Coins and Medals including Renaissance and Later Medals from the Collection of Dr Charles Avery and Byzantine Coins from the Estate of Carroll F. Wales (Part I) To be sold by auction at: Sotheby’s, in the Upper Grosvenor Gallery The Aeolian Hall, Bloomfield Place New Bond Street London W1 Days of Sale: Wednesday 11 and Thursday 12 June 2008 10.00 am and 2.00 pm Public viewing: 45 Maddox Street, London W1S 2PE Friday 6 June 10.00 am to 4.30 pm Monday 9 June 10.00 am to 4.30 pm Tuesday 10 June 10.00 am to 4.30 pm Or by previous appointment. Catalogue no. 31 Price £10 Enquiries: James Morton, Tom Eden, Paul Wood, Jeremy Cheek or Stephen Lloyd Cover illustrations: Lot 465 (front); Lot 1075 (back); Lot 515 (inside front and back covers, all at two-thirds actual size) in association with 45 Maddox Street, London W1S 2PE Tel.: +44 (0)20 7493 5344 Fax: +44 (0)20 7495 6325 Email: [email protected] Website: www.mortonandeden.com This auction is conducted by Morton & Eden Ltd. in accordance with our Conditions of Business printed at the back of this catalogue. All questions and comments relating to the operation of this sale or to its content should be addressed to Morton & Eden Ltd. and not to Sotheby’s. Important Information for Buyers All lots are offered subject to Morton & Eden Ltd.’s Conditions of Business and to reserves. Estimates are published as a guide only and are subject to review. The actual hammer price of a lot may well be higher or lower than the range of figures given and there are no fixed “starting prices”. 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Order of Sale Wednesday 11 June 2008 Starting at 10.00 am Celtic Coins from the Westerham (Kent) Hoards lots 1-30 Other British Gold Coins lots 31-60 British Silver and Base Metal Coins lots 61-234 Numismatic Books and Cabinets lots 235-239 Foreign Gold Coins lots 240-274 Foreign Silver and Base Metal Coins lots 275-354 Banknotes lots 355-367 Starting at 2.00 pm Commemorative and Historical Medals from the Collection of Dr Charles Avery lots 368-593 Other Commemorative and Historical medals lots 594-619 Works of Reference lots 620-638 Thursday 12 June 2008 Starting at 10.00 am Islamic Coins lots 639-863 Starting no earlier than 11.30 am Ancient Greek Coins lots 864-890 Roman and Byzantine Coins lots 891-909 Late Roman and Byzantine Coins from the Estate of Carroll F. Wales: Part I lots 910-1022 Starting at 2.00 pm Late Roman and Byzantine Coins from the Estate of Carroll F. Wales: Part I (continued) lots 1023-1349 The condition of most of the coins and medals in this catalogue is described by the use of conventional numismatic terms. For an explanation of these expressions or for any further information, clients are invited to contact us directly. SESSION ONE Wednesday 11 June 2008 starting at 10.00 am BRITISH GOLD COINS Celtic Coins from the Westerham (Kent) 8 Hoards, discovered 2003-6 *Cantii, Uninscribed, stater, British LZ1 type, blank obv., rev., horse left, cross-hatched box below, pellets in circles and pellets in field, 5.51g (B.M.C. 2466; S. 169; V.A. 144), good very fine 1 and rare £1,000-1,500 *Uninscribed, stater, Weald group, British LZ3 type, almost blank obv., crude single raised line, rev., horse right, large hand Oxford CCI 6.0851 holding branch over, wheel below, pellets in circles in field, 5.51g (B.M.C. 347 (same obv. die); S. 35; V.A. 1507), good very An interesting group of 32 British LZ2 type ¼ staters, which are fine, well centred, rare, particularly so with a clear hand evident represented by only two examples in the British Museum Collection above the horse £1,500-2,000 catalogue. It is evident that the symbol above the horse, described in Spink and V.A. as a ‘V’ shape, is in fact a triangle, enclosing a Oxford CCI 6.0848 pellet within circle, whether heavily corded or not (cf. B.M.C. 2470). The degree of cross-hatching in the box varies. 2 *Uninscribed, ¼ stater, N. Kent group, British LY3 type, 9 almost blank obv., faint bands visible, rev., horse right, one ear *Cantii, Uninscribed, ¼ stater, British LZ2 type, blank obv., clearly visible, double S shaped ornament over, pellet below, rev., horse left, corded triangular ornament above, enclosing a over double hook-shaped ornament, 1.35g (B.M.C. 371-3; S. 44; pellet within a circle, cross-hatched box below, pellets in circles V.A. 158), good very fine, well centred, the entire design visible, and pellets in field, 1.37g (B.M.C. 2469-70; S. 172; V.A. 151), particularly interesting thus £250-300 extremely fine £300-400 Oxford CCI 6.0855 10 *Cantii, Uninscribed, ¼ stater, British LZ2 type, as the 3 previous lot, 1.36g (B.M.C. 2469-70; S. 172; V.A. 151), *Uninscribed, ¼ stater, N. Kent group, British LY3 type, extremely fine £300-400 almost blank obv., some rough design visible, rev., horse right, double S shaped ornament over, pellet below, double hook- 11 shaped ornament partly visible, 1.37g (B.M.C. 371-3; S. 44; V.A. *Cantii, Uninscribed, ¼ stater, British LZ2 type, as the 158), very fine, the upper ornament well defined £200-250 previous lots, 1.34g (B.M.C. 2469-70; S. 172; V.A. 151), extremely fine £300-400 Oxford CCI 6.0853 12 4 *Cantii, Uninscribed, ¼ stater, British LZ2 type, as the *Uninscribed, ¼ stater, N. Kent group, British LY3 type, almost previous lots, 1.38g (B.M.C. 2469-70; S. 172; V.A. 151), blank obv., faint bands visible, rev., horse right, asymmetrical extremely fine £300-400 double S shaped ornament over, pellet below, top of double hook- shaped ornament visible, 1.36g (B.M.C. 371-3; S. 44; V.A. 158), 13 weak on horse’s head, very fine £200-250 *Cantii, Uninscribed, ¼ stater, British LZ2 type, as the previous lots, 1.36g (B.M.C. 2469-70; S. 172; V.A. 151), about Oxford CCI 6.0854 extremely fine £300-400 5 14 *Uninscribed, ¼ stater, “trophy” type, type P, almost blank *Cantii, Uninscribed, ¼ stater, British LZ2 type, as the obverse, faint impression of bands, rev., abstract trophy design, previous lots, 1.34g (B.M.C. 2469-70; S. 172; V.A. 151), about 1.22g (B.M.C. 435-44; S. 47; V.A. 145), good very fine £180-220 extremely fine £300-400 6 15 *Uninscribed, ¼ stater, “trophy” type, type P, blank obverse, *Cantii, Uninscribed, ¼ stater, British LZ2 type, as the rev., abstract trophy design, central column with more detail previous lots, 1.33g (B.M.C.