| Spink > Auction 24004 | Auction date: 4 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 54 Price realized: 2,400 GBP (Approx. 3,016 USD / 2,802 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Stephen (1135-1154), Northern Variants, 'Flag/Ornaments Type', Penny, c. 1145-1149, York, Stefan [?] [?], [+] STIEPN-E the E recumbent and outward facing, crowned and draped bust right, holding flag or banner before, rev. ST - EO IO : + VI - EI, cross moline with inward fleurs in angles, 1.05g [16.20grns], 4h (SCBI 20 [Mack], 617; Williams III, 442; North 919; Spink 1313), straightened and the key details of portrait reworked and retoned, residual struck details fine to nearing very fine, very rare. In the footnote to our Williams dispersal (Part 3, Spink Auction, 26 September 2018, lot 442), we commented: "It was at the end of the 19th century that A E Packe suggested that the the flag which replaces the sceptre on the obverse of these coins represents the standard erected, under the directions of Archbishop Thurstan, on the battlefield at Northallerton when a Yorkshire army defeated a Scottish invasion force under king David (the 'Battle of the Standard'), in 1138. (A E Packe, 'The Coins of Stephen' in NC 3rd series. 16 (1896), 68, and others) , , Nearly 100 years later, Peter Seaby suggested the banner represents the papal standard presented to Stephen at the time of the Second Crusade in 1147. (P Seaby, 'A new 'Standard' type for the reign of king Stephen' in BNJ 53 (1983) pp.14-18). , , More recently George Boon pointed out that the equestrian figure of the king on the reverse of the Second Great Seal of Stephen (in use after 1141), also depicts the king carrying a streaming standard, instead of the usual sword. , , The letters and symbols on the reverse have not been fully interpreted. A few reverse dies appear to show a literate mint signature on ev, but the majority, have an apparently meaningless combination of letters and symbols or ornaments. We have taken the largest ornament to signify the end of the 'legend'. Several examples clearly show the shield decorated with roundels, which might represent the shield of Boulogne. The symbol in the obverse field has been described as a star but it appears more complex than that. , , There are at least 40 Pennies and 10 cut halfpennies of the type known, and the letters and symbols vary considerably. The 23 Pennies listed in detail by Allen (NC 2006, pp. 304-306), are struck from 20 different pairs of dies, suggesting that surviving examples are only a small representation of a prolific coinage and supporting Blackburn's conclusion that the flag type was the principal York coinage of the second half of the 1140s. Estimate: £2400 - £3000 |  |
Match 1:
| Spink > Auction 24004 | Auction date: 4 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 55 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Stephen (1135-1154), Northern Variants, 'Flag/Ornaments Type', Penny, c. 1145-1149, York, [+] STIEFN-E R crowned and draped bust right, holding flag or banner before, rev. ornamental legend, cross moline with inward fleurs in angles, (SCBI 20 [Mack], 617; Williams III, 442; North 919; Spink 1313), as the last, the portrait reworked, with a chip, split and lightly porous flan, struck details fine to approaching very fine, very rare. Estimate: £2400 - £3000 |  |
Match 2:
| Spink > Auction 24004 | Auction date: 4 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 56 Price realized: 85 GBP (Approx. 107 USD / 99 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Stephen (1135-1154), 'Watford' Type, Penny, c. 1135-1145, + STIE[FNE R], crowned and draped bust right, holding sceptre in front, rev. [+ .....]IN : ON : cross moline, inverted lys in angles, 1.45g [22.4grns] (North 935-936; Spink 1326), remarkably rotated and double-struck on obverse, otherwise field-toned on an irregular but complete flan, fair to fine in parts. Estimate: £50 - £80 |  |
Match 3:
| Spink > Auction 23005 | Auction date: 12 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 316 Price realized: 480 GBP (Approx. 603 USD / 559 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | An Academic Reference Collection of Trevor Ashmore Anglo-Saxon Forgeries from the Haddenham Collection (32) | , An Ashmore Copy of Kent, Heaberht (fl. 765), Penny, Canterbury, Eoba, + HEABERHT, Rx monogram at centre, rev. E-O-B-A in angles of voided cross pommée, [Spink XRF: 41.44% Ag], 2.29g, 12h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 837-010; Finn 118; Vide: Lord Grantley, NumChron, 1900, p. 148 = C E Blunt, BNJ 1952, pp. 52-57 = cf. SCBI 67 [BM], 661 = cf. North 198; = cf. Spink 873 [for original]), the unique original safely housed in the National collection since 1900; acquired 'IF', 1986 - £25, , An Ashmore Copy of Kent, Cuthred (798-807), Group I, Type Ci, Penny, Canterbury, Sæbeorht, CVÐ-RED REX in angles of tribrach with limbs terminating in circles, centre circle containing tribrach with pellets in angles, rev. + SE-BE-HRT in angles of single tribrach moline, pellets at bases and terminals, centre circle containing smaller tribrach, [Spink XRF: 47.00% Ag], 1.85g, 11h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 876-060/070; Finn 13; cf. Spink 876 [for original]), acquired T Mathews, 1994 - £18, , An Ashmore Copy of Archbishops of Canterbury, Ceolnoth (833-870), Group III, 'Inscribed Cross' Type, Penny, concocted prior to October 1972, Canterbury, Leofing, CEOLNOÐ ARCHIEP, tonsured bust facing, breaking inner circle, rev. + LIABIN CG MO N E T A, within and in angles of cross, [Spink XRF: 91.15% Ag], 2.03g, 12h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 894-010/040; Finn 14 ~ attributed to 'A Series of Sterling Silver Copies made by Period Coins'; cf. Spink 894 [for original]), acquired T Mathews, 1994 - £18, , An Ashmore Copy of Mercia, Offa (757-796), 'Heavy Coinage' Penny, concocted before August 1969, Canterbury, Æthelnoth, BERHTVLF REX commencing at 8 o'clock, diademed and draped bust right breaking inner circle, rev. + BYRNVALD commencing at 6 o'clock, around central circle containing alpha and omega monogram, [Spink XRF: 90.75% Ag], 1.73g, 12h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 907-160/210 - "Shown to BM, 10 July 1972, by T. Ashmore, Notts - "He must know manufacturer as his advert 'coin' is of same style" - This forgery is based on the coin shown in Seaby's Standard Catalogue - One of a series of sterling silver copies made by 'Period Coins'; Finn 16; cf. Spink 907 [for original]), acquired T Mathews, 1994 - £18, , An Ashmore Copy of Mercia, Ceolwulf I (821-823), Penny, 'Portrait' Type, Wodel, CEOLVVLF REX M, diademed and draped bust right, rev. WOD-EL MON-ETA across three lines, [Spink XRF: 90.94% Ag], 1.87g, 3h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 927; Finn 19; cf. Spink 927 [for original]), acquired T Mathews, 1991 - £30, , An Ashmore Copy of Mercia, Wiglaf, Second Reign (c. 830-840), Penny, London, Rædmund, + VVIGLAF REX M, plain cross with pellet in each angle, rev. O | + REDMA | h, in three lines, the D and h in pelleted lunettes above and below, [Spink XRF: 46.45% Ag], 2.06g, 2h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 934-030; Finn 22; cf. Spink 934), acquired T Mathews, 1994 - £18, , An Ashmore Copy of Mercia, Berhtwulf (840-852), Penny, London, Beornweald, BERHTVLF REX commencing at 8 o'clock, diademed and draped bust right breaking inner circle, rev. + BYRNVALD commencing at 6 o'clock, around central circle containing alpha and omega monogram, [Spink XRF: 47.08% Ag], 2.07g, 11h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 935; Finn 23; cf. Spink 935 [for original]), acquired T Mathews, 1994 - £18, , An Ashmore Copy of Mercia, Ceolwulf II (874-879), Penny, 'Portrait' Type, Leofweald, CIOLVVLF REX, diademed and draped bust right, crescent headdress, rev. LI-AF-VA-LD in angles of cross, [Spink XRF: 49.16% Ag], 1.65g, 12h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 944; Finn 24; cf. Spink 944 [for original]), acquired T Mathews, 1994 - £18, , An Ashmore Copy of East Anglia, Eadwald (796-800), Penny, concocted prior to October 1972, Ipswich [?], Lul/Lulla, + EADWA | LD | REX in three lines, rev. + LVL in voids of quadrilobe, rosettes in angles, [Spink XRF: 89.65% Ag], 1.83g, 12h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 947-090/120 ~ attributed to 'A Series of Sterling Silver Copies made by Period Coins'; Finn 25; cf. Spink 947 [for original]), acquired T Mathews, 1994 - £18, , An Ashmore Copy of East Anglia, Aethelweard (c. 840-855), Penny, Ipswich [?], Æthelhelm, EÐELPEARD REX, short cross, crescents in angles, rev. + ÆÐELHELIH, short cross, wedges in angles, [Spink XRF: 46.86% Ag], 1.98g, 11h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 953-010; Finn 27; cf. Spink 953 [for original]), acquired T Mathews, 1994 - £18, , An Ashmore Copy of Viking Kingdom of York (895-920), 'St. Peter' Penny, + SCIIE - TII MO, divided by sword, small cross pattée above and below, rev. + VII •: VIICIT : hammer cross divided by a pellet, [Spink XRF: 46.77% Ag], 1.85g, 8h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 1015-010/020; Finn 33; cf. Spink 1015 [for original]), acquired T Mathews, 1994 - £18, , An Ashmore Copy of Eric Bloodaxe, Second Reign (952-954), Penny, York, Aculf, ERIC - REX in two lines, divided by sword, rev. + ACVLF MON, small cross pattée, [Spink XRF: 46.67% Ag], 1.97g, 2h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 1030-010/020; Finn 36; cf. Spink 1030 [for original]), acquired T Mathews, 1994 - £18, , An Ashmore Copy of Wessex, Ecgberht, as King of the Mercians (802-839), Penny, c. 829, London, + ECGBERHT REX M, short cross potent, rev. + LVN | DONIA | CIVIT in three beaded lines, [Spink XRF: 46.81% Ag], 2.02g, 12h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 1036-010/020; Finn 38; cf. Spink 1036 [for original]), acquired T Mathews, 1994 - £18, , An Ashmore Copy of Wessex, Æthelberht (858-866/68), 'Floriate Cross' Type, Penny, Canterbury, Oshere, + ÆÐELBEARHT REX, double-diademed and draped bust right, rev. + OSHERE MONETA, floriated cross fourchée over lobed-saltire, [Spink XRF: 47.15% Ag], 1.89g, 5h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 1054-010/020; Finn 39; cf. Spink 1054 [for original]), acquired T Mathews, 1994 - £18, , An Ashmore Copy of Wessex, Alfred the Great (871-899), 'Monogram' Type, Penny, London, Tilewine, AD 880-883, AELFRX-ED REX, diademed and draped bust right, rev. LONDONIA monogram, trefoil to left, small cross to right, dividing TILEVINE | MONETA, [Spink XRF: 46.97% Ag], 1.73g, 4h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 1062-080; Finn 41; cf. Spink 1062 [for original]), acquired T Mathews, 1994 - £18, , An Ashmore Copy of Wessex, Alfred the Great (871-899), Penny, 'Guthrum Type', Winchester, Wulfræd, ÆL FRE DRE small cross pattée, rev. VVLF +++ RED in two lines divided by row of cross pattées, [Spink XRF: 45.74% Ag], 1.88g, 3h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 1067-040; Finn 43v1; cf. Spink 1067 [for original]), acquired T Mathews, 1994 - £18, , An Ashmore Copy of Wessex, Alfred the Great (871-899), Penny, Gloucester, ÆLFRL.ED X diademed and draped bust right, rev. ÆT GLEAPA, tau connected at its extremities by beaded lines, [Spink XRF: 47.27% Ag], 1.82g, 4h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 1064-010/020; Finn 42; cf. BM 1838.0710.28 = [Cuerdale Hoard~ BM XX ~ cf. Spink 1064 for original]), the unique original coin the only known evidence of a Mint at Gloucester prior to the reign of Aethelstan; acquired T Mathews, 1994 - £18, , An Ashmore Copy of Wessex, Alfred the Great (871-899), Penny, concocted prior to March 1970, Exeter, + AEL | FRED RE | X SAXO | NVM in four lines, rev. EXA vertically, flanked by trefoil of pellets, [Spink XRF: 79.40% Ag], 1.76g, 12h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 1070-020 [Reported 19 March 1970]; Finn 44; cf. Spink 1070 [for original]), acquired T Mathews, 1994 - £18, , An Ashmore Copy of Edward the Elder (899-924), 'Exceptional Issues', North Western Issues, Penny, Chester [?], Wulfgar, + EADVVEARD REX, small cross pattée, rev. building, VVLFGAR and cross below, [Spink XRF: 47.20% Ag], 1.77g, 5h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 1075-010/030; Finn 46; cf. Spink 1075 [for original]), acquired T Mathews, 1994 - £18, , An Ashmore Copy of Edward the Elder (899-924), 'Exceptional Issues' ~ Floral Type, Penny, East Anglian Mint, Heremod, + EADWEARD REX, small cross pattée, rev. floral spray motif, HEREMOD and rosette in exergue below, [Spink XRF: 47.22% Ag], 1.90g, 8h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 1078-030/050 - 'Spuriously claimed to have been found with 7 others in Portsmouth in 1987'; Finn 49; cf. SCBI 20 [Mack], 758 = Spink 1078 [for original]), acquired T Mathews, 1994 - £18, , An Ashmore Copy of Edward the Elder (899-924), 'Exceptional Issues' ~ Floral Type, Penny, Chester, Æthelwulf, + EADWEARD REX, small cross pattée, rev. floral spray motif, ADVLF MO and small cross pattée in exergue below, [Spink XRF: 47.22% Ag], 1.97g, 6h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 1079-010/030; Finn 50; cf. Spink 1079 [for original]), acquired T Mathews, 1994 - £18, , An Ashmore Copy of Wessex, Edward the Elder (899-924), 'Exceptional Issues' - Floral Type, Penny, Chester, Buga, + EADVVEARD REX, small cross pattée within inner circle, rev. BV-GA, within tendrils of floral device, [Spink XRF: 50.55% Ag], 1.98g, 5h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 1079-040; Finn 51; cf. Spink 1079 [for original]), acquired T Mathews, 1994 - £18, , , An Ashmore Copy of Wessex, Edward the Elder (899-924), 'Exceptional Issues', North Western Mints, 'Hand of Providence' Type, Penny, Chester [?], Eadræd, + EADVVEARD REX, small cross pattée within inner circle, rev. EA-RE | DM-MO: across field divided by hand pointing upwards, [Spink XRF: 91.30% Ag], 1.86g, 6h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 1081-010 var.; Finn 52; cf. SCBI 20 [Mack], 762 = Sale I, lot 119 [for unique original]; cf. Spink 1081 [for original]), acquired T Mathews, 1994 - £18, , An Ashmore Copy of Wessex, Edward the Elder (899-924), 'Exceptional Issues', North Western Mints, 'Tower' Type, Penny, concocted prior to September 1974, Chester [?], Cuthbeorht, + EADWEARD REX, small cross pattée, rev. CV-ÐB | ER-HT across field, divided by "camp gate", rosette flanked by pellets above, [Spink XRF: 46.55% Ag], 1.96g, 3h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 1082-010/040 ['First shown Spink, September 1974']; Finn 53; cf. Spink 1082 [for original]), acquired T Mathews, 1994 - £18, , An Ashmore Copy of Wessex, Edward the Elder (899-924), 'Exceptional Issues', North Western Mints, 'Tower' Type, Penny, Chester [?], Eadmund, + EADVVEARD REX, small cross pattée, rev. EA-DV | M - ND divided by camp gate, [Spink XRF: 48.42% Ag], 1.94g, 10h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 1083-040; Finn 54; cf. Spink 1083 [for original]), acquired T Mathews, 1994 - £18, , An Ashmore Copy of Aethelstan (924-939), 'Two Line' Type, North Eastern Mints, Penny, York, Ragnald/Ragnwald, + AEÐELSTAN REX, small cross pattée, rev. REGN | +++ | ALD in two lines, trefoil of pellets above and below, [Spink XRF: 46.88% Ag], 1.90g, 10h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 1089-130/140; Finn 58; cf. Spink 1089), acquired T Mathews, 1994 - £18, , An Ashmore Copy of Aethelstan (924-939), 'Exceptional Issues' ~ 'Floral Type', Penny, Warwick, Manthegn, + AEÐELSTAN REX, small cross pattée, rev. MON-ÐEGN in two lines divided by a row of three pellets, floral motifs above and below, [Spink XRF: 47.85% Ag], 1.94g, 8h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 1097; Finn 59; cf. SCBI 20 [Mack], 775 = Spink 1097 [for original]), only two known of the original coin, this acquired T Mathews, 1994 - £18, , An Ashmore Copy of Æthelstan (924-939), 'Exceptional Issues' - Tower Type, Penny, York, Adalbert, + ÆDELSTAN REX, small cross pattée, rev. MO-N divided by Anglo-Saxon burh or tower, ADELBERT and trefoil in exergue below, [Spink XRF: 90.08% Ag], 1.77g, 5h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 1100-010/030; Finn 60; cf. Spink 1100 [for original]), acquired T Mathews, 1994 - £18, , An Ashmore Copy of Dyfed, Howel Dda ap Cadell AKA Howell 'the Good' († 949/950), 'Two Line' Type, Penny, Gillaisu, + HOPLEL REX•: small cross pattée, rev. GIL+ | +++ | LYZ [retrograde] (6IL8ZYL), rosette above and below, [Spink XRF: 47.50% Ag], 1.88g, 4h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 1121-010/020; Finn 62; cf. SCBI 34 [BM], 719 = cf. Spink 1121 [for unique original]), acquired T Mathews, 1994 - £18, , An Ashmore Copy of Eadwig (955-959), 'Exceptional Issues', 'Hammer' Type, Penny, Oswald, EADVVIG REX, small cross pattée, rev. Thor's 'Mjolnir' or Hammer dividing OSP-ALD across field, [Spink XRF: 47.49% Ag], 1.81g, 1h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 1125-010/030; Finn 63; cf. Spink 1125 [for original]), acquired T Mathews, 1994 - £18, , An Ashmore Copy of Eadgar (959-975), 'Horizontal Type', Penny, North Eastern Issues, Chester, Thorr/Thormodr, EADGAR REX, cross pattée, rev. ÐVR +++ MON, [Spink XRF: 46.97% Ag], 1.96g, 3h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 1129-010/020; Finn 64; cf. Spink 1129 [for original]), acquired T Mathews, 1994 - £18, , An Ashmore Copy of Eadgar (959-975), Portrait Type, Penny, East Anglian Mint, Norbert, + EADGAR REX, crude crowned and draped bust right, rev. + NORBERT MONETAI, small cross pattée, [Spink XRF: 47.09% Ag], 1.87g, 8h (Anglo-Saxon Counterfeits [2012], 1138-010/020; Finn 65; cf. Spink 1138 [for original]), acquired T Mathews, 1994 - £18, , (32). Estimate: £150 - £250 |  |
Match 4:
| Sovereign Rarities Ltd > Auction 11 | Auction date: 16 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 17 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Stephen (1135-54), silver Penny, York group, Flag type, crowned bust right holding flag or pennant standard in his right hand, mullet or star in field, linear circle and legend surrounding, legend surrounds from, bottom left +STIEF N E R, rev. cross moline, fleur de lis in each angle, linear circle and legend surrounding, +PI ᗡ*NESIONEV D retrograde, interspersed with various ornaments, 1.10g (SCBI 20 [Mack], 1631 for type; BNJ 1966, Type II, Mack 217, plate VII-; N.919; S.1313). Ragged flan, otherwise a bold depiction of the King and standard, quickly identifiable as the Flag type, reverse showing some pleasing detail, very fine and very rare. EMC ref : 2023.0367, findspot Hunmanby, North Yorkshire, 18th September 2022. Dr Martin Allen published a paper in the Numismatic Chronicle, Volume 176, 2016 titled "The York Local Coinage of the Reign of Stephen (1135-54)" where the flag types are recorded as phase 3. Dr Allen lists 36 examples of the flag type across 21 different die varieties, and of this total ten are institutionalised. The symbolism of the flag is that it is meant to represent the "Battle of the Standard" sometimes called the Battle of Northallerton, 22nd August 1138, when Stephen's army raised by Archbishop Thurstan of York, defeated the Scots. The actual standard comprised of a heavy mast carrying three flags; St Peter of York, St John of Beverley and St Wilfrith of Ripon, set upon a four wheeled wagon, crowned with a silver pyx, it stands to reason that the miniaturised triple flag on the coin is a representation of the aforementioned three flags or standard. The findspot as 'near Hunmanby' is also of note – as this was the location of the Battle of Hunmanby 1143-44 a key battle within King Stephen's reign. Starting price: 1500 GBP |  |
Match 5:
| Spink > Auction 23051 | Auction date: 27 January 2024 |
| Lot number: 1055 Price realized: 1,300 GBP (Approx. 1,651 USD / 1,524 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: 12th Century, Angevinian and Plantagenets, Silver Pennies (4), including: Henry I 'Beauclerc' (1100-1135), 'Quadrilateral on Cross Fleury' Type, Pennies, London (2), Ælfwine [?], + hE[NRIC]VS:, crowned and draped bust three-quarters facing, rev. + A[....]WIN ON [L]VN, quadrilateral on cross fleury, 1.41g, 8h; another, similar but heavily double-struck and rotated in the die, 1.32g, 5h (North 871; BMC XV; Spink 1276); additionally Stephen 'of Blois' (1135-1154), 'Watford' Type, Penny, 1135-1140, York, Leysingr, [+ STIEF]NE : crowned bust right, lys-tipped sceptre in right hand, rev. [+ LAIS]ING : ON [: ERPI], cross moline with a fleur in each angle, 1.08g, 4h (North 875; BMC I; Spink 1278); lastly, Henry II (1154-1189), 'Tealby' Type, Carlisle, Willelm, crowned bust C three-quarters facing, sceptre across shoulder, rev. [+ WI]LL[AM :] O[N :] CAR: cross potent, cross pattee in angles, 1.35g, 12h (EMC 1300.0177 same obverse die; North 956/957; Spink 1339), usual peripheral striking softnesses for these notorious issues, otherwise all darkly cabinet toned with good central details, a fine Angevinian-Plantagenet academic group! (4). Provenance, The George Pickering Collection of English and Anglo-Gallic Silver Coins Estimate: £400 - £600 |  |
