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Date Sold	Category	Lot	Description	Sale Price
Auction 170	English Coins	Lot 1809	Halfcrown 1888 ESC 721, Bull 2773 UNC with the lightest cabinet friction, attractive and with colourful toning, particularly to the reverse, comes with old ticket stating 'Sotheby Lot 32 28/3/66' and priced £1	£130
Auction 161	English Coins	Lot 1797	Octorino 1913 Pattern by Huth, an Iron Piedfort, Bull 3866, 6.96 grammes, struck by John Pinches, GEF with minor spots, rated R7 by Bull, possibly unique, Ex-Norweb collection, Spink Auction 56 19/11/1986 Lot 1139, Ex Glendining 4/10/1962 (lot 315), Ex-Huth collection (Sotheby 1927), comes with collector's ticket	£1,200
Auction 159	English Coins	Lot 760	Five Guineas 1691 TERTIO edge S.3422 Good Fine with some edge nicks, overall a pleasing and even example for the grade, comes with old ticket 'Sotheby 22/5/1975 Lot 258 £700'	£6,000
Auction 156	English Coins	Lot 2511	Penny 1864 Crosslet 4 Peck 1664 with 239/136 scratched in the obverse field, toned UNC with traces of lustre and a few small spots. The numbers were scratched into the field during the mastership of Professor Thomas Graham (1855-1869) have been shown by G.P.Dyer to represent overall output in tons of bronze coin minted since 1860 (the higher figure) and output in tons of that particular denomination since 1860 (the lower figure) This is not the example pictured in Michael Gouby's 'The British Bronze Penny' - Specialised Edition (Page 49) but displays a superb sharp strike. A highly desirable piece of Victorian bronze coinage history, as stated by Gouby there are only 2 examples known, this, Ex-D.W.Grey 20/10/1971, Lot 111, Ex-Seaby Bulletin, September 1974, item K162, Ex-Sotheby Auction 9/10/1979 Lot 257, Ex-Michael Freeman, and one other, the other example illustrated in Gouby's book being the Ex-Norweb, Ex-A.H.F.Baldwin example, described by Spink as 'Extremely Fine and attractively patinated'. A total of 34 'scratched field' bronze coins are recorded of all dates and denominations, made up of 20 Pennies, 7 Halfpennies and 7 Farthings. Of the 20 Pennies, 12 are known to be in the British Museum Collection, this being one of the remaining 8 available to commerce. An extremely rare opportunity to bid on a piece of Victorian numismatic history. We note a standard currency 1864 Crosslet 4 Penny in UNC sold in our March 2014 auction (Lot 1844) for £3978 inclusive of buyers premium.	£9,000
Auction 148	English Coins	Lot 2583	Two Guineas 1738 Young Head S.3667B VF Ex-Sotheby 1981	£1,400
Auction 147	Misc Items	Lot 1433	Auction Catalogues Montagu Collection (2) 1895 and 1896 Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, fair condition	£28
Auction 147	Misc Items	Lot 1417	Auction Catalogue William Allen Collection of Romano-British, Anglo-Saxon and English coins 1898 (Sotheby's ) bound and hand priced, good condition	£25
Auction 147	Misc Items	Lot 1423	Auction Catalogues (4) Sotheby's 1896 Boyne Collection Part 1, 1896 Bunbury Collection of Greek Coins Part 1, 1903 R.Foster Collection, 1896 J.J.Nunn Collection fair condition	£25
Auction 143	Hammered Coins	Lot 1549	UniteJames I Second Coinage Fifth Bust S.2620 mintmark Cinquefoil, NVF, Ex-Sotheby 1981	£1,700
Auction 143	English Coins	Lot 2662	Two Guineas 1738 Young Head S.3667B VF Ex-Sotheby 1981	£1,500
Auction 143	Hammered Coins	Lot 1479	LaurelJames I Third Coinage, Fourth Head variety, tie-ends form a bracket to value S.2638C mintmark Lis VF, Ex-Sotheby 1981	£1,300
Auction 142	Certified Coins	Lot 474	Halfpenny 1874H Freeman 320 dies 10+J struck on a 2mm thick flan, weighs 7.97 grammes, rated R20 by Freeman, graded CGS 60, Ex-London Coins Auction A132 March 2011 Lot 1409 realised £1,500, Ex-Nicholson Lot 441, Ex-Norweb, Spink Coin Auction 59 17/6/1987 Lot 1803, Ex-V.M.Brand (Chicago), many copper coins bought by Mrs Norweb, Ex-H.D.Davis (London), (see Peck page 567), collection purchased by Baldwins circa 1955, Ex-Stanley Bousfield, Sothebys, 19/12/1911 Lot 453, Ex-J.G.Murdoch, Part 3, 15/3/1904, Lot 659 (part) the only known example and probably unique, an important piece in the series as this impressive provenance shows	£2,700
Auction 141	Hammered Coins	Lot 1183	Triple Unite 1643 Charles IOxford Mint bust without scarf mint mark plume S2727, North 2384 Ex Clarendoncollection part 2 Bonhams 17th Oct 2006 lot 1274, Ex Spink sale 75 29th Mar 1990 lot 213, Ex J G Brooker 838, Ex R C Lockett 17th Oct 1961 lot 4533, Ex Sir K Vaughan - MorganSotheby 17th June 1935 lot 126 VF rare and desirable as the impressive provenance proves	£45,000
Auction 141	English Coins	Lot 1458	Farthing 1860 Pattern in aluminium by Adolf Weyl. Peck 2170, Freeman 901, Obverse Young Head by Wyon, date 1860 below bust, within narrow beaded circle and narrow raised rim, Reverse 4 shields cruciformly arranged, crowned joined by arches with roses, thistle and shamrock in the angles. Shields are of England, Scotland, Ireland and colonial emblems of elephant, sea-lion and kangaroo on the fourth shield UNITED KINGDOM AND GREATER BRITAIN and FARTHING below. Only one piece recorded by Peck. The piece being offered here is likely to be the only other known specimen and if so is likely to be the Murdoch example from Sotheby's in 1903 (Lot 691). A highly important piece. UNC and lustrous with some surface marks and small rim nicks, with considerable eye appeal, Ex-Colin Cooke 11/11/1997 £495	£800
Auction 136	Ancient Coins	Lot 1614	Celtic Dobunni uninscribed Ar Unit c.50-0BC Obv. Head Right Rev. Triple-tailed horse left, Cockerel's head below Allen type C S.377 VF (Ex-Spink Numismatic Circular April 1996, Ex-Sotheby's June 1971, Lot 202)	£100
Auction 123	Hammered Coins	Lot 885	SixpenceCommonwealth 1654 mintmark Sun VF with some weak areas, struck on a ragged flan, Ex-Bridgewater House CollectionSothebys 15/6/1972 Lot 329, Ex-Glendinings 7/4/1982 Lot 67	£260
Auction 121	Hammered Coins	Lot 196	UniteCharles IS.2692 bust type 5 mintmark Crown VF purchased at Sotheby's July 1915 comes with old collector's ticket	£1,700
Auction 115	English Coins	Lot 836	Guinea 1714 Prince Elector type S.3628 EF with a slight adjustment mark of the garter star, Ex-Captain K.J.Douglas-Morris RN Sothebys 26/11/1974, Ex-S	£4,800
Auction 107	English Coins	Lot 1098	Halfpenny 1860 Copper Proof chocolate nFDC a couple of grey toning spots hardly detracts, extremely rare S3949, Ex W Saward, Sotheby 14.11.1910 Lot 22	£4,400

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