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Learn MoreHenry 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
Iron age zoomorphic spout in the form of a boars head. The head is well moulded with prominent lenticular eyes and small pricked ears. Large tusks are evident either side of the mouth, which has a circular opening within a short tubular projection. Found near Corby, Northamptonshire. 32mm x 18mm x 18mm, 22.35g
about Lot 11
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
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
Charles I Shilling. 1629-30 AD. Silver, 6.00g. 32 mm. Group B, 1b2. Crowned bust left, in ruff, armour and mantle. R. Square-topped shield, no cross fourchee, plume above. Tower mint, mint mark heart. Ref: Spink 2785.
about Lot 356
Edward IV Gold Ryal, London. Light Coinage, 1464-1470. 36mm, 7.71g. EDWARD DI GRA REX AnGL Z FRAnC DnS IB, Crowned king in ship with rose on hull, holding sword and shield displaying Royal Arms, flag with E at stern. R. IhC AVT TRAnSIEnS PER MEDIVM ILLORVM IBAT. Central sunburst in cross with lis at end of each arm and, crowned lion passant in angles, all within a tressure of eight arcs with trefoils in spandrel. Mint mark crown. Ref: N.1549. S.1950.
about Lot 248
Renaissance Gold Signet Ring. Circa 1550-1600. Gold, 9.64 grams. 22.02 mm. UK ring size, P. US size, 7.5. A heavy signet-ring with a plain hoop that widens at the shoulders to a flat oval bezel. The bezel has a toothed border and is engraved with a monogram PS in reverse, the letters of which are joined by a Bowen knot in the centre and an elaborate not below. Above, the two strands of the knot expand in to a series of floral tassels. The underside of the bezel has a makers mark, G within a shield. Property of an Essex jewellery collector.
about Lot 114
17th Century Gold Finger Ring. Circa, 1650 AD. Gold, 2.08 grams. 21.61 mm. UK ring size, L. US size, 5 3/4. A D-shaped band with decorated shoulders that separate in to two outward scrolled arms. The two arms on each side of the band grasp a heart-shaped frame that encloses a raised square bezel set with a large rock crystal stone. Ref: Scarisbrick & Henig, Finger Rings. p.61. fig.1. From an old UK collection, purchased sometime before 1987.
about Lot 118
North Thames SS Type Gold Stater, Circa, 50-20 BC. Gold, 5.62 grams. 17.51 mm. Obv: Two reversed S-shapes on plain field. Rev: Annulate horse right, beaded mane, wing motif above, wheel below. Ref: VA 1509. BMC 350. ABC 2237.
about Lot 138
'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