head of Athena left, rev starfish between two dolphins (BMC 287; S 1188). Brown tone, about very fine. £40-60
7 Sicily, Syracuse c.344-336 BC, Ae Litra, [] head of Athena left, rev starfish between two dolphins (BMC 287; S 1188). Dark green patina, fine. £30-50
8 Sicily, Syracuse, Hieron II (c.275-216 BC), AE 18mm, [ΣYPAK]OΣIΩN, head of Persephone left, rev bull butting left, club and I above, IE in exergue, 6.08g (SNG Cop 862). Dark brown-green patina, very fine. £40-60
9 Aigina (c.550-456 BC), Silver Stater, turtle, rev quadripartite incuse square of skew pattern, 12.00g (SNG Cop 507). Countermark on shell, well-centred, good fine. £150-180CNG XLI
10 Corinth (c.500-450 BC), Silver Stater, pegasus right, with curled wing, rev helmeted head of Athena right, within incuse square, 8.46g (SNG Cop 14-15). Pitted on obverse, good style, toned, good fine / very fine. £140-180
11 Attica, Athens, Tetradrachm, late 5th century BC, head of Athena right, rev owl left, two test cuts. Good fine/fine. £150-180
12 Cilicia, Kelenderis (c.400-350 BC), Silver Stater, naked rider on horseback right, holding whip, rev KEΛEN, goat kneeling right, head left, 10.22g (SNG Cop 84). Worn reverse die, lightly toned, about very fine. £140-180
13 Palestine, Ashdod, early 4th Century BC, Drachm 3.25g, bearded head left, hair in bun at neck, letter in front, rev two Phoenician letters, owl standing right, shallow incuse (for obverse, see SNG ANS 40; Newell, Miscellanea Numismatic, NNM 82, 20, with Bes reverse). Good very fine, very rare. £80-120ex Leu Auction 54, 28 April 1992, lot 179, only the third known example
14 Maenander, king of Bactria (155-130 BC), Silver Drachms (2), rev Athena Alkidemos; Indo-Scythic, Silver Obols (2). Fine to good fine. (4) £50-70
15 Kingdom of Egypt, Ptolemy IV (221-205 BC), AE 41mm, Alexandria, diademed head of Zeus Ammon right, rev ΠTOΛEMAIOY BAΣIΛEΩΣ, eagle standing left on thunderbolt, cornucopiae to left, ΔI below, 68.43g (SNG Cop 199; Svoronos 1125). Nearly very fine. £40-60
16 Egypt, Ptolemies, 3rd - 1st century BC, Tetradrachm, Bronzes (3), 37mm, 29mm and 19mm respectively. Fair to good fine. (4) £100-150
17 Sassanids and later, Drachm and Hemidrachms (4), including two coins of Ispahbads of Tabaristan, one from Farkhan and one of Kursid; two later Islamic coins with Sasanian types, two anonymous Hemidrachms, year 136 and 138 and an imitative Drachm of Hormazd IV. Fine to very fine. (5) £100-150
18 Kushans, Vasudeva II (312-350), Gold Stater, king standing facing, holding trident and lowering his right hand to altar, above which is a second trident, rev Siva standing facing, holding trident and wreath, bull behind. About very fine/very fine.
£150-200
19 Huns, Khingila, c. AD 440-490, Silver Drachm, crowned bust right, rev fire altar with attendants and ribbons. About very fine/fine. £70-90
20 Ancient Coins (30), Gupta, Western Satraps and other Indian, Silver (10), Bronzes (20). Fine to about very fine. (30) £60-80
21 Miscellaneous Greek AE (44). Mainly fine to good fine, an interesting group. (44) £80-100
Roman Empire22 Provincial Kings of Thrace, Rhoemetalces I, Ae 16mm, laureate head of Rhoemetacles
right, rev bare head of Augustus right (SNG Stancomb 908-10). Green patina, extremely fine. £30-40
23 Caligula (AD 37-41), AE 22mm, Knossos, Crete, C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS (only partly visible), bare head right, rev GER CAESAR DOSSENNO PVLCHRO IIVIR (only partly visible), bare head of Germanicus right (RPC 991). Dark green patina, about very fine. £50-70
24 Vespasian (AD 69-79), Denarius AD 80-81, laureate head right, rev EX SC, shield resting against cippus, on which stands urn, laurels on either side (RIC 62; S -). Toned very fine. £100-150
25 Domitian (AD 81-96), AE As, laureate head right, with aegis, rev Fortuna standing left, holding rudder and cornucopiae (RIC 488); Maximinus I (AD 235-238), Silver Denarius, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, rev Salus seated right, feeding snake rising from altar (RIC 14). First lightly pitted, good very fine, the second toned, about very fine. (2) £60-80
26 Trajan (AD 98-117), Sestertius, Rome, AD 114-117, bust right, rev Fortuna, 26.67g (RIC 652); Celtic, Catuvellauni, Epaticcus (1st Century AD), Silver Unit, bust of Hercules right, rev eagle (S 356). First fair, the second very fine. (2) £60-80
27 Faustina Jnr (wife of Marcus Aurelius), Denarius, rev SALVS, Salus seated left, feeding snake arising from altar (RIC 714a); Lucilla (wife of Lucius Verus), Denarius, rev IVNONI LVCINAE, Juno standing left, raising hand and holding infant (RIC 771). First toned, extremely fine, the second good very fine. (2) £150-250
28 Philip I (AD 244-247), Antoninianus, radiate bust right, rev Victory advancing right holding wreath (RIC 49b), toned lustrous extremely fine; Otacilia Severa, wife of Philip I, Antoninianus, bust right, rev Concordia seated left (RIC 126), extremely fine; Philip II (AD 244-246), Antoninianus, radiate bust right, rev Philip II standing left, holding globe and inverted spear (RIC 218d), very fine. (3) £80-100
29 Trajan Decius (AD 29-251), Billon Tetradrachm, Antioch, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right, five pellets below, rev eagle standing left on palm, wreath in beak, SC below (Prieur 584). Toned, very fine. £40-50
30 Constantius I (AD 305-306), Follis, mint of London, laureate cuirassed bust right, rev Genius (RIC -). About extremely fine. £50-70
31 Constantine II, Folles (5), mint of London, radiate bust left, rev globe on altar, VOTIS XX (RIC 256 [1]; RIC 257 [4]). Very fine to good very fine. (5) £80-100
32 Roman, Ae (8), Antoniniani (4), Claudius Gothicus, Aurelian (2), Tacitus, Folles (4), Diocletian, Maximianus, Licinius, Constantine. Fine to very fine. (8) £100-150
33 Miscellaneous Roman Ae (30), Diocletian to Constantine II, many Constantine I. A very useful lot, all identified, many coins very fine or better. (30) £80-100
Byzantine34 Leo IV (AD 886-912), AE Follis, facing bust, wearing crown and chlamys, rev
legend (S 1729); Basil II & Constantine VIII (976-1025), AE Follis, bust of Christ facing, rev legend (S 1813). Very fine to good very fine. (2) £30-50
35 Andronicus II (alone AD 1290-1294), Hyperpyron, 3.92g, Constantinople, emperor kneeling before Christ, rev Virgin within walls of Constantinople (S 2326). Very fine, scarce. £100-150
36 Ancient, Isaac II (1185-1195) and Alexius III (1195-1203), an assortment of Trachea (approx 50) (S 2011-2012). Fine to good fine. (lot) £100-150
37 Ancient, Empire of Nicea, John III Ducas Vatatzes (1223-1254), Hyperpyra (2), Magnesia, Christ enthroned, rev Virgin crowning emperor (DOC IV; nos.5 and 6). Good very fine and very fine. (2) £200-250
38 Empire of Trebizond, Basil (1332-1340), Silver Aspers (6), emperor on horseback, rev St Eugenius on horseback (S 2622). Good fine. (6) £70-90
39 Andronicus III with Anna of Savoy and John V (1341-1347), Hyperpyron, Anna and John V standing, rev Christ crowning Andronicus (S 2466). Clipped as usual, Anna’s name clear, very fine, rare. £100-150
40 Axumite, Ebana (mid 5th Century AD), Gold Unit, 1.55g, crowned and draped half-length bust of king right with ribbon behind, holding short stick, between two wheat stalks, within beaded circle, rev similar type to obverse, but king wearing head cloth (MH p.95). About very fine. £100-150
41 Axumite, Ebana (mid 5th Century AD), Gold Unit, 1.52g, crowned and draped half-length bust of king right with ribbon behind, holding short stick, between two wheat stalks, within beaded circle, rev similar type to obverse, but king wearing head cloth (MH p.95). About very fine. £100-150
BRITISH COINS
42 Celtic Armorian (Channel Isles), 75-50 BC, Billion Stater (S 14-20). Nearly very fine, weak in parts. £50-70
43 Celtic, North-Western France, cast Ae Units (10), laureate head left, rev boar left or right (Scheers 186 with plate XXIII types 658-671). Fine to very fine. (10) £100-150
44 Celtic, Durotriges, Silver ¼-Staters (7), boar-like crescent design, rev geometric zig-zag pattern (S 368). Fair to fine. (7) £50-80
45 Celtic, Durotriges, Silver ¼-Staters (7), boar-like crescent design, rev geometric zig-zag pattern (S 368). Another similar group, fair to fine. (7) £50-80
46 Æthelred II (978-1016), Penny, long cross type, Canterbury, Ælfryd (N 774; S 1151); Edward the Confessor, Penny, facing bust type, York, Thor (N 830; S 1183). Both broken, otherwise very fine and good fine. (2) £80-100
47 Cnut (1016-1035), Penny, helmet type, Canterbury, Leofwine (N 787; S 1158). Wavy flan, otherwise very fine. £100-120
48 Cnut, Penny, short cross type, Canterbury, Brihtred (N 790; S 1159). Edge split, minor surface deposit, otherwise about very fine. £60-80
49 Cnut, Penny, short cross type, Canterbury, Winedei (N 790; S 1159). Wavy flan, otherwise very fine. £100-120
50 Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, facing bust type, Canterbury, Ædric (N 830; S 1183). Weak area on each side, otherwise very fine. £120-150ex R J Eaglen, Baldwin’s Auction 18, 12-13 October 1998, lot 1374
‘Short Cross’ Coinage51 Pennies (7), Canterbury: class 3 (2), Goldwine, Vlard (S 1347); class 4b, Meinir (S
1348C); class 5b, Simon (S 1351); class 7b (2), Ioan Chic, Willem Ta (S 1356B); class 7c, Tomas (S 1356C). About fine to very fine. (7) £150-200
52 Pennies (3): class 4a, London, Stivene (S 1348A); class 5b, Norwich, Gifrei (S 1351); class 5c, London, Abel (S 1352). The first two very fine, the third fine. (3)
£120-150
53 Cut Halfpennies (3): class 5, Lincoln or Winchester, Andrev (cf S 1350-1352); class 5, Norwich?, Giferei (cf S 1350-1352); class 8, Canterbury, Nichole (cf S 1357); ‘Tealby’ Coinage, Cut Halfpenny, uncertain mint. Fine to very fine. (4) £80-100
‘Long Cross’ Coinage54 Pennies (6), Canterbury: class II, Nicole (S 1361); class IIIc, Willem (S 1364); class
Vc, Ion (S 1369); class Vd, Nichole (S 1370); class Vf, Robert (S 1372); class Vg, Alein (S 1373). Very fine or better. (6) £150-200
55 Penny, class Vb, Bury St Edmunds, Ion (S 1368); Penny, class VI, Bury St Edmunds, Ion (S 1377); Cut Halfpenny, class Vb, London, Ricard (cf S 1368); Cut Halfpenny, class Vc, Canterbury (cf S 1369). Fine to about very fine. (4) £40-60
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56 Edward I (1272-1307), Pennies (2), London, classes 9a, 10ab (S 1407, 1409b). Fine to very fine. (2) £40-60
57 Edward I and Edward II (1272-1327), Pennies (8): Berwick?, Bristol, Canterbury, Durham, London (3), York. First fair, the others fine to good very fine. (8)£100-120
58 Edward I, Kingston-upon-Hull, The First Common Seal, 1299, a richly gilt electrotype copy of an impression of the seal, Edward I, crowned and in long mantle, stands with a sceptre fleury topped by a dove, under his feet a lion couchant guardant, and on each side a lion passant guardant of the king, the legend in lombardic letters, SIGILLUM COMUNE DE KYNGISTON SUPER HULL, 64mm, in velvet-lined maroon leather case of issue. Virtually as made, choice extremely fine and very rare. £80-120The associated royal charter, dated April 1, 1299 remains preserved in Hull's Guildhall Archives. The seal was repaired in 1872, and the matrix, which was cracked, is now enclosed in a brass ring with an ivory handle. This copy would have been made at that time.
59 Edward III (1327-1377), Treaty period (1361-1369), Half-Noble, 3.36g, London, king standing facing in ship with sword and shield, rev E in centre of royal cross in polylobe (S 1506). A little short of flan, light surface marks, very fine. £500-600
60 Edward III, Treaty period, Groat, 4.48g, London, crowned bust facing, rev long cross pattée dividing legends (S 1616). Very fine. £100-120
61 Edward III, Treaty period, Halfgroat, 1.98g, London, crowned bust facing, rev long cross pattée dividing legends (S 1620). About very fine. £80-100
62 Edward III, Post-treaty period (1369-1377), Groat, 3.90g, mm cross pattée, crowned bust facing, rev long cross pattée dividing legends (N 1286). A bold fine, scarce. £60-80
63 Edward III, Groat, London, appears to read Nondon (S 1570), good fine; Edward I to III, Pennies (3), London (2), Canterbury. Generally fine, the second plugged. (4)
£50-80
64 Edward III, Florin Coinage, Halfpenny, London (S 1557); Groat, fourth coinage, pre-treaty period, series C, London (S 1565); Richard II (1377-1399), Halfpenny, intermediate style, London (S 1699); Halfpenny, type IV, London (S 1700A); Henry VI (1422-1461), Penny, annulet issue, Calais (S 1845); Halfpenny, annulet issue, London (S 1848). Fair to very fine. (6) £150-200
65 Henry VI (1422-1460), Halfpenny, cross-pellet issue, London (S 1943). Very fine, ‘x’ on neck, tiny perforation, scarce variety. £50-70
66 Edward IV (first reign, 1461-1470), Groats (2), Light coinage, London, mm rose, crown (S 2000); Groat, Light coinage, London, mm long cross fitchée/sun (S 2003); Groat, Light coinage, Bristol, mm sun (S 2004); Penny, Heavy coinage, Durham, King’s Receiver (S 1988A). Fine to very fine. (5) £250-300
67 Edward IV, Groat, Light coinage, Bristol Mint, mm rose, B on breast, quatrefoils by neck, reads VILLA BRISTOLI (S 2004). Good fine. £50-70
68 Edward IV (second reign, 1471-1483), Angel, 5.04g, St Michael spearing dragon, rev ship, cross above shield between E and flower (S 2091; N 1626). A pleasing very fine. £600-800
69 Edward IV, Halfgroat, Canterbury, C on breast, mm rose (S 2106); Penny, York, Archbishop Neville suspended (S 2128); Penny, York, Archbishop Booth (S 2132); Penny, York, uncertain type; Henry VII (1485-1509), Halfgroat, Canterbury, mm tun (S 2211). First very fine, the others poor to fine. (5) £100-120
70 Richard III (1483-1485), Groat, 2.72g, London, mm boar’s head, crowned bust facing, rev long cross pattée dividing legends (S 2156; N 1679). Almost very fine.
£800-1000
71 Henry VII (1485-1509), Groat, facing bust, type I, rose on bust, mm lis on ½ rose (S 2193). Nearly very fine but small flan, scarce. £100-120
72 Henry VIII (1509-1547), Groat, second coinage, mm lis, bust D (S 2337E); Halfgroat, third coinage, Bristol, mm -/WS monogram (S 2377); Groat, posthumous coinage, Durham House, mm bow (S 2405). First about very fine, the others fair, the last rare. (3) £150-200
73 Henry VIII, Groat, posthumous issue 1547-1551, Durham House, mm bow (S 2405). Nearly fine for issue, slightly creased, rare. £80-100
74 Edward VI (1547-1553), Shillings (2), fine silver issue, mm tun (S 2482); Mary (1553-1558), Groat, mm pomegranate (S 2492). Fine, one Shilling scratched on obverse. (3) £150-200
75 Elizabeth I (1558-1603), Sixpence, third/fourth issue, 1569, mm coronet (S 2562); Threepence, third/fourth issue, 1569, mm coronet (S 2566); Sixpence, fifth issue, 1578, mm Greek cross (S 2572); Threepence (2), fifth issue, 1578, mm Greek cross (S 2573); Shilling, seventh issue, mm 1 (S 2584). Fine to about very fine, the last scraped on obverse. (6) £150-200
76 James I (1603-1625), Shilling, second coinage, fifth bust, mm key (over coronet)/key (S 2656); Shilling, third coinage, sixth bust, mm trefoil, rev plume over shield (S 2669). First fine, the second pierced, otherwise good fine, rare. (2)
£100-120
77 James I, Harrington Farthing, type 2, mintmark lis, Lennox Farthings (3), type 3c, mintmarks double-rose, annulet and unknown (S 2676, 2679). The unknown mintmark as a consequence of die cud obscurity, generally good very fine. (4) £60-80
78 Charles I (1625-1649), Contemporary Forgery of a Unite, mm triangle, struck in silver and with much gold plating still present. Fine but flat in parts, rare.£80-100
79 Charles I, Halfcrown, Tower mint, type 3a1, mm crown (S 2773); Shillings (2), Tower mint, type 3a, mm bell, tun (S 2791); Shilling, Tower mint under Parliament, type 44, mm (P) (S 2800); Sixpence, 1626, Tower mint, type 1a1, mm cross calvary (S 2807). Fine to about very fine. (5) £200-250
80 Charles I, Farthings (7), Maltravers type 3c counterfeits, Pms bell-cross patée, bell-woolpack, cross patée-bell, tun-bell, woolpack-bell, uncertain (2) (BMC cf 255, -, 256, others not listed though the Pm bell-woolpack is the Baldwin piece mentioned by Peck on p.68; Everson C88, C89, C90, C91, C92, uncertain (2)). Mostly very fine, all at least very rare, a complete run of the Maltravers 3c counterfeits. (7) £40-60
81 Charles I, Rose Farthings (26), type 1c, double-arched crowns with pointed sides reading BRIT, Pms lis-lis (18), lis-no Pm, no Pm-lis (4), uncertain (3) (BMC 305 (18), 307, 309 (4), uncertain (3); Everson 165a (18), 162, 164 (4), uncertain (3)). BMC306 fair, the others fair to good very fine, one of the BMC 305 double-struck on the obverse. (26) £70-90
82 Charles I, Rose Farthings (17), Transitional types muling double-arched crowns with single-arched crowns, Pms mullet-mullet (3), mullet-crescent (7), crescent-mullet (6), uncertain (BMC 320 (3), 321 (5), 323, 324, 325 (6) uncertain; Everson 175 (3), 176a (5), 179, 178, 180 (5), uncertain) Fine to very fine or better, BMC 324 rare, BMC 323 very rare. (17) £50-70
83 Charles II (1660-1685), Counterstamped Halfcrown, 1673, IW within crenellated heart counterstamp in centre of obverse. Coin worn/fine, counterstamp very fine.
£30-50
84 Charles II, Fourpence, third hammered issue, mm crown (S 3324); Farthing, 1675 (S 3394); William and Mary (1689-1694), Halfcrown, 1689, first reverse (S 3434); Anne (1702-1714), Halfcrowns (2), 1708E SEPTIMO (S 3605); George III (1760-1820), Shilling, 1820 (S 3790). Fair to very fine. (6) £150-200
85 Charles II, Farthings (2), 1673, 1674, laureate and cuirassed bust left, toothed border both sides, CAROLVS.A.CAROLO., rev Britannia seated left, with shield, spear and spray of leaves, date in exergue, BRITAN NIA. (Peck 522, 527; S 3394). Good fine to nearly very fine. (2) £70-90
86 James II (1685-1688), Gun Money Crown 1690, under type 1689 clearly visible (DF 366; S 6584). Very fine. £80-100
87 William and Mary (1688-1694), Halfcrown, 1689, first busts and first crowned shield, no frosting with pearls (ESC 507; S 3434); William III, Halfcrown, 1698 DECIMO, first bust right, rev large shields (S3494). First about fine, several digs in the field and possibly ex-mount, the second good fine. (2) £60-80
88 William and Mary, Farthing, 1694 (S 3453); William III, Farthings (3), 1695, 1699, 1700, rev BRITNNI (S 3557, 3558). Generally fine or better. (4) £50-80
89 William III (1694-1702), Sixpence, Bristol Mint, 1697, first bust, B below bust (S 3528). Nearly extremely fine. £60-80
90 Anne (1702-1714), Halfcrown, 1707 E, edge SEXTO (S 3605), fine; Shillings (2), 1718, 1741, other silver (5); Copper, etc (7), including Irish Halfpenny, 1694, USA, Cent, 1829, worn, fair and fine. (15) £80-120
91 George I (1714-1727), Shilling 1720, first laureate and draped bust, rev angles plain, large 0 in date (S 3646; ESC 1169). Nicely toned, very fine. £150-200
92 George I, Maundy Set, 1727 (ESC 2401; S 3658), Cleaned, good very fine. £250-350
93 George II (1727-1760), Sixpence 1741, young head, with unbarred A’s in GRATIA, rev crowned cruciform shields, roses in angles (cf ESC 1613; S 3708). Nearly very fine and unrecorded, very rare. £60-80
94 George II, Sixpence 1750, old laureate and draped bust, rev crowned cruciform shields (S 3711; ESC 1620). Toned, very fine. £70-90
95 George II, Groats (2), 1739, 1746; George III, Groats (3), 1763, 1772, 1776 (ESC 1903, 1906, 1908, 1912, 1914; Robinson 210, 222, 242, 260, 264; S 3712A, 3750). Generally very fine to extremely fine, the last prooflike mint state. (5) £150-200
96 George II, Farthings (4), 1733, 1735, 1736, young laureate and cuirassed bust left, Farthing box 1754, older bust, GEORGIVS. II.REX., linear circle and toothed border both sides, rev Britannia seated on globe with spear, shield and spray of leaves, date in exergue, BRITAN NIA. (Peck 860, 863, 864, 892; S 3720, 3722). All weakly struck as usual, nearly very fine or better, the second with a verdigris spot, the box scratched, very fine and unusual. (4) £80-100
97 George III (1760-1820), Third-Guinea, type 2, 1803 (S 3739). Good fine, small edge nick. £60-80
98 George III, Oval-countermark on Potosi, Bolivia, Charles IV 8-Reales, 1792 PR (S 3765A). Crease across host coin obverse, toned unevenly, very fine and rare. £200-300
99 George III, Oval-countermarked Dollar, 1795 Mexico (S 3765A). Fine, but with a very fine countermark, some small digs in the obverse field. £180-220
100 George III, Shillings (2), 1787, with semée of hearts, laureate bust, rev cruciform shields, crowns in angles, (ESC 1225; S 3746). Both toned with lustre, about extremely fine. (2) £60-80
101 George III, Twopence 1797, laureate bust, rev Britannia (P 1077; S 3776). Some light digs both sides, a pleasing very fine. £60-80
102 George III, Twopence 1797, Penny 1797, ten leaves, Penny, contemporary counterfeit (P 1077, 1132, 1110; S 3776, 3777). First good fine, second with scratch in field and some lustre, extremely fine, the last crude, good fine. (3) £80-100
103 George III, Penny (2), 1806, 1807, fourth issue, Soho Mint, short haired laureate bust right, no incuse hair curl, rev Britannia seated left, date below (Peck 1342, 1344; S 3780). First toned, very fine, the second lightly toned, good very fine. (2)
£40-60
104 George III, Maundy Set, 1795 (ESC 2420; S3764). Toned, generally extremely fine. £250-300
105 George IV (1820-1830), Gold 2-Pounds, 1823, bare head, rev St George and dragon (S 3798). Small edge bruise, good fine. £500-600
106 George IV, Crowns (2), 1821 SECUNDO, 1822 TERTIO (S 3805); Halfcrowns (2), 1823, 1825 (S 3808, 3809). Fair to fine. (4) £80-100
107 George IV, Second coinage, Penny, 1826 (S 3823). Nearly extremely fine but with a dull surface. £100-120
108 George IV, Penny 1827 (BMC 1430; S 3823). Only fair and with many (deliberate) scratches, but an extremely rare date. £40-60
109 William IV (1830-1837), Halfcrown, 1836 (S 3834A). Bright good very fine. £150-180
110 Victoria (1837-1901), Gold 5-Pounds, 1893, old head, rev St George and dragon (S 3872). Light surface marks, extremely fine. £1200-1500
111 Victoria, Crowns (4), 1844, 1845, 1888, 1890 (S 3882, 3921); Double-Florins (3), 1888, 1889, 1890 (S 3923); Halfcrown, 1875 (S 3889); Florin, 1849 (S 3890). Mostly fine. (9) £120-150
112 Victoria, Crown 1888, Jubilee bust, narrow date, rev St George and dragon (ESC 298; S 3921). Extremely fine and toned, but with a small dig on reverse rim. £40-60
113 Victoria, Halfcrown, 1886, young head left, date below, rev crowned quartered shield of arms within wreath (S 3889). A bold very fine. £60-80
114 Victoria, Shilling 1839, young head, second bust, no initials on truncation (ESC 1283; S 3904). Good extremely fine, light ghosting on reverse. £100-150
115 Victoria, Jubilee issue, Shilling, 1889, small head (S 3926). Fine and rare. £30-40
116 Victoria, Shillings (2), 1889, small head and large Jubilee head (S 3926, 3927). First heavily scuffed good fine and rare, second extremely fine. (2) £50-70
117 Victoria, Young head, Pennies (2), 1854, 1857 (S 3948). Nearly extremely fine. (2) £50-70
118 Victoria, Pennies (3), 1854, 1873, 1901 (S 3948, 3954, 3961); Halfpennies (3), 1853, 1888, 1896 (S 3949, 3956, 3962); Farthings (4), 1850, 1867, 1888, 1901 (S 3950, 3958, 3964); Half-Farthings (2), 1843, 1844 (S 3951); Third-Farthing, 1885 (S 3960). Fine to extremely fine. (13) £60-80
119 Victoria, Penny, 1859, young head left, date below, rev Britannia seated right with ornamental trident, shield bearing saltire of arms, DEF-: (Peck 1519; S 3948). Extremely fine with lustre. £40-60
120 Victoria, Halfpenny, 1854, Farthings (2), 1848, with “C D” counterstamp, 1854, Half-Farthing 1844, Quarter-Farthing, 1851 (S 3949, 3950, 3951, 3953). First toned, extremely fine, second poor, third with spot, good extremely fine with lustre, fourth extremely fine with lustre, the last toned very fine. (5) £50-70
121 Victoria, Farthings (2), 1884, 1885, Groat, 1855 (S 3958, 3913). First very fine, second with some lustre, extremely fine, the last toned extremely fine. (3) £30-50
122 Victoria, Maundy Set, 1873 (ESC 2486; S 3916). Cleaned, good extremely fine.£70-90
124 Victoria, Maundy Set, 1885 (ESC 2499; S3916). Toned, extremely fine or better. £100-150
mintage only 4488 sets
125 Victoria, Maundy Set, 1887 (ESC 2501; S 3916). The Threepence a little hairlined, all others uncirculated. (4) £150-200mintage only 4488 sets
126 Victoria, Maundy Set, 1893, old head (ESC 2508; S 3943). Lightly toned, extremely fine or better. £80-100mintage only 8976 sets
127 Victoria, Maundy Set, 1896 (ESC 2511; S 3943). Toned, good very fine or better. £60-80
mintage only 8476 sets
128 Edward VII (1901-1910), Crown, 1902 (S 3978); Halfcrown, 1909 (S 3980); George V (1910-1936), Crown, 1935 (S 4048); George VI (1936-1952), Crown, 1951 (S 4111). First marked and scratched, otherwise very fine, the second fine, the third about extremely fine, the last extremely fine. (4) £40-60
129 Edward VII, Halfcrowns (2), 1903, 1904 (S 3980). Fine or better, the first rare but with small marks in the obverse field. (2) £180-220
130 George V (1911-1936), Sixpences (6), 1919, 1924, 1926 ME (2), 1927 ME (2) (S 4014, 4024, 4034). Extremely fine or better. (6) £40-60
131 George V, Shillings (4), 1918, 1919, 1933, 1936, Halfcrown, 1929 (S 4013, 4039). Good very fine or better. (5) £20-30
132 George V, Maundy Set, 1912 (ESC 2529; S 4016). Light tone, good extremely fine.£100-120
mintage only 1246 sets
133 Elizabeth II (1952- ), Crowns (2), 1953 Proof, 1960, polished die (S 4136, 4143). Good extremely fine. (2) £20-30
134 Elizabeth II, Maundy Set, 1953 (ESC 2570; S 4126). Toned, as struck. £500-600Service at Westminster Abbeymintage only 1025 sets
IRELAND
135 Edward IV, Penny, Waterford, crosses by neck, rev quatrefoil at centre of cross (S 6382); James I, Shilling, first coinage, mm bell (S 6512); James II, ‘Gunmoney’ Shilling, September 1689 (S 6581D); Scotland, Charles I, Twenty Pence, Falconer’s second issue (S 5589); Anglo-Gallic, Richard I, Denier, Poitou; France, Charles VI, Guénar, Saint-Lô. Fine to good very fine. (6) £120-150
136 Philip and Mary (1554-1558), Groat, 1555, mm -/portcullis, reads REGINA A PHILIP etc (S 6501). Very fine for issue, full and about as struck, very weak bust of Mary. £100-120
SCOTLAND
137 Robert III (1390-1406), Heavy coinage, Groat, Edinburgh, nine arcs to tressure (S 5764B). Nearly very fine, very scarce type. £150-200
138 Mary Queen of Scots, (1542-1567), first period, billon Bawbee, voided saltire cross (S 5433), chipped a bold fine; James VI (1567-1625), Eightpenny Groat, beaded inner circles (S 5513), good fine; Charles I (1625-1649), Twopence, rev mm flower (S 5599c), with a contemporary forgery dated 1639, both good fine; James VII (1685-1688), Ten-Shillings, 1688 (S 5641), fine, better on reverse. (5) £100-150
CHANNEL ISLANDS
139 Guernsey, Victoria (1837-1901), 8-Doubles 1889H (S 7206); Edward VII (1901-1910), 8-Doubles 1902H (S 7210). Both good extremely fine with much original lustre. (2) £30-50
140 Guernsey, Victoria to George VI, 8-Doubles (4) 1893H, 1920H, 1938H, 1945H (S 7206, 7214A; 7218). Good extremely fine with much lustre. (4) £15-25
141 Guernsey, Victoria to George V, Doubles (6), 1899H, 1902H, 1911H, 1914H, 1929H, 1933H (S 7209, 7213, 7217, 7217A[3]). Extremely fine and better. (6) £30-40
142 Jersey, 3-Shillings Token, 1813 (KM Tn6). Some minor marks, otherwise good very fine and toned, scarce. £100-120
143 Jersey, 1/13-Shilling (7), 1844, 1851, 1858 (2), 1861, 1866, 1870 (KM 3, 5); 1/26-Shilling, 1870 (KM 4). Fine to good extremely fine. (8) £80-100
145 Jersey, Edward VII and George V, -Shilling (3), 1909, 1923, 1935 (S 7009, 7011, 7015). Extremely fine, some original lustre. (3) £30-40
BRITISH TOKENS
17th Century146 Gloucestershire, Gloucester, Luke Nourse, Farthings (2), 1657 (W 77-79), Town
Farthings (7), 1669 (W 81). Fair to fine. (9) £30-50
147 London, Irongate (St Katherine’s), Halfpenny, crowned full-face bust of Charles II, C2 –R, rev RMC at Irongate Staires 1664 (W 1537). Good very fine. £40-60
148 Norfolk, Diss, Town Farthings (8), 1669 (W 27). Fair to fine, one pierced. (8) £20-30
149 Norfolk, Great Yarmouth, Borough Farthings (14), 1667 (11) (W 284/5), 1669 (3) (W 286). Mostly fair, some fine. (14) £70-90
150 Warwickshire, Coventry, City Halfpence (10), 1669 (W 54). Fair to fine, two pierced. (10) £60-80
151 Warwickshire, Coventry, City Halfpence (8), 1669 (W 54). Fair to fine. (8) £50-70
18th Century152 Anglesey, Penny, 1787; Halfpennies (7), Thomas Spence; Prince of Wales; D I
Eaton; Ipswich Cross; Coventry (2), Newgate; Leighton, Berkhamsted; Farthings (3), Spence (2) and Druid. First very fine, others extremely fine or nearly so. (12)
£60-80
153 Halfpennies (10), various; and others (2). Mostly very fine. (12) £60-80
154 Collection of Tokens with an industrial theme, 18th Century Token Halfpennies (70); 19th Century (16); other coins (11), including Ship Tokens (4), contained in an album. Fair, fine and very fine. (97) £120-150
19th Century155 Silver Shilling Tokens (4), Norfolk and Suffolk, 1811; Carmathen Bank, 1811,
Poole, 1812; I Dudleys, Portsmouth, undated; Sixpence, Doncaster, 1812; Copper (2). Very fine. (7) £60-80
156 Penny 1806, used as an engraver's trial piece, rev one man and his dog out fowling. Very fine workmanship. £30-40
157 Isaac Earlysman Sparrow, a choice setof five varieties of Sparrow’s Copper Tokens, 1823-1826: obv bust left in cap and coat, ISAAC EARLYSMAN SPARROW, rev a ballon ascends, the pilot and passenger with flags marked G and S respectively, IRONMONGER BISHOPSGATE. LONDON. (Mal 27; Bell, Middx 8), similar, date 1*8 – 2*5 added to obverse (Mal 28; Bell, Middx 9), similar rev similar balloon, but SPARROW in band across, ASCENDED AT OXFORD. JUNE 23. 1823 (Mal 29; Bell, Middx 7), similar balloon, SPARROW NAIL MERCHANT. LONDON, rev SPARROW’S LEATHER SAUCE (with weak second “R” in SPARROW) (Mal 30; Bell, Middx 12,), similar balloon both sides, SPARROW NAIL MERCHANT. LONDON, rev LEATHER SAUCE INVENTED. 1826 (Mal 31; Bell, Middx 10); together with a brass advertising token for Sparrow’s Celebrated Continental Coffee and Good Tea, 95 High Holborn. Malpas 28, nearly extremely fine, others all choice examples and extremely fine, Malpas 27, 29, and 31, with touches of original colour. (6) £100-150
Isaac Earlysman Sparrow was a passenger in a balloon flight at Oxford, on the 23 June 1823, piloted by Charles Green (see lot 1911 below). He paid £50 and, watched by a crowd of some 5,000 people, had quite an eventful flight, the netting catching a chimney on take-off and repairing the balloon during the flight with a silk handkerchief. On landing in the trees at Nettlebed Heath, Sparrow was thrown out of the gondola, but managed to catch a rope and saved Green from drifting away. The tokens are believed to be by either T Wyon or T W Ingram. Sparrows “Leather Sauce” was not a commercial success, and he was declared bankrupt.
158 Isaac Earlysman Sparrow, a similar group of Tokens, Ironmonger (3) (Mal 27), and Leather sauce (2) (Mal 30, one with weak second “R” in SPARROW). Very fine and better. (5) £40-60the weak R (Mal 30), ex Hawkins Collection
159 Market Tokens (20), London, Spitalfields (17), comprising W Street 5/- (2, copper and white metal), Key Bros 5/- (“K” punch-hole), Thomas Wood 5/-, James Ruane 5/-, Johnathan Hurst 2/-, L&H Starns 2/-, H O Day 1/-, Bennett & Hawes 1s 3d, Thomas Levy 6d, F Street 1/-, Taylor & Lambert 2/-, G W Heading1/- (small square punch-hole), F G Adkins 2s 6d (large cruciform punch-hole), R Carter 1/-, J W Gunn 1/- (keyhole-shape punch-hole), Boro & Spitalfields, INGw BATH (3), 2/-, 1/- and 6d, Stratford & Spitalfields, John Fox 1/-. Very fine or better. (20) £80-100
160 Market Tokens (20), London Borough Markets, W Blackman 2s 6d, E U Kemsley 1/- (“K” punch-hole), Jospeh Wells 1/-, G Britcher 6d, Lewis Levy (2), 5/- and 6d, W Harris 1/-, P F Adkins (2), £1 and 10/-, Daniels & White 10/-, Cooper & Mulley 5/- (crescent-shaped), E Acloque (5), 5/- (2), 2s 6d, 1/-, and 6d; Arcade Borough, Thomas Levy 2s 6d; Towler Borough (3), 5/-, 1/- and 6d. Good fine to very fine. (20) £80-100
161 Lead and base metal Hop Tokens and Jetons (21), of varying size, from size of silver penny, to a halfcrown size. Most with a patina of corrosion, poor to fine. (21) £30-50
MISCELLANEOUS
162 Assorted hammered and milled coins (approx XXXX), mostly British but a few ancient and a few foreign, including two electrotypes of William I PAXS pennies. Varied state. (lot) £200-300
163 Northumbria, Æthelred II, first reign (c.841-844), Æ Styca, moneyer Eanred (S 865); Cnut, Penny, helmet type, London, moneyer Leofwold (S 1158); Edward the Confessor, Penny, hammer cross type, Hastings, moneyer Brid (S 1182); John, Penny, Dublin, moneyer Roberd (S 6228); Henry III, short cross Penny, London, class 7b, moneyer Elis (S 1356B), long cross Penny, London, class IIIa, moneyer Henri (S 1362), long cross Cut Halfpenny, moneyer Nicole; Edward I, Pennies (4), Bury St Edmunds, Canterbury (2), London, and Farthing, London. Fine to very fine, the second cracked. (12) £100-150
164 Edward III, Groat, pre-treaty period, series G, London (S 1570), Penny, London; Henry VI, Groats (2), annulet issue, Calais (S 1836), Penny, leaf-pellet issue, York, Archbishop Booth (S 1924); Edward IV, Groat, London, mm cinquefoil (S 2100); Henry VIII, Halfgroat, second coinage, Canterbury, Archbishop Warham, mm cross patonce (S 2343); Edward VI, Shilling, fine silver issue, mm tun (S 2482); Mary, Groat, mm pomegranate (S 2492); together with a contemporary cast copper forgery of an 1823 Halfcrown and a forgery of a 1902 Sixpence made from a Victoria old head Farthing. Fair to about very fine. (11) £120-180
165 Halfcrowns (17), George V (7), 1912, 1914, 1916, 1918, 1919, 1923, 1926, George VI (10), 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949 (S 4011, 4021A, 4032, 4080, 4101, 4106). Generally very fine or better. (17) £60-80
166 Halfcrowns (23) and Florins (6), various dates, 1915-1967. Very fine to extremely fine. (29) £40-60
168 Florins (14), Victoria (2), 1887, 1890, George V (9), 1914, 1916, 1920, 1921, 1923, 1928, 1929, 1933, 1936, 1942, 1945, 1946 (S 3925, 4012, 4022A, 4038, 4081). Generally very fine or better. (14) £100-150
169 Sixpences (36), Victoria (4), 1844 small 44, 1846, 1870 die 2, 1900, Edward VII, 1903, George V (11), 1912, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1926 ME, 1928, 1933, 1936, George VI (12), 1937, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944 (2), 1945, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, Elizabeth II (8), 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1959, 1961, 1962 (S 3908, 3910, 3941, 3983, 4014, 4024, 4025, 4034, 4040, 4041, 4084, 4105, 4110, 4141, 4149). Generally very fine to extremely fine or better. (36) £100-150
170 Twopence, 1797, Pennies (7), 1936, 1937, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1963, 1964, Halfpennies (7), 1937, 1942, 1949, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1965, Farthings (9), 1906, 1921, 1937, 1947, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955 (S 3776, 4055, 4114, 4117, 4154, 4157, 4115, 4118, 4155, 4158, 3992, 4060, 4116, 4119, 4156, 4159). First fine with digs, the others generally very fine to uncirculated. (24) £50-80
171 Copper Pennies (5), 1843, 1854, 1858, obv stamped GW, others (2), fair to fine, Halfpennies (3), 1837, 1853 (2), fine to very fine. (8) £30-40
172 Bronze Farthings (20), Victoria, 1860 BB, 1860 TB 4 berries, 1860 TB 5 berries (3), 1861 4 berries (2), 1861 5 berries, 1880, 1887, 1893, bun head, 1896 bright finish, 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901, old head, George V, 1931 (2), George VI, 1937 (2) (S 3958, 3964, 4061, 4116). Generally fine to extremely fine. (20) £30-50
173 Farthings (233), Edward VII (59), George V (103), George VI (67), Elizabeth II (4). Many extremely fine. (lot) £70-90
174 George V, Florin 1933, George VI, Proof Crown 1937, Halfcrown 1949, Shillings (2), 1937 Scottish, 1944 English, Elizabeth II, Crowns (8), 1953, 1960, 1965 (2), 1972, 1972 Proof, 1977 (2), Shillings (4), 1957 and 1961 Scottish, 1970 Proofs (2), English and Scottish reverses (S 4038, 4079, 4106, 4083, 4082, 4136, 4143, 4144, 4226, 4227, 4148, 4147). Extremely fine to mint state. (17) £40-60
176 A group of 20th Century Coins (approx XXX), Silver and mostly cupro-nickel, GeorgeVI and mostly Elizabeth II, George VI nickel-brass Threepences. All extremely fine to uncirculated. (lot) £25-35
177 20th Century Coins (approx XXX), Bronze Pennies and Halfpennies, Victoria to Elizabeth II. Mostly extremely fine to uncirculated. (lot) £80-100
178 20th Century, an assortment of British Coins (over 100). Generally extremely fine to uncirculated. (lot) £20-30
179 Modern currency and pre-decimal coins, a selection of varied denominations, from Two-Pound coins to One Pence; Pennies and Halfpennies; Jersey Pennies, 1960, etc. Varied state, but newer issues mostly in mint condition. (lot) £20-30not suitable for postage / shipping – buyer to arrange collection.
180 Sovereign-holders (2), oval base-metal watch-case style spring-loaded containers for sovereigns, one engraved JHL, the other decorated with a swallow, paint mostly lost; small boxes (2), one with inset medalet of George IIII, the other decorated with stars and containing brass counters (3) of George III and Charlotte, both with some damage. (4) £50-60
Gibraltar200 Richard Cattons, 2-Quarts, 1813 (KM Tn6), 1-Quart, 1813 (KM Tn5); Robert
Keeling, 2-Quarts (2), 1802, 1810 (KM Tn2, Tn4.2), 1-Quart (3), 1802, 1810 (2) (KM Tn1, Tn3.2); James Spittles, 2-Quarts (2), 1818, 1820 (KM Tn7, Tn9), 1-Quart, 1820 (KM Tn8); 2-Quarts, 1842/0 (KM 3), 1-Quart, 1842/0 (KM 2), ½-Quart, 1842 (KM 1). Fine to about extremely fine, the last with flan flaw on obverse. (13) £150-200
Gold Coast201 Gold Badge, c.1930’s, with openwork crest of British West Africa, an elephant,
trunk raised, standing before a palm-tree, stamped GOLD COAST, 24.5mm, total weight 4.2g, suspension loop and ring. Good very fine, test mark on edge at 7 o’clock. £80-120The countries of British West Africa used the identical crest with only the name or initials of the Country being changed to differentiate one from the other.
212 Insurrection Coinage, 10-Sols 1790 (de Mey 6; KM 47). Toned, extremely fine and rare. £200-300
BELGIUM
213 Liège, Max Heinrich of Bayern, Ducatone 1667 (D 4296; KM 84). Toned, good fine.£100-150
CHINA/MALAYSIA
214 Ancient, early period, Ch'u Dynasty, shaped "Bridge" money, (8), blank reverses, also known as Tingle-Dangle Money, from the resemblance to the dangles of a Chinese musical instrument (BMC Lacouperie 3). One broken, fine to very fine. (8) £30-50
215 Yunnan, Sycee (2), dome-shaped, each with single stamp, 47.4g and 32.4g (cf Kneedler pl.XII); “Pigs Money”, or Toks (2), of Nan and C’ieng Mai (cf Le May pl.XXXI; Kneedler pl.III, IV); Lat ingot, 66mm (Le May, pl.IV, 6). Generally very fine. (5) £120-150
216 Ceylon, Chinese Cash with VOC countermark for Colombo (Scholten 1294), together with other copper coins (7). Fine to good very fine, the first rare. (8) £80-100
EGYPT
217 Mustafa III (1757-1774), Zeri Mahbub (5), Misr, AH 1171 (KM 105). All pierced, otherwise very fine or better. (5) £80-100
218 Ottoman, Gold Zeri-Mahbub (23), Misr mint, various dates and types. Mostly very fine or better, all pierced. (23) £500-700
219 Ottoman, Gold Zeri-Mahbub (22), Misr mint, various dates and types. Mostly very fine or better, all pierced. (22) £500-700
220 Ottoman, Gold Zeri-Mahbub (22), Misr mint, various dates and types. Mostly very fine or better, all pierced. (22) £500-700
GERMANY
221 Aachen, 1/16-Marck 1752 (KM 43). Very fine and scarce. £40-60
222 Kurpfalz, 12-Kreuzer, 1759. Nearly very fine. £30-50
223 ½-Mark (24), with various other modern German coins (14), very good to extremely fine; Schaumburg-Lippe, Copper Pfenniges (5), 19th century, these fair to fine. (43)
£60-80
224 Weimar Republic, 680th anniversary of Cologne Cathedral, Pattern 5-Marks, 1928, struck in Silver, by O Gloeckler, signed in monogram, medieval builder with plan, rev façade of the Cathedral, plain edge, stamped “835 PR. MÜNZE BERLIN”. Choice and brilliant with slightest obverse edge knock at 9 o’clock. £100-150
HUNGARY
225 Stephen IV (1162-1163), Ae 26 mm, 3.19g, Stephen and brother the late king Bela both standing facing on throne, rev the Virgin standing facing £40-60
227 Sultans of Bengal, Ghiyath al-Din Bahadur (AH 963-68; 1555-1560 AD), Siver Rupee, Mulk Satgaon, year (9)64 (G&G B966). Very fine, scarce. £50-80
228 Sultans of Dehli, Ghiyath al-din Balban (AH 664-686; 1266-1287 AD), Gold Tanka, Hadrat Dehli, AH 672, 10.71g (G&G D155). Small edge split, otherwise very fine. £200-250
229 Sultans of Dehli, Ghiyath al-din Balban, Gold Tanka, Hadrat Dehli, AH 676, 10.85g (G&G D155). Very fine. £200-250
230 Sultans of Dehli, ‘Ala al-din Muhammad (AH 695-715; 1296-1316 AD), Gold Tanka, Dar al-Islam, date unclear, 11.00g (G&G D220). Good very fine, scarce.
£250-300
231 Sultans of Dehli, ‘Ala al-din Muhammad, Gold Tanka, Hadrat Dehli, AH 69x, 10.86g (G&G D221). Very fine. £200-250
232 Sultans of Dehli, ‘Ala al-din Muhammad, Gold Tanka, Hadrat Dehli, AH 704, 10.78g (G&G D221). Very fine. £200-250
234 Sultans of Dehli, Muhammad bin Tughluq (AH 725-752; 1325-1351 AD), Gold Tanka, in the name of the caliph al-Mustakfi, Dehli, AH 743, 11.02g (G&G D427). Very fine. £200-250
235 Sultans of Dehli, Muhammad bin Tughluq, Gold Tanka, in the name of the caliph al-Mustakfi, Dehli, AH 743, 11.01g (G&G D427). Very fine. £200-250
236 Sultans of Dehli, Muhammad bin Tughluq, Copper Tanka, Takhtgah Dehli, date unclear (G&G D403); Islam Shah (AH 952-960; 1545-1552 AD), Rupee, Narnol, AH 960 (G&G D965); Sultans of Bengal, ‘Ala al-din Husain (AH 899-925; 1493-1519 AD), Silver Tanka, Fathabad, AH 899 (G&G B706). First good very fine and scarce, the others very fine, the third scarce. (4) £80-100
237 Sultans of Malwa, Mahmud Shah I (AH 839-873; 1436-1469 AD), Billon Tanka, AH 869 (G&G M33); Mahmud Shah II (AH 916-937; 1510-1531 AD), Silver ½-Tanka, AH 919 (G&G M156). First very fine, the second good very fine. (2) £20-30
238 Sultans of Malwa, Nasir Shah (AH 906-916; 1500-1510 AD), Silver ½-Tankas (20), AH 908?, 909 (2), 910 (2), 911 (5), 912 (5), date unclear (5) (G&G M110). Mostly better than very fine. (20) £120-150
239 Mughal, Akbar (AH 963-1014; 1556-1605 AD), Gold Mohur, Dar al-Sultanat Ahmadabad, AH 981, 10.76g (KM 107.2). Minor flan flaws on obverse, very fine.
£250-300
240 Mughal, Murad Bakhsh, Rupee, Surat, 1068 ahd, linear obverse type (KM 271.1). Good fine and rare. £50-80
241 Mughal, Aurangzeb (AH 1068-1118; 1658-1707 AD), Gold Mohur, Dar al-Khilafat Shahjahanabad, AH 1100, year 32, 10.78g (KM 315.42). About very fine.£200-250
242 Mughal, Aurangzeb, Gold Mohur, Dar al-Khilafat Shahjahanabad, AH 1109, year 41, 10.84g (KM 315.42). Very fine. £200-250
243 Mughal, ‘Alamgir II, Gold Mohur, 10.64g, Shahjahanabad, AH 1168, year 2, obv Kalima (KM 464.1). Removed from a mount, only good fine but very rare. £200-300
244 Mughal, Shah ‘Alam I (AH 1119-1124; 1707-1712 AD), Gold Mohur, Dar al-Sarur Burhanpur, year 2, 10.87g (KM 356.3). Very fine. £200-250
245 Mughal, Muhammad Shah (AH 1131-1161; 1719-1748 AD), Rupees (3), Kankurti, Peshawar AH 1145, year 14, Surat, year 1 (ahd) lutf allah type (KM 436.35, 436.50, 434.4). Very fine, scarce to very scarce. (3) £30-50
246 Independent Kingdoms, Farrukhabad, Gold Mohur, in the name of Shah ‘Alam II, Ahmadnagar Farrukhabad, AH 1211, year 31, 10.70g (KM C97.2). Edge bruise, otherwise good very fine. £200-250
247 Independent Kingdoms, Marathas, Rupees (30), Gwalior, in the name of Alamgir II, AH 1168, year 2. Very fine to extremely fine. (30) £100-150
Presidency, Rupee, in the name of Alamgir II, AH 1172 (KM 427). Fine to extremely fine. (6) £60-80
252 Punchmarked Gold Staters (3); Gahadavalas, Gold Stater (M 490-496); Ratlam, Paisa, 1885 (KM 23); together with a Gold elephant-type Fanam, a Maldives Larin, and an Irish Penny. Mostly very fine. (8) £200-250
253 Jeweller’s Copy of a Murshidabad Mohur, obv name Chiragh al-din Masawan, 11.36g (Pr 418). Very fine. £200-250
254 Jeweller’s Copy of a Murshidabad Mohur, 12.42g. About extremely fine. £200-250
255 Jeweller’s Copy of a Murshidabad Mohur, 11.70g. Good very fine. £200-250
256 Jeweller’s Copy of a Murshidabad Mohur, 12.21g. Test-mark on reverse, very fine.£200-250
257 Jeweller’s Copy of a Murshidabad ½-Mohur, obv initials SBL, 5.79g (Pr -). Very fine. £100-120
258 Patra Kola, Brass Tea Token, obv and rev PATRAKOLA around star-shaped central hole (Pr 96-97). Fine and rare. £40-60
ISLAMIC
259 Ottoman, Sulayman I (926-974h), Sultani, Halab 926h, 3.48g (Pere 171). Good very fine, scarce. £100-150ex Jean Elsen Auction 35, lot 429
ITALY
260 Naples, Charles II d’Anjou (1285-1309), Salut d’argent (carlino), 3.25g, shield bearing the arms of Jerusalem and Anjou, rev scene of Annunciation (P/R 2). Traces of corrosion on the obverse, otherwise good very fine and toned. £120-150
261 Naples, Robert d’Anjou (1309-1343), Gigliato, 3.46g, king enthroned, holding sceptre and orb, rev floriated cross with a lis in each angle (P/R 2). Toned, good very fine. £40-60
262 Venice, Andrea Contarini (1368-1382), Grosso, secondo tipo, 1.96g, the Doge receiving a flag from nimbate St. Marc, rev Christ enthroned (Paol.2). Toned, very fine, scarce. £100-120
263 Venice, Antonio Venier (1382-1400), Coins from Asia Minor (30); Turkey, Venetian Zecchini (9). Fine to nearly very fine, some pierced. (39) £80-100
264 Victor Emanuel III, 2-Lire (2), 1906, 1907; Lira, 1907, head right, rev crowned eagle (KM 33, 32). First nearly very fine, the others fine or better. (3) £70-90
265 Victor Emanuel III, 2-Lire (4), 1908, 1914, 1915, 1916; Lira, 1909, bust right, rev quadriga (KM 46, 55, 45). Fine or better. (5) £40-60
266 Normans in Sicily, Bronzes (29). Poor to fine but some interesting pieces, viewing recommended. (29) £150-200
271 Kingdom, Wilhelmina (1890-1948), 2½-Guilders (36), mostly 1930 and 1931, 1-Guilder (39), various dates, 1892-1931. Mostly very fine, some better. (75) £80-100
PORTUGAL
272 Countermarked coinage (1698), ½-Cruzado of Joao IV, countermarked on reverse with crowned ‘250’; together with silver Tangas (2), struck in Goa for use in Malacca, one dated 1632, the other with unclear date. First pierced, otherwise very fine, the others fine, all rare. (3) £80-100
RUSSIA
273 Catherine the Great (1762-1796), Rouble, 1788, St Petersburg (KM C67c), minor planchet defects but very fine with patchy tone; minor silver (30), 5- to 25-Kopecks, all pre-Nicholas issues, many fine to very fine but some extremely fine and better, worthy of careful viewing. (31) £250-300
274 Alexander II, 20-Kopecks 1861 ФБ (Bit2 173; Sev 3721). Prooflike with iridescent tone. £70-90
275 Nicholas II (1894-1917), Rouble, 1913, Romanov Dynasty Tercentenary (KM Y70), better than very fine and beautifully toned; minor silver coins (58), including a few earlier issues, these generally very fine to about uncirculated. (59) £250-300
276 An assortment of Russian Copper Coins (approx 70), 18th and 19th Century, various denominations. Mixed grades but an interesting group, worth viewing. (lot) £50-80
277 A group of Russian Silver Coins (39), 19th – 20th Century, mainly low grade; together with other world coins (approx 100), mostly small denominations, mixed grades. (lot) £40-60
SLAVONIA
278 Bela IV (1235-1270), Marderdenar, 0.82g, marten left between two stars, rev Patriarchal cross dividing sun and moon as well as two crowned heads facing each other (Rengjeo 108). About very fine. £15-25
SOUTH AFRICA
279 Silver Crowns (20), 1948. Very fine, a few better. (20) £70-90
SPAIN
280 Fernando IV (1295-1312), Pepiones (9). All fair or thereabouts. (9) £60-80
SWEDEN
281 Christina (1632-1654), Øre, 1645, Avesta (SM 110). About very fine, scarce. £30-50
282 Christina, large copper 1-Øre (2), Roman date type, 1639 and date unclear (KM 161). Both about very fine. (2) £40-60
ZIMBABWE
283 Southern Rhodesia, a broad selection of currency coins (approx 100), all different, both silver and base metals represented, 1932-1977. Fine to very fine, some better. (lot) £20-30
284 Rhodesia, 20th Century currency coinage (approx 200), c.1934-1977, mostly minor denominations. Varied state, some very fine. (lot) £30-50
MISCELLANEOUS
285 A quantity of Swiss Confederation Silver Coins (approx XXX), mostly 20th Century, some earlier, ranging from ½- to 5-Francs; together with minor English and World Silver, including a few base metal coins. Assorted conditions. (lot) £250-300
286 A quantity of Scandinavian (approx XXX), mainly 19th and 20th Century minor denominations, some silver. Mixed grades. (lot) £150-200
287 Assorted African and other coins in silver and base metal: German East Africa (16), British East Africa (11), Southern Rhodesia (4), ZAR (21), East India Company (2). Varied state. (54) £100-200
288 George V, Half-Sovereign 1914, Florin 1914; India, Rupees (2), 1921, 1922, small silver and copper coins (4); China, Dollars (2), Kwangtung 50-Cents, Fookien 10-Cents; ZAR, 3d (2). First four extremely fine, others fair to fine. (15) £100-120
289 Banes, Brass Token, 1888, BANES above bunch of bananas, rev VALE POR UNA RACION 1888 (Rulau Ori8); Consuelo Sugar Co, Aluminium Token, CONSUELO SUGAR CO., 315 below; East Coast South, Copper-Nickel Token, EAST COAST SOUTH, rev GOOD FOR 25¢ IN TRADE. Very fine to good very fine. (3) £40-60
290 Mediaeval to Modern, including uncertain lead counters (7); a rectangular lead plaque with double loop, inscribed "John"; a silver coloured ring engraved and set with coloured enamels; "Remember Me", other rings (2); a cast brass spoon in mediaeval style, a small brass pestle; an enamelled circular brooch, and a similar "bird's head" fibula; a miniature cannon; Middle Eastern bronze bird and a similar bronze bull; lead bale marks etc (8), a silver hallmarked pen-knife, a shirt arm-band and fragments of colour-glazed pottery. Varied conditions. (lot) £40-60
291 A quantity of coins of the world (approx XXX), mostly European, Silver and base-metals, including several crown-sized pieces. Various conditions, a diverse and interesting group. (lot) £250-300
292 An assortment of coins of the world (approx XXX), mostly copper and bronze. Generally very good to about uncirculated, worth viewing. (lot) £150-200
293 An assortment of World Coins, mainly British (approx 90) and United States (approx 150), mostly modern-era; including some ancient coinage (8). Mixed grades. (lot) £30-50
294 A large quantity of modern coins (approx 350), from a variety of countries including Austria, Brazil, Italy, France, Germany, South Africa, Spain, Turkey and USA. Varied grades, viewing recommended. (lot) £40-60
COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS
BRITISH HISTORICAL MEDALS
295 Charles I (1600-1625-1649), The Scottish Coronation, Silver Medal, 1633, by Nicholas Briot, crowned bust left, rev thistle, 29mm (MI 266/2). Fine. £80-120
296 Cromwell, Lord Protector, cast Silver Medal, 1653, by Thomas Simon, bust left, rev lion supports the shield of the Protectorate, 37mm (MI 409/45). Good fine. £80-120
297 The Ambassadors of Morocco and Bantam, cast Silver Medal, 1682, by George Bower, bust of Named Hamet to right wearing turban, rev bust of Keay Nabee wearing small round hat and embroidered shirt, 38mm (MI 584/260). Fine and pierced, scarce. £70-90The Treaty of Peace and Commerce between Britain and Algiers was signed on 23 rd March 1882 by Kaid Mohammed benHaduOttur [Named Hamet], who was Morocco's second Ambassador to London, appointed in 1682. Bantam [Banten], a kingdom on the island of Java - the portrait of Kvai Ngabehi Naya Wipraya [Keay Nabee] is taken from an engraved full- length portrait after a drawing by John Oliver.
298 Archbishop William Sancroft and the Seven Bishops, Silver Medal, 1688, by George Bower, bust right in clerical cap and robes, rev portraits of the bishops circled around the Bishop of London, 50mm (MI 622/37), a cast of good quality, very fine; with a silver aftercast of Simon’s Coronation Medal, fine. (2) £50-80
299 Anne, The Cities Captured by Marlborough, Silver Medal, 1703, by J Croker, bust of Anne left, rev Marlborough on horseback receives the keys to the cities, 43mm (MI 246/35; vL IV, 399). Extremely fine, but pierced to take suspension loop. £70-90The condition of the medal and the neatness of the piercing suggests that this piece may have been intended as an award
300 Anne, The Attempted Invasion of Scotland, Silver Medal, 1708, by J Croker, 39mm (MI 316/141); Shilling-sized Silver counters of Queen Anne and George I; Murder of Godfrey; William III, Coronation, Dutch Medal, contemporary cast base metal copies. Fine. (4) £60-80
301 Queen Anne, The Peace of Utrecht, Silver Medal, 1713, by J Croker, bust left, rev Anne as Britannia, 34mm. Nearly very fine. £70-90
302 Archbishop William Wake, Dassier’s Dedication Medal, Copper, 1725, 43mm; Victoria Jubilee 1897, small Silver Medals (2), one for Buenos Aires; sundry other British medals, etc (8); and Argentine Agricultural Medal, 1910. Varied state. (12) £40-60
303 Frederick, Prince of Wales (1706-1751), Death, Silver Medal, 1751, by John Kirk, bust left, rev Britannia mourns at sarcophagus, 35.5mm (MI 661/367). Fine and deeply toned, very rare in silver. £50-80ex James O’Byrne Collection, Christie’s, 10 July 1962 (lot 113, part)
304 The Battle of Minden, Copper Medal, 1759, for the Society for Promoting Arts and Commerce (Royal Society of Arts), by Thomas Pingo, British and German soldier, each in Roman costume, hold Victory on small globe, CONCORD OF THE ALLIES, rev Victory seated right, 40mm (MI 700/431). Extremely fine. £80-100
305 The Union Society of St James’s and Westminster, instituted 1781, Silver Member’s Medal, 1896 (F Whitlock), four clasped hands, rev engraved naming within beaded circle, 41.5mm, suspension loop and blue ribband with ‘rope’ suspenders, etc., in fitted case of issue: Lambert Jewellers, Coventry St, London. Extremely fine. £30-50
306 George III, Jubilee 1809, White Metal Medal, cuirassed draped bust right, rev legend, 48mm, in brass ring with original rosette ribbon (BHM 642), about extremely fine; Copper Medal, conjoined busts of George and Charlotte left, rev legend, 38mm (BHM 643), extremely fine. (2) £40-60
307 George III, 50th Year of his Reign 1810, Copper Medal, by Hyde, uniformed bust of George left, rev Britannia, and three children holding a flaming heart, 48mm (BHM 686). Rich patina, good very fine. £40-60
308 Napoleonic Wars, Copper Medals (3), from Mudie’s National Medals, Sir John Moore, Death at Corunna, 1809, by Mills and Couriquer; Lord Beresford, Battle of Albuera, 1811, by Webb and Brenet, 41mm (BHM 666, 718), very fine and better; Duke of Wellington, Death, Copper Medal, 1852, by T R Pinches, 52mm (BHM 2489), extremely fine. (5) £150-180
309 Britain Gives Protection to the Ionian Islands, Copper Medal, 1817, by A J Depaulis for Mudie’s National medals, 41mm (BHM 958). Nearly very fine. £180-220
310 Sir Walter Scott, Copper Medal, 1824, by W Wyon, for Thomason, head right, rev Truth and Fiction, 54mm (BHM 1238); White Metal Medals (6), 1841, Election of 12 MP’s for Shropshire, 57mm; 1842, Marc Isambard Brunell, Thames Tunnel, 44mm; 1847, Daniel O’Connell, Death, 38mm, by Allen & Moore; New Houses of Parliament, 43mm, by J Davis (BHM 2027A, 2079, 2271, 2294), and Temperance (2). All but one of the last extremely fine. (7) £80-120
311 Sir Walter Scott, Copper Tribute Medal, 1827, by A J Stothard, bare head right, rev figure by column, letterd edge, 62mm; George IV, “Patron of the Arts”, Copper Medal, undated, coin-like bare head left, 42mm; others (2), Edinburgh School Board, Copper, 44mm, Maidstone Bridge, 1879, white metal. Very fine and better, last pierced. (4) £60-80
312 George IV, Patron of the Arts, Copper Medal, 1828, by Thomas Halliday, bust left, rev legend, 41mm, in original velvet lined red leather case of issue (BHM 1333). Choice extremely fine. £80-120Halliday has very much copied the “Bare Head” coinage bust.
313 Thomason’s Vase (2), 1829, White Metal and Copper Medals, images of the vase both sides, the first with additional legend (BHM 1359). Both good very fine. (2) £30-50
314 Sir Edward Thomason’s Scientific and Philosophical Medals, the complete set of 16 White Metal Medals, contained in three trays within book-type library case, one tray containing magnifying glass, each 73mm (BHM 1336). The case distresses and lacking three side pieces; medals medals mostly extremely fine, and rare as a complete set. (16) £200-300
315 Victoria, White Metal Medals (3), Majority 1837; Coronation 1838 (BHM 1739, 1822, 1842); Marriage 1840, uniface striking in Silver, of the reverse of B Wyon’s Medal, torch between shields, EVER MAY LOVE SHED ROSY GARLANDS ROUND, 45mm (BHM 1920). All very fine, White Metal all pierced, last brooch mounted. (4) £60-80
316 Queen Victoria, Visit to Brussels, gilt cliché of the obverse of the medal by L J Hart, diademed head left, 53mm, mounted in small display frame. Extremely fine.
£40-60
317 Thomason’s Medallic Illustration of Science and Philosophy, an original cased set of 15 (out of 16) White Metal Medals, of various sciences to steam engines and pumps, each 73mm (BHM 1336), contained in three trays in book type library case (bottom tray also lacks the magnifying glass. The medals mostly very fine, but several with corrosion typical of white metal medals, the case in good order. (15)
£300-350The missing medal is that for Phrenology
318 Victoria (1837-1901), The Royal Exchange, laying the foundation Stone, Copper Medal, 1842, by W Wyon, diademed head left, rev legend in ten lines, 45mm, in maroon leather case of issue (BHM 2078). Nearly extremely fine. £30-50The reverse legend details the laying of the stone by Prince Albert.
319 William Pitt, the younger and Merchant Taylors’ School, glazed Silver Prize Medal, awarded to William Herbert Maddock, 24 June, 1858, the Pitt Club Exhibitioner, by B Wyon, bust of Pitt right, rev details engraved within wreath, 46mm, silver frame with suspension loop, lacking glass to reverse, in fitted case of issue (faded) B Wyon imprint in lid. Nearly extremely fine and very rare. £60-80
320 Beaumont College (College of St Stanislaus), Windsor, Silver Medal, c.1861, Madonna within quadrilobe, rev the façade of the College, 56mm. Virtually mint state, toned. £50-80A superb architectural medal, it shows the façade of the house originally built for Warren Hastings (1732-1818), Governor-General of India, but as rebuilt by Henry Emlyn with a massive central portico. The House was purchased by the Society of Novices in 1861. The medal probably dates to 1870, when a chapel to St Stanislaus was dedicated.
321 Princess Alexandra, Entry into the City of London, Copper Medal, 1863, by J S & A B Wyon, struck for the Corporation of the City of London, head of Alexandra left, rev Londinia and attendants welcome the Princess, 77mm, in case of issue [slightly damaged] (BHM 2783; W 9). Extremely fine. £120-150only 350 specimens struck
322 Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, The National Thanksgiving, Service at St Paul’s Cathedral, Copper Medal, 1872, by J S & A B Wyon, struck for the Corporation of the City of London, Londinia and Britannia greet the Queen and Prince, rev interior of St Paul’s, 77mm, in case of issue (BHM 2928; W 12; JT 39k). Extremely fine. £120-150only 400 specimens struck
323 Yachting, Royal Cinque Ports Yacht Club, Silver Medal, struck to mark the foundation in 1872, bare head of Prince Arthur, KG, Commodore, rev crowned arms within legend, 45mm (BHM 2949, RR). Small ege knock above head, otherwise mint state, in black morocco case of issue. £100-120
324 Opening of Epping Forrest, Copper Medal, 1882, City of London series, by Ch Wiener, 76mm; Official Medals (8), 1897, Silver (2), Bronze (2); 1902, Bronze (2), 1911, Bronze; 1937, small Silver; sundry Royal Medals (7). Very fine and better. (16) £80-120
325 International Exhibition, Crystal Palace, London, 1884, Copper Medal, by A Fisch and Messrs Pinches, a muse opens the doors to the Crystal palace, rev legend in wreath, 64mm (BHM 3174). Good very fine. £40-60
326 The later Sydenham Medals, Crystal Palace Picture Gallery, Competition for Prizes, 1893, Copper Medal, by G G Adams, “For a picture ‘The Apparation’ by F H Jackson”, Britannia with figures of the arts, Fame above, rev engraved inscription within wreath, 63mm, in original case of issue with printed list of the medal winners (SY 1893-010), extremely fine; another, awarded 1897, “Cromwell at Ripley Castle – by R Lehman”, scuffed, very fine; and an un-named trial, White Metal, scuffed, fine. (3) £60-80Frederick Hamilton Jackson, RBA (1848-1923) “The Apparition of St Agnes” – one of eight medals awarded in the History or Figure Subjects in Oil to English Artists (one gold, four silver and three bronze).
327 The Cope and Nicol School of Painting, South Kensington, Silver Prize Medal, un-named, by Frank Bowcher, a nude winged female holds a shield on which a naked youth paints the word ART, legend around, ARS LONGA VITA BREVIS, rev SCHOOL OF PAINTING A.S COPE J A NICOL on ribbon over laurel sprig, 57mm, stuck in France and edge stamped ARGENT; Liverpool, 700th Anniversary, small Silver Medal, by C J Allen, 32mm (BHM 3952, not listed this size in this metal). First with matt surface, both extremely fine. (2) £60-80Charles John Allen (1862-1955), Instructor in Sculpture and Vice-Principal of Liverpool City Art School
328 Boat [Barge] Building, small but heavy Gold Medal, awarded 1896, by W J Taylor & Sons, a naked River God reclines, rev engraved within beaded border, “T.S.B.M. 1896 BUILDER OF CHAMPION BARGE”, 31mm, 27.06g. Extremely fine. £200-300
329 Lifesaving Medals, Northampton Humane Society, Silver Medal for a successful rescue, 38mm, an unnamed specimen, without suspension as issued; and a similar medal struck in white metal. Both good very fine and very rare, the first toned. (2)
£50-70
330 Lifesaving, Royal Humane Society’s Silver Medal for “Proficiency …with reference to saving life from drowning”, a rescue scene in lake or river, engraved below, “Royal Naval School, Eltham 1900”, named on edge, “A. D. Welch”, 51mm, in fitted (Elkington) case. Choice extremely fine. £40-60
331 William Wyon, armorial design, small Copper Printing Plate, griffin head over shield with initials WW, 50mm x 36mm; Coronation 1902, Royal College of Music, Silver Medal, 38mm, in case; World War I, small Silver Plaquette, “V. DIVISION 1914-1916”, ships at anchor before mountain coastline, 29mm x 45mm; small Cross from metal from the Zeppelin L 15, 24mm; and brooch-mounted 5-Francs, 1868. Generally very fine. (4) £40-60On the 31st March 1916, the L 15, commander Kapitanleutnant Joachim Breithaupt, was hit over Purfleet, then attacked by 2nd Lt Alfred de Bathe Brandon RFC, finally coming down in the sea off Margate. Of the crew of 17, 16 were saved by the armed trawler Olivine.
332 Marlborough College, Lt Col Curzon Wylie, KCIE, CVO, Silver Memoral Award Medal, Officers’ Training Corps, Junior Division, by (?) Frank Bowcher, for Elkington’s, 1909, bust of Wylie three-quarters left in uniform and bemedalled, rev legend, Birmingham hallmark, 51mm. Matt surface, somewhat stained, very fine, rare. £30-50
333 George V, Coronation 1911, a cased set of three Coronation Medals, by Vaughtons Ltd, Goldsmiths & Silversmiths, Birmingham, comprising, Victoria, uniface Bronze, crowned bust ¾-left, 53mm (BHM 1806), restrike, with light bronze matt surface; Edward VII, Bronze, crowned bust right, rev crown over scroll, 45mm (BHM 3816); George V, Silver, by F Bowcher, conjoined busts with Queen Mary, left, rev crown over crossed mace and olive branch, 50mm (BHM 4056), in plush velvet-lined maroon leather fitted case with GVR monogram, etc. The first such set seen by the cataloguers, medals virtually as struck, extremely rare. £120-150
334 The Cripplegate Institute, Copper Medal, awarded 1904-1905, (dress cutting class work), 50.5mm; Sporting Medals (4), Northampton Institute (51mm), Imperial College, 45mm, Parliament Hill Lido, 38mm; London Banks Amateur Swimming, 30mm. Very fine or better. (5) £50-70
335 London, Coopers’ Company, silver-gilt pendant Centenary Medal of the company, 1927, awarded to Leslie Trew Burnett, arms, rev legend in wreath, name engraved on edge, suspension ring, red ribbon and brooch bar, by Pinches, 36mm. Extremely fine, rare. £30-50
336 Enamelled Coins, George III, Crown, brooch-mounted, enamelled in blue, white and red; William IV Sixpence earrings, multicoloured, in original fitted leather case with domed lid. A beautiful set in choice condition. (3) £120-150
337 Elongated Coins, Halfpennies (2), George II and George III, 1754, 1773; Shilling with engraved memorial legend, 1813; another, crown counterstamp, fair to fine; British Copper Medalets (3), of Frederick the Great and Prince Ferdinand, very fine; and RHS Banksian Medal, Silver, awarded 1899, 38mm, extremely fine. (8)
£60-80
MUSIC & COMPOSERS
338 Music, The Royal Academy of Music, Instituted 1822, Copper Prize Medal, by Benjamin Wyon, Apollo head right, engraved presentation legend within wreath, “Presented by HRH Prs Augusta to Ellen Hardy 1829”, 41mm, silver swivelling suspension loop, extremely fine and early awards very rare; with George Frederic Handel (1685-1759), Centenary Concert, Crystal Palace, 1859, Copper Medal, by W J Taylor, named to “Mr W Mitchell. Steward”, 51mm, very fine. (2)
£60-80Princess Augusta Sophia (1768-1840), second daughter of George III, a “Lady Patroness” of the Academy.
339 Music, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), large circular framed and glazed Plaster Portrait Plaque, bust left, within deep cream-coloured border, unsigned, 335mm, the metal frame painted faux-marble, early 20th century, c.1900-1910. Much as made, extremely fine. £60-80
340 Music, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), a Bronze impression of the ‘Bois Durci’ Portrait Medal, bare head right, name above, 112mm, in wide ‘dished’ oak frame, total diameter 218mm. Good very fine. £60-80
341 Music, Ludwig van Beethoven (1770-1827), Memorial Medal, 1827, by E Gatteaux, head left, rev lyre, 50mm (Ni 137); Centenary of Death, uniface Bronze Medals, 1927, by A Hartig, a stern full-face head, 75mm and 40mm, the larger mounted in ebonised stand (Ni 145). First very fine, others extremely fine. (3)
£40-60
342 Music, Frédéric François Chopin (1810-1849), composer and pianist, uniface Bronze Plaquette, by F Stiasny, bust left hair bushed in quiff, name behind, 65mm x 59mm, mounted on wooden stand (Ni 505); Uniface Bronze Medal, by S Lewandowsky, similar bust left, 50mm (Ni 497). Good very fine or better. (2) £50-70 neither medals in the recent Niggl sale (Baldwin’s Auctions, November 2008)
343 Music, Franz Liszt (1811-1886), uniface Bronze Medal [1912], by F Stiasny, bust left, 88mm, mounted on wooden stand (Ni 1173). A well sculpted bust, almost extremely fine. £40-60
344 Music, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1759-1791), uniface rectangular Bronze Plaquette, c.1928, by Ede Telcs, bust right, name below, 61mm x 55mm (Ni 1447); Uniface Bronze Medal, by A Hartig, bust right, 75mm (Ni 1377); Wilhelm Richard Wagner (1813-1883), Bronze Plaquette, 1904, by O Yencesse, bust left, rev Opera House, Bayreuth, 42mm x 55mm (Ni 2263); Franz Peter Schubert (1797-1828), uniface Bronze Medals, 1928, by A Hartig, bust left, 75.5mm and 40mm (Ni 1797), very fine and better; Silver Charms (7), including miniature medallions of Schiller and Goethe, Strauss (the younger) and Schubert. (12) £80-120
345 Music, Philippe Quinault (1635-1688), dramatist and librettist, cast Bronze Medal, 1718, by Simon Curé, laureate bust right, rev phoenix atop a lyre with emblems of music, 58mm (Ni -; BM Acq 1983-87, 14/2). Once gilt, very fine. £50-70Quinault was a member of the Académie française (1670–1688)ex Charles Avery Collection
346 Music, Johann Strauss, the younger (1825-1899), Bronze Medal, 1894, by Anton Scharff, 50th Anniversary of the Künstler-Jübilaums, bust right, rev musical instruments (and bat) placed before ballroom scene, 59mm (Ni 1954); Uniface Bronze Medal, by F Stiasny, bust right, name behind, 90mm (Ni 1958); Uniface Bronze Plaquette, by F Stiasny, bust right, name to front, 65.5mm x 55mm, mounted on wooden stand (cf Ni 1959); small uniface Bronze Medal, by A Hartig, facing bust, 40mm (Ni 1942). A good selection, very fine and better. (4) £100-150The jubilee festivities commenced on October 13th at the Theater an der Wien, with the première of Strauss' new operetta of Jabuka (das Apfelfest). Strauss received 47 curtain-calls.second medal ex Charles Avery Collection
347 Music, Wilhelm Richard Wagner (1813-1883), an impressive circular Bronze Medallic Plaque, unsigned and undated, bust left, his name in ‘art nouveau’ letters, 182mm, no example in recent Niggl sale. Good very fine with attractive patination. £60-80
348 Music, circular Copper Plaquette, perhaps Austrian, c.1900, the mask and emblems of music, unsigned, 130mm; Deutscher Sängerbund, Bohemia, 1914, circular Bronze Plaquette, by A Henks, equestrian youth with lyre trampling a dragon, rev legend, etc, 124mm, both very fine and decorative; Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847), Leipzig Festival, Bronze Medal, 1959, bust left, rev legend and shield, 82mm (Ni -), extremely fine. (3) £60-80
FOREIGN COMMEMORATIVE MEDALS
ALGERIA
349 Algeria / France, The Conquest of Algeria, Copper Medal, 1830, by Caqué, Bellona and Victory fly over wounded sea-horse, rev legend within wreath, LE COMPTE DE BOURMONT, GÉNERAL EN CHEF DE L’ARMÉE FRANÇAISE, 41mm (Escande 5). Extremely fine. £60-80
AUSTRIA
350 The House of Habsburg, Leopold I, the Hogmouth (1640-1657-1705), The Siege of Vienna, Silver Medal, 1683, city panorama with the armies and artillery in formation, rev legend in eight lines, WIENN BELAGERTE DER TURK 1683 …, lettered edge, DIE ES SEHEN …, 27.5mm (Mont 907; Julius 198; Hirsch 66). Extremely fine. £180-220
351 Maria Thresia (1717-1740-1780), The Great Seal, an impression in blackened (?) iron, Empress enthroned under canopy, attendants to either side with armorial shields, 20th century, 115mm. Extremely fine. £30-50
352 Friedrich Maria Albrecht Wilhelm Karl von Österreich-Toskana, Herzog von Teschen, uniface Portrai Medal, c.1914-1918, by Anton Rudolph Weinberger, bewhiskered head right, with uniform collar, 102mm. Extremely fine. £40-60
353 Austria and Holy Roman Empire, Field-Marshal Gideon Ernst von Laudon [Loudon], The Capture of Belgrade from the Turks, White Metal Medal, 1789, by J C Reich, a similar piece to the previous lot, 47mm, with usual copper plug (Wurzbach 4879; BDM V, 71; Baldwins Auction 41, lot 1844). Almost extremely fine. £100-150
BELGIUM
354 Leopold II (1835-1865-1909), Accession, Copper Medal, 1865, by Leopold Wiener, bearded head right, rev king salutes Belgica, 78mm. Extremely fine. £60-80
355 Academy of Science and Art, founded by Maria Theresia, Copper Medal, 1872, Duvivier’s bust of the Empress left, rev legend in ten lines, 50mm. Extremely fine.
£30-40
356 Sport, Antwerp Yacht Club, International Regatta, 1895, Copper Medal, on the centenary of the Liberation, River God of the Schelde, rev legend, 56mm; Athletics, Hurdling, Silvered-bronze Plaquette, by André Merv, 48mm x 56mm. Extremely fine. (2) £40-60
357 Leon Vanderkindere (1841-1906), historian, Bronze Medal, 1902, by I Dillens, bust left, rev crouching diaphonous figure of history, 59mm; other Bronze Medals (3), Belgian Hommage to Great Britain, c.1918, by J Dupon, St George and dragon, 60mm; Hercules and Bull, by Alphonse Darville, 70mm; St Gudula [7th century, Brabant], by J Jourdain, 70mm. First very fine, the others extremely fine. (4) £80-100
358 Large Copper Medals (2), by Leopold Wiener, Leopold I, Innauguration of the Colonne du Congress, 1859, bare head left, rev figures symbolic of the Kingdom, 86mm; Leopold II, Accession, 1865, bearded head right, rev the King stands with the figure of Legislation, 78mm. Good very fine. (2) £40-60
BELGIAN COLONIES
359 Jules Laurent Jean Louis Renkin (1862-1934), Prime Minister of the Colonies, Visit to the Congo, Bronze Medal, 1909, by J Jourdain, bust left, rev vignettes of visiting ships and legend, 60mm; Return of Prince Albert from Africa, Bronze Plaquette, 1909, by P Wissaert, 70mm x 48mm; International Expositions, Bronze Medals (2), Brussels 1897, by J Lagae and Wolfers, three figures, rev arms, 69mm, the obverse splendidly ‘Art Nouveau’; Antwerp 1930, by J Dupon, River God and native, sea-plane above, rev vignette and legend, octagonal 80mm, this splendidly ‘Art Deco’, second fine, others very fine and better. (4) £80-120Renkin, journalist and politician, Minister of Justice (1907-1908), Colonies (1908-1918), the Interior (1918-1920), Railways and Posts (1918-1921). From 1920 an honorary Minister of State and Prime Minister (1931-1932).
360 Banque du Congo Belge, Bronze Medals (2), for the 25th and 50th Anniversaries, 1934 and 1959, elephant left, rev native mother and child, 70mm; elephant left, rev Bank buildings, 70mm; Universal and Industrial Exposition for the Belgian Congo, Ruanda and Urundi, Brussels 1958, Bronze Medal, vignettes of African life around impala, rev legend, 91mm, in box of issue; International Society of the Congo for Forestry and Mining, Bronze Medal, 1956, by G A Brunet, vignettes, rev maternity hospice, Kasai, 86mm. First very fine, the others extremely fine. (4)
£100-150
361 Railways, the 50th Anniversary of the Compagnie du Chemin de Fer du Bas Congo au Katanga, Bronze Medal, 1956, by G A Brunet, old and new locomotives; other Bronze Medals (2), 1956, by G A Brunet, Mining Union at Katanga, giant bucket scoop, rev teaching engineering mechanics; International Society of the Congo for Forestry and Mining, vignettes, rev maternity hospice, Kasai, all 86mm. Extremely fine. (3) £80-100
CANADA
362 Agricultural and Arts Association of Ontario, unissued Copper Prize Medal, by JS & AB Wyon, shield of arms, rev wreath, 41mm. Mint state. £30-50
FRANCE
363 Empress Joséphine [Joséphine de Beauharnais, born Marie Josèphe Rose de Tascher de la Pagerie, 1763-1814], uniface Bronzed Portrait Medal, by B Andrieu, diademed bust right, 67.5mm, in glazed gilt metal frame. Nearly extremely fine though frame damaged. £50-70
364 Copper Medals (4), Philippe II, Duke of Orléans and Regent (1715-1716), 1719, by Jean le Blanc, bust right, rev legend, CIVIBUS OPES …, 41mm; Louis XV, the Birth of the Comte de Provence, 1755, by J Duvivier, laureate head right, rev the infant in his cot, OMEN FELICITATIS, 42mm; Count Montesqueieu, by Caunois, for the Galerie Metallique, 41mm; Sebastien LePrestre de Vauban (1633-1707), military engineer, 19th century Tribute medal, by Montagny, bewigged head left, rev legend, 50mm. This and second extremely fine, others very fine. (4) £80-100Louis-Stanislas-Xavier, Comte de Provence, Louis XVIII (1814-24)
365 Forty pieces from Durand’s series of illustrious French men, including Madamme Marie Rabutin de Sevigné, Ae 40mm, c.1820. In a blue plush case, about extremely fine to extremely fine. (40) £500-700de Sevigné’s letters are considered the model for the epistolary genre
366 Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642), Jean Warin’s Tribute Medal, a later striking from damaged dies, in bronzed lead, bust right, rev Zodiac around globe, 54mm, old collection number “542” painted behind head, very fine; Vatican, Pius VII, the Vatican Museum, Annual Medal, Copper, 1822, by G Cerbara, bust right, rev interior scene, 42mm, extremely fine. (2) £100-150
367 Lyon, Féderation Nationale Martiale, octagonal Silvered-metal Badge, 1790, 35.5mm, very fine; Prefet de Rhone, octagonal Silver Jeton, 1851; Jean-François Ducis (1733-1816), dramatist, Copper Medal, 1816, by N Gatteaux, 41mm; sundry other French (8), including from Kings series, 33mm (3), very fine and better. (12)
£40-60
368 The Raft of the Medusa [Le Radeau de la Méduse], a Bronzed Relief of the painting by Théodore Géricault (1791-1824), the survivors on the wave-tossed raft wave at a passing ship, 112mm x 165mm, oak frame; with Bronzed electrotype relief depictions “Les Glaneuses”, painted 1957, and “L’Angelus”, painted 1859, by of Jean-Francois Millet (1814-1875), integral scrolled ribbon suspenders, 110mm x 132mm. All very fine. (3) £50-70After the French naval frigate "Méduse", ran aground off of the coast of today's Mauritania on 5 July, 1816, 147 passengers were forced onto a raft which floated for 13 days, during which time most of its occupants died. The disaster resulted in an international scandal, and the incompetence of the captain was widely blamed. The painting was first shown at the 1819 Paris Salon.
369 Pierre Deluns-Montaud (1845-1907), Minister of Public Works, large Silvered Medallion, by Louis P Maubert, bust right in high relief, with rough-shaped truncation, 104mm, contained velvet and silk-lined green leather fitted case, and probably issued in the 1930s. Extremely fine and rare. £100-120
370 Paris Exposition, 1931, Bronze Medals (2), by Emile Monier, Femme Ouolof, Senegal, facing head, rev children before map; Maure d’Aleg, Mauritania, head left, rev scrolled map before building, both 58mm; smaller related medals (2). Very fine and better. (4) £60-80
371 Fables, uniface Bronze Medals (2), by Jean Vernon, “Les grenouilles qui demandant un roi”, heron with frogs; “Vous chantiez j’en suis fortaise eh bien dansez maintenant”, both 59mm. Very fine or better. (2) £60-80
372 World War II, “Fusille”, modern Bronze Medal, by Agaitie, dead prisoner at stake, firing squad beyond, rev draped cross of Lorraine over V, 70mm. Extremely fine.
£30-40
373 Military, Médaille des Evadés (Prisoner of War Escape Medal) (6), yellow bronze, extremely fine, one very fine; Médaille de St Helène (2), one medal complete, the other lacking ribbon and ring, both fine; Order of the Palmes Academiques (2), both with ribbon, minor damage to enamel on one, most enamel lacking on other. (10)
£100-150
GERMANY
374 The Battles of 1688, Copper-gilt Medal, by George Hautsch, three allegorical figures clasp hands, rev landscape with the towns of Philipsburg, Pfaltz, Coblenz and Heydelberg besieged with, to fore, prisoner at stake, women and children violently taken and man, left, running off with money-bag, 45mm. Very fine. £60-80
375 Bonn, Huy and Limbourg Captured by Marlborough, Silver Medal, 1703, by J Croker, bust of Anne left, rev a kneeling figure with mural crown offers three city keys to an equestrian Marlborough, SINE CLADE VICTOR, 42mm (MI 246/35; vL IV, 399). Nearly very fine, deeply toned. £60-80
376 Christian, Duke of Saxony-Weissenfels (1712-1736), Bicentenary of the Augsburg Confession, Silver Medalet, 1730, by G Vestner, bust right, rev mountain-top fortress, 20mm, choice extremely fine; Austrian silver Medalets (2), one with Joseph II, very fine. (3) £50-70
377 Friendship, Silver Medal, c.1790’s, by Abraham Abramson, three cocks, rev three playing cards within circle, floral wreath around, VEREINT DURCH FREUNDLICHKEIT, 39mm. Fine and toned. £30-50
378 19th Century circular Bronzed Electrotype of a Plaquette, in the style of Hans Jacob Bayr of Augsburg, c.1600, Athena leads the personification of Painting into the circle of Arts and Sciences, 150mm, mounted in rectangular frame (cf Weber 786). Very fine and decorative. £30-50
379 The Circumnavigation Flight of the Graf Zeppelin, LZ 127, conjoined busts of eckner and others left, rev globe with names of cities visited, 36mm, Preus Staatsmünze, 900 Fein. Extremely fine. £60-80
380 Klaus Lankheit (1913-1992), Professor and Doctor, scholar, art historian and numismatist, collector of Baroque Medals, patinated Bronze Medal on his 70 th
birthday, 1983, by H Baumstark, bust three-quarters right, rev legend in 18 lines listing his publications, 68mm (cf Peus 368, 3509). Very fine. £40-80only 22 specimens struckLanheit’s own specimen, ex Charles Avery collection, Morton & Eden auction, 21 May 2003 (lot 801)
IRAN
381 Order of the Crown (Taj), Commander’s neck Badge, 72mm. Good very fine, some minor chips of green enamel missing at points. £150-200
ITALY
382 Cardinal Giuliano della Rovere, later Pope Julius II (1443-1503-1513), Copper-gilt Foundation Medal for the Fortifications at Ostia, Roman School under Sixtus IV, bust right, wearing cap and cope, IVL. EPISC. OSTIEN, rev view of the city and port of Ostia, CARD. S.P. AD. VINC, both legends commence with a rosette of dots, 36mm, on relatively thick flan, 3.5mm-4mm (Barg I, 184; Arm II, 110/3 & III, 201, a). The medal very fine, the gilding original and applied to both sides and the edge, rubbed in high spots, very rare. £100-150The Fortifications were commissioned by della Rovere and the work commenced in 1483. della Rovere was made a Cardinal in 1471 and before his election to Pope was, variously, Bishop of Lausanne, Avignon, Coutances and Mende
383 Emilia Pio, Copper Medal, attributed to Adriano Fiorentino (d.1499), bust right, her hair tied behind in a long plait, AEMYLIA PIA FELTRIA, rev a tall pyramid surmounted by an urn, CASTIS CINERIBVS, 77mm (Hill, Corpus 345; Arm II, 118, 55). A late (19th Century?) cast, softly sculpted, very fine. £50-70
384 Venetian School, Niccolò de Carraria (d.1344?), restitutional Bronze Portrait Medal, bust left wearing cap, rev armorial device in high relief, OBIT ANNO DO MCCCXXVI, 69mm (Hill, Corpus 1274; Arm II, 16, 25). Very fine. £100-150Hill suggests a mid-16th century date and questions the date of the death given on the medal. He lists 18 restitutional medals of the Carrara family and suggests the medals might have been made by members of the Papafava family of Venice.
385 Venetian School, perhaps Danese Cattaneo (c.1512-1572), cast Bronze Portrait Medal of Ettore Podocataro, aged 21, bearded bust left wearing doublet and mantle, HECTOR PODOCHATARVS. A. Æ. S. XXI, rev standing figure of justice holding spear and scales, EQVITAS PRINCIPIS, 67mm (Habich pl.LXXXVI, 4). An old aftercast with light patination, very fine. £150-250Attwood (262) lists a medal by Cattaneo of Lodovico and Giovanni Podocataro, two brothers of whom “nothing is known”. He continues, “The attribution to Cattaneo of a medal of Ettore Podacataro … is unconvincing”.
386 Roman School, Cardinal Iacopo Savelli (1523-1587), cast Bronze Medal, bearded bust right, rev ship at sea buffeted by winds, 45.5mm (Arm II, 219/26); France, Marie de Medici, cast Bronze Medal, c.1625, by Guillaume Dupré, bust right wearing open ruff and widow’s cap, rev Marie as Cybele, with figures around, 52mm (BMC [Jones] 61; Netherlands, Peter Gyron (1579-1624), Duke of Ossuna, cast Bronze Medal, by J de Gyr, bust right, with small beard, rev rearing horse, PRIMUS ET IRE VIAM, 45mm, contemporary suspension loop. All fine. (3) £70-90The legend of the last from “Georgic III”, primus et ire viam et fluvios temptare minaces audet et ignoto sese ommittere ponti nec vanos horret strepitus.
387 Vatican, Pius XI, Ratti (1922-1937), Silver Annual Medal, year 16 [1938], for the Academy of Science, by Mistruzzi, bust left, rev medallic portrait roundels of Michelangelo, Leonardo and Alexander Volta, 45mm. Fine. £25-35
388 St Ambrose, Brass Token or Medalet, 1806, for the poor, mitred bust, rev IN CIBOS PAVPERVM 1806, 28mm. Very fine. £40-60St Ambrose (c. 340-397), Patron Saint of learning, Bishop of Milan (374-397)
JAPAN / CHINA
389 Field Marshal Count Maresuka Noghi (1848-1912), octagonal Bronze Memorial Medal, 1912, alluding to the Capture of Port Arthur, by Hugo Taglang, facing bust, in uniform, rev lion on rocky outcrop, looks out to sea, 69mm (BDM VI, 6-7, illustrated; Wurzbach 6856). Extremely fine. £80-120Port Arthur had been captured during the first Sino-Japanese War, on 21st November 1894 by General Yamaji Motoharu when, in a complete massacre, a reputed 60,000 Chinese servicemen and civilians were killed. After the capture of Kinchow Noghi commanded one of the brigades sent to attack the seven immense forts surrounding Talien Bay and were then involved in the final taking of Port Arthur. Hugo Taglang (born 1874), Austrian sculptor and medallist.
MALTA
390 St Edward’s College, Bronze Prize Medal for Athletics, c.1930’s, arms, rev wreath, 38mm, un-named, in case of issue. Extremely fine. £60-80The College opened in October 1929 as St Edward’s Catholic School for Boys, with 29 foundation pupils.
NETHERLANDS
391 Margaret of Austria (1522-1586), Duchess of Parma, Governor/Regent of the Netherlands (1559-1567), Departure from the Netherlands, Lead Medal, 1567, by Giuliano Giannini, bust right, wearing a gown adorned with pearls and small ruff, rev Peace stands on rock repelling the winds, A. DOMINO. FACTVM. EST. ISTVD., dated below, 34mm (cf Att 1103; Arm 11, 211.41). Very fine. £60-80Margaret of Austria was the illegitimate daughter of Charles V and Margaret van Gent, she married (1) Alessandro de Medici (1536-1537) and, following his assassination (2) Ottavio Farnese (1538)
392 Peter Gyron (1579-1624), Duke of Ossuna, Count of Urena, Viceroy of Sicily, cast Copper Portrait Medal, 1618, by Ju. De Gyr, bust right, rev a horse rears, PRIMVS ET IRE VIAM, 46.5mm (BDM II, 350). Nearly very fine. £40-60
393 Medical Guild Medal, 1753, Aescoplous stands with snake entwined club, rev city arms and cornucopiae, on plinth, this engraved “Gerard François de Waal”, 51mm, fine; Geneva, Reformation Jubilee, 1835, Silver Medal, 33mm; French medals, Louise Marie Therese, born, 1819, 30mm; Duc d’Orleans, Death 1842, gilt, 26mm; Revolution 1848 (3, bronze and WM (2)); other pieces (4), except as stated mostly very fine. £40-60
394 17th / 18th Century Bronze Plaquette, a celebration dance, a male to left, a piper to right, a woman to centre looks on, 122mm x 76mm, framed. A lively, jolly scene, very fine. £40-60
395 19th Century cast Silver Medallic Brooch, with the arms and motto of Utrecht, Dutch Hallmarks for 1854, 71mm, pin to reverse. Fine and scarce. £60-80
NORWAY
396 St Olaf’s Cathedral, Trondheim, Copper Medal, 1862, by J Wiener, exterior and interior views, 49mm (van H 192; Reinecke 53). Extremely fine, though with ‘dusty’ surface. £30-50
RUSSIA
397 Russia/France, visit of the Russin Fleet to Toulon, Silvered-bronze Medal, 1893, by L Bottée, 38mm, very fine, stained; with a silvered badge for the 300th Anniversary of the Romanov Dynasty, 1913, 35mm x 22mm, extremely fine. (2) £20-30
SPAIN
398 Isabella II (1830-1904, Queen 1833-1868), Agricultural Exhibition, Madrid, 1857, Copper Medal, bust left, rev cherubs above roundel, POR SERVICIOS, 43mm; smaller medalets (6), all but one with portraits, including proclamations and the Isabella Canal; with Bullfighting, St Sebastian, 1883, Copper Medal, 37mm; “Exposicion de Ganados”, Cordoba, 1884, Copper Medal, 37mm. Extremely fine. (9) £50-80
SWEDEN
399 Rutger Maclean (1742-1816), Agricultural Reformer [of Scottish descent], Bronze Gilt Medal, 1800, by Carl Enhörning, bust right, his name in field, rev legend within wreath and exergue, 49mm (Hild III, 281-82). Extremely fine. £40-60
400 Oscar II, Equestrian Medal, Silver, undated, by Lea Ahlborn, bearded head of the King left, rev a horse standing to left, 43mm. Nearly extremely fine. £40-60
401 HMS af Chapman, Silver Medal, 1934, ship under sail, rev world map marked with voyage, 40mm; France, Silver ‘Love’ Medal, by O Roty, figures exchange ring, SEMPER below, 41mm. Both matt surface, extremely fine. (2) £40-60HMS af Chapman, a fullrigged ship built in Whitehaven as the Dunboyne in 1888 and is now used as a youth hostel. Previously used as a sail training ship for the Royal Swedish Navy, now located at Skeppsholmen, Stockholm.
SWITZERLAND
402 Publius Cornelius Scipio 'Africanus', The Elder (236-184 BC), from Dassier’s series of Roman History, bust left, wearing lion headdress, rev “La Continence de Scipion”; others from the series (6), all non portrait, including “Victoires d’Annibal” / “Annibal Vaincu par les Plaisirs”, Generosité des Dames Romaines”, each 32mm. Extremely fine or nearly so. (6) £70-90
THAILAND
403 Rama VI, Brass Medal, in the style of the Baht coinage, bust right, rev triple elephant symbol, 47mm, extremely fine; and a smaller silver coin-like medal, 34mm, very fine, both seemingly modern productions; Japan, visit of Hirohito and Empress Nagako to Europe, Silver Medal, 1971, 40mm, scuffed, extremely fine. (3) £30-50
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
404 George Washington (1732-1799, President 1789-97), the “Voltaire Medal”, Copper, c.1798 (unsigned and undated), bare head right, rev stack of military trophies with a cannon and drums to the front, legend in small letters, WASHIN REUNIT. PAR UN PARRE …, 40mm (Baker 78; Ford II, 109-111). Edge knocks (about 2, 10 and 11 o’clock), otherwise very fine or nearly so. £100-150
405 USA/Scotland/Germany, John Parish, 50 years in Hamburg, Silver Medal, 1806, legend both sides, 39mm. Extremely fine, toned. £30-50Parish, a naturalized Hamburg citizen of Scottish birth, was a successful Ship Chandler and in 1793 was appointed Vice Consul in the newly opened (1790) American Consulate, and later Consul, the only non-American to have served in this post.
406 Indianapolis, Indiana, Agricultural, Mechanical & Horticultural Association, unissued Copper Prize Medal, c.1850s, by F B Smith (New York), a rural scene with, to the front a trotting race and winning post, a distant train and rays of railway lines in sky, rev legend around, centre blank for naming, 44mm. Very fine. £30-50Smith and Hartmann, by 1860 located at 122 Fulton Street, New York
MEDALS BY SUBJECT
407 Agriculture, Ormskirk and Southport Agricultural Society, established 1857, glazed and frosted Silver Prize Medal, awarded 1907, farmyard scene, rev wreath and details, “to Mr C F Hesford for Best Collection of Implements”, 50mm, silver border and ornately engraved suspension loop, in fitted case of issue [Connard & Son, Manchester & Southport]. Tiny edge chip to glass (1 o’clock), otherwise as issued. £40-60
408 Architecture, Richard Phene Spiers (1838-1916), a testimonial Bronze Plaquette, 1905, by Édouard Lantéri, bust left, rev the capital of a column seen before the distant Acropolis, THE GREATEST TRVST BETWEEN MAN AND MAN IS THE TRVST OF GIVING -COVNSEL, 79mm x 59mm (BHM 3921; BDM III, 302). Nearly extremely fine. £40-60
409 Banking, France, Banque de France, 150th Anniversary, Silver Medal, 1950, by Dumarest, Athena and Commerce at altar, rev seated figures of Industry below Napoleon’s head, named “Jean Forgeot”, 88mm, in case of issue, matt surface; Portugal, 120th Anniversary of the Bank of London & South America in Lisbon, Bronze Medal, 1983, 69mm, both extremely fine. (2) £60-80
410 Banking, Germany, Frankfurter Bank, octagonal Silver Medal, 1854, by G Zollmann, 35mm, extremely fine; Nuremburg, Medallic Ducat, struck in Silver, bust of Christ right, rev lamb of God; France, Incendie Vie Navigation, octagonal Silver Medal, 1834, 33mm, these very fine. (3) £80-100
411 Banking, Sweden, Sveriges Riksbank, 250th Anniversary, Silver Medal, 1918, by Erik Lindberg, enthroned figure holds caduceus, rev cornucopiae on inscribed tablet, 60mm (Ehrens 177). Matt surface, extremely fine. £60-80
412 Education, Merchant Taylor’s School, Crosby, Merseyside, large Silver Award Medal, by Elkington (Liverpool), the arms of John Harrison, founder, rev blank for inscription, 63mm, in case of issue; University College, London, Prize Medal, 1887-1888, Practical Chemistry, (A H P Dawnay), 38mm; Rowing, Cambridge University, glazed Silver Medal, Head of River, 52mm, with shield engraved with the names of the 1890 Trinty Hall crew, in cases of issue (last without lid). Medals mint state. (3) £60-80The Merchant Taylor’s School, Crosby, was founded in 1620 (the date 1618 is given on the medal), on the instruction of the estate of John Harrison. Destroyed by fire in 1666 it was re-built by 1674, moving to its present site in 1910. The school still flourishes.
413 Education, Scotland, Madderty School, engraved Silver Dux’s Medal, 1905, named A G Maxtone Graham of Cultoquhey, Edinburgh Hallmark, maker H&D, 57mm, shaped suspension loop and ring, in case of issue. A handsome medal in the Scottish tradition, extremely fine. £50-70A G Maxtone Graham can be found as the Chieftan of the Crieff Highland Games in 1890.
414 Exhibitions, The Great Exhibition 1851, Exhibitor’s Medal, Copper, “Sweden & Norway – No. 73”, 45mm (Allen HP-A055); South Kensington, International Exhibition, 1862, Uhlhorn’s Medal, Silvered Bronze, “Stamped in the building” (Allen SK B-230); Crystal Palace Opened, 1854, 42mm (Allen SY-1854/085); Visitors to the Crystal Palace, 1866, White Metal, view, rev details, 41.5mm (Allen SY-866-001). Last very fine, pierced, others better. (4) £70-90
415 Exhibitions, The Great Exhibition 1851, White Metal Medals (4), by Allen & Moore, all with panoramic view, Victoria and Albert, 51mm; Prince Albert (3), 52mm (2) and 64mm (Allen HP-B120; HP-B130, 135, 140); smaller (3), each 27mm (HP-B015, variety with Britannia reverse; B030, variety with ship reverse, pierced; B070, mint state). Except as stated, very fine and better. (7) £80-100
416 Exhibitions, The Universal Exhibition, South Kensington, 1862, Copper Prize Medal, by L C Wyon, “G Pescatore, Class III” [G Pescatore (France), Class III, C “Wines, Spirits, Beer and other Drinks and Tobacco”], 77mm (Allen SK-A005); by Dowler, 52mm (SK-B085), and 37mm, this in brass box with bust of Prince Albert (SK B055/050); somewhat similar box containing Thomas Jackson’s “Cachou Aromatise – Sweeten the Breath”, 38mm; by Pinches (2), Copper and white metal, 42mm (SK-B200). Second choice, others extremely fine or nearly so. (6) £80-100The fourth still containing a number of Cachou Aromatise pellets – probably by now past their “sell by” date!
417 Exhibitions, The Universal Exhibition, South Kensington, 1862, Copper Medal, by Bovy, 50mm (SK-B010); Glasgow Exhibition, 1901, Aluminium, 38mm; Royal Cornwall Polytechnic, James Watt Medal, awarded 1872, “Clara Montalba - for a water-colour drawing”; sundry others (5); and a curious impression of the reverse of Mudie’s Medal for the Surrender of Pamplona, 1813, by the Gutta Percha Company, with company name and Royal arms, 40mm (cf BHM 765). Last fragile, very fine, the Montalba medal extremely fine, others very fine. (9) £70-90Clara Montalba (1842-1929), the eldest and most successful of four artistic sisters, began exhibiting at the Royal Academy in 1866. She studied in Paris with Eugene Isabey and at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice, becoming a member of the Royal Watercolor Society in 1892. She is best remembered for her paintings of Venice, where she lived for some time and, indeed, where she died. Some further information sold with the lot.The Gutta-Percha Company was establihed in 1847, and made highly ornate, revival-style pieces of furniture and moulded forms emulating carved wood, some of which were shown at the Great Exhibition, 1851 [Class 4C], together with Submarine Telegraph Cables [Class 13] from either of which this might have been a souvenir.
418 Finance, France, Louis XVIII / Charles X, Opening of the Paris Stock Exchange [Palais de la Bourse], Bronze Medal, 1825, by L M Petit, conjoind heads of the two monarchs left, rev Paris, seated, receives the key from Mercury, Commerce stands behind, 68mm. Extremely fine. £80-100
419 Horticulture, Belgium, The Royal Horticultural Society of Malines, Silver Medal, awarded 1879, bust of worthy left, rev arms and supporters, named on edge, EXPon D’HIVER 1879. A LA COLLECTION D’AZALEA MOLLIS DE M. CHARLES DE VIS, 46mm. Extremely fine, obverse toned. £40-60The recipient possibly the English zoologist and ornithololgist Charles Walter De Vis (1829-1915), who emigrated to Australia and was a founder member of the Royal Society of Queensland.
420 Medicine, Baron Joseph Andreas Stifft (1760-1836), on the recovery of the Emperor from illness, Silver Medal, 1826, by Joseph N Lang and [reverse] Plenker, bust left, bemedalled and in uniform, rev The Emperor prevented from crossing the River Styx by the Genius of Medicine, 48mm (Storer 3433; Freeman 498; Brett 1174; BDM III, 296, IV, 626). Extremely fine, uneven tone. £60-80
421 Pigeon Racing, Scotland, engraved Silver ‘Shield’, pigeon to left, “Special – Dalbeattie 4th Nov 1885”, 42mm x 24mm; with ‘fob’ Medals (2), enamelled pigeon ‘portraits’, one 1930. Very fine and better. (3) £50-70
422 Railways, A Collection of World Medals (17), Copper, etc, unless stated, all show locamotives: UK, 300th Engine built at Crewe, Copper, 39mm; General Strike, 1926, 51mm; George Stephenson, 1966; Austria, Vienna to Brünn, hollow, 27mm; Belgium, Central Railway, Binche, 1857, by Hart, 50mm; Gent (Eeklo)-Wondelgem-Eeklo Railway, 25th Anniversary, 1886, 50mm; Ethiopia, Menelik II, Addis Ababa to Djibouti, 1903, 32mm; France, … du Nord, Silver, 50mm; … de l’Est, Silver, 41mm; …de l’Ouest, 1839, Silvered, restrike; others, smaller (3); Germany, Berlin Railway Exposition and First Train, 1844, by Loos, 45mm; Peru, Ariquibo to Puno, 1870, by C E Bryant, 50mm; others, smaller (2). Many extremely fine. (17) £150-200
423 Railways, France, the construction of the Métropolitain Municipal [the Métro], Paris, 1896 –19.. [sic], rectangular Bronze Plaquette (with arched top), 1912, by Frederic Charles Victor de Vernon, a crowded platform, groups of people busying around, rev the personification of Paris and architect by plinth, looking out over cityscape towards the Sacré Coeur, 70mm x 90mm, in case of issue, softly sculpted, a most handsome period piece, nearly extremely fine; and 1969 Bronze Métro Medal, 51mm. (2) £80-120
424 Railways, France, Marechal Foch, the Signing of the Armistice in a Railway Carriage, Bronze Medal, 1918, by G Prud’homme, 69mm; Compagnie Internationale des Wagon-Lits, 50th Anniversary, Bronze Plaquette, 1926, by Henri Dropsy, a wagon-lit against European map, 47mm x 91mm; Exposition Universelle, Bronze Plaquette, 1900, by Roine, France greets the figures of the two worlds, rev panorama of Paris, 55mm x 68mm; Military Plaquette, 1912, by J P Legastelois, “hommage de l’auteur”, 39mm x 59mm; Univeral Exposition, Turin, 1911, Silvered-bronze Plaquette of the Argentine Pavillion, by Gottuzzoy, Argentina waves at train, rev the [splendid] pavilion, 55mm x 70mm. Very fine and better. (5) £70-90
425 Railways, A Collection of 20th Century Bronze Medals, Belgian Congo, Katanga Railway, 1906-1956, by G A Brunet, 66mm; French (9), various; others (2); and Eurotunnel (2). Extremely fine or as issued. (14) £80-100
426 Railways, Silver-gilt Stamp Replicas (4), showing locamotives; together with a miscellaneous group of medals and medalets (approx XXXX), many transport related. Varied state though many extremely fine. (lot) £50-70
427 Religion, a Copper Gothic Roundel, with the letters IHC, of uncertain age, 35mm. Poor, stained and somewhat corroded. £20-50IHC (and HIS) are Romanised abreviations from the Greek, of the first three letters of the name “Jesus”
428 Shooting, The Army Rifle Association, Artillery Cup, large Silvered Bronze Winners Medal, 1952 (240 HAA Battery), lion walks to left, 112mm. Extremely fine. £40-60
429 Slavery, William Wilberforce, Abolition of the Slave Trade, Copper Medal, 1807, by T Webb, bare head right, rev Britannia seated, attended by allegorical figures, 53mm (BHM 627). Nearly very fine, edge bruises. £60-80
430 Sport, Cricket, G F McCorquordale Cricket Challenge Cup, oval Silver Medal, awarded 1893, monogram with name around, date engraved, 43mm x 28mm, integral suspension loop and ring, maker’s name Bowman Ltd, in case of issue. Extremely fine. £40-60
431 Sport, Fencing, Henry Arthur Colmore-Dunn (1859-1896), Bronze Medal, 1896, unsigned, bust left, rev legend within wreath, FORTIS VIR SAPIENSQVE …, 76mm. Extremely fine. £50-60Colmore-Dunn was a member of the London Fencing Club and the author of a number of standard works on Fencing. On the medal he is depicted wearing his high collared fencing jacket. He was, however, an all-round sportsman, an exhibitioner at New College, Oxford, where he stroked of the college eight and, in 1880, performed in Frank [Sir Francis Robert] Benson’s production of Agamemnon in Greek, playing Ægisthus in this first production of Aeschylus for 2000 years (Benson played Orestes and, in a nicely Oedipal piece of casting, his wife was Clytemnestra. Further biographical details sold with the lot. The medal is unsigned but in previous listings Sir George Frampton has been suggested as the medallist.
432 Sport, Golden Parsonage, Silver Medals (5), awarded 1931-33 to P W G Phillips, open lily, rev engraved details, 33mm. Extremely fine. (5) £40-60Awarded for :- Sports Callenge Cup (Junior), Best All-Round Footballer, Shooting Cup, and Boxing Cup (2).
433 Sport, Golf, France, A large Bronze Medallic Plaquette, c.1920s, perhaps the galvano for a prize medal, by Felix Rasumny, a player swings at a ball, 199mm. Very fine. £50-70
434 Sport, Skating, Scotland, uniface White Metal Medal, undated (c.1840’s), believed Scottish, signed H.F., and T.A.F. DIREX, Mercury kneels attaching wings to an ankle, behind him a figure skates on lake, ALAS PEDIBUS SUMAT, 41mm. Very fine and rare.
£30-50
435 Viticulture, Switzerland, Society of Agriculture and Viticulture, Vevey, Silver Medal, early 19th century, by A Schenk, Flora with cornucopia crowns worker standing by vine, ORA ET LABORA, rev wreath of vines, SOCIETAS AGRICULT VIVIACI, AGRICOLÆ BENE MERENTI, 45mm (BDM V, 380). Choice, virtually as struck with steel grey tone. £50-70
MEDAL CASES
436 An Antique Box, 46cm wide x 31cm deep x 25cm high, containing roughly 80 19 th
and 20th Century cases for medals and decorations. Many in good condition. £100-120
BANKNOTES
437 Pakistan, State Bank of Pakistan, Haj Pilgrim Issue, 100-Rupees (6), ND (c.1975), gold, consecutive serial nos.A6 544994-544998 and A6 544210, 10-Rupees (3), ND (1978), blue, serial nos.A5 977106, A5 977113, A5 992867, obv black overprint FOR HAJ PILGRIMS FROM PAKISTAN FOR USE IN SAUDI ARABIA ONLY (P R7, R6); India, 5-Rupees, ND (1937), 10-Rupees, ND (1943) (P 18a, 24). Last two about very fine, the others extremely fine to about uncirculated, two pinholes to left as usual. (11) £120-150
438 Pakistan, State Bank of Pakistan, 100-Rupees, ND (1973), blue, serial no.E381657 (P 23), 5-Rupees, ND (1951), purple, serial no.GU 691294, rev Khyber Pass (P 12); Haj Pilgrim Issue, 10-Rupees (12), ND (1978), blue, consecutive serial nos.A5 969602-969605, A5 969657-969658 and A5 969650-969651, with others A5 969649, A5 969662, A5 992864, A5 992865, obv black overprint FOR HAJ PILGRIMS FROM PAKISTAN FOR USE IN SAUDI ARABIA ONLY (P R6). First very fine, second about uncirculated, the others generally extremely fine or better, first with three pinholes to left, others with two as usual. (14) £70-90
439 Yugoslavia, 363 notes of various denominations, from 1978-1989, total face value 14,864,500 Dinars; also a small collection of notes from Russia, Germany, Belgium, USA etc. (approx 50), a small packet of Russian Imperial stamps and a Belgian Congo ID card and baptism certificate dated 1914. Mostly fine. (lot) £20-30
440 A quantity of Banknotes (approx 300), mainly Russian and German from the beginning of the 20th Century, including 500-Roubles (70), 1912, 100-Roubles (20), 1910. Mixed grades, should be viewed. (lot) £40-60
