Charles I AD 1625-1649 Silver Shilling Siege piece AD 1648 Pontefract Castle
Charles I AD 1625-1649 Silver Shilling Siege piece AD 1648 Struck at and showing Pontefract Castle Octagonal S3148, 30mm, 4.85g A wonderful example of this popular and enigmatic coinage, struck during the English Civil War. With old handwritten collectors label stating that it was sold by Spink on 6.10.2011. View Video Here Born the second […]
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Henry IV 1399-1413AD Silver Groat Light Coinage 1412-1413AD London *Excessively rare* ex Eye Hoard
Henry IV AD 1399-1413 Silver Groat Light coinage ex Eye Hoard (Suffolk) Crowned bust facing/Cross London mint S1727; 28mm, 3.72g One of the finest examples known. A rarity of the English medieval series, groats of Henry IV were struck only in the last year of the reign. Officially recorded as part of the Eye hoard in Suffolk found […]
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Scotland Robert the Bruce AD 1306-1329 Silver Penny Edinburgh
Scotland Robert the Bruce AD 1306-1329 Silver Penny Crowned bust left holding sceptre/4 mullets of 5 points Edinburgh mint S5076; 17mm, 1.10g Strong portrait and name, a decent specimen. ROBERT BRUCE (AD 1306-1329) After 10 turbulent years with no Scottish monarch Robert Bruce was crowned at Scone in AD 1306. Edinburgh was recaptured from the […]
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Lesbos Mytilene 454-428 BC Electrum Sixth Hekte
Lesbos Mytilene 454-428 BC Electrum Sixth Hekte Bust of Apollo right / Head of cow right 10mm, 2.58g View Video Here
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George III AD 1760-1820 Bronze Proof Penny AD 1797
George III AD 1760-1820 Bronze Proof Penny AD 1797 Laureate head right / Britannia seated left S3777; 35mm, 30.21g High grade, beautiful copper colour toning, most attractive in hand. View Video Here Grandson of George II he married Charlotte of Mecklenburg with whom he had 15 children. He remains our longest reigning king and is […]
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Scotland Charles I AD 1625-1649 Gold Unite 3rd Coinage Briot
Scotland Charles I AD 1625-1649 Gold Unite 3rd Coinage Crowned bust right holding orb and sceptre. Thistle and B at end of legend / Crowned shield Briot S5531; 36mm, 9.84g Some damage consistent with being a field find, mainly on left hand side of obverse and reverse, see pictures. Still a very attractive piece, showcasing […]
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William III AD 1694-1702 Gold Guinea AD 1698
William III AD 1694-1702 Gold Guinea AD 1698 2nd laureate bust right / Crowned cruciform shield with human headed harp in Irish arms, sceptres in angles S3460, 25mm, 8.32g A pleasing, high grade example free from damage. Small metal flaw to nose. View Video Here
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Honorius AD 393-423 Gold Solidus Ravenna
Honorius AD 393-423 Gold Solidus Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / Honorius with standard, foot on captive, R-V in field Ravenna mint RCV20919; 20mm, 4.40g View Video Here Honorius was the younger son of Theodosius I and Aelia Flacilla. Born in Constantinople he was made Augustus in AD 393 and on the death of […]
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Roman Imperatorial Julius Caesar (died 44 BC) Silver Denarius *Portrait issue*
Roman Imperatorial Julius Caesar (Died 44BC) Silver Denarius Portrait, Posthumous Issue, struck in 42 BC Wreathed bust of Caesar right/ Cornucopiae on globe between rudder on left and caduceus and apex on right The Twelve Caesars RCV1426; 19mm, 3.72g an imposing portrait of this icon of ancient history. View Video Here Born into an aristocratic […]
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Corieltavi 1st Century BC Gold Stater South Ferriby type *Exceptional example*
Corieltavi 1st Century BC Gold Stater South Ferriby type Wreath, cloak and crescents/Lunate horse with anchor face, star sun below and pellet rosette below head ABC1743var, S390, 19mm, 5.31g Exceptional example of type, little wear and well struck from fresh dies. Comes with rough find area provenance. View Video Here
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George III AD 1760-1820 Silver Crown AD 1819 *High Grade*
George III AD 1760-1820 Silver Crown AD 1819 Laureate bust right / St George and Dragon within garter edge LIX edge S3787; 38mm, 28.62g High grade and wonderful tone. View Video Here Grandson of George II he married Charlotte of Mecklenburg with whom he had 15 children. He remains our longest reigning king and is […]
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Corieltavi Dumnocoveros Tigirseno AD 25-35 Gold Stater
Corieltavi Dumnocoveros Tigirseno AD 25-35 Gold Stater Vertical wreath above horizontal inscription between 2 plain lines, DV to left of wreath, MN to right/ Lunate horse left with large open head ABC1971, S414, 20mm, 5.23g Very Rare A sharp coin, stuck in low carat gold which is usual for this series, this example being slightly […]
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Zeno AD 474-491 Gold Solidus Constantinople
Zeno AD 474-491 Gold Solidus Helmeted and cuirassed bust three quarter face to right and holding spear and shield/Victory standing left holding long jewelled, star in right field Constantinople RCV21514; 20mm, 4.22g
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George II AD 1727-1760 Gold Half Guinea AD 1759 *High Grade*
George II AD 1727-1760 Gold Half Guinea AD 1759 Old bust left / Crowned shield S3685; 21mm, 4.22g High Grade View Video Here
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Bronze Age Hoard of Socketed Axe Heads 1000-800 BC Found Welsh St Donats
Bronze Age Hoard of Seven Bronze Socketed Axe Heads 1000-800 BC. Found Welsh St Donats, August 2002. 1000-800 BC Combined weight 2.26kg Including a couple of printed reports, a detailed report of this find then another giving details of it’s wider context, this was one of 4 similar finds in South Wales around the same […]
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France Charles the Bald (Le Chauve) AD 840-877 Silver Denier Chateau-Landon *Rare*
France – Carolingians Charles the Bald (Le Chauve) AD 840-877 Silver Denier Gratia D-I Rex Chateau-London Rare 21mm, 1.79g View Video Here This coin comes from part six of the Fort collection, Carolingian silver deniers of Charles the Bold & Lothaire I. A carefully assembled comprehensive collection of the coins from these early Carolingian kings, […]
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Elizabeth I AD 1558-1603 Silver Crown 7th issue
Elizabeth I AD 1558-1603 Silver Crown 7th issue Crowned bust holding sceptre left/ Shield AD1601 mm.1 S2582; 42mm, 29.71g A great example with good detail overall, one of the finer portraits we have seen, a most pleasing coin in hand. Comes with previous dealers handwritten ticket. View Video Here Elizabeth I was one of England’s […]
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Oliver Cromwell AD 1656-1658 Silver Halfcrown in NGC Slab AU58
Oliver Cromwell AD 1656-1658 Silver Halfcrown in NGC Slab AU58 Draped and laureate bust of Oliver Cromwell left/ Crowned shield S3227A, 34mm A premium coin with attractive, dark tone. Indirectly descended from Henry VIII chief minister Thomas Cromwell Oliver Cromwell was born in AD 1599 to a landowning family from Huntingdon. He entered Parliament in […]
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Aethelred II The Unready AD 978-1016 Silver Penny Long Cross type Malmesbury *Extremely Rare mint*
Aethelred II The Unready AD 978-1016 Silver Penny Long Cross type Bare headed bust left/Voided long cross Malmesbury / Ealdred Extremely Rare mint, seldom offered to commerce. S1151, 19mm, 1.80g This coin comes with a previous collection label View Video Here Æthelred II ‘The Unready’ – 978-1013/1014-1016: The eldest son of Eadgar, Æthelred became king […]
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George III AD 1760-1820 Silver Northumberland Shilling AD 1763
George III AD 1760-1820 Silver Shilling AD 1763 Northumberland Issue Young laureate and draped bust / Crowned cruciform of shields S3742, 25mm, 6.24g A high grade and most pleasing example of this iconic coinage. View Video Here In AD 1763 the Royal Mint produced an issue of 100,000 shillings. When Hugh, 2nd Earl of Northumberland, […]
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Kings of Kent Cuthred AD 798-807 Silver Penny Canterbury, rare
Kings of Kent Cuthred 798-807AD Silver Penny Canterbury mint, moneyer Wearheard. Rare Diademed Bust facing right / Cross & Wedges. S877, 19mm, 1.31g View Video Here A full coin struck in good metal with clear detail both sides and attractive dark tone, seldom seen as such. ex SNC 1971, no 8536 & Spink 14, March […]
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Kings of East Anglia Beonna AD 758 Transitional Silver Sceatta /Penny. An important piece
Kings of East Anglia Beonna c.758AD Transitional Silver Sceatta /Penny S945, 14x15mm, 1.00g. Pellet in centre, Runic inscription/EFE in Roman characters around saltire cross. Anglo Saxon kingdom of East Anglia, this is the prototype to the widespread penny denomination which followed. An important piece. View Video Here ‘In the 750s or early 760s a little-known […]
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