Money is ART . Irish Coins, Scotish Coins.
Jonathan my youngest & Gal tied the KNOT in wedding vows on May 6
What is a collection? Let us take only a short period of 150 years
from the 1860's the hobby winessed the creation and dispersal of wonderful collections.
National collections were enhanced & like life everything changed.
One numismatic piece can be your collection, the most
beautiful and loved work of Art you have. Coins were a media that attracted the finest artisans to engrave and create masterpeices of a period.
ROMAN. Mint of Rome L. Plautius Plancus (47 BC), Silver Denarius
Head of Medusa facing, rev Victory facing, holding palm-branch and leading four horses, 3.82g
If this week I had to choose a coin to take with me to a desert Island I would choose one that in 1980 launched a ‘thousand ships’ in me. There have been many coins that I became attached to but one stands out that I wanted to acquire at any cost. After viewing the coin in London I was lost in a ‘love affair’ with a coin. I was even to go to the Bank to create a second mortgage on our house to have the funds to acquire it. It was the front and back cover coin of a book by Giorgio Giacosa
From the Moretti Collection.
Sestertius. Agrippina the Elder (ca. 14 B.C. – 33 AD, daughter of Julia and Marcus Agrippa, wife of Germanicus and mother of Emporer Caligula.
Posstumate portrait ordered by Caligula to commutate his mother who had tragically died in exile. The reverse, the carpentum, the vehicle reserved for the use of the imperial family in the city.
Trajan Sestertius (Orichalcum, 34mm, 23.22 g), Rome, c. 105.
IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P Laureate bust of Trajan to right,
drapery on far shoulder. Rev. S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI S C Trajan, in armor, on horseback to right,
hurling spear at fallen Dacian below him.
A superb coin with a fine portrait, wonderful detail and an exceptionally attractive reverse, deep green patina. Extremely fine.
ex Münzen und Medaillen 81, 18 September 1995, 273.
On the reverse of this piece we see Trajan, in the guise of a heroic warrior, riding down a Dacian enemy. The conquest of Dacia was of great importance (as seen on the reliefs of Trajan’s Column in Rome), both for safeguarding the empire and providing a vast treasure of gold and silver.
Æ Follis (29mm, 10.07 g, 6h). Cyzicus mint, 6th officina.
Struck circa AD 305-306. Laureate head right / Genius standing left, holding patera, from which liquor flows, and cornucopia; Kς. RIC VI 21a.
Hndsome, dark gray-brown patina. Well struck on a broad flan.
Common can be rare with such a strike & flan
From the Chiltern Collection. Ex Jürgen K. Schmidt Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 60, 22 May 2002), lot 1885; Münz Zentrum 82 (6 September 1995), lot 921.
George IV 1760-1820
George IV
Countermark official counter mark on a 1799 USA Dollar. (A period of a lack of currency, an emergency issue where to imported coins were counter-marked by the Mint)
Extremely Rare. Near all the countermarks are struck on Spanish/Spanish American Dollars. Rarities are USA Dollar and French Ecu
Lord Hamilton Sale at Spink sale 3, 1979, Ex S A H Whetmore 218, Glendining 1961
(5/- 1804 with a value of 4/9d to suppliment a defcency in British Silver Coinage)
1651 Cromwell Commonwealth. Pattern Sixpence, 3g., Blondeau
PRESS EITHER COIN & READ AN ARTICLE WRITTEN BY WILLIAM MacKay
Charles I struck in the mame of Charles II. Pontefract Shilling
(June 1648-March. 1649)
Charles II 1648 octagonal
beneath the large crown a "furred band" over
Collection Earls of Bridgewater during anf post the Civil War
ex Bridgewater House Sale
Scotland, James VI,
Silver Ryal, or Sword Dollar, 1567. S-5472. James VI 1567-1625
Crowned arms between I-R.
Crowned sword separating hand, date and value ("XXX" to right, standing for 30 Shillings).
This style coined before the king's accession to the English throne, therefore a purely Scottish
Issue. Maybe the finest examples obtainable: Good EF, wonderful light toning, highly struck on a
Full circular flan, no cracks an awesome piece.
Charles I (1625-49), Nicholas Briot’s first milled coinage,1631-32,
Unite, 9.07g, m.m. daisy with .B to left/.B to left of crown, crowned draped bust left, .XX. behind, CAROLVS.D:G.MAGN.BRITANN.FRAN.ET.HIBER.REX, rev. FLORENT.CONCORDIA.REGNA, lozenge stops, crowned garnished square topped shield dividing small
crowned C and R (Schneider 273 - same dies (II/3); Brooker 706; N.2294; S.2719), light adjustment marks in fourth quarter of shield, lustrous, most attractive, good extremely fine, rare
press to read more
A GOLD ANGEL 1483-1485 with a value of 6 Shilling & 8d.
RICHARD III
The last British Monarch to be killed on the battle field. A King that changed British history. The Children that were to be Kings dissapeared in the Tower of London. A story of intrigue, at death Richard III body dissapeared for 500 years.
Whomever owned such a coin was a person of wealth. Found very close to the Battle Field at Boswoth.
Was it lost on the way to the Battle of Bosworth or on the way home or even stolen from the Battle field? We will never know.
The image of the Archangel Saint Michael slaying a dragon, an English galley with the monogram 'R' over “E” and a rose set below the main topmast, the ship surmounted by a shield bearing the King's arms, the legend
PER CRVCE TVA SALVA NOS XPC REDE. RICARD DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC
A superb specimen Good EF & as such a rarety. Weight 5.16g
Full flan, frosted surfaces, superb detail of mintmarks 'BOARS HEAD' and wonderful portrait of St,Michael.
Circa 425-401 BC. PHOENICIA, Sidon. temp. Baalshillem (Sakton) I-Ba’ana.
27.636 gm AR Double Shekel
Galley left before city wall with five towers; two lions in exergue / King of Persia and driver in chariot drawn by two galloping horses left; below, incuse goat
The latter part of the 4th Cent. BC this magnificent bold coins was struck at the height of the Phoenician maritime power. The Phoenicians had extended their trading empire across the entire Mediterranean, up the coast of Europe and down the west coast of Africa.
Silver Double Shekel, 27.636 gm, Walls of Tyre displaying a Sidonian war galley before the turreted walls of Sidon with a single Phoenician script character above, Sidon is now part of Lebanon. Excessively rare not only as a coin but the quality, clarity of this large magnificent coin exhibiting the power of the Phoenicians. (Presently on loan to Haaretz Museum Tel Aviv)
PRESS
ME PLEASECaroli Fortuna Resurgam (the fortune of Charles, shall rise again)
Civil War coins with no mark of value
MOESIA INFERIOR, Marcianopolis. Macrinus, with Diadumenian as Caesar. AD 217-218.
Æ Pentassarion (28mm, 13.82 g, 12h). Pontianus, legatus consularis.
Confronted heads of Macrinus right, laureate, and Diadumenian left, bare / Zeus standing left,
holding patera and long scepter; eagle at feet to left, E (mark of value) to right. H&J,
Markianopolis 6.24.1.5/1 (for obv./rev.); AMNG I/1, -; Varbanov -.
EF, dark green patina. Exceptional portraits.
Peck describes this Obverse as
"GEORGIVS III DEI GRATIA" with the draped bust to left laureated and armored...toothed border.
Reverse, BRITANNIA. Britannia seated to left...1796 toothed border. The addition of DEI GRATIA is also a first since the coins of Anne, d1714. This coin is Extremely Rare in copper. Large level of original lustre.
The finer of two specimens in private hands with a third in the British Museum. It appears likely that there are only three examples and not the four previously quoted due to double counting.
Ex Maj. A W Foster Lot 84, Glendining 19/10/1953, was bought by Baldwin (£5/10/-) for the Rev. Edgar Rogers, Dean of Tewkesbury Abbey. Post -mortem it was reacquired by Baldwin who sold it to C W Peck. The coin was subsequently sold through Spink in the 1970s. It formed lot 330 in Spink 95, 25/11/1992 where a piece was noted ex Peck and Rogers, sold through Spink in the 1970s, but without the Foster sale connection and no corroborative image it was considered a different example.
This coin then took wings to the USA and was sold at Heritage 2008 lot 51723 £3'500-once again ending up in the trays of Baldwin. Baldwin then passed it on to CNG 91 to be sold 21/9/2012.
The Nicholson’s specimen, which is only 5.11g compared to the above coin of 5.92g, was acquired from Terry Aitken in 1996 and cost £320 from Baldwin, it was probably bought some time in the 1980s
HANOVER. George III. 1760-1820. Pattern AR Farthing (25mm, 11.98 g, 6h).
Restrike issue. By W. J. Taylor after C. H. Küchler. Dated 1797. Laureate, draped, and armored bust right / Britannia seated left on rock pile, holding olive branch and trident; Union shield below; at a distance to left, ship under sail right upon sea; 1797 in exergue. Peck 1192. Superb EF, attractively toned, with underlying luster, a few light marks on the reverse. Virtually as struck. Very rare. Ex Colin D. Cooke Collection (Colin Cooke, 26 May 2006), lot 334.
SCOTLAND. Mary, with Henry Darnley. 1565-1567. AR Ryal or Cruikston Dollar
(42mm, 30.44 g, 7h). Fourth period Dated 1566. Crowned arms of Scotland; thistles at sides / Crowned palm tree (yew tree upon which tortoise climbs; scroll across field inscribed DAT GLORIA VIRES. Burns 6 (fig. 905); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 1123-4; SCBC 5425. VF, darkly toned, light scratch under tone in field on obverse. Choice for grade.
Darnley was born in 1545, at Temple Newsam, Leeds, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. His parents had claims to both the Scottish and English thrones, as he was descended from both James II of Scotland and Henry VII.
A coin which was struck for a King to approve
Charles I, 1625 Shilling, 5.85g., Tower mint, group A, type 1, m.m. lis,
first bust, bust 1, king wearing ruff and coronation robes, with
double arched crown, both arches jewelled, xii behind,
carolvs dg mag brit fra et hib rex, rev. long cross fourchée over
square shield (Sharp A1/1; N.2216; S.2776), an exceptional piece
with an attractive portrait, crisply struck on a full round flan,
extremely fine, extremely rare as a first bust shilling in this condition
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066.
AR Penny (16mm, 1.06 g, 6h). Facing Bust/Small Cross type (BMC xiii, Hild. Ac). Staenig (Steyning) mint; Deorman, moneyer. Struck 1062-1065. EΛDPΛRD RE, crowned facing bust / + DERMON ON STÆ, short cross pattée. Freeman 9;King 37; SCBI 9 (Ashmolean), 1041 var. (legends); Hild. –; BMC 1215;North 830; SCBC 1183.
temp. STUART. François-Eugène de Savoie, military strategist. 1663-1736.AR Medal (37mm, 20.46 g, 12h). Battle on Blenheim. By G. Hautsch. Dated 1704
.EVGENIVS FRANC • DVX SAB • CÆS • EXER • GENER • COMM •, armored bust right, wearing Order of the Golden Fleece / GENII VIRTVTE BONI • II • REG • 19 • (by the influence of the good angel, –adapted from II Kings, xix), Angel flying right over battlefield, wielding flaming sword and destroying army of Sennacherib;in four lines in exergue, GALLIS BAVARISQ • CÆSIS/TALLARDO CUM X • MILI/AD HOCHSTAD • CAPT/1704 •
(the French and Bavarians having been slain, Tallard with 10,000 soldiers is taken at Hochstädt). Edge: + GLORIA AD TIBISCVM HVNGARIÆ PARTA • RENOVATVR AD DANVBIVM GERMANIÆ • (the glory, acquired on the Theiss in Hungary, is renewed on the Danube in Germany).MI 258/53; Eimer 408.
The story of a British Rarity
Tower mint shilling, mm, rose (obv); rose over martlet (rev), 1550, TIMOR etc.
on rev. with greyhound indicitive current value of 2 3/4d until demonitization in 1561
Ex Montagu, Murdoch, Carter and R.C.B colls
SMALL IS BEAUTIFULL
Elizabeth I, Pattern Penny, 1.96g., 1601, in copper, crowned bust three-quarters left,
wearing elaborate dress and ruff, the pledge of, rev. crowned monogram of Elizabeth
dividing date, a penny (Brown and Comber P8; BMC 4; N.2051), a gemlike coin, the portrait expressive and delicately engraved, in mint state with a deep chocolate tone, excessively rare in copper
provenance:
W Brice, collection purchased en bloc by H Montagu, 1887
H Montagu, Sotheby, 7 May 1888, lot 256
J G Murdoch, Sotheby, 31 March 1903, lot 675
J O Manton, Sotheby, 10 February 1947, lot 69
R C Lockett, Glendining, 11 October 1956, lot 2059
James I (1603-25), pattern Farthing, 0.39g,
struck in silver, crowned ir dividing a rose and a thistle,
flower below, rev. crowned portcullis (N.2142), toned, a most attractive example,
extremely fine, very rare
provenance
R. Carlyon Britton, collections acquired by Seaby, 1959-60
R.C. Lockett, Glendining, 11-17 October 1956, lot 2166
Sir K. Vaughan Morgan, Sotheby, 17 June 1935, lot 210
Henry VIII, third coinage, Testoon, 7.67g.,
Tower, m.m. lis, group A, bust 1, crowned bearded bust of king facing,
with prominent sidelocks, wearing mantle with collar of fur, henric viii di gra agl fra z hib rex, rev., large crowned rose, crowned h r at sides, posvi devm adivtorivm mevm, lombardic lettering, Roman m, saltire/double saltire stops, two double saltires after mevm (Jacob O.1/R.1 ; N.1841; S.2364), a beautiful specimen, on an exceptionally full round flan, the detail fully clear and struck up, extremely fine, excessively rare in this condition
provenance: S Tyssen, Sotheby, 12 April 1802, lot 1707 (2 in lot) Lieut. Col. W Durrant, Sotheby, 19 April 1847,lot 379 Rev. E J Shepherd, Sotheby, 22 July 1885, lot 218 £32-10-0 ('a remarkably fine specimen of this scarce piece') S Rostron, Sotheby, 16 May 1892, lot 119 £35-0-0 ('in matchless condition, and of great rarity in thisstate, said to be the finest known') J G Murdoch, Sotheby, 31 March 1903, lot 443 £40-10-0 Spink Numismatic
Circular, July 1942, no.15406 £45-0-0 The first testoons of Henry VIII, the 9 oz fine issue reading henric VIII, are struck in finer metal but in lower relief than the subsequent issues. They are rare in absolute terms and extremely so in a high state of preservation. This example has long been regarded as unrivaled. It may be compared
with the Shuttlewood example (Spink Auction 151, lot 155, from the same obverse die also from the Murdoch sale(lot 444 £12-0-0)), itself one of the finest known. In his annotated copy of the splendid 1892 Rostron catalogue J S Henderson notes against lots 119 & 120 (a base silver 'Holbein portrait' testoon which realised £11-0-0) '
These shillings are quite matchless as to condition in any collection; 119 was bought for Mr Murdoch; 120 for me; they are both now in my possession' J.S.H. Henderson bequeathed his collection to the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge in 1933 but while the acquisition catalogue lists Rostron lot 120 does not include Rostron lot 119. If Henderson purchased this coin at the Murdoch sale but subsequently parted with it, it would explain most of the long gap in the provenance between 1903 and the Spink Numismatic Circular listing in 1942.
Edward III (1327-1377) Half-Groat Treaty period
London, mm. cross potent, trefoil on breast, ref. reverse-barred ns,
2.40g. S 1620. Carefully sruck on a full round flan, very rare in this condiion
Provenance: Bt Baldwin September 1979.
This is one of the finest known medieval halfgroats and hence was
chosen to illustrate the cover of his reference work
The Galata Guide to Medieval Half Groats
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Northumbria. Eanred. 810-841. AR Styca (14mm, 1.19 g, 6h). Phase Ia. Eoferwic (York) mint;
Huaetred, moneyer. Struck circa 810-830. + EANRED REX, small cross pattée / + HVAETRED, small cross pattée. Pirie 27;
North 186; SCBC 860. EF,Exceptional metal quality for reign. Rare moneyer.
Eadgar (959-75), Halfpenny, 0.53g
circumscription cross type, southern group, Wilton, Boiga, small cross pattée within inner circle, eadgar rex anglo, rev. boiga moneta pil., small cross pattée within inner circle (cf. CTCE 20, 212; N.-; S.1140A), spectacular well struck, good extremely fine, extremely rare, the finest known example of an Eadgar Halfpenny. A coin captured as the day it was struck.
The first hammered farthing small but beautifull
PLANTAGENET. Edward I. 1272-1307. AR Farthing (13mm, 0.37 g, 9h).
New coinage, class 1a.
Base silver issue. London mint. Struck May-December 1279. + ЄDWARDVS : RЄX, crowned facing bust / LON|DON|IЄN|SIS, long cross pattée, with trefoil in each angle. Withers I 1a; SCBI 39 (North), 996 (same dies); North 1051/1; SCBC 1443. EF, minor striking perforation, toned. Struck on a full, round flan. A rarity in this grade
Ex Dr E. C. Carter collection (purchased Baldwin’s,1950).
STUART. Charles I. Scotland 1625-1649. AV Halfcrown (17mm, 1.29 g, 7h).
Third (Briot’s) coinage. Class I. Edinburgh mint. Struck 1637-1642.
CAR • D : G • MAG • BRIT • FRAN • ET • HIB • R (lozenge and double
lozenge stops throughout), crowned and mantled bust left / • VNITA •
TVEMVR •, square-topped coat-of-arms; crown above; crowned C R across
field. Burns 8 (fig. 1037); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian),
1406 (same dies); SCBC 5538.Exceptional for issue and rare
Celtic, Catuvellauni, Tasciovanus, c.25 BC-10 AD, Stater, 5.45g
crossed wreaths, one curved, one straight, extending from back to back crescents, symbols in angles, rev. horse right, taxciav, horse right, bucranium above, hook like object below, solar symbol above horse's head, annulet by front legs (Mack 150; VA 1682; BMC 1604-05; Rudd ABC 2550; S.215), inscription mostly off-flan, letter x of this type partly visible, a well struck attractive example, a very rare type, one of the finest known examples, extremely fine
Henry II, Penny, 1.47g, cross-and-crosslets 'Tealby' coinage, 1158-80
bust C2, Carlisle, Willem, crowned facing bust, sceptre to left, rev. [.]illam:on:ca, cross potent with a small cross potent in each angle (N.957; S.1339), well centred with a stunning reality portrait on a round flan, toned. Seldom seen if ever.
Ex. De Wit 2008 Lot 3190, Spink 1975
Jonathan & Simon Cope love quality Roman Sestercius and small brass
The pearl that reflects the shedding of a tear in the passing of the King Charles I
Silver gilt oval cast and chased Royalist badge, bust of Charles I right, falling lace collar, close buttoned doublet, carolvs.dg.mag-bri-fr.et.hib.rx, rev. crowned royal arms within Garter, wreath border, supension loop above, and below with fresh water pearl suspended, a sign of a tear
Edward III, treaty period, 1361-69, Groat or Great Penny
4.60g, variety a, London, m.m. cross potent, double saltire stopsboth sides, fleurs on all cusps, treaty x in rex, unbarred a, no symboL before edward, rev. reverse barred ns in london(N.1247; S.1616; Lawrence 1/4; Stewartby p.260, B1),
A superb example with a most pleasing portrait, rare in this condition
Henry VIII
First coinage 1513-1518
Groat. First Coinage. TOURNAI
[Issue for TOURNAI in 1513; coins were produced in 1514]
i.m. crowned T; reads HENRIC DI GRA REX FRANC AGLIE bust right,
rev. i.m. crowned T, CIVI/TAS/TORN/ACENS, shield bearing the royal arms on a cross fourchée.
The dies for these coins were produced by Henry Basse, a London goldsmith and the future chief
engraver at the Tower mint.
Henry IV 1399-1413
Light coinage, 1412-13 Groat above.
1399-1412 No Heavy Coinage Groats are known.
3.89g, class II(a), (PII), London, m.m. cross pattée, legend ends franc,
annulet to left and pellet to right of crown, ten arches to tressure,
rev. slipped trefoil after posvi, reverse barred ns (N.1359a; S.1727; Potter 2, 2/2 [Pl. viii,6]; Stewartby p.323, PII),
an unusually well struck full round coin, N. extra fine, extremely rare in this condition
Spink 101 Nov 1993 (90)
Charles I
Pontefract Shilling 1648
P.C. at the right side of castle;
rev. large crown above C.R., round shape & rare
similar to Lockett,ex Vaugham-Morgan
Cromwell Crown 1658/7
Late die state, as near mint state as struck a choice example with a bold strike, gray toning. The die-break on the Protector's breast is well advanced. Ex. Barr
Groat, 1430-31 Calais
ex. Carlyon-Britton collection, sold by Sotheby in 1913, 1916 and 1921
A common coin, but of quality seldom seen
Charles I Shilling
Tower. mm Lis MAG BR FR ET HI
Group A , bust 2 with outer arch of crown jewelled only, mm lis,
Ex. Morrieson 1933, Allan 1908
Wonderfull well centered, struck for a prince
Elizabeth I
Pattern Halfpenny, 1.55g, in silver, crowned monogram, rev. crowned
double rose BMC(Peck)2; N.2053, extremely fine, extremely rare
Nearly 300 years of pedigree from 1733
Pembroke 127,Addison,Murchison 193.Addington,Montagu, Murdoch 669,
Watters 341, Clarke-Thornhill 455,Parsons 636
1812 Gold Half Guinea
YORKSHIRE, Sheffield, Younge Wilson & Younge, gold 10 shillings and sixpence
or half-a-guinea, 1812, by Halliday, phoenix/legend (D.37)
Great Britain. Yorkshire "phoenix" gold Token 10/6 (ten-shillings and sixpence, or Half Guinea), 1812. Issued by merchants Younge, Wilsons & Younge, of Sheffield. Listed on page 46 as #37 in Dalton's classic reference on the token coinage of 1811-1812, one of only a few such tokens known to exist in gold. The mythical bird is seen rising from the flames. This is a major gold-token rarity which fits well among the final series of half guineas, as it was made strictly for emergency use in a time of specie shortage, during the war against Napoleon. No 1812-dated regular issue half guinea was struck, possibly accounting for the sudden appearance of this intriguing piece. Extremely rare, just a handful known. Choice proof like qualities, and sharp details.
The above gold token interests us as we are from Yorkshire.
During the end of the18th and beginning of the 19 Century there was
a shortage of money and traders were permitted to mint their own money.
At this time the mint produced many pieces for the traders as well as other private mints.
The Byzantine Empire Heraclius 610 – 641
Solidus circa 635-636, AV 4.45 g. Heraclius, in centre, Heraclius Constantine on r. and Heraclonas on l., standing facing, each wearing chlamys and globus cruciger. Rev. VICTORIA - AVGYI Cross potent on four steps; in l. field, monogram of Heraclius and in r. field, Θ. In exergue, CONOB+. DO 35b. MIB 41. Sear 760.
In exceptional state of preservation. Almost Fdc
Philip & Mary 1554 Six Pence [6d]
2.86g Date below in ex. below busts English titles only, rev. crowned garnished shield
The finest known example of a very rare and sought after coin
James VI 1582 XX Scotland
The passion for portraits leaves no doubt why the eminent scholar
Cochran-Patrick acquired this piece in the late 1800's. No expence was spared by the
collector to obtain any desiderata. A superb piece art of the young King.
James I1 1603 Coronation Medallion
29mm Silver 6.16g
IAC I BRIT CAE AVG HE CAESARVMCAE D D
[James I, Caesar Augustus of Britain, Caesar the heir of the Caesars
presents this medal] A profile to the left laureat, with a beard, and narrow fall-band; bust armed marked with a rose.ECCE PHAOS POPVLIQ SALVS A lyon rampant, hold-ing a beacon on fire in his right paw, and a wheatsheaf in his left
A remarcable speciman
William I (1066-87) Penny,
Penny, 1.31g, two stars type, London, Godwine,crowned facing bust,star to left and right, rev. +godpine on lvn,cross botonnée over quadrilateral with incurved sides, pellet in centre 1966 sold Spink £22/10/00
Cover coin 2011 Standard Cat.
Mary (1542-67 Mary Queen of Scots)
Silver portrait Testoon, 6.10g, 1562 very rare date
outstanding portait piece
Third period (first widowhood, 1560-65),Provenance: R W Cochran-Patrick Sotherby
1936 Lot 256 16gbp purchased Baldwins, A very desirable piece and a much rarer date
than '61, He was formerly an MP for North Ayershire 1880-85 and the collection was
formed towards the end of the 19th century. Bust left in French widow's cap, hair in
queue behind, and high-necked dress, date on a label below, rev. crowned shield.The
portrait of Mary, Queen of Scotland above is a “A Work of Art” in magnificent state
of preservation. The Testoon in the hand has a “presence” that ties directly to 1562.
This portrait could be from the National Portrait Gallery. This was not just a coin
in a recent London sale but a part of British heritage.This is also a coin that has a
“wow” factor, an “eye appeal” that is immediately arresting and almost breathtaking.
This exceptional portrait coin reflecting a high Renaissance influence is rare in any
condition and exceptionally rare in such high relief
1542 - 1567
A Great Rarity
Portrait MARY Testoon 1553
Kingdom of Scotland during the reign of Mary 1, Queen of Scots (also known as Mary Stuart), the
testoon and half-testoon were introduced to the Scottish coinage in 1553 and 1555 respectively.
Type 1. Before her marriage to Francis
Struck at Paris by the mill and screw process from dies made by John Acheson.
A condition and rarity being thefinest known copy
A . DEI. GRA . R . SCOTORVUM + . DA . PACEM . DOMINE . 1553
This coin is the finest extant, pre 1880's the coin sold for 61 gbp
SCOTLAND. Mary. 1542-1567 44 Shilling
AV Lion - 44 Shillings (28mm, 5.06 g, 11h). First period. Before marriage. Type IIa. Edinburgh mint. James, Earl of Arran, regent and Governor of Scotland. Dated 1553. + MARIA • DE[•]I • GRA • R • SCOTORVM, crowned royal coat-of-arms; I G across field / • DILIGITE • IVSTICIAM • 1553, crowned MARIA REGINA monogram; cinquefoils across field. Murray, 1553, dies IIF/6; Burns 5 (fig. 813); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian) 981 (same dies); SCBC 5394.
Choice EF, lustrous.
Ex Lucien LaRiviere Collection (Spink 179, 29 March 2006), lot 97; purchased from Baldwin, 18 March 1983; Virgil Brand Collection (Part 1, Sotheby’s 1 July 1982), lot 207; Bernard Roth Collection (Part II, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 14 October 1918), lot 364; Robert Carfrae Collection (8 July 1901), lot 406.
visit ROMAN BRASS press above coin
Sestertius 37-41, Æ AGRIPPINA M F MAT C CAESARIS AVGVSTI
Draped bust r., hair falling
This coin is the cover coin of the Female Caesars by Jacozi A coin of
incredible detail & condition the finest known, from the ring holding the reigns of the amazing donkeys to a portrait that launched a "love" to aquire the coin 35 years ago.
Very few coins of this period exist in such a natural condition.
Ex.Moretti
Charles II 1671 Crown
(1660-85), Crown, v. tertio, laureate, draped second bust right,
rev. four crowned shields cruciform, Cs in angles (ESC 42; S.3357)
Galba 68-69 Sesterce
A true classic head of Galba, powerful and Roman with all the Republican virtues
natural patina Purchased Leu 1980. Ex Sartige
Dr. Alan Walker Zurich awalker@nomosag.com
Charles I Tower Pattern Six-Pence [6d]
A wonderful coin
Ex.Montigu Lot 370 17.50 gbp, Plate V Coin & ex Brice unpublished.
To give a relativity to rareity to such a rare coin a TRIPLE Unite fetched 20 gbp in the same Montigu sale.
This coin shows the typical RED WAX spots on the coin from the days in the 1800's when photos were not available.
UNIQUE & brilliant, mm. plume, crowned bust left, value behind, rev. plumes above oval scroll garnished shield,
c r at sides, reads cristo, 2.77g/4h (SCBI Brooker –; N 2699).
On a round and full flan, good extremely
fine and as struck and with attractive grey tone
Provenance: H M. Lingford, Montigu & Brice
Photo of extract from the Montigu Catalouge below
ROMAN BRASS SESTERTIUS
Britain’s rarest coin and a wonderful Sestercius
The brass coin stuck to commemerate Hadrian’s visit to
Britain in AD 130-134. A magnificent specimen depicting
Hadrian addressing his legion in Britain
Currently on Exhibition at the British Museum
case 14 of gallery 49 (Roman Britain)
edit: Dr. Alan Walker Zurich awalker@nomosag.com
further details
Pontefract Shilling
(June 1648-March. 1649)
Charles II 1648 octagonal
beneath the large crown a "furred band" over
ex.Bridgewater House
Charles I Pattern Gold Briot Crown
Although we do not collect gold a few pieces in the collection
brings a glitter :)
Elizabeth I 6d 1568
Superb speciman. Silver
edit: Mark Rasmussen mark.rasmussen@rascoins.com
1644 Charles I Oxford Silver Shilling
Pattern or Special Striking Struck at the height of the Civil War
Rawlins, with the 'R' on the shoulder
ex.Brooker
Charles I 1624-49
Openwork by Rawlins. A wonderfull openwork high quality Royalist badge
Uniface, Silver