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James I shilling, third coinage, 1619-25 AD. i.m, lis. Sixth (large) bust. Silver, 5.8g. Ref: S.2668. British Museum coin number, 582. From the "Battle of Aylesbury" hoard. Ref: 2023 T349. PAS: BUC-D73196.
about Lot 14
Edward IV Gold Ryal, London. Light Coinage, 1464-1470. 36mm, 7.71g. EDWARD DI GRA REX AnGL Z FRAnC DnS IB, Crowned king in ship with rose on hull, holding sword and shield displaying Royal Arms, flag with E at stern. R. IhC AVT TRAnSIEnS PER MEDIVM ILLORVM IBAT. Central sunburst in cross with lis at end of each arm and, crowned lion passant in angles, all within a tressure of eight arcs with trefoils in spandrel. Mint mark crown. Ref: N.1549. S.1950.
about Lot 248
Medieval silver seal matrix inset with a Roman jasper intaglio featuring a lion with its front paw resting on a bulls head. The legend, engraved in Lombardic lettering, reads: + SIGILLV' : EADMVNDI DE WILT (The seal of Edmund of Wilt). Wilt in this case probably referring to the nearby town of Wilton, or Wiltshire.
about Lot 440
Merovingian Tremissis. Maastricht. Circa 7th century AD. Gold, 1.32g. 13mm. TRECECTO FIT, diademed and draped bust right. R. HAINOMIRES MO, Latin cross on a flat base, with a globe and pellets below. The moneyer appears to be unrecorded or a miss spelling.
about Lot 171
Charles I shilling, Oxford declaration 1642. Silver, 6.1g. i.m, Oxford plume. Small bust. R. Declaration in three lines, three Oxford plumes above. Ref: N.2349, S.2971. British museum coin number, 1061. From the "Battle of Aylesbury" hoard. Ref: 2023 T349. PAS: BUC-D73196.
about Lot 56
Rare: Stephen Lozenge Sceptre Type Penny. York, ornamental type. A unique variant with the left facing bust. Crowned bust left holding sceptre surmounted by lozenge with pellet, +STIEN (retrograde) with ornaments. R. Saltire fleury over cross pattee, ornaments in place of legend. 1.02g. 20mm. Recorded with the Early Medieval Coin Corpus as, EMC: 2024.0082. Ref: N.920 variant.
about Lot 221
Offa Penny. Canterbury. Heathbert. +OFFA REX within angles of cross botonnee on saltire of lobes. R. Moneyer's name within angles of celtic cross over cross fleury. Saltire and pellets at centre. Ref: Chick, 123. North 277. An exceptional example.
about Lot 213
Medieval Silver Seal Matrix. Circa, 12th-14th century AD. 5.53 g, 29.6mm. An exceptional seal matrix set with a Roman intaglio of red stone (possibly jasper or carnelian) with an engraving of a young satyr running to the left with another, smaller satyr with a tail and horns kneeling on his shoulders. The oval intaglio is set in the centre of the matrix within a grooved oval border which also frames the base of the surrounding inscription which reads: + CREDE . SOLVM. ET . EST. SATIS. ‘Believe only and it is enough/sufficient’. The phrase is part of the Mass for the Annunciation, from a chant known as the 'Missus Gabriel de Celis'. PAS recorded: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/1092517
about Lot 53
David I Scottish Penny. 1124-1153 AD. Crowned bust right with sceptre, + DAVIT REX. R. Cross fleury, single pellet in angles. Moneyer, Hugo at Roxburgh?. Silver, 1.33g. 22mm. Ref: S.5007.
about Lot 178
Charles I shilling, Aberystwyth mint, 1638-1642. Silver, 5.93g. i.m, book. Large bust plume before, XII mark of value behind. R. Oval garnished shield, plume above. Ref: N.2331, S.2883. British museum coin number, 1059. From the "Battle of Aylesbury" hoard. Ref: 2023 T349. PAS: BUC-D73196.
about Lot 54
