Lockdales Auction 164 16-17 March 2019

106 1780 Henry I silver penny, Quadrilateral on Cross Fleury, B.M.C.15, Spink 1276, reverse reads:- +O[ ]IPE:, Ipswich Mint, moneyer Osbern/Osbertus, the only moneyer presently known striking this type in the town, see Sadler Vol. III, pp. 148-153, this coin post catalogue and found Hockwold, Norfolk in 2018, reverse die looks to be from Die 1 with the triple second stop,weak areas on each side, obverse slightly off centre, rare F/GF £225 - £250 1781 Henry II silver penny, Cross-Crosslets or Tealby Issue, Class F, Spink 1342, obverse reads;- { ]ENRIREX, reverse reads:- {+L]EFW[INE:ON]L[ ], London Mint, moneyer Lefwine, BMC -/516, Ex. John Atkinson Collection, pt.III, with 3 old packets/tickets, GF £40 - £50 1782 Henry V silver groat of London, mullet on right shoulder just visible, Spink 1765, nice and round, well centred, GF £180 - £220 1783 Henry VI half-groat (1432/3-6) Calais Mint, clipped but good condition + Edward IV silver groat, London Mint It is a bit dark. £100 - £110 1784 Henry VII silver groat, Facing Bust Issue of London, Type IIIc, Bust IIIb, crown has one plain and one jewelled arch, mm. Anchor 1499-1502, Spink 2199, hairline crack, into legend at obverse 6 o'clock [as struck], full, round, well centred and struck, GVF £180 - £200 1785 Henry VIII silver halfpenny, Third Coinage 1544- 1547, Canterbury Mint, looks to read obverse:- hE 8, Spink 2387, piece missing from edge, sharply struck, producing nice portrait, VF £80 - £90 1786 Herennia Etruscilla silver antoninianus, Antioch Mint 250-251 AD. Obv: Her hair ridged in waves. / Rev: PVDICITIA AVG. Pudicitia seated left, drawing veil from face and holding transverse sceptre. Sear 9496. Considerable mint finish, almost mint state. Rare like this from Antioch. £80 - £90 1787 Herennius Etruscus Caesar silver antoninianus, Rome Mint 250-251 AD. Rev: PIETAS AVGVSTORVM. Priestly emblems. Sear 9521. Superb bust, much original finish, GEF £80 - £100 1788 Ireland, James I silver sixpence, Second Issue, obverse reads:- MAG BRIT, reverse:- TVEATVR, Spink 6517, well centred, tone a little uneven, NVF £140 - £150 1789 Irish Philip and Mary silver groat 1557 with 'Z' for 'ET', mm. Rose, Spink 6501C, full flan a little uneven at obverse 2 to 3 o'clock, F £125 - £150 1790 Irish silver penny of Edward I, holed NVF, a ditto but of England, Canterbury, crinkled NVF with an Irish Charles I silver 40 pence, holed NF plus another unidentifed possibly debased Scottish? [4] £30 - £40 1791 James I gold laurel, Third Coinage 1619-1625, mm. thistle, 1621-1623, Spink 2638A, large, full, slightly uneven flan, a good even strike, a little spot of weakness in second and third quarter of reverse, VF £1700 - £1800 1792 James I gold quarter-laurel, Third Coinage 1619- 1625, beaded circles on each side, Spink 2642B, mm. Trefoil 1624, full flan, light scuff on obverse and hairline crack, into legend, obverse 5 o'clock and lightly crinkled, GF/F £300 - £350