Eight TesternsElizabeth I Portcullis Money S.2607A mintmark 0, strong Fine, with minor signs of flan stress on the obverse, these were known as East India CompanyTrade Coinage and minted for the first voyage of the incorporated 'Company of Merchants of London Trading into the East Indies, weight 27.32 grammes, die axis with 3 o'clock alignment, similar to the example in the Victoria Museum, Very Rare with very few examples available in recent years, indeed we have not offered an Eight Testerns since November 2004
GroatEdward III Pre-Treaty series E S.1567, V with nick in right limb mintmark Cross 2, approaching VF, toned, with the edge slightly uneven at 5 o'clock
GroatHenry V Frowning Bust, Class C, mullet on right shoulder S.1765 Good Fine with some light surface marks, we note a VF example sold in our Auction A153 June 2016 (Lot 2100) for £515 hammer price, the description there noting that most examples of this type appear in Fine or below; this also shown to be the second finest recorded on our archive database, which stretches back to 2003
GroatHenry VIII First Coinage, Profile Issue, Portrait of Henry VII S.2316 Mintmark Pheon NVF with dull tone and two long thin scratches on the obverse
GroatHenry VIII Second Coinage, Laker Bust D, York Mint, TW on reverse beside the shield, with Cardinal's Hat below shield S.2339 mintmark Voided Cross GVF with a pleasing and colourful tone, the obverse with a thin scratch on the King's hair
GroatHenry VIII Third Coinage, Tower Mint, Posthumous issue S.2403 Reverse with POSVI legend, and with annulets in cross-ends, possibly muled, mintmark Lis Near VF and pleasing, of good quality silver for the period
Groats (3) Edward IV Rosette-Mascle issue, Calais MintS.1859 Good Fine, Edward IV Light Coinage 1464-1470 Bristol Mint B on breast, quatrefoils at neck, S.2004 mintmark Sun, Good Fine or slightly better with grey tone, Henry VIII Laker Bust D S.2337E mintmark Rose, About Fine with grey tone
Groats Edward IIINorwich Mint (2) Quartrefoils at neck S.2011 mintmark Sun VG/About Fine and mintmark Sun Good Fine on a slightly irregularly shaped flan
Halfcrown 1656 CommonwealthESC 437, Bull 49 VF with some slightly weak areas, although struck on a generous flan and far superior in strike to many Halfcrowns of this type
Hammered detector finds (76) and artefacts (2) Threepences to Cut Farthings, includes a group of cut Halfpennies and Farthings (39) a variety of types, in mixed grades, comes in a carrying case with 6 trays
NobleRichard IICalais Mint, French Title omitted, shows trefoil ? over sail, unclear due to shortage of flan in this area, S.1661, weight 7.56 grammes, VF
PennyAethelred II Second Hand type S.1146London Mint, moneyer Aedred in an NGC holder and graded AU53, with evidence of two small surface cracks, on a full and round flan
PennyEadred (946-955) small cross pattée. R. Moneyers name in two lines divided by three crosses, above, a rosette, below a trefoil, Moneyer Oswald S.1113. Very fine, with a small clip on either side
PennyHenry VII Facing bust type, Double arched crown, nothing on tressure, Lozenge panel in centre of reverse S.2204 mintmark Lis NVF evenly struck with bold portrait and with good eye appeal, surprisingly hard to find in grades above Fine
Ryal (Rose Noble) Edward IV Light Coinage (1464-1470), Large fleurs in spandrels S.1950 mintmark Rose, weight 7.65 grammes, EF with very good portrait and a small edge nick, a most attractive example
ShillingEdward VI 1549 MDXLIX as S.2466 Bust 3, Obverse mintmark Arrow, Reverse mintmark Arrow over Y, unlisted by Spink, About Fine with shortage of flan between 4 and 5 o'clock and a small edge split at 9 o'clock, comes with old collector's ticket
ShillingElizabeth I First Issue Bust 2B, S.2549 mintmark Lis About Fine/Fine with some old scratches in the obverse field, some of these partially removed by smoothing, and a small edge nick
ShillingElizabeth I Second Issue S.2555 Bust 3C, mintmark Martlet GVF/VF with a pleasing portrait, some thin scratches on the obverse, with a small edge nick
ShillingElizabeth I Second Issue S.2555 mintmark Martlet nearer VF than Fine with a pleasant portrait and on a well rounded generous flan, second quarter of shield weak, some minor flan cracks at the edge hardly detract
ShillingElizabeth I Sixth Issue S.2577 Mintmark 0, Ear shows, Bust 6B, the obverse with some scratches, otherwise Fine, Ex-J.Gardiner collection DNW 16/6/2011 Lot 303
ShillingElizabeth I Sixth Issue S.2577 mintmark Escallop VG/Near Fine, the bust weak with an old x-shaped scratch, Sixpence Elizabeth I 1572 S.2562A mintmark Ermine About Fine
Shillings (2) Charles I Group D, Fourth Bust, Type 3a. No Inner Circles S.2791 mintmark Bell GF/VF on a full round flan with small edge nicks, Charles I Group B, Bust 2a, Reverse Oval garnished shield with CR above, S.2787 mintmark Plume Fine with even wear, and an edge nick at 10 o'clock, comes with an old Seaby ticket from 1962
SixpenceElizabeth I 1563 3 over 2 Regular Bust, North 1997, mintmark Pheon NVF and Rare, we note this is the first of this type we have offered, Spink lists no equivalent type
Sixpences Elizabeth I (2) 1567 mintmark Coronet Fine, 1579 Fifth Issue mintmark Greek Cross VG, Ireland ShillingJames I NVG, as part of a group of Hammered and Ancient (7) in mixed grades
UniteJames I Second Coinage, Fifth Bust S.2620, North 2085 mintmark Crescent, in a PCGS holder and graded AU50, the reverse with a very thin surface crack on the IAM of FACIAM
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