Lockdales Auction 175 28-29 March 2020

1611 Henry VII silver groat, facing bust, Class IIIc, crown with one plain and one jewelled arch, mm. Pansy 1495-1498, London Mint, Spink 2199, well centred one very small rough area on edge, well struck, NVF £75 - £125 1612 Henry VII silver groat, London Mint, one plain one jewelled arch, Bust IIIb, mm. Anchor, Spink 2199A, full, round, with old ticket 'John Chatwin 3.11.2000', a few small weak spots, full, round, well centred, VF £100 - £120 1613 Henry VII silver halfpenny Type II with large double- arched crown, Spink 2242, clear GF, with a ditto but of Henry V, ordinary bust, broken annulets by crown, Spink 1794, full, round, flan, surface cracks, GF [2] £50 - £60 1614 Henry VIII, silver groat, Second Coinage 1526-1544, mm. Lis, Laker Bust D, Roman nose, fluffy hair, Lombardic lettering, Spink 2337E, a very sharp strike hence a little extreme edge lost, very small marks under magnification, which mostly avoid the portrait which is very detailed and sharp, GVF £150 - £200 1615 Henry VIII, silver groat, Second Coinage 1526-1544, mm. Rose, Canterbury, Laker Bust D, Roman nose, fluffy hair, Lombardic lettering, Spink 2337E, a very small weak area each side, VF £100 - £125 1616 Henry VIII, silver groat, Second Coinage 1526-1544, mm. Rose, Canterbury, Laker Bust D, Roman nose, fluffy hair, Lombardic lettering, Spink 2337E, flan a little mis-shapen but a nice even overall strike, with clear detail, especially on the portrait, tone a little spotty, very light marks under magnification, GVF £120 - £180 1617 Mary silver great, reverse reads:- VERITAS, mm.Pomegranate, Spink 2492, full, round, well centred, good portrait, VF £250 - £350 1618 Mary silver groat, reverse reads:- VERITAS, mm. Pomegranate, Spink 2492, full, round, well centred, toned, much of bust struck up, NVF/VF £400 - £450 1619 Mary silver groat, reverse reads:- VERITAS, mm. Pomegranate, Spink 2492, full, round, well centred, very lightly crinkled, NVF/VF £200 - £300 1620 Mary silver groat, reverse reads:- VERITAS, Spink 2492, full, round, well centred, weakness each side, lightly crinkled, GF £80 - £90 1621 Mary silver groat, Spink 2492, Elizabeth I silver groat, mm. Martlet, Spink 2556, plus a ditto but a silver sixpence dated 1573, P to GF [3] £40 - £45 1622 Philip and Mary silver groat, reverse reads:- POSVIMVS, mm. Lis, Spink 2508, portrait part weak but features good and clear, F £70 - £90 1623 Scotland (2): James V billon Plack (4d) F/GF, and Charles II silver Merk 1673 GF £80 - £100 1624 Charles I Oxford silver Half-Pound, 1643 mm. plume/- , as Spink 2945A, wt.56.82g, a curious piece, this is possibly an original flan, which has had the fields lowered and re-engraved, then the details of horse and rider deeply cut in, a possible metal test mark on the king's shoulder, the tone looks to be false, a few letters, top obverse also have a very strange form of double-striking, Ex. Spink Auction 238, 25 and 26 March 2015, lot 628, sold as seen, VF £150 - £250 1625 Charles I silver halfcrown Truro or Exeter Mint, mm. Rose, Brooker lists at 1027, Pl.XCVI a coin struck from these dies and at 1028-1029 coins struck from this obverse, the present coin is in high grade, the reverse being very central and all struck up, flan as produced, the coin illustrated in Spink at 3065 looks also to be from these dies, the only weakness on the present coin being on the obverse rose and a very small area at reverse 11 o'clock, GVF £700 - £800