Lockdales Auction 168 14-15 September 2019

66 1550 Elizabeth I, silver halfgroat, Second Issue 1560-1561, mm. Cross-Crosslet, no rose or date, Spink 2557, flan a little angular but centers well struck up, VF £130 - £150 1551 Henry VII gold angel, Class V, mm. Pheon, after hENRIC a large crook-shaped abbreviation, Spink 2187, hairline crack follows mast of ship on reverse and from 3 o'clock across forecastle, these being hardly visible, struck on a large, round, full flan, well centred, GVF £1250 - £1750 1552 Henry VII silver groat, regular Issue with triple band to crown, mm. Cross-Crosslet 1504-1505, Spink 2258, full, round, well centred, couple of hairlines into legend, as struck, hardly visible, small flan fault before bust, between GF and NVF £250 - £280 1553 Henry VII silver halfgroat of York, Archbishop Bainbridge, mm. Martlet 1504-1509, two keys below reverse shield, Spink 2262, NVF £150 - £160 1554 Henry VII silver halfgroat, Profile Issue of Archbishop Bainbridge of York, mm. Martlet, 1504-1509, two keys below reverse shield, Spink 2262, small areas of legend weak, portrait struck up, VF £175 - £185 1555 Henry VII silver halfpenny, crown with single arch, small portrait, Spink 2245, GF £30 - £40 1556 Henry VIII, silver groat, Second Coinage 1526-1544, mm. Arrow, Laker Bust D, Roman nose, fluffy hair, Spink 2337E, very lightly crinkled, possibly at sometime cleaned, NVF £75 - £100 1557 Philip and Mary silver groat, reverse reads:- POSVIMVS, mm. Lis, Spink 2508, full, round, well centred, lightly crinkled, light scuffs, under magnifiction, on the obverse, F/GF £140 - £160 1558 Tudor, silver dress fitting, hooked, this bent and three silver balls missing, found June 2017, on ploughed land at Bildeston, Suffolk, sold with, archaelogical report £80 - £100 1559 Charles I silver crown of Exeter, mm. Castle/Castle, dated 1645, same dies as Brooker pl. XCVIII, 1043, same obverse as 1039-1042 and 1044-1045, Spink 3062, a little edge weakness, VF £750 - £950 1560 Charles I silver crown of Truro, reverse reads:- CHRISTO etc., mm. Rose, Spink 3045, these dies also Brooker, pl.XCIV 1008 and 1009, weak area each side, F/GF £450 - £600 1561 Charles I silver halfcrown of the Bristol Mint, 1643-1645 mm. Acorn? / Br, this obverse mm. acorn has not been satisfactorily identified, 'acorn' was first put forword by Morrieson, 1929a, p.142, Grinsell SCBI Bristol 193 and North, 1975, p.155, adopted 'acorn' with reservations [the present cataloguer thinks this not an acorn]. The present coin is a die duplicate of Brooker, SCBI 33, pl, XC, 973, same obverse as 974, obverse:- No groundline, flat crown, plume with bands, mm. surrounded by four pellets, reverse:- top panel contains three plumes with bands, central panel reads:- [RE]LIG-PROT:LE: ANLI:PA: and in the bottom panel 1643, Spink 3006, interesting and rare, full and round for the period, well centred, a few weak areas GF £600 - £800 1562 Charles I silver halfcrown, Tower Mint under Parliament 1642-1649, mm. Eye 1645, Group III, type 3a3, Spink 2778, F £50 - £70 1563 Charles I silver shilling, mm. not visible but from style looks like Tower Mint under Parliament 1642-1649, possibly Group F, perhaps Spink 2800, dies too big for flan / clipped, f £50 - £60