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✠ ALЄXANDЄR (ND ligate) DЄI GRA, crowned head to left with lis-tipped sceptre / RЄX SCO-TOR-VM ✠, long cross pattée; mullet of six points in each angle. SCBC 5054. 1.16gr, 19mm, 10h.

Almost Good Very Fine. Toned. Edge chipped.

Found Lincolnshire, UK.

✠ IOҺANNЄS DЄI GRA, crowned head to left; lis-tipped sceptre before / RЄX SCO-TOR-VM ✠, long cross pattée; voided mullets of five points in quarters. SCBC 5071. 1.15gr, 19mm, 8h.

Near Very Fine.

Found whilst searching with a metal detector on 3rd October 2024 in Great Billington, Bedfordshire, UK. Property of a Bedfordshire, UK, lady. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.BH-B62E19.

Crowned facing bust; lis-tipped sceptre and saltire to left, I to right; lis and two saltires on breast; all within tressure of seven arches with lis at each arc / Long cross pattée; trefoils with additional pellets in first and fourth quarter, lis with pellet to right in second, lis with saltire to right in third. SCBC 5195. 1.93gr, 24mm, 3h.

Good Fine. Edge chipped.

Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.

• MARIA • D G REGINA SCOTORV, crowned thistle; M R flanking / (Lis) OPPIDVM • EDIN[...]GI •, crown over saltire cross; cinquefoils flanking. SCBC 5432. 1.90gr, 22mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine. Double struck.

Bt. Liverpool, December 1941. Ex Spink, 8012, lot 630. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.

E R ANGLIE, crowned facing bust within triangle / CIVI-TΛS DVBL-INIЄ, long cross pattée, with trefoil in each angle. SCBC 6267. 0.32gr, 10mm, 2h.

Fine.

Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.

• ЄDW • R' AHGL • D-NS ҺУB, crowned facing bust; single pellet below; all within triangle / CIVI-TAS DVBL-IꞂIЄ, long cross pattée; trefoil of pellets in quarters. SCBC 6265. 1.09gr, 18mm, 3h.

Good Fine. Rare variety.

Found Cambridgeshire, UK.

+ ЄDW[...], crowned facing bust / CIVITAS [...], long cross pattée with rose at centre; trefoil of pellets in quarters. Cf. North 1544; cf. SCBC 2053. 0.65gr, 15mm, 6h.

Good Fine.

Found Suffolk, UK.

CAROLVS ·A· CAROLO, laureate and cuirassed bust to left / BRITAN-NIA·, seated figure of Britannia to left, holding spear in left hand, olive branch in raised right hand, shield with Union flag resting at left; date in exergue. SCBC 3394. 4.77gr, 23mm, 6h.

Good Fine.

Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

CAROLVS·II· DEI·GRATIA, laureate and draped bust to right / MAG·BR·FRA·ET·HIB·REX, crowned four interlinked Cs; emblems of England (rose), Scotland (thistle), France (lis), and Ireland (harp) in quarters; date above. SCBC 3384. 1.86gr, 19mm, 6h.

Very Fine. Toned.

From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.

GVLIELMVS · ET · MARIA · D · G, conjoined laureate busts of King William and Queen Mary to right / MAG · BR · FR · ET · HIB · REX · ET · REGINA · 1689 ·, central crowned denomination. SCBC 3439; KM 471 2.01gr, 19mm, 6h.

Very Fine.

From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.

GEORGIVS • III • DEI • GRATIA •, laureate and draped bust to right / MAG • BRI • FR • ET • HIB • REX •, large crowned 3; date above. SCBC 3753. 1.49gr, 18mm, 6h.

Extremely Fine.

Ex Spink and Son Ltd., 7 April 1980. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.

VICTORIA DEI GRATIA, young head to left, hair tied in fillet; W.W. in small lettering on truncation, date below / BRITANNIARUM REGINA FID: DEF:, crowned quartered shield of arms within wreath, national flower emblems below. KM 736.1; SCBC 3852. 7.97gr, 22mm, 6h.

Good Very Fine. Some rim marks.

Found West Sussex, UK.