Spink > Auction 24004Auction date: 4 April 2024
Lot number: 382

Price realized: 900 GBP   (Approx. 1,131 USD / 1,051 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Sweden, Karl IX (1604-1611), 4-Mark, 1607, Stockholm, • CAROLVS • IX • D:G SVECORVM • VAND • Q • REX • // • IEHOVAH • SOLATIVM • MEVM • crowned and armoured bust left, holding sceptre and orb, Hebrew tetragrammaton in rays above, rev. • IIII • MARK • * • SVENSKA • crowned square-topped shield, 16-07 across field, 19.26g [297.2grns], 10h (Tingstrom 44; SM 37; KM 24), slightly juddered dies with resultant weakness, otherwise lightly toned, a pleasingly bold very fine.
Provenance,
The Dr Frank Becker Collection of World Coins,
Ahlström-Thomas Høiland Auction, 25 November 2006, lot 336,
SCMB, November 1973, C511 - "good VF/nearly EF" - £350 [with this ticket]

Estimate: £500 - £800

Match 1:
Spink > Auction 24004Auction date: 4 April 2024
Lot number: 383

Price realized: 160 GBP   (Approx. 201 USD / 187 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Sweden, Karl IX (1604-1611), Mark, 1607, Stockholm, crowned and armoured bust left, holding orb and sceptre, Jehovah above, rev. crowned square-topped shield, 4.82g [74.6grns], 10h (SM 53; KM 22), rubbed and lightly cleaned, now retoned with residual lustre, a bold fine / near very fine, scarce.
Provenance,
The Dr Frank Becker Collection of World Coins,
Estimate: £140 - £200

Match 2:
MDC Monnaies de Collection sarl > Auction 14Auction date: 3 May 2024
Lot number: 1375

Price realized: 1,000 EUR   (Approx. 1,069 USD)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


SUÈDE - SWEDEN
Charles IX (1598-1611). 4 mark 1609, Stockholm. NGC AU 53 (5883927-039).
Av. CAROLVS IX. DG. SVECORVM. GOTH VAND. IC. REX. Sous le nom de Jéhovah rayonnant, buste à mi-corps à gauche, couronné et cuirassé, tenant un sceptre de la main droite et un globe crucigère de la main gauche ; légende intérieure : .IEHOVAH. SOLATIVM. MEVM.
Rv. IIII. MARK. - .SVENSKA. Écu couronné et accosté de la (date).
KM.24 - Delz.36 - SM.39 ; Argent - 19,39 g - 41 mm - 12 h
C'est le second plus haut grade !
NGC AU 53 (5883927-039).
Seules quelques micro-griffures et marques de circulation. Belle patine grise ancienne, aux reflets bleutés. Superbe.

Starting price: 600 EUR

Match 3:
Spink > Auction 23005Auction date: 12 December 2023
Lot number: 644

Price realized: 290 GBP   (Approx. 364 USD / 338 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Charles II (1660-1685), (5) Coins from Third Hammered Issue, including: Sixpence, CAROLVS II D·G·MAG:BRI:FRA:ET·HIB:REX, crowned bust left, rev. · CHRISTO · AVSPICE · REGNO ·, mm. crown, 3.06g, [47.2grns], 4h (ESC 1510; Spink 3323), clipped edges, wear throughout, lightly toned, fine; and Fourpence, CAROLVS·II·D·G·MAG·BR·FR·ET·HIB·REX, crowned bust left, rev. CHRISTO · AVSPICE · REGNO, quartered shield of arms over short cross fourchee, mm. crown, 1.85g, [28.4grns], 3h (ESC 1839; Spink 3324), small cracks in flan, lightly toned, good fine; and, Threepence, 1660-1662, London, o CAROLVS o II o D o G o M o B o FR o ET HI o REX o crowned Coronation bust left, IIII behind, rev. (m.m.) o CHRISTO o AVSPICE o REGNO o square-topped shield over short cross moline, 1.49g, [23.4grns], 4h, m.m. crown (ESC 1957; Bull 325; Spink 3325), lightly toned, very fine or marginally better; and, Twopence, CAROLVS · II · D · G · MAG · BRI · FRA · ET · HIB · REX, crowned bust left, II behind, rev. · CHRISTO · AVSPICE · REGNO, quartered shield of arms over cross fourchée, mm. crown, 1.00g, 2h (North 2772; ESC 2165; Spink 3326), some light wear to the edges but otherwise toned with aureate hues, very fine; and, Penny, CAROLUS II D G M B F & H REX, crowned bust left, I behind, rev. CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO, square topped shield, 0.47g, 3h, (ESC 2270; North 2775; Spink 3327), uneven flan, softness about, toned, fine (5).
Provenance,
i) 'CA', by private treaty, 1985 - £52,
ii) 'IF', by private treaty, 2016 - £110,
iii) Purchased privately, 1982 - £38
iv) T Matthews, by private treaty, 1985 - £24,
v) Bought for £14,

Estimate: £215 - £315

Match 4:
Spink > Auction 23129Auction date: 26 January 2024
Lot number: 9880

Price realized: 180 GBP   (Approx. 229 USD / 211 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Group of Stuart Silver (7) | James I (1603-1625), Second Coinage, Shilling, 1604-1605, Tower, third crowned and draped bust right, value behind, rev. square-topped shield, 8h, 5.55g, mm. lys (North 2099; Spink 2654), flan cracked to five o'clock, scratched and lightly pitted, fine, better to parts of the legends; Second Coinage, Sixpence, 1612, Tower, fourth crowned and armoured bust right, value behind, rev square-topped shield, 1h, 2.70g, m.m Tower (North 2103; Spink 2658), field find, cleaned and flattened, fine; Third Coinage, Sixpence, 1621, Tower, sixth crowned and armoured bust right, value behind, rev. square-topped shield, 2h, 2.62g, m.m thistle or rose (North 2126; Spink 2670), scratched and worn, fair to fine; Second Coinage, Penny, 1604-16505, Tower, rose, rev. thistle, 0.38g, mm. lys (North 2106; Spink 1661), slightly ragged to parts of the edge, dark tone, very fine; Charles I (1625-1649), Group B, Type 2a, Halfgroat, 1630-1631, Tower, second crowned bust left, rev. oval shield, 10h, 0.93g, m.m plume (North 2250; Spink 2825), spotted, good to fine; Group D, Type 3a1, Halfgroat, 1635-1636, Tower, fourth bust left, value behind, rev. garnished oval shield, 9h, 0.91g, m.m crown (Brooker 675-677; North 2257; Spink 2831), slightly waved flan, fine / very fine; Group A, Type 1b, Penny, rose, rev. rose, with inner circles, 0.53g, m.m African head or two pellets (North 2261; Spink 2837), worn to parts of the legend and over mint mark, devices better, near very fine (6).
Provenance,
i) Found 4 August 2018, Vet's Field, between Pitholes area,
ii) Found 4 September 2020, Old Lynn,
iii) Found 4 September 2020, Limekiln,
iv) Found 15 December 2018, 'Large field in front of Fieldhouse Farm, South End Stafford Road,
v) Found 28 September 2012, 'Green Lane',
vi) Found 27 August 2013, '6 Acre bus shelter field, Eccleshall',
vii) 25 August 2021, Swan Field, 'near top',
Estimate: £180 - £240

Match 5:
Spink > Auction 23005Auction date: 12 December 2023
Lot number: 645

Price realized: 150 GBP   (Approx. 188 USD / 175 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Charles II (1660-1685), (3) Coins including: Maundy Fourpence and Threepence (2), Milled Issue, CAROLVS II D G M B F & H REX, crowned bust left, rev. CHRISTO AVSPICE REGNO, quartered shield over short cross fourchee, 1.95g, [30.0grns], 6h, m.m crown; 1.47g, [22.6grns], 6h, m.m crown (ESC1840; 1958), both complete, very fine; and, Third Hammered Issue, Threepence, 1660-1662, London, struck with a Fourpence obverse die [or a Fourpence struck on a Threepence flan in error], (m.m.) o CAROLVS o II o D o G o M o B o FR o ET HI o REX o crowned Coronation bust left, IIII behind, rev. (m.m.) o CHRISTO o AVSPICE o REGNO o square-topped shield over short cross moline, 1.45g, [22.6grns], 4h, m.m. crown (ESC - [1839/1957]; Bull - [322/325]; Spink 3324/3325), small flan split at 1 o'clock, otherwise richly cabinet toned, good very fine / about extremely fine, either error unknown to Bull and Rayner, presumably excessively rare thus (3).
Provenance,
i) Bought for £25,
ii) Bought for £20,
iii) Purchased privately, 1982 - £38
Estimate: £130 - £230