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Ireland. Tudor, Elizabeth I CU Penny. Dated 1601. Tower (London) mint; i.m: star. Third (base) coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
(Star) ELIZABETH • D '. G '. AN '. FR '. ET • HIBER .' RE '., coat-of-arms; E R flanking / (Star) POSVI • DEV .' ADIVTOREM • MEV '., crowned harp, dividing date. SCBC 6510A. 1.78gr, 20mm, 7h.
Good Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Ireland. Stuart, Charles I CU Farthing Token. Struck 1625-1644. I.m: bell. 'Maltravers' issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
(Bell) • CAROLVS • D .' G MAG .' BRIT, crown over two sceptres crossed in saltire / • FRAN .' ET • HIB .' REX • (bell), crowned harp. SCBC II 6526. 0.39gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Ireland, The Great Rebellion. Lords Justices Coinage, 'Ormonde' Money AR Halfgroat or Twopence. 1643-1644. Dublin mint. In the name of Charles I.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Large II, small D variety. Crowned C • R within concentric linear and beaded circles / Large II (mark of value), D above; all within concentric linear and beaded circles. Aquilla Smith, 'On the Ormonde Money.' PRSAI (1854), fig. 18; D&F 312; SCBC 6550. 0.93gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Fine. Rare denomination.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. -
England. London, Newgate Market. Richard Robinson, Clothworker AE Farthing Token. Dated 1658.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
★ • RI • ROBINSON • CLARKE, Arms of St. George / ★ • OF • NEWGATE • MARKIT around, R • R • 1658 in two lines. BW -; Dickinson -; Norweb 7386. 0.63gr, 15mm, 6h.
Fine. Apparently the second known specimen (the other in British Museum; 2009,4075.276).
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
England. Gloucestershire, Bristol AE Farthing Token. Dated 1662.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
✱ THE • ARMES • OF • BRISTOLL, ship under sail to left through city gate / ✱ A • BRISTOLL • FARTHING, C ✱ B 1662 in two lines. BW 18; SCBI 38 (Norweb), 1571. 2.52gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Arms of Tetbury AE Farthing Token. Dated 1669.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
✿ THIS FARTHING IS OWND around, IN TETBURY 1669 in four lines / ✿ Ye. ARMES OF THAT BVRROVGh around the Arms of Tetbury. BW 163; Dickinson -. 2.08gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Kent, Deptford, William Krich AE Half Penny Token. 17th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
✿ • WILLIAM • CRICH •, HIS HALF PENY in three lines / ✿ • IN • DEPTFORD • , Grocers' Arms. Dickenson 169. 1.38gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Found Sutton Fields, Sutton on the Forest, Yorkshire, UK, in 2004. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. Accompanied by an illustrated record card by Jim Halliday dated 7 March 2004. -
England, Middlesex, London. William Till CU Penny Token. Dated 1834.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
WM. TILL 17 GT. RUSSEL ST. COVENT GDN. LONDON, Shield of Arms above banner ANTIQUAM OBTINENS; date below / DEALER IN ANCIENT & MODERN COINS MEDALS ANTIQUES & C in five lines within wreath. W 3075 var.; D&W 345/54. 27.98gr, 37mm, 12h.
Uncirculated.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
William Till was a well known London coin dealer who issued a number of tokens which were for sale to collectors. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic AE Weight of 20 Shekel. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Bronze weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail and with flat base. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 58. 172gr, 53mm x 38mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic AE Weight of 30 Giru. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Weight in shape of a duck, with head turned towards the tail. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights 63 (11.10gr); cf. Münz Zentrum, Auktion XLIX, Teil IV, 5018 (10.26gr; hematite). 11.44gr, 18mm x 16mm.
Condition as seen.
From a London, UK, collection, 2000s. -
Levant & the Near East Zoomorphic AE Weight of 1 Shekel. Late Bronze Age, circa 1500-1200 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Bronze weight in shape of a resting ram. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 147 (3 Shekel). 7.46gr, 17mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Levant & the Near East AE Weight of 1 Shekel. Late Bronze Age to Iron Age II, 1500-587 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Bronze weight in shape of a head with suspension loop attached. Cf. Hendin, Ancient Scale and Weights, 122. 8.82gr, 20mm.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.