Ancient, Islamic, British and World Coins Renaissance Medals and Plaquettes To be sold by auction at: Sotheby’s, in the Upper Grosvenor Gallery The Aeolian Hall, Bloomfield Place New Bond Street London W1 Day of Sale: Thursday 20 May 2010 at 10.00 am and 2.00 pm Public viewing: 45 Maddox Street, London W1S 2PE Monday 17 May 10.00 am to 4.30 pm Tuesday 18 May 10.00 am to 4.30 pm Wednesday 19 May 10.00 am to 4.30 pm Or by previous appointment. Catalogue no. 42 Price £10 Enquiries: James Morton, Tom Eden, Paul Wood, Jeremy Cheek or Stephen Lloyd Tim Wilkes (consultant) Cover illustrations: A selection of shipwreck coins and ingots (front); Lot 221 (back); Lot 372 (inside front cover) 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. 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Order of Sale Thursday 20 May 2010 Starting at 10.00 am British Gold Coins lots 1-27 The William Harber Collection of British Hammered Coins lots 28-162 British Silver and Bronze Coins lots 163-206 Shipwreck Coins, Ingots and Artefacts lots 207-259 World Gold Coins lots 260-293 World Silver and Bronze Coins lots 294-312 Banknotes, Bonds and Shares lots 313-324 Starting no earlier than 12.30 pm Italian Renaissance Plaquettes and Medals lots 325-393 including property from the Collection of Dr. Henry Hermann Other British and World Commemorative Medals and Plaquettes lots 394-417 Starting at 2.00 pm Ancient Greek Coins lots 418-449 Roman and Byzantine Coins lots 450-500 Starting no earlier than 2.30 pm Islamic Coins lots 501-881 * Illustrated lots are marked with an asterisk. 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SESSION ONE Thursday 20 May 2010 starting at 10.00 am BRITISH GOLD COINS 1 2 3 4 6 ‡1 *Henry VI (1422-61), Annulet issue (1422-c.1430), half-noble, London, 3.49g (cf SCBI Schneider 291-294; N. 417; S. 1805), legends partially off flan, very fine £800-1,000 From the Estate of Wallace Katz. ‡2 *Henry VI, Annulet issue, quarter-noble, London, i.m. lis, lis above shield, no mark below, 1.69g (SCBI Schneider 295; S. 1810; N. 1420), better than fine £200-250 From the Estate of Wallace Katz and ex Reigate Hoard. ‡3 *Henry VI, Annulet issue, quarter-noble, London, i.m. lis, lis above shield, trefoil below, 1.68g (SCBI Schneider 296; S. 1811; N. 1420), fine £200-250 From the Estate of Wallace Katz and ex Reigate Hoard. ‡4 *Henry VI, Annulet and Rosette Mascle issues (1422-c.1430 and c.1430-31), muled noble, London, obv.; rosette mascle type with rosette stops only, rev., annulet type, i.m. lis, annulet stops, with mullet after IHC, annulet in top spandrel, and H in centre, 6.93g (N. 1439/1414), parts of legend off flan, otherwise about extremely fine and only the second recorded specimen, the other known example being the Fishpool Hoard piece in the British Museum £6,000-8,000 From the Estate of Wallace Katz; Sotheby auctions 19 April 1993, lot 14 and 12 July 1954, lot 44. 5 Charles II, two-guineas, 1664, elephant below bust (S. 3334), fair; George II, two-guineas, 1740 (S. 3669), heavily sweated, fair; together with miscellaneous English coins in silver (3) and copper (6), including ‘cartwheel’ twopences (3), one gilt and two countermarked, a 1757 halfpenny, and a forgery, possibly contemporary, of a Cromwell shilling, mixed grades (11) £600-700 ‡6 *George II, five-guineas, 1746, old head left, LIMA below, rev., garnished and crowned quartered shield, lettered edge reads DECIMO NONO (Schneider dies 8/8; SCBI Schneider 564; S. 3665), light scratches beneath bust and hairlines in fields, about extremely fine £6,000-8,000 From the Estate of Wallace Katz. 8 9 15 16 7 George II, two-guineas, 1740, intermediate head, rev., ornate crowned shield (S. 3668), graffiti in obverse field, from a mount, sweated and repaired, very fine £350-400 ‡8 *George II, half-guinea, 1745, intermediate head left, LIMA below, rev., garnished and crowned quartered shield (SCBI Schneider 603; S. 3684), flan slightly warped and with minor obverse scratches, good very fine and rare £2,500-3,000 From the Estate of Wallace Katz; ex Spink auction 96, 31 March 1993, lot 239 and Captain K.J. Douglas-Morris Collection, Sotheby’s, 26 November 1974, lot 38.