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Learn MoreRare: 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
Rare Medieval Limoges Folding Candlestick. Circa 12th century AD. A composite traveling pricket type candlestick with folding legs. Each of the three legs have an animal head terminal, the face of each leg is detailed with foliate scrolls, originally filled with champlevé enamel: but only traces survive. The shaft is divided in two by a bulbus knop, this is decorated with six segments, each having an interlace motif. The splayed collar at the base of the spike is a replacement. Recorded on the PAS database as: KENT-609662. 190mm x 125mm.
about Lot 39
Henry VIII. 1509-1547. Gold Angel First coinage. Tower (London) mint mark crowned portcullis (without chains on rev.). Struck circa 1513-1526. (crowned portcullis) ҺЄnRIC VIII DI GRΛ RЄX ΛGL Z FRA, Archangel Michael slaying the dragon to right with spear terminating in cross crosslet. R. PЄR CRVCЄ TVΛ SΛLVΛ nOS XPЄ RЄDЄ, ship bearing shield and cross, Һ and rose flanking cross. Ref: Schneider 563; North 1760; SCBC 2265. From the New Horizons Collection. Ex J. Eric Engstrom (Triton XX, 10 January 2017), lot 1570; Coin Galleries (21 February 1990), lot 439. 28mm. 5.17g.
about Lot 278
Eadbald of Kent Gold Shilling (‘thrymsa’). Early England AD 616-640. Gold, 1.29g. [NV]? AL[D /REG], around a diademed bust, right. R. +DORO[VERNI]S, around a cross pattee on a globe, beaded inner-circle. Canterbury mint. Ref: Article by T. Abramson. https://britnumsoc.files.wordpress.com/2023/04/351-a-second-canterbury-gold-shilling-of-eadbald.pdf
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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
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
'Lord John St John of Bletsoe' silver hawking vervel inscribed IOHN LORD St IOHN. Found at Bletsoe, Bedfordshire and reported as potential treasure, recorded with the PAS as BH-6AF8AB which states:
about Lot 65
Henry IV penny, light coinage. Silver, 18mm, 1.05g. Obv: crowned facing bust, annulet and pellet by crown, trefoil on breast, +HENRIC REX ANGL. Rev: long cross fourchee with pellets in angles, slipped trefoil before LON, +CIVI TAS LON DON. London mint. Ref: S, 1732.
about Lot 254
Gold Inscribed Mourning Ring, Circa 18th century. Gold, 2.88 grams. 16.95 mm. UK ring size, H. US size, 4. A D-sectioned band engraved on the outside with a skull between two cross-hatched panels. The inner band is inscribed, M. Read ob 12 jan 1713 at 93. Makers mark DW. From a private UK collection.
about Lot 126
Belgae, Circa 60-40 BC. Burgan 11 Type Quarter Stater. Gold, 1.21g. 10.3 mm. Wreath motif, pellet in annuets and crescents. R. Triple-tailed horse right, sunburst above with pellet in annulet to left. Ref: Divided Kingdoms no.267. (3 known) ABC-, VA-,BMC-, S-.
about Lot 103