Lot description:
Stuart and Later Silver (9) | Charles I (1625-1649), Group II, Type 2c, Halfcrown, 1632-1633, Tower (under King), second horseman King trotting left, sword over right shoulder, plume on headdress, cross on housing, rev. oval garnished shield, dividing C-R, 9h, 14.82g, m.m harp (Brooker 310-314; North 2207; Spink 2771), some pitting to the fields from die rust, soft to the devices, the legends and mint mark better, fine; Group A, Shilling, 1625, Tower (under King), second coronation bust left, value behind, rev. square-topped shield of arms over cross moline, 10h, 5.93g, m.m lys (Brooker 386-389; North 2216; Spink 2782), rubbed and light scratch through portrait, otherwise with a light tone, about very fine; Group B, Type 1a, Shilling, 1625-1626, Tower (under King), second crowned bust left, value behind, rev. square-topped shield of arms over cross moline, 2h, 5.94g, m.m cross calvary (Brooker 403; North 2218; Spink 2784), soft to the devise, scratch to the obverse, with a dark tone, bolder fine; Group D, Type 3.1, Shilling, 1632-1633, Tower (under King), fourth crowned bust left, with falling lace collar, value behind, rev. garnished oval shield, dividing C-R, 2h, 5.77g, m.m harp (Brooker 468-470; North 2223; Spink 2789), rubbed and flat in parts, fine; Group D, Type 3a, Shilling, 1635-1636, Tower (under King), fourth crowned bust left, with falling lace collar, value behind, no inner circles, rev. garnished oval shield, no inner circles, 10h, 5.99g, m.m crown (Brooker 498-505; North 2225; Spink 2791) some light pitting and soft to the portrait, yet toned in the legends, very fine; Group D, Type 3a, Sixpence, 1636-1638, Tower (under King), fourth crowned small bust left, with falling lace collar, value behind, no inner circles, rev. garnished oval shield, 7h, 2.74g, m.m tun (Brooker 623; North 2241; Spink 2813), soft in parts, about very fine; 'Royalist' Threepence, York, 1642-1644, crowned bust left, with scalloped lace collar, value behind, rev. square-topped shield over long cross fleury, EBOR above, 9h, 1.11g, m.m lion (Brooker 1109; North 2323; Spink 2877), rubbed, bold fine; Charles II (1660-1685), Third Hammered Issues, Threepence, undated, crowned bust left, with falling lace collar, value behind, rev. square-topped shield over long cross fleury, 1.53g, 5h, m.m. crown (North 2769; Spink 3325), light tone, very fine; William III (1694-1702), York Sixpence, 1696, first laureate and draped bust right, script below, rev. crowned cruciform shields, three strings to harp, obliquely milled edge, 6h, 2.84g (ESC 1539; Bull 1296; Spink 3526), pitted mark to reverse and stained to obverse, yet with a dark glossy tone, very fine (9).
Provenance,
i) Middleham Hoard,
Estimate: £300 - £350 | |