59
1551
Sierra Leone Gold (0.999) $100 1997 Proof FDC with the
diamond insert, boxed as issued
£140 - £180
1552
Spain 20P 1899 GVF/VF
£110 - £130
1553
Switzerland Half Franc 1878 niecely toned aEF
£60 - £80
1554
USA Dollar 1883cc Unc boxed in a plastic case with
certificate
£70 - £90
1555
USA Dollar 1884cc Unc boxed in a plastic case with
certificate
£70 - £90
1556
USA Dollars (3) 1886 aU, 1922 EF & 1922 nF
£35 - £40
1557
USA gold $10 1992 GVF
£150 - £160
1558
USA Two-Cents 1872, rare date, EF
£300 - £350
1559
USA $20 1916s GVF
£600 - £650
1560
USA $2½ 1851 VG
£75 - £85
Ancient & Hammered Coins
1561
Aethelred II silver cut-halfpenny, Long Cross Issue,
Spink 1151, obverse reads:- ]ELRAEDREX[ ['AE'
ligulate], reverse reads:- + ? ] [ RDPI ['D' with thorn] and
almost certainly struck at Norwich and found in Suffolk,
slightly rough surfaces, GF
£40 - £60
1562
Aethelstan I, King of East Anglia c.825- c.840 A.D. silver
penny, Spink 950, obverse:- Inner beaded circle
enclosing a barred A, two bars above, legend around:-
+E.DEGSTAN ['L' looks a long topped, square 'G', the
'S' is on its front, the second upright of the 'N' in
detatched, as is normal at this period], reverse:- Central
omega within inner beaded circle, legend around
+REX.A.NG [again 'N' with detached second upright],
found Barham, Suffolk, full, round, well centred,
uncleaned uneven tone, rare, GVF
£1500 - £1800
1563
Ancient Greek and Roman coins 123 [not checked by
us], mostly low grade, some damaged, many in old
packets, with pen and ink details [123]
£250 - £300
1564
British Colonial 10 cash pieces of the Madras Presidency
of the type struck 1803-1808, shipwreck pieces, mostly
'welded' together in lumps and corroded, with a note
which reads:- 'Believed to be from the shipwreck of the
Admiral Gardiner', Poor to Fair, number not known
£25 - £30
1565
Charles I silver halfcrown, Tower Mint under Parliament
[1642-1649], mm. Sun [1645-1646], Group V, Spink
2780, usual large but irregular flan, light marks, uneven
tone, F/GF
£60 - £80
1566
Charles I silver shilling, Tower Mint under the King
[1625-1643], mm. Crown [1635-1636], Group D, Type
3a, Spink 2791, GF with an old ticket, together with a
copper mint test piece? or military button? about the size
of an old halfpenny, uniface, F [2]
£35 - £40
1567
Charles I silver sixpence, Nicholas Briot's Second Milled
Issue [1638-1639], mm. Anchor, Spink 2860, small metal
flan flaw in reverse field, full, round, well centred,
GVF/VF
£200 - £250
1568
Charles I, Halfcrown York Mint, mm, Lion, Gp 2, Type
2G, wt 14.6gm. Reverse :- Plain crown, garniture frosted
with punch, harp has 6 strings, see BNJ54, 1984 P225 &
Pl 4 for coin from these dies.Flange slightly cup shaped,
obverse very slightly off-centre. GVF Ex Coins Galore
2010
£750 - £850