CNG Electronic Auction 312

CNG Electronic Auction 312 An Internet Sale The Clearwater Collection

featuring An Exceptional Collection of Pedigreed English Coins

Opening Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at 6PM (ET)

Closing Electronically on Wednesday, October 9, 2013 from 10 AM (ET)

CNG Electronic Auction 312 An Internet Sale Opening Wednesday, September 25, 2013 at 6PM (ET)

Closing Electronically on Wednesday, October 9, 2013 from 10 AM (ET)

The Clearwater Collection

featuring An Exceptional Collection of Pedigreed English Coins

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Lot Viewing London, U.K.

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GREEK COINAGE

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KINGS of MACEDON. Alexander III ‘the Great’. 336-323 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.60 g, 1h). Salamis or Western Asia Minor mint. Struck circa 332/1-323 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing single-pendant earring, necklace, and triple-crested Corinthian helmet adorned with a serpent / [Ŭ]E$Å@droU, Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand, cradling stylis in left arm; below left wing, eagle standing left. Price 3125; Troxell, New, Group II, 29 (dies 15/– [unlisted rev. die]); SNG Saroglos –; Goldberg 53, lot 1613 (same rev. die); CNG 60, lot 329 (same dies). EF, struck from worn dies, slight die shift on reverse. ($2000) The reverse die link of this and the CNG 60 coins to the Goldberg 53 piece necessitates a correction to Troxell’s die study. In her study, she thought that the break between Groups II and III occurred between obverse dies 15 and 16. However, this coin is struck from obverse die 15, while the Goldberg coin is from obverse die 16. Thus, the coins struck from obverse die 16 are in Group II, and Group III begins with obverse die 17.

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KINGS of MACEDON. temp. Alexander III – Philip III. Circa 325-319 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.60 g, 1h). In the name of Alexander III. Amphipolis mint. Struck under Antipater. Head of Athena right, wearing necklace and triple-crested Corinthian helmet adorned with a serpent / ŬE$Å@droU, Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand, cradling stylis in left arm; trident head downward in left field, Ô below left wing. Price 182; SNG Saroglos –; Saida 8. Superb EF, lustrous, a couple very minor die breaks, slightly weak strike at high point of obverse. Struck from high relief dies. ($2000)

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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.58 g, 7h). In the name of Alexander III. Pella mint. Struck under Antipater or Polyperchon, circa 323-318/7 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing necklace and triplecrested Corinthian helmet decorated with serpent / [Å]¬E$Å@dro[U], Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling stylis in left arm; bee in left field. Price 202; Moore –; SNG Saroglos 107. Superb EF, very slight die shift on reverse. ($2500)

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KINGS of MACEDON. Philip III Arrhidaios. 323-317 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.58 g, 9h). In the name of Alexander III. Lampsakos mint. Struck under Leonnatos, Arrhidaios, or Antigonos I Monophthalmos. Head of Athena right, wearing necklace and triple-crested Corinthian helmet decorated with serpent / ŬE$Å@droU, Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand and cradling stylis in left arm; buckle in left field, ï below left wing. Price 1374; ADM II Series IX, 199 (same dies); SNG Saroglos –; Cahn 75, lot 281 (same dies). EF, some die wear. ($2000)

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KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC, or King, 306/5-301 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.56 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Magnesia ad Maeandrum mint. Struck circa 318301 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing crested Corinthian helmet adorned with a serpent / ŬE$Å@dro[U], Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand; , in left field, ∞ below right wing. Unpublished, but cf. Hersh, Additions 42 for a drachm with the same control marks (see also Price 1959). Superb EF, underlying luster, a little die rust on obverse, hairline die break on reverse. ($2500) This interesting piece appears to be an imitative issue because of a few stylistic anomalies. On the obverse, the two parts of the triple-crest that are normally visible have been melded into a single crest, the serpent is unusually forward rather than centered on the bowl, Athena’s ear has become strands of hair, and her eye has a pupil and cornea, which is an unusual detail. On the reverse, the shaft of the stylis has been omitted, while the upper portion has been transformed into an X-like device within the upper portion of the right wing. Nonetheless, the engraving of many issues at Magnesia during this period have anomalous style. The BM specimen used to illustrate Price 1947 is one such piece, and has elements that are similar to that found on the present coin. In sum, these irregularities of style are more indicative of the skill of the engravers, or lack thereof, rather than the authenticity of the issue.

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KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.51 g, 12h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Babylon mint. Struck under Peithon, circa 315-311 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing single-pendant earring, necklace, and triple-crested Corinthian helmet adorned with a serpent / ∫Å-s5¬EWs ŬE$Å@droU, Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand, cradling stylis in left arm; ( below left wing, ü below right wing. Price 3724 (same dies as illustration); Waggoner Series 3D, 388c (same dies); SNG Saroglos –. EF, die rust on obverse, die shift on reverse. ($2000) In 315 BC, Antigonos I Monophthalmos forced Seleukos I to flee from his satrapy in Babylon, and replaced him with Peithon, a Macedonian who had served under Alexander III as satrap of southern India.

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KINGS of MACEDON. Antigonos I Monophthalmos. As Strategos of Asia, 320-306/5 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.569 g, 1h). In the name and types of Alexander III. Babylon mint. Struck under Peithon, circa 315-311 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing single-pendant earring, necklace, and triple-crested Corinthian helmet adorned with a serpent / ∫Ås5-¬EWs ŬE$Å@droU, Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand, cradling stylis in left arm; ( below left wing, ü below right wing. Price 3724; Waggoner Series 3D, 389 (same obv. die); SNG Saroglos –. EF, underlying luster, die rust on obverse, slight die shift and minor die break on reverse. Exceptionally detailed Nike. ($2000) In 315 BC, Antigonos I Monophthalmos forced Seleukos I to flee from his satrapy in Babylon, and replaced him with Peithon, a Macedonian who had served under Alexander III as satrap of southern India.

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MYSIA, Pergamon. Mid-late 330s BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.60 g, 1h). Head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin / Archaistic Palladion: statue of Pallas Athena standing facing, holding spear aloft in right hand, preparing to strike, on left arm, a shield adorned with a four-point star and fillet hanging below; to lower left, a crested Corinthian helmet right; all within cupped circular incuse. SNG France 1557 = De Luynes 2493 = Saida 37; Von Fritze, Pergamon 7 = Saida 36 var. (rev. not incuse); Gulbenkian 699 var. (same); Jameson 2580 var. (same); PCG pl. 28, 25 var. (same). Superb EF, lustrous, tiny die break and a couple insignificant marks on obverse. Very rare. ($50,000) Although lacking a legend, this series has been attributed to Pergamon, based on similar silver fractions which also contain the city ethnic, ΠEPΓA(M) (SNG France 1558-66). On the other hand, the date of this issue is less certain. SNG France placed it circa 310-284 BC, though ignoring that two examples of this type were found in the Saïda hoard (IGCH 1508 = CH VIII 190), which Westermark dated to circa 323/20 BC. She also saw a correlation between these staters and those of Philippi in Macedon (an example of which was in the hoard), and accordingly dated them to after 336 BC (echoed by G.K. Jenkins and M. Castro Hipólito in the Gulbenkian catalog), based on Mørkholm’s placement of the Philippi issues during the reign of Alexander (EHC pp. 84-5). Mørkholm’s dating, however, was based on the single coin of Philippi in the Saïda hoard (Saïda 34), which was of such high grade that he thought it must have been struck near the date of the hoard’s deposit. Other numismatists, however, have placed these Philippi staters earlier, circa 356-345 BC (Bellinger, Philippi p. 37, and N. Waggoner in SNG ANS). The hoard also contained ten of the twelve known examples of an extremely rare gold issue of Kios. Significantly, this issue of Kios and the fact that the Pergamene staters have a close stylistic affinity with the coinages of Philip II and Alexander III – offer a potential clue toward identifying when and why they were struck.

More recently, De Callataÿ has revisited the issue by examining the examples of this issue that have appeared on the market over the last decade (F. de Callataÿ. “Les statères de Pergame et les réquisitions d’Alexandre le Grand: l’apport d’un nouveau trésor (‘Statères de Pergame 2004’)” in RN 169 [2012]). Exhibiting no traces of circulation wear, these coins are closer to the full Attic weight than the two more worn specimens in the Saïda hoard, suggesting an earlier date for this issue than circa 323/20 BC. De Callataÿ also demonstrated (along with the two specimens in the Saïda hoard) that in total five obverse and seven reverse dies by two engravers were used in striking this issue, all of which are die-linked. The obverse dies share a close stylistic similarity to early Alexandrine issues of Miletos (cf. Leu 81, lot 182) and Abydos (cf.

CNG 70, lot 92), as well as earlier staters of Philippi (cf. Triton IX, lot 724). Likewise, the control marks which appear on these Pergamene coins (Corinthian helmet, rose, and eagle [or cock]), are symbols typically found on coins from early in the reign of Alexander III. The apparently brief but intense minting of these Pergamene staters, with their links to Macedonian types struck early in the reign of Alexander III, suggests that these coins were struck from funds requisitioned locally for the Macedonian troops in Asia Minor, either those of Alexander himself in 334 BC (cf. Diod. Sic. 17.19-21; cf. Plut. Vit. Alex. 16.1-8; cf. Arr. Anab. 1.14-16).

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KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes. Circa 610-560 BC. EL Trite (13mm, 4.69 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, “sun” on forehead; [©3]√©å[√] (WALWEL in Lydian, retrograde) downward on right / Two square punches. Weidauer Group XVII, 91–2 and 95; SNG von Aulock 8204; Pozzi 2472. Near EF. Well struck with clear lettering. ($10,000) The Kingdom of Lydia, under the Mermnad dynasty, may well have been the originator of Western coinage. It possessed rich deposits of electrum, an alloy of gold and silver, which was the only metal used for coin production in its earliest stages. The lion head/incuse coinage is the earliest coinage attributed to the kingdom, and its origins date to the time of the king Alyattes, who ruled circa 610-560 BC. While most of these coins are anepigraphic, a small number of them bear the inscription ‘Walwel’ in Lydian. Although these have been variably attributed to other rulers in the past, hoard studies have shown that they were, in fact, contemporary with the anepigraphic issues.

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KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes. Circa 610-560 BC. EL Trite (13mm, 4.74 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, “sun” on forehead; [©]e√©A[√] (WALWEL in Lydian) downward on right / Two square punches. Cf. Weidauer Group XVII, 91–2 and 95 (different style); cf. SNG von Aulock 8204 (same); Pozzi 2472 (same). VF. Very rare. ($5000) Unlike the previous coin, which features a relatively refined style, the lion head on this example more closely resembles the schematized style found on the anepigraphic lion-head trites (cf. Weidauer Group XV, 59–75).

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KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes. Circa 610-560 BC. EL Trite (12mm, 4.72 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion left, “sun” on forehead; [√]A©√e[©] (WALWEL in Lydian) downward on left / Two square punches. Cf. Weidauer Group XVII, 3–4 (different style and legend orientation); NFA XXVII, lot 63 (same obv. die). VF, usual die rust on obverse. Very rare.

($5000) As with the previous lot, the style on this example is more schematic than usual.

Two WALWET Hektes from the Same Dies

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KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes. Circa 610-560 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.34 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion right, “sun” on forehead; [©]3√[©å√] (WALWEL in Lydian, retrograde) downward on right / Two square punches. Weidauer Group XVII, 101 (same obv. die and left punch). VF, usual die rust on obverse. ($1000) Struck from the same obverse die and one punch as the following lot.

Current research has revealed that all hektes of Weidauer Group XVII are struck from obverse dies that are much larger than the denomination requires. The dies have two opposing lion heads with the Lydian inscription between, and that the coin blanks were struck off-center, such that only one of the lion heads and the incription would be visible. The two coins in these lots were struck from the same obverse die, but on opposite sides. For a similar set of two hektes, shown superimposed together, see K. Konuk and C. Lorber, White Gold: Revealing the World’s Earliest Coins (Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 2012), p. 19, figs. 21–22. It is uncertain whether the dies were originally intended to be used for a larger denomination, or whether the dies were designed so that hektes could be struck with either facing lion head.

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KINGS of LYDIA. Alyattes. Circa 610-560 BC. EL Hekte (10mm, 2.39 g). Sardes mint. Head of roaring lion left, “sun” on forehead; [©]3√[©å√] (WALWEL in Lydian, retrograde) downward on left / Two square punches. Weidauer Group XVII, 99 (same obv. die and left punch). VF, usual die rust on obverse. ($1000) Struck from the same obverse die and one punch as the previous lot.

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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. As satrap, 321-315 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 8.58 g, 4h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon I mint. Struck circa 311-300 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing singlependant earring, necklace, and triple-crested Corinthian helmet adorned with a serpent / ∫Ås-5¬EWs [Ŭ]E$Å@d[roU], Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand, cradling stylis in left arm; µ5 below left wing, ü below right wing. SC 81.2; Price 3748; HGC 9, 3a; SNG Saroglos 166–8. Superb EF, slight die shift on reverse. Struck from dies of high relief. ($2500)

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SELEUKID KINGS of SYRIA. Seleukos I Nikator. As satrap, 321-315 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 8.57 g, 7h). In the name and types of Alexander III of Macedon. Babylon I mint. Struck circa 311-300 BC. Head of Athena right, wearing singlependant earring, necklace, and triple-crested Corinthian helmet adorned with a serpent / ∫¬-s5¬EW[s] ŬE$Å@droU, Nike standing left, holding wreath in extended right hand, cradling stylis in left arm; ˙ below left wing, ü below right wing. SC 81.7; Price 3707; HGC 9, 3a; SNG Saroglos 159. EF, underlying luster, die rust on obverse. Well centered strike. ($2000)

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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II Philadelphos. Died 270/268 BC. AV Mnaïeion – “Oktadrachm” (27mm, 27.68 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, circa 253/2 BC. Head right, veiled and wearing stephane; lotus-tipped scepter in background, Q to left / År%5@o˙% f5¬ÅdE¬foU, double cornucopia, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet. Svoronos 460; Troxell, Arsinoe, Transitional to Group 3, p. 43 and pl. 6, 2-3 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen 134; Noeske 39 (same obv. die); Hirsch 1808. In NGC encapsulation, graded AU, Strike 5/5, Surface 1/5, Fine Style, smoothing, scratches. ($7500) Arsinoë II, wife (and sister) of Ptolemy II exerted a powerful influence on her younger mate, her experience in statecraft coming from her earlier marriage to Lysimachos of Thrace, and her subsequent involvement in the turbulent politics of the successor kingdoms. After her death in 271 BC, her devoted husband deified her and initiated a cult in her honor. The temple he intended to construct (plans cut short by his own death) in her name was to have an iron ceiling with a statue of Arsinoë, made entirely of lodestone, suspended in the air beneath it. That grandiose plan came to nothing, but the series of large value gold and silver coins struck in her name was a suitable memorial. The letters behind her bust are die sequence numbers, and these large value pieces were probably used in the distribution of largess. The types were continued by later Ptolemies into the middle of the 2nd century BC.

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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II Philadelphos. Died 270/268 BC. AV Mnaïeion – “Oktadrachm” (26mm, 27.70 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, circa 253/2 BC. Head right, veiled and wearing stephane; lotus-tipped scepter in background, 5 to left / År%5@o˙% f5¬ÅdE¬foU, double cornucopia, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet. Svoronos 471; Troxell, Arsinoe, Group 3, p. 44 and pl. 7, 2 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen –; Noeske –; Boston MFA –; Triton XVI, lot 593 (same obv. die); Triton XV, lot 1315; CNG 84, lot 761. In NGC encapsulation, graded Choice XF, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, Fine Style. Very rare with I control, 6 coins known to Troxell. ($7500)

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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Arsinoe II Philadelphos. Died 270/268 BC. AV Mnaïeion – “Oktadrachm” (26mm, 27.74 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy II, circa 253/2 BC. Head right, veiled and wearing stephane; lotus-tipped scepter in background, ˚ to left / År%5@o˙% f5¬ÅdE¬foU, double cornucopia, grape bunches hanging at sides, bound with fillet. Svoronos 475; Troxell, Arsinoe, Group 3, p. 44 and pl. 7, 3 (same obv. die); SNG Copenhagen –; Noeske –; Boston MFA 2268 (same obv. die). In NGC encapsulation, graded AU, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, Fine Style. ($7500) 11

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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. AV Mnaieion – “Oktadrachm” (26mm, 27.76 g, 12h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy IV, 221-205 BC. Bust of the deified Ptolemy III right, wearing radiate diadem and aegis; trident over left shoulder, middle prong ends in a lotus finial / ∫Å%5¬EW% ∏to¬EÂÅ5oU, radiate and filleted cornucopia; d5 below. Svoronos 1117; SNG Copenhagen 196; Noeske 137; Boston MFA 2283; Kraay & Hirmer 803.

In NGC encapsulation, graded Choice AU, Strike 5/5, Surface 4/5, Fine Style. ($7500) Ptolemy IV struck an extensive series of oktadrachms for his father Ptolemy III, portraying him with the divine attributes of Helios (the radiate diadem), Zeus (the aegis), and Poseidon (the trident, the middle prong modified with the addition of the Egyptian lotus tip). The concentration of such symbols is intended to show Ptolemy III as the master of the three elements: heaven, earth and sea. The radiate crown above the cornucopia on the reverse is another distinctive feature of Ptolemy III’s iconography, and was later adopted by his grandson, Ptolemy V

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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. AV Mnaieion – “Oktadrachm” (26mm, 27.72 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy IV, 221-205 BC. Bust of the deified Ptolemy III right, wearing radiate diadem and aegis; trident over left shoulder, middle prong ends in a lotus finial / ∫Å%5¬EW% ∏to¬EÂÅ5oU, radiate and filleted cornucopia; d5 below. Svoronos 1117; SNG Copenhagen 196; Noeske 137; Boston MFA 2283; Kraay & Hirmer 803.

In NGC encapsulation, graded AU, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, Fine Style. ($7500)

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PTOLEMAIC KINGS of EGYPT. Ptolemy III Euergetes. 246-222 BC. AV Mnaieion – “Oktadrachm” (25mm, 27.77 g, 11h). Alexandreia mint. Struck under Ptolemy IV, 221-205 BC. Bust of the deified Ptolemy III right, wearing radiate diadem and aegis; trident over left shoulder, middle prong ends in a lotus finial / ∫Å%5¬EW% ∏to¬EÂÅ5oU, radiate and filleted cornucopia; d5 below. Svoronos 1117; SNG Copenhagen 196; Noeske 137; Boston MFA 2283; Kraay & Hirmer 803.

In NGC encapsulation, graded AU, Strike 5/5, Surface 3/5, Fine Style. ($7500) 12

WORLD COINAGE

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ITALY, Sicilia (Regno). Pietro I il grande (the Great), with Costanza II di Hohenstaufen. 1282-1285. AV Pierreale (24mm, 4.38 g, 2h). Messina mint. แ ҟ⌷⌿ / uƟɔúƟ / ҟ⌷⌿ / ːĿgɔª˸ / ҟ⌷⌿ / ƟȒ⌷ª˸//แ úɭ⌿˸ª / ĄĿƟ / gːª / ªːªg / ⌿ƟúƟǰ= / ːĿg, eagle standing left, head right, with wings spread / แ ი ⌿uȒȒª ი ⌷ɭ˸ĿɔúƟª ი Ŀ⌿˸ ი Ɵɔ ĄĿɭ//แ ი ⌷ ი ĄĿƟ ი gːª ი ªːªgɭɔ ი ⌿ƟúƟǰ= ი ːĿҟ ი, coat-of-arms. Spahr 1; MEC 14, 756 var. (pellet above coat-of-arms). Superb EF.

($5000) The eldest son of Jaime I of Aragon and his second wife, Violante of Hungary, Pietro spent much of his youth and early adulthood fighting his father’s wars of the Reconquista against the Moors, where he gained a great deal of military experience for his future enterprises. His marriage on 13 June 1262 to Constanza II of Sicily, daughter of King Manfredo, provided him with the legitimate excuse to remove the “usurper” Carlo I d’Angiò, who had seized control of the region following Manfredo’s death in 1266. In early 1282, a popular rebellion, known as the War of the Sicilian Vespers, broke out in reaction to the rule of Carlo. Taking advantage of this situation, Pietro launched his invasion to claim the throne for himself. Although he installed himself successfully on the throne and Carlo was driven into exile in Naples, the remainder of Pietro’s short reign in Sicily was beset by warfare. The first involved his conflict with Carlo and was halted short of trial by duel arranged in France to be judged by Edward I of England. While Pietro was ultimately successful against Carlo, the second conflict, the Aragonese Crusade, beginning in 1284 and continuing until Pietro’s death the following year, embroiled France in the region and helped to undermine Aragonese power.

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BRITISH COINAGE The Peak of Gothic Medallic Art

23.

TUDOR. Henry VII. 1485-1509. AV Sovereign (41mm, 15.20 g, 1h). Type IV. Tower mint; im: lis/dragon. Struck 1502-1504. ჭ ƌENRiýѝs ᛄ Dei ᛄ ŷr¨ ᛄ rEҞ ᛄ ¨NŷȄ ᛄ ET ᛄ fr¨N ᛄ DNs ᛄ ƌƱÙ= N=, Henry enthroned facing, holding scepter in left hand, globus cruciger in right; lis in fields / (dragon) Ḻ iƌEsѝs Ḻ ¨ѝTEዦ Ḻ Ϳr¨NSiENS Ḻ ʖEr Ḻ ዦEDiѝዦ Ḻ iǣǣɨrѝዦ Ḻ iݨͿ Ḻ ᚨ Ḻ, royal shield within Tudor rose. P&W Type IV, obv. die 2; SCBI 23 (Ashmolean), 79–80; Schneider 550 (same dies); North 1692/1; SCBC 2175. Good VF, attractive red-orange tone, small area of minor doubling. Struck on a broad flan. Very rare. ($150,000) Ex Spink 206 (1 December 2010), lot 895 J. Perley Storer Collection (Spink 111, 21 November 1995), lot 148 R.D. Beresford-Jones Collection (Spink 29, 2 June 1983), lot 23 L.A. Basmadjief Collection (Glendining, 15 July 1953), lot 22 V.J.E. Ryan Collection (Glendining, 28 June 1950), lot 106 Richard Manley Foster Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 3 November 1903), lot 68 First issued in 1489 and struck in very limited numbers – only two for every pound of gold – the sovereigns of Henry VII represent ‘probably the peak of Gothic medallic art’ which, with the arrival at the mint of the engraver Alexander de Bruchsal, was ‘transformed and revitalized by the new ideas of the Renaissance’ (Potter and Winstanley, ‘The Coinage of Henry VII’). Grierson and Metcalf have demonstrated that the prototypes for the earliest of Henry’s sovereigns (types I and II) were the large gold issues of England’s key European allies in the containment of France, namely the real d’or struck by the Emperor Maximillian in the Low Countries and the multiple enriques of Castile. The exquisite engraving of Alexander de Brugsal can be seen in the later sovereigns of types III, IV (as is the piece offered here) and V with their wellproportioned and characterful depictions of the King enthroned.

That these sovereigns were intended to cultivate the image of the wealth and majesty of the Tudor dynasty both at home and abroad is without doubt. We find he treasurer for the King’s Chamber recording the presentation at court of sovereigns to the ambassador of Hungary in May 1502, and the chamberlain of the King of Castile in 1506 (see C.E. Challis, “The Fist Gold Sovereigns,” Spink Numismatic Circular XCVIII.10 [December 1990], p. 347).

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High Relief Sovereign of Henry VIII

24.

TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. AV Sovereign (40mm, 15.44 g, 11h). Second coinage. Tower mint; im: lis.

Struck 1538-1541. ᛄ ჭ ƌENRiýѝs Ḻ Dei Ḻ ŷr¨ýi¨ Ḻ rEҞ ᛄ ¨NŷȄiE Ḻ ET Ḻ fr¨Ný⎡ DNs= Ḻ ƌƱÙ⎡, Henry enthroned facing, holding scepter in left hand, globus cruciger in right; portcullis below / ჭ iƌEsѝs Ḻ ¨ѝTEዦ Ḻ Ϳr¨NSiENS Ḻ ʖEr Ḻ ዦEDiѝዦ Ḻ iǣǣɨrѝዦ Ḻ iݨͿ Ḻ, royal shield within Tudor rose. Whitton 4 (dies O1d/R4); Schneider 571 var. (obv. stops; same rev. die); North 1782; SCBC 2267. EF. Exceptional detail. Rare. ($60,000) Ex Spink 206 (1 December 2010), lot 897 Privately purchased from Spink, November 1995.

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Enlargement of Lot 25

Enlargement of Lot 26 17

Supreme Head of the Church of England A Highly Important Medal of Henry VIII

25.

TUDOR. Henry VIII. 1509-1547. AR Medal (50mm, 54.68 g, 12h). Commemorating the King’s Assumption of the Title “Supreme Head of the Church of England”. By Henry Bayse (or Basse), chief engraver. Dated 1545. HENRICVS / OCTA / ANGLIÆ / FRANCI / ET / HIB / REX / FIDEI / DEFENSOR / ET //IN / TERR / ECCLE / ANGLI / ET / HIBE / SVB / CHRIST / CAPVT / SVPREMVM (Henry, eighth king of England, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, and on Earth, supreme head of the Church of England and Ireland under Christ), bust right, wearing a jeweled cap, ermine robe and jeweled collar; crowned Tudor rose above; crowned harp to left, crowned portcullis to right, crowned lis below / H R/ ‫האינריכוש‬/‫שמיני ג מלך באמונה‬/‫גוז ובעדת אנגליאי‬/‫וחיבירניאי מתחת משיח‬/✿ ჭ ‫ ✿ ראש עליוז‬ჭ/ΕΝΡΙΚΟΣ ΟJTΔΟΟΣ TPIΣ/ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ • ΠΙΣΤΕΩΣ ΠΡΟ= /ΣΤΑΤΗΣ • ΕΝ ΤΗ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ/ΤΗΣ ΑΓΓΛΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΙΒΕΡΝΙ-/ΑΣ • ΥΠΟ ΧΡΙΣΤΩ • ΑΚΡΗ/• ✿ Η ΚΕΦΑΛΗ • ჭ •/• Londini 1545 • (obverse legend translated in Hebrew and Greek). MI (Hawkins) 44 and pl. III, 6 (same dies); G. F. Hill, “The medal of Henry VIII as Supreme Head of the Church,” NC (1916), pp. 194–5; R. Bishop, “Hebraica Veritas,” Spink Auction Insider (Winter 2009-2010), pp. 18–21 = Eimer 26 and note and pl. I, 26a (this medal referenced and illustrated). VF, toned, some minor marks, very light smoothing on obverse. An original striking with a fine late portrait of Henry VIII. Extremely rare and important. ($75,000) Ex Spink and Son, London.

This is considered to be the first medal to have been made in England and is also the first English medal of the Renaissance. The explosion of learning that began under Henry VIII included the study of both Greek and Hebrew, which had been hitherto little known. This learning, with its interest in the original form of the Bible, and the need for a male heir, led to Henry’s divorce from Catherine of Aragon and his break with Rome – the king’s “Great Matter.” Henry was formally proclaimed Supreme Head of the Church of England in 1535; and some ten years later this medal was struck to commemorate that event. Very soon after it was produced it was seen by a Corfiote scholar, Andronico Nunzio, who was traveling in the suite of the Emperor Charles V’s ambassador. He then published comments about it in the journal of his travels, written in the late 1540s in classical Greek (the commentary was translated into English in 1841).

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Coronation Medal of Edward VI

26.

TUDOR. Edward VI. 1547-1553. AR Medal (59mm, 50.36 g, 3h). Commemorating the King’s Coronation and his Assumption of the Title “Supreme Head of the Church of England”. By Henry Bayse (or Basse), chief engraver. Dated 22 February 1547 (in Roman numerals) and 1547 (in Greek alpha-numerals). EDVARDVS / SEXTVS / D / G / ANGLIÆ • FRANCIÆ • E • HIBER • REX • FIDEI DEFENS •/ET • IN • TERRIS ANGLICA • E • HIBER • ECCLESI • CAPVT • SVPREMVM (Edward the Sixth, by the Grace of God, king of England, France and Ireland, defender of the faith, and on Earth, supreme head of the Church of England and Ireland), bust left, wearing a jeweled cap, ermine robe and jeweled collar; crowned Tudor rose above; crowned harp to left; crowned portcullis to right; crowned lis below; crowned E R flanking bust / ✿ E • ՜ • R ✿/✿ ✿ ✿/Ṅ CORONATVS EST/• WESMONASTERII • Anno/MᚤDᚤXLVII ᚤ die XX ᚤ Februa/rii ᚤ REGNI sui Primo Ætatis ᚤ X ᚤ/‫ אידוארדוס הששי ג מלך‬Ṅ/‫ובעדת אנגליאי חיבירניא ראש‬/ΕΔΟΥΑΡΔΟΣ ΕΧΤΟΣ TPIΣ/ΒΑΣΙΛΕΥΣ ᚤ ΠΙΣΤΕΩΣ ΠΡΟΣΤΑ/ΤΗΣ ΕΝ ΤΗ ΕΚΚΛΗΣΙΑ ΤΗΣ/ΑΓΓΛΙΑΣ ΚΑΙ ΙΒΕΡΝΙΑΣ Ṅ/ΑΚΡΗ Η ΚΕΦΑΛΗ Ṅ Ṅ/ ΣΤΕΦΑΝΩΘΕΙΣ ᚤ ΕΤΕΙ/ᚤ X(H in Π)ΔΔΔΔΠI ᚤ (Crowned at Westminster in the year 1547, on the 20th February, the first of his reign and the tenth of his age [in Latin], Edward VI, triple King, and head of the Church of England and Ireland [in Hebrew], Edward VI, triple King, defender of the faith, the supreme head of the Church of England and Ireland, crowned in his tenth year, 1546 [in Greek]); all within wreath. MI (Hawkins) 2 corr. (legends) and pl. III, 11 (same dies); R. Bishop, “Lucerna Pedibus meis verbum est,” Spink Auction Insider (Spring 2010), 6 (this medal); Eimer –. Good VF, toned, evidence of attempted piercing for wearing. Extremely rare. ($50,000) Ex Peus 381 (2 November 2004), lot 2198.

Following the death of Henry VIII on 28 January 1547, the throne passed to his young son and heir Edward. The new King was the son of Henry by his third wife, Jane Seymour. The need for a Tudor male heir had prompted Henry to divorce his first wife, Catherine of Aragon (so that he could wed his second, Anne Boleyn) and set in motion would become known as the English Reformation. During the brief reign of Edward VI the Reformation would be advanced much further than Henry had been prepared to tolerate. The regency council, led by the Edward’s uncle, the Lord Protector, Edward Seymour, 1st Duke of Somerset, was avowedly Protestant. The champion of reform was the Archbishop of Canterbury, Thomas Cramer. Exploiting the young king’s enthusiasm for the cause and his position as Supreme Head of the Church a comprehensive series of reforms were implemented with the intent of purifying England from the perceived corruption of the Roman Church. Edward VI’s untimely death in 1553 would cause a major set back to the Protestant party as his elder Catholic sister Mary swiftly succeed him and attempt to reverse the tide in the flames of the Counter Reformation. Cramner was burnt at the stake in Oxford in 21 March 1556.

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Beautiful Mary Ship Ryal

27.

TUDOR. Mary. 1553-1554. AV Ryal (35mm, 7.63 g, 11h). Tower mint; im: pomegranate/–. Dated 1553. ი M¨ːi¨ ი (pomegranate) ē= ი ŷ= ¨Nŷ= ი ōː¨= ი Ӳ ი ƌƱÙ= ი ːEŷƱN¨ ი M ი ē ი Ȅ ƱƱƱ, Mary, armored and holding sword in right hand, left hand on Royal shield, standing facing in ship, adorned with rose, sailing right; M on flag set on stern / ¨ Ḽ ēNɦ= ი ō¨ýͿѝ= ი EsͿ Ḽ ƱsͿѝē ი Ӳ ი EsͿ ი MƱː¨ÙƱ= ი ƱN Ḽ ɦýѝȄ= ი NːƱ= ი, floriated cross with lis at end of each limb and rose on sun in center; in angles. crowned lion passant left; all within tressure of eight arches. Schneider 709 (same obv. die); North 1957; SCBC 2489; G. Hoberman, The Art of Coins and Their Photography (Spink, 1981), pp. 125–6 and 198 (this coin). Near EF, old red toning, tiny knock in field on obverse. Well struck. Extremely rare, less than ten specimens in private hands, of which this is one of the finest. ($200,000) Ex Dix, Noonan, Webb 93 (26 September 2011), lot 1588 Dr. E.C. Carter Collection (purchased en bloc by Baldwin’s, 1950) William Luard Raynes Collection (Glendining, 15 February 1950), lot 109 A classic rarity in the English series, the Mary Ship Ryal is admired for its depiction of serene majesty. Mary guides the ship of state back to the calm waters of the old order and the Roman Catholic Church. Beautiful and elusive, this coin inhabits the most advanced and renowned collections.

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The First Sovereign of Elizabeth I

28.

TUDOR. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. AV Sovereign (44mm, 15.44 g, 8h). First issue, fine gold coinage. Tower mint; im: lis. Struck 1559-1560. ჭ ELIZABETH : D’ · G’ · ANG’ · : FRA’ · Z : HIB’ : REGINA :, Elizabeth enthroned facing, holding lis-tipped scepter in left hand, globus cruciger in right; portcullis (with no chains) below / ჭ · A : DNO’ · FACTV’ · EST · ISTV’ · Z : EST : MIRA’ · IN : OCVL’ · NRIS’, royal shield in center of Tudor rose. Brown & Comber A1 (this coin referenced and illustrated); Schneider 729 (same rev. die); North 1978; SCBC 2511. EF, insignificant striking crack on edge at 5 o’clock on obverse. A superb coin, well struck on a broad, well-rounded flan. Extremely rare, probably the finest of only seven known, with two in museum collections (Ashmolean and BM). ($75,000) Ex Spink 208 (22 June 2011), lot 664 Privately purchased from Spink, June 1983 Richard Cyrill Lockett Collection (English Part II, Glendining, 11 October 1956), lot 1948 The first issue sovereigns of Elizabeth I bear a depiction of the young Queen similar to the austere portraiture of her sister Mary on her own sovereigns.

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Last Issue Pound of Elizabeth I

29.

TUDOR. Elizabeth I. 1558-1603. AV Pound (38mm, 11.03 g, 3h). Third issue. Tower mint; im: 2. Struck 16021603. 2 : ELIZABETH · D’ · G’ · ANG’ · : FRA’ · ET · HIB’ · REGINA ·, crowned bust (type 8A) left / 2 : SCVTVM · FIDEI · PROTEGET · EAM ·, crowned royal shield with ornate border; E R flanking. Brown & Comber F24; Schneider 806 (same dies); North 2008; SCBC 2539. Near EF, some light scratch in fields. Rare final issue of reign. ($15,000)

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Magnificent Ship Spur Ryal of James I Extensive Pedigree

30.

STUART. James I. 1603-1625. AV Spur-ryal (34mm, 6.84 g, 11h). Second issue, fine gold coinage. Tower mint; im: rose. Struck 1605-1606. (rose) IACOBVS · D’ · G’ · MAG’ · BRIT’ · FRAN’ · ET · HIB’ · REX ·, half-length facing bust of James, armored and holding sword in right hand, Royal shield on left arm, in ship, adorned with rose, sailing left; I on flag set on forecastle / (rose) · A · DNO’ · FACTVM · EST · ISTVD · ET · EST · MIRABILE ·, floriated cross with lis at end of each limb and rose on sun in center; in angles. crowned lion passant left; all within tressure of eight arches with trefoils in spandrels.

Schneider 11 (same dies); North 2080; SCBC 2614. Good VF, toned. Very rare and among the finest known. ($75,000) Ex Spink 206 (1 December 2010), lot 925 Sotheby’s (9 October 1995), lot 766 Ridgemount Collection (Spink 69, 20 April 1989), lot 179 R. Duncan Beresford-Jones Collection (Spink 29, 2 June 1983), lot 85 Henry Platt Hall Collection (Glendining, 19 July 1950), lot 99 Oswald Fitch Collection (purchased en bloc by Spink, circa 1920) Hilton Price Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 17 May 1909), lot 175 J.E. Moon Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 7 May 1901), lot 170 Lord Hastings Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 15 November 1880), lot 355

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Attractive Rose Ryal

31.

STUART. James I. 1603-1625. AV Rose-ryal (38mm, 12.43 g, 4h). Third issue, fine gold coinage. Tower mint; im: thistle. Struck 1621-1623. (thisle) IACOBVS D : G : MA BRI : FR : ET HIB : REX ·, James enthroned facing, holding lis-tipped scepter in left hand, globus cruciger in right; portcullis below / (thistle) A DNO : FACTVM EST ISTVD ET EST MIRAB : IN OC : NRIS ·, royal shield over cross fleury; XXX (mark of value) above; all enclosed by circular border with lis, lion rampant, and rose in each quarter. Schneider 77 var. (im: spur rowel); North 2108; SCBC 2632. Near EF, a touch of die wear on obverse. ($20,000) Ex St. James 14 (30 September 2010), lot 43 ‘The Property of a Lady’ (Spink 168, 15 April 2004), lot 159 Spink Numismatic Circular LXXX.12 (December 1972), no. 11580

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Choice Lion Spur Ryal

From the Bridgewater House Collection

32.

STUART. James I. 1603-1625. AV Spur-ryal (31mm, 6.26 g, 7h). Third issue, fine gold coinage. Tower mint; im: mullet. Struck 1611-1612. (mullet) · IACOBVS D : G : MAG : BRIT : FRA : ET HI : REX ·, crowned lion facing, holding scepter and royal shield; X V (mark of value) flanking / (mullet) A DNO : FACTVM EST ISTVD ET EST MIRABI :, floriated cross with lis at end of each limb and rose on sun in center; in angles. crowned lion passant left; all within tressure of eight arches with pellet in spandrels. Schneider 79 (same dies); North 2109; SCBC 2634. Superb EF, as struck, lustrous. Among the finest known, and very rare thus. ($75,000) Ex Goldberg 59 (1 June 2010), lot 3081 Davissons 19 (1 May 2003), lot 14 A.L. Lloyd Collection (Spink 160, 9 October 2002), lot 1067 Spink 30 (3 June 1983), lot 580 Bridgewater House Collection (Sotheby & Co., 15 June 1972), lot 86 (purchased by Spink) The obverse design of this superb coin, depicting a splendid crowned lion sejant holding a shield of arms and scepter, has no comparison in the English series. It is possible that the inspiration for the design was the Lion Noble of James’s fourth gold coinage issued in Scotland before he succeeded to the English throne. See SCBC 5453; Burns Plate LXIX no. 949.

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Attractive Briot Unite

33.

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AV Unite (33mm, 9.06 g, 6h). Briot’s First Milled issue. Tower mint (under Briot); im: flower. Struck 1631-1632. (flower) CAROLVS · D : G · MAGN · BRITANN · FRAN · ET · HIBER · REX ·, crowned bust left; ·XX· (mark of value) to right, tiny B (Briot’s mark) to left of flower / FLORENT · CONCORDIA · REGNA ·, crowned and garnished royal shield; crowned C R flanking, tiny B (Briot’s mark) to left of crown. Schneider, Tower, Variety 2, 2 (dies Daisy II/3); Brooker 706 (same dies); Schneider 273 (same dies); North 2294; SCBC 2719. Near EF. Unusually free of adjustment marks. ($20,000) Ex Künker 117 (28 September 2006), lot 5256.

“This sort of Coyne shall have course and be received as our other moneys made by the ordinary way of the Hammer.”

– Royal edict of 13th June 1631 in Thomas Rymer, Feodera XIX, p. 288

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Imposing Rawlins Oxford Pound of 1642 From the Murdoch Collection

34.

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Pound (50mm, 120.09 g, 12h). Attributed to Thomas Rawlins. Declaration type. Oxford mint; im: plume (with bands). Dated 1642. (plume) : CAROLVS : D : G : MAG : BRIT : FRA : ET : HIBER : REX :, Charles, holding reins with left hand and sword in right, on horseback left, trampling arms below; Oxford plume to right / EXVRGAT : DEVS : DISSIPENTVR : INIMICI (group of five pellets), RELIG : PROT : LEG/ANGL : LIBER : PAR in two lines between parallel lines; three Shrewsbury plumes and XX (mark of value) above, 1642 below. Morrieson, Oxford, dies A/1; Brooker 859 (this coin); North 2396; SCBC 2937 (this coin illustrated in 41st edition [2006]). Near EF, attractively toned, a few minor marks. A superb example. Very rare. ($50,000) Ex Davissons 28 (17 December 2009), lot 396 Michael S. Tallent Collection (Stack’s, 24 April 2008), lot 98 Edward D. J. Van Roekel Collection (Spink, 15 November 2001), lot 53 Paul W. Karon Collection (Spink 129, 17 November 1998), lot 92 H. Selig Collection (Spink 70, 31 May 1989), lot 153 John G. Brooker Collection, no. 859 Henry Platt Hall Collection (Glendining’s, 26 July 1950), lot 167 (purchased en bloc by Spink) C.A. Watters Collection (Glendining’s, 21 May 1917), lot 399 J.G. Murdoch Collection (Sotheby’s, 8 June 1903), lot 73 The wonderful equestrian portrait of Charles I on this coin and the following (lot 35) has long been attributed to Thomas Rawlins on account of the similarities in style with smaller denominations signed by him including the famous city view Oxford crown. Rawlins’ rendering of the musculature of the horse is reminiscent of Anthony Van Dyck’s monumental equestrian portrait of Charles I of 1637 that now hangs in the National Gallery, London. On the 1642 Pound the finely engraved obverse die was coupled with a reverse die that had previously been used at Shrewsbury and was brought to Oxford by Thomas Bushell in the train of the army of Charles I in January 1642 O.S. (1643 N.S.), following the King’s command to set up a mint in the new capital.

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Spectacular 1643 Rawlins Oxford Pound

35.

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Pound (53mm, 120.30Â g, 7h). Attributed to Thomas Rawlins. Declaration type. Oxford mint; im: plume (with bands). Dated 1643. (plume) : CAROLVS : D : G : MAG : BRIT : FRA : ET : HIBER : REX :, Charles, holding reins with left hand and sword in right, on horseback left, trampling arms below; Oxford plume to right / EXVRGAT : DEVS : DISSIPENTVR : INIMICI (group of ten pellets), RELIG : PROT : LEG/ANGL : LIBER : PAR in two lines between parallel lines; three Oxford plumes and XX (mark of value) above, 1643 below. Morrieson, Oxford, dies A/- (unlisted rev. die); Brooker 863 var. (pellets flanking mark of value, Shrewsbury plumes on reverse; same obv. die); North 2397; SCBC 2938. EF, attractive old cabinet toning. Very rare. ($40,000) Ex Astarte XXII (12 June 2010), lot 235.

We have been unable to trace the provenance of this superb pound before 2010 when it appeared in the Astarte sale in Lugano. It was offered with a small group of choice English rarities all of which had very old cabinet tones. The reverse die for this coin is found on only one other specimen – Spink 63, lot 343 (ex Helen Farquar, Frederick Hilton-Price, and J. Spink, Sr. collections).

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Declaration Half-Pound from the Marshall Collection

36.

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Half-Pound (45mm, 59.91 g, 5h). Declaration type. Oxford mint; im: plume (with bands). Dated 1643. (plume) CAROLVS : D : G : MAGN : BRIT : FRAN : ET : HIB : REX ·, Charles, holding reins with left hand and sword in right, on horseback left, trampling arms below; plume to right / EXVRGAT : DEVS : DISSIPENTVR : INIMICI (group of four pellets), RELIG : PROT : LEG/ANG : LIBER : PAR’ in two lines between parallel lines; three plumes and • X • (mark of value) above, 1643 below. Morrieson, Oxford, dies A/1; Brooker Appendix I, 15 (same dies); North 2404; SCBC 2945A. Good VF, toned, small flaw by date. ($7500) Ex Marshall Collection (Spink 167, 31 March 2004), lot 131 Spink Numismatic Circular L.11 (November 1942), no. 16831

Morrieson Plate Coin

37.

STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Crown (43mm, 29.49 g, 1h). Declaration type. Oxford mint; im: plume. Dated 1643. (plume) CAROLVS : D : G : MAG : BRIT : FRAN : ET : HI : REX, Charles, holding reins with left hand and sword in right, on horseback left; plume to right / EXVRGAT : DEVS : DISSIPENTVR : INIMICI (group of seven pellets), RELIG : PROT : LEG/ANG : LIBER : PAR in two lines between parallel lines; three plumes and • V • (mark of value) above, 1643 below. Morrieson, Oxford, dies B/3 (this coin illustrated on pl. II, nos. 16 and 18); Brooker 874–5 (same dies); North 2406; SCBC 2947. Near EF, toned. Full round flan, very rare thus. ($7500) Ex V.J.E Ryan Collection (Part II, Glendining’s, 22 January 1952), lot 1233 Col. H.W. Morrieson Collection (Sotheby & Co., 20 November 1933), lot 453 Allen Preston Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 2 November 1900), lot 19

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Celebrated 1644 Cartouche Pound

From the Bridgewater House Collection

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STUART. Charles I. 1625-1649. AR Pound (52mm, 118.97 g, 10h). Attributed to Thomas Rawlins. Declaration (in cartouche) type. Oxford mint; im: plume (with bands). Dated 1644. (plume) : CAROLVS : D : G : MAG : BRIT : FRA : ET : HIBER : REX :, Charles, holding reins with left hand and sword in right, on horseback left, trampling arms below; Oxford plume to right / - EXVRGAT - DEVS - DISSIPENTVR - INIMICI -, RELIG : PROT/: LEG : ANG :/LIBER : PAR : in three lines within cartouche; above, large Oxford plume above -XX- (mark of value); below, 1644 above OX. Morrieson, Oxford, dies A/1; Brooker 865 (same dies); North 2402; SCBC 2943. EF, attractive dark cabinet tone. Extremely rare. Among the finest of less than ten specimens in private hands. ($100,000) Ex Roderick Richardson, Circular (New Year 2001), no. 117 Bridgewater House Collection (Sotheby & Co., 15 June 1972), lot 268 (purchased by Spink).

The celebrated Cartouche pound of 1644 is remarkable for its exquisite design, as well as its rarity. The obverse die was the same as was used to strike lots 34 and 35, but has been extensively reworked for unknown reasons. The king is depicted in higher relief, and his upper body and head have been brought forward. Furthermore, the arms and armor below the horse have been enhanced in certain areas. To complement this revitalized obverse, Rawlins chose to adopt an entirely new reverse design that displayed Charles’s Declaration of Wellington in an ornate cartouche. The resulting coin is, in the words of the Reverend Arnold Mallinson, ‘probably the finest thing in English coins, and stands unrivaled by similar pieces elsewhere.’

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‘Fine Work’ Commonwealth Shilling Pedigreed to 1847

39. COMMONWEALTH. 1649-1660. AR ‘Fine Work’ Shilling (32mm, 6.08 g, 9h). Tower mint; im: sun/-. Dated 1651. (sun) · THE · COMMONWEALTH · OF · ENGLAND ·, coat-of-arms within wreath / · GOD · WITH · VS · 1651 ·, coatsof-arms bearing St. George’s Cross and Irish harp; ·XII· (mark of value) above. ESC 983; North 2724; SCBC 3217. Choice EF, proof like fields, attractive dark tone. A piece of ‘fine work.’ Very rare. ($10,000) Ex Martin Hughes Collection (Spink 139, 16 November 1999), lot 192 Seaby (23 April 1986), lot 170 M.A. Brigg Collection (Glendining, 23 May 1939), lot 406 C.A. Watters Collection (Glendining, 21 May 1917), lot 441 J.G. Murdoch Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 8 June 1903), lot 404 Hyram Montagu Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 8 November 1896), lot 690 W. Brice Collection (purchased en bloc by Hyram Montagu, 1887) J.B. Bergne Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 20 May 1873), lot 861 W. Durrant Collection (Sotheby & Wilkinson, 19 April 1847), lot 731 The very rare ‘fine work’ issues of 1651, struck with particular care on broad round flans, have been interpreted as a reply of the hammer men to the challenge presented by the patterns of the same date which were struck by Pierre Blondeau on his milled press.

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Beautifully Toned Unite of 1656

40. COMMONWEALTH. 1649-1660. AV Unite (33mm, 9.03 g, 4h). Tower mint; im: sun/-. Dated 1656. (sun) · THE · COMMONWEALTH · OF · ENGLAND ·, coat-of-arms within wreath / · GOD · WITH · VS · 1656 ·, coats-of-arms bearing St. George’s Cross and Irish harp; ·XX· (mark of value) above. Schneider 344 (same dies); North 2715; SCBC 3208. EF, attractive orange-red tone. Well centered on a broad, round flan. ($15,000) Ex Spink 208 (22 June 2011), lot 755 Davissons 10 (30 April 1998), lot 19 Spink Numismatic Circular LXXII.11 (November 1964), no. 8870 Dr. E.C. Carter Collection (purchased en bloc by Baldwin’s, 1950) The 1656 Commonwealth unite is rare, possibly because supplies of gold in this year were used to coin Cromwell broads.

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Largest Scottish Gold Issue

From the Ryan and Douglas Collections

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SCOTLAND. James VI. 1567-1625. AV Twenty Pounds (40mm, 30.54 g, 3h). Second coinage. Edinburgh mint. Dated 1576. · IACOBVS · 6 · DEI · GRA · REX · SCOTOR ·, crowned and armored half-length bust right, holding sword in right hand, branch in left; below, tablet inscribed IN · VTRVNQVE/· PARATVS ·/·1576· in three lines / PARCERE SVBIECTIS & DEBELLARE SVPERBOS, crowned royal shield. Burns 1 (fig. 947); SCBI 35 (Ashmolean & Hunterian), 1141 (same dies); SCBC 5451. Good VF, lightly toned, short hairline striking crack. Bold even strike, the king in high relief.

Very rare, only seven Twenty pound pieces of 1576 are believed to be in private hands. ($80,000) Ex Spink 206 (1 December 2010), lot 975 Douglas Collection (Spink 119, 4 March 1997), lot 292 V.J.E. Ryan Collection (Part I, Glendining, 28 June 1950), lot 573.

The Twenty pound piece of James VI is the largest gold coin issued by a Scottish monarch. The young James is shown prepared for either peace or war reflecting the fraught early years of his reign during Morton’s Regency. James’s ill-fated son Charles I would borrow this imagery for his own gold coins in even more perilous circumstances of the English Civil War some 65 years later.

The coin’s reverse legend, PARCERE SVBIECTIS & DEBELLARE SVPERBOS (To show mercy to the defeated and crush the overbearing), taken from Virgil’s Aeneid (VI. 853), is indicative of the spirit of Humanist learning in James’s court. In the 1570s, the king’s tutor was the remarkable George Buchanan who, according to Hugh Trevor Roper, was ‘by universal consent, the greatest Latin writer in prose or in verse, in sixteenth century Europe’. Buchanan’s great work of political theory, De Jure Regni apud Scotos (Regarding Royal Law among the Scots), published in 1579, developed an understanding of kingship whereby sovereignty was derived from the people, and not by divine right as James and his descendants would later strongly advocate.

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