Sea by 's

COIN & MEDAL Bulletin

August 1968

G j 247

i

Plate 47

Plate 48

!*pi um

SI - 1 Pl5

Plate 49

COIN & MEDAL

Bulletin

No. 600 (1968 Vo!., No. 8)

AUGUST 1968

Directors :

H. A. Sea by (Chairman)

E. A. E. Porter

Major H. C. V. Porter, O.B.E. P. J. Seaby (Managing)

L. A. Brown P. A. Rayner

M. H. V. C. Porter

Published by

B. A. SEABY LTD., Numismatic Experts 59-65 GREAT PORTLAND STREET, LONDON, W.l.

Telephone: LANgham 3677 (01-580 3677) Telegrams: Cables: "Numismatic, London, W1"

Hours: Monday-Friday 9.0 a.m.-5.0 p.m. Underground Station-Oxford Circus

Subscription, 1968, U.K. 15/- per annum, Overseas 17/6. Bound Bulletin 1967

Thick binding cover for one years Bulletin 2/—, postage 9d. 30/- -E 2/- postage

NOW READY

BRITISH

COPPER COINS

AND THEIR VALUES

1968/69 Edition

Revised prices

PRICE 15/- ( postage , etc. Is 3d)

278

THE MEDIEVAL COINAGE OF THE EAST AFRICAN COAST

were associated with two Umayyad and a probable Fatimid coin. The hoard, if hoard it be, cannot, therefore, be earlier than the 1 1th or 12th century a.d. and serves to demonstrate that even if classical coins were imported in the pre-Portuguese period they might have been imported many centuries after striking. It seems beyond dispute that there was no coinage in general circulation in East Africa at this period.

There is, however, evidence of the import of coins in the Early Islamic period. About the middle of the last century about 500 gold dinars were found on the Island of Zanzibar. A gold coin, probably from this hoard, was struck by Saif Ullah ibn Yahya , of the Barmakid family, in the year a.h. 182 (798-9 a.d.). Saif was Wazir to the Calif Harun al-Rashid. The traditional find site of this hoard has recently been re-examined and pottery of Abbasid date (the so-called “Sassanian- Islamic” pottery) found there. This is the earliest datable imported pottery on the coast. In the circumstances there seems little doubt that the hoard was of Abbasid date.

The only other hoard of imported mediaeval coins which is clearly authenticated is a find of 250 Chinese coins, also in Zanzibar. Four coins were of the Tang Dynasty, the rest Sung. The hoard cannot have buried earlier than the reign of Tu Tung (1265-75). There have been sporadic, and mostly ill authenticated, finds of Chinese coins, mostly of the Sung dynasty, elsewhere on the coast. Somewhat curiously the coins antedate the main imports of Chinese porcelain so common on the coast. There is, however, no reason why occasional Chinese coins, like the porcelain, should not have reached the coast through Arab, Persian and Indian middle-men; but the find of a hoard of coins is less easy to account for.

It now seems reasonably clear that coins were struck on the East African coast from the twelfth century onwards. Coins were struck at Kilwa, Zanzibar Island and Mogadishu, and probably also at Mafia, eighty miles north of Kilwa. Coins were apparently not struck on the Kenya coast where it is probable that Gedi and other towns used a cowrie currency.

The Kilwa Mint

Kilwa Kisiwani, in modern Tanzania, was apparently founded as a trading station towards the end of the first millennium a.d. Its importance lay in being the entrepot for trade with the south; a trade which in historical time was mainly in gold and ivory imported through Sofala (near modern Beira) and the Zambesi Valley, and ultimately coming from modern Rhodesia. At Ingombe Ilede in Zambia burials of a trading community which flourished between 680 and 900 a.d. have been found. The grave goods, including imported cloth and beads, contained evidence of a trade in both copper and gold. There were a number of the cross shaped ingots known as the “Katanga cross” and which were used over a wide area in Pvhodesia, Zambia and the Congo until the 19th century. They are the nearest thing to a coinage which exists in the interior of South East Africa. It is probable, in the circumstances, that the copper trade provided the source of the copper for the copper coinage of the East coast.

A list of the rulers of Kilwa is contained in the Chronicle of Kilwa, which was written in the early 16th century. The original has perished; but excerpts are contain¬ ed in an Arabic and a Portuguese version. The Portuguese and Arabic versions, particularly in relation to the period prior to the 15th century, are difficult to recon¬ cile with each other and difficult to reconcile with the numismatic, epigraphic and archaeological evidence. However, when all the evidence is taken in conjunction, a reasonably coherent outline history of Kilwa emerges.

The first dynasty of Kilwa, the “Shirazi” dynasty was founded by \4!i Ikn a!- Hasan about 1200 a.d. or slightly earlier and not in the 10th century as previously

BY J. R. CRAWFORD

279

thought. Coins of this ruler are fairly common. They are, indeed, more common at Mafia where a hoard of 570 was found during excavation than at Kilwa. Mafia may have been the seat of government and the place where the coins, or some of them, were minted. Most of the coins of yAli Ibn al-Hasan , like most of the coins of the coast, were of copper, but four silver coins ascribed to this reign believed to be the only silver coins found on the Tanzanian coast were found in the course of the recent excavations : two at Mafia and two at Kilwa. The original diameter of these coins was about 10 mm. and their weight .1 gm. wafer thin. The types resemble the copper coins of this ruler of Walker’s type XIV. The excavations also revealed the existence of a series of small copper coins, apparently also of this ruler*, with a dia¬ meter of between 12 and 18 mm. and a weight of .2 to .7 gm. These coins, resembling in type the later copper coins of ’Ali Ibn al-Hasan which, however, weigh over 1.2 gm. were found stratified below these heavier coins and are, presumably, the first coins struck on the coast. Both “Kilwa” and “Mafia” types of these coins exist, so they were presumably struck at both places. The better known copper series of 9 AH Ibn al-Hasan bear an inscription in a script described as “redolent of floriated Kufic”. The earlier type has a name and rhyming phrase on the obverse, all in one line; subsequent types have the name in tw^o lines. Somewhat similar rhymes occur between 1094-1171 on Fatimid copper.

The only other coins ascribed to the First Dynasty are of Band ibn al-Hasan , perhaps a brother of ’Ali and his successor. His coins are rare and similar in style to the later coins of his predecessor.

Thereafter it seems that the coinage of Kilwa, or Kilwa-Mafia, ceases until about 1300 a.d., that is, until the commencement of the Second Dynasty of Kilwa, the Dynasty of Abu’l-Aiawahib ”.

The coins of the first ruler of this dynasty, al-Hasan ibn Talut, are very rare indicating, in all probability, a short reign. Coins of ibn Talut bear a legend of a type characteristic of the East Coast, that is, the obverse rhymes with the reverse, e.g. Obv. al-Hasan ibn Talut. B. yathiku bi Rabbi’i-Malakut “Al-Hasan son of Talut / trusts in the Lord of the Kingdom of Heaven”. It is difficult to find elsewhere earlier or contemporaneous parallels to the East African rhyming coins the coins of the Bahamid Dynasty of the Deccan postdate ibn Talut. It is, however, hardly necessary to seek for models elsewhere as the type seems a logical development from the coins of 'Ali Ibn al-Hasan.

Of the later rulers of the Abu'l-Mawahib dynasty, apparently only al-Hasan ibn Sulaiman probably the son of ibn Talut Sulaiman ibn al-Hasan and Daudibn Sulaiman struck coins; like the coins of ibn Talut , of copper. The coins of al-Hasan ibn Sulaiman are fairly common ; those of Sulaiman ibn al-Hasan are the commonest of the Kilwa series; those of Baud ibn Sulaiman are rather rare.

The coins of al-Hasan ibn Sulaiman were formerly attributed to a ruler of similar name who lived in the 15th century. However they are similar in style to the coins of Sulaiman ibn al-Hasan and their fourteenth century date is supported by other evidence as wTell. If of the 14th century these coins belong to the ruler who was visited by that irrepressible globe-trotter, Ibn Battuta , in a.d. 1331. He is de¬ scribed by Ibn Battuta as noted for his gifts and generosity willing to give the clothes off his back to a mendicant. His brother Baud , presumably the Baud ibn Sulaiman of the coins, is described as being of the opposite pole from him in this respect. There are some sixteen varieties of the copper coins of al-Hasan ibn Sulaiman. Some of the coins bear the expression “may his victory be glorious”, formerly believed to occur for the first time on the Mamaluk coins of al-Mansur in a.d. 1377 but now known to occur on the coins of Aleppo dated a.h. 717 (a.d. 1317) the legend, therefore, is compatible with an early fourteenth century date.

280

THE MEDIEVAL COINAGE OF THE EAST AFRICAN COAST

The mediaeval coinage of Kilwa ceases in the second half of the 14th century. No coins are now ascribed to the 15th century presumably because Kilwa ceased to be of importance because of the rise of Mombasa. The last ruler to strike coins at Kilwa was probably al-Ndsr Nasr al Dunia W'al-Din Muhammad whose coins occur in a 16th century horizon and who is, therefore, probably a post Portuguese sultan who is otherwise unknown. The coins are modelled, however, on those of the Mama- luk Sultan al-Ndsr Nasr al-Din Muhammad (a.d. 1293-1340).

Zanzibar island

Coins, similar to the Kilwa type, but cruder in style, of the rulers al-Husain ibn Ahmad and Ishaq ibn Hasan have been found in both Kilwa and Zanzibar; but are commoner in Zanzibar. The coins of a third ruler, al-Hasan ibn Ali , are said to occur only in Zanzibar. It seems probable that all these coins were minted in the Island of Zanzibar the town of Zanzibar is of comparatively recent foundation. Like the Kilwa coins they have the characteristic rhyme. Freeman-Grenville dates these coins to the 15th century because of their association with the coins of 'Ali ib?i al-Hasan and al-Hasan ibn Sulaiman of Kilwa. As, however, the coins of the first ruler apparently belong to the 12th century, and the coins of the second to the early 14th century, the Zanzibar coins are probably of the 14th century and may be earlier. The coins of Sulaiman ibn al-Husain , none of whose coins were found among the 2,500 coins excavated at Kilwa and Mafia, may belong to the Zanzibar series.

Mogadishu

Mogadishu, in Somalia, was an ancient trading centre. From the late 12th century until the middle of the fourteenth it and Kilwa were by far the most important towns on the coast. Mogadishu, nearer the rest of the Islamic world, was larger and more advanced culturally, Kilwa more important commercially. There is a close connection between the coinage of the two towns. The now familiar rhyming coins occur in both areas; coins from Mogadishu occasionally turn up in the Kilwa area and vice- versa. It is possible that the “Shirazi” dynasty of Kilwa came from the Benadir Coast. If so dynastic links between the two centres are probable.

Little has been published about the coins of Mogadishu and their dating is not supported by archaeological evidence, but must rest mainly on intrinsic evidence. Freeman-Grenville states that the series includes twenty-three rulers “as yet un¬ known to numismatics and to history”. He lists the following ruler as having struck coins in the period prior to 1547 the dates are his

Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad (c. 1322 a.d.) al-Taufiq ibn Sa’ad ( ? 14th century) al-Rahman ibn Mas’ud (? 14th century)

Yusuf ibn Sa’id ( ? 14th century) al-Malik Faq (post 1388)

Sultan Muhammad (post 1388)

Sultan Ahmad ibn ’Ali (15th to 16th centuries)

Sultan Sulaiman (15th to 16th centuries)

Sultan Rasul ibn ’Ali (15th to 16th centuries)

Sultan Yusuf ibn Abi Bakr (15th to 16th centuries)

Sultan Malik ibn Sa’id (15th to 16th centuries)

Sultan Zubayr ibn ’Umar (15th to 16th centuries)

Sultan ’Ali ibn Yusuf (15th to 16th centuries)

Sultan al-Sultania al Mujahidia Sultan ’Umar

With a few exceptions the dating of this series is far from secure. A coin, unusual in being of billon, of Abu Bakr ibn Muhammad bears the date a.d. 722

BY J. R. CRAWFORD

281

(a.d. 1322), It has the characteristic rhyme of the coast; but on the obverse only. The later mediaeval coins of Mogadishu bearing similar rhymes are ascribed by Freeman-Grenville to the period of Muhammad Ibn Sulaiman of Kilwa because of their similarity to these coins. In view of the revised dating of the reign of ibn Sulaiman the bulk of the earlier Mogadishu issues must presumably now be assigned to the 14th century. Of the coins of the various rulers of Mogadishu those of 5 Ali ibn Yusaf occur, but rarely, at Kilwa. In common with others of the Mogadishu series, and unlike those of Kilwa, they bear the title “Sultan”. Chittick could date these coins to the period after the cessation of coinage at Kilwa (i.e. to the second half of the 14th century or later). The coins of al-Adil Muhammad , also found at Kilwa, are ascribed by Chittick to Aiogadishu by reason of their similarity to those of 9 Ali ibn Yusaf.

In view of its closeness to the rest of the Islamic world, and its early importance, one would have expected the coinage of Mogadishu to have commenced before, or contemporaneously with, that of Kilwa, i.e. in the 12th century. Unfortunately, however, little is yet known about the chronology of the Kilwa series.

An important series of Mogadishu coins, bearing the “tughra” or monogram of the Turkish coinage, and the minting of which commenced, perhaps, in the late 16th century lies beyond the scope of this essay.

Bibliography

Chittick, N.

1966 Kilwa. A Preliminary Report, Azania 1, p. 6 ff

1966 Unguja Ukuu: the Earliest Imported Pottery, and an Abbasid Dinar. Ibid, p. 161 1966 Six Early Const, from Tanga. Ibid, p. 156

1965 The “Shirazi” Colonization of East Africa. J.A.H., Vol. VI., No. 3 1963 Kilwa and the Arab Settlement of the East African Coast —J.A.H., Vol. IV., No. 2 Freeman-Grenville, G. S. P.

1950 East African Coin Finds. 1 J.A.H., No. 1, p. 31

1954 A New Hoard and Some Unpublished Variants of the Sultans of Kilwa. Numis. Chron. 1957 Coinage in East Africa before Portuguese Times. Numis. Chron.

Marsh, Z.

1961 East Africa Through Contemporary Records. Camb. Univ. Press

Oliver and Mathee (. Editors )

1965 History of East Africa. Oxford Clarendon Press Playfair, R. J.

Letter in the Journal of the Bombay Branch of the Royal lxxxiii.

Asiatic Soc.,

Vol. VIII, p.

Walker, J. .

1936 The History and Coinage of the Sultans of Kilwa. Nunns. Chron. 1939 Some New Coin Finds from Kilwa. Numis. Chron.

A SHORT HISTORY OF NUMISMATIC THOUGHT

1780-1900.

By Maxen Wledig.

PART II.

English Numismatists, 1800-1850.

Alongside Akerman there were other figures on the British numismatic scene at the beginning of the nineteenth century. Coombe was still actively working his important study of Ancient Coins as a whole was published in 1814.

In the field of English coinage the leading figure was Ruding, whose Annals of the Coinage of Great Britain saw its third edition 1840, an outstanding work of scholar¬ ship with careful analysis of coin types in conjunction with the literary evidence of mint records. Ruding was the principal name in English numismatics as a whole in the nineteenth century, though he had other rivals, including Hawkins, whose work

282

A SHORT HISTORY OF NUMISMATIC THOUGHT 1780-1900

on Anglo-Saxon coins stood unsurpassed until Hildebrand and G. C. Brooke were working on the series. Another figure in popular numismatics was Henfrey, whose work was shallow but widely read in the second half of the century.

In a more limited sphere in the 1840s we find the name of John Lindsay, who published a series of books, all entitled A View of the Coinage of . . . dealing with Scottish coins, Saxon coins and Irish coins. His work on Scottish coins, with its three supplements, was a great advance on the eighteenth century works of Anderson and Adam de Cardonnel. Its merit lay chiefly in the attempt that Lindsay made to classify the coins of each reign and list moneyers and mints, as well as assessing rarities. A useful feature of his works was the associated list of finds and the circum¬ stances of their discovery. Actually the first lists of coin finds had appeared in a now forgotten book called MeYry's Remarks on the Coinage of England.

Another figure in the early nineteenth century in Britain was Noel Humphries, who published a number of books including The Coins of England, Ancient Coins and Medals and The Coin Collector's Manual. The last was published in two volumes in 1853, and was a complete survey of coinage from the earliest Greek issues to the nineteenth century. The extent to which the study of coins had advanced in the preceding half century can be seen by comparing this work with that of Pinkerton. An interesting feature of this book is its list of coin prices— an Aethelberht penny in mint condition then cost 19/-!

The foundation of the Royal Numismatic Society and the publication of Numis¬ matic Journal and Numismatic Chronicle gave great incentive to numismatics in Britain. Before this time reports on coin finds and occasional publications on coins appeared in the Gentleman's Magazine , which had been founded by Cave in 1731 and which had become under the influence of Dr. Johnson the main source for serious articles and topical reports in the later eighteenth century.

Continental Numismatists, 1800-1850.

On the Continent during the same period we find a number of important works published, perhaps the most notable being Mionnet’s Description de medailles antiques grecques et romaines , which was published in 1 5 volumes in Paris between 1807 and 1837. This work was an attempted Corpus listing all the known examples of Greek coins, an almost impossible task. Needless to say the work failed in its objective and contained many inaccuracies, but what is remarkable is that one man could even attempt such a task, quite impossible a century before.

Mionnet is less well-known than his contemporary Henri Cohen, who attempted to achieve the same object in the field of Roman coinage. His catalogue of Republican coins was published in 1857, but his magnum opus on Imperial coins, Monnaies frappees sous Tempire romain was not published for some time, the second edition being issued between 1880 and 1892 in eight volumes. The catalogue must rate as one of the supreme achievements of nineteenth century numismatics and is, of course, still used as a reference today, in spite of its omissions. In order to compile it Cohen travelled all over Europe visiting cabinets and listing coins, a task which took many years.

To this period on the Continent belongs the inauguration of a number of im¬ portant numismatic periodicals, including Revue beige de numismatique , which was first issued in Brussels in 1842, and Revue numismatique francaise , first published in 1836.

The Mid-Nineteenth Century

After the intensive interest in numismatics in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries there seems to have been a lull in coin collecting and study during the mid years of the century, as if numismatists were gathering their strength

BY MAXEN YVLEDIG

283

for the end of the century, the Golden Age of Numismatics. In retrospect it seems incredible that so many standard works on coins could have been published within such a short period of time. There is hardly an aspect of Ancient numismatics that was not subjected to a thorough study in the late nineteenth century, and a large number of works that are still regarded as standard were published in those years. Blanchet, Babelon, Cohen, Deecke, Du Chastel, Evans, Forrer, Fox, Gardner, Haeberlin, Head, Hill, Imhoof-Blumer, Lenormant, Macdonald, Muller, Pick, Lane- Poole, Regling, Reinach, Ridgeway, Sambon, Svoronos, de la Tour, Wroth, these are just a few of the great names to the fore in the period. To discuss their work individ¬ ually is impossible in a survey of this nature, it must suffice if we consider the general developments in numismatics in the period.

As has been remarked, the late 1850s and 60s passed without witnessing the publication of many important works, though some advances were made, notably in the field of Celtic numismatics. On the Continent the period saw the publication of Hucher’s LI Art Gaulois , a study of the art of Celtic coins and forerunner of Lengyel. This book was noteworthy for its excellent enlarged engravings of many very rare Celtic coins, far superior to previous illustrations. Although chiefly a study of the art value of the coin types it was also an important contribution to the study of the coins as a whole. Prior to this the only work devoted to Celtic coins had been Duchalais’ Description des medailles gauloises , published in 1848 and which provided future workers with a useful framework from which to start.

Sir John Evans

In Britain 1860 witnessed the publication of one outstanding work, Sir John Evans’ Coins of the Ancient Britons , which in many ways was the first “modern” book to be published.

Evans was a remarkable scholar, and it is greatly to his credit that his three great works, Coins of the Ancient Britons , Ancient Stone Implements of the British Isles and Ancient Bronze Implements of the British Isles are still on the working shelves of archaeologists in Britain today. Sir John was perhaps the greatest of all the early systematizers, the men who laid the foundations of what in modern archaeology would be termed “typology”. He is typical of the great antiquaries of the late nine¬ teenth century, both in background and in approach. They were for the most part men who belonged either to the established aristocracy or who alternatively had risen in the social scale as a result of the Industrial Revolution. Sir John himself was closely connected with the papermaking firm of John Dickinson and Company, having married the daughter of John Dickinson, who was also his cousin. The Evans and Dickinson families had been closely related for some time, and both families were well-known for having produced scholars business and scholarship seemingly went hand in hand. Evans’ father was a member of the Royal Society, with an interest in many fields of study, most notably geology, anthropology and what we would now call archaeology. He belonged to that great group of men, Lubbock, Tylor, Galton and Pitt-Rivers who turned archaeology and anthropology into scientific studies. Evans was to theoretical archaeology what Pitt-Rivers was to field archaeology. He was one of the first men to recognize the need for compiling detailed lists of finds in regions, and to set about studying these on a typological basis. The importance of typology cannot be underestimated in either archaeology or numismatics and lies behind numismatic chronology and to a large extent the chronology of prehistoric archaeology as well. Evans wras one of the first people to build up a sequence for bronze implements in Britain, working on a theory of evolution from simple types to more complicated forms, a theory which was coming very much to the fore as a result of the publication of Darwin’s Evolution of the Species in 1859 and also as a result of the invention of the Three Age System by Christian 1 hompsen in Copen-

284

A SHORT HISTORY OF NUMISMATIC THOUGHT 1780-1900

hagen earlier in the century. A theory of social evolution was the theme which pre¬ occupied both social anthropologists and prehistorians in the later nineteenth century. Evans himselt had been one of the leading supporters of the theory that man was of far greater antiquity than the year 4004 b.c. which Ussher had stated was the date of the Creation, and in the same year as the publication of Darwin’s work had proclaimed that stone tools found in gravels at Abbeville by Boucher de Perthes were of “antiquity remote beyond any of which we have hitherto found traces . In 1867 Gabriel de Mortillet wrote a guide to an exhibition of prehistoric antiquities in Paris, and concluded by saying that the discipline of prehistoric archaeology proved three things, the Law of the Progress of Humanity, the Law of Similar Development and the Great Antiquity of Man. A similar claim for social evolution had been made by Spencer in the field of anthropology in 1850.

Not everyone, it is true, believed in such theories, but for the most part anthro¬ pologists and antiquaries in the late nineteenth century were concerned with trying to collect together all the increasing wealth of material that was available and with putting it into some kind of order, preferably one which could be governed by a law or could impart some important moral. Unilateral evolution gave way to other theories, including in the lattei part of the century diffusionism, as people began to realise that the picture might have been more complicated than the evidence might at first suggest. But for archaeology, and prehistoric archaeology in particular, this was an important period since the antiquity of man was first recognized and synthesis and analysis was coming to the fore.

The study of coins underwent a similar period of development to that which affected archaeology. Perhaps it might be true to say that for both archaeology and numismatics the late nineteenth century was a period when these subjects, along with so many others, were becoming “scientific”, that is to say careful if tedious compila¬ tion was teplacing earliei moral speculation based on inadequate and incompletely studied material. The nineteenth century numismatists of the Golden Age were concerned with new methods of typology based on the theory of progressive develop¬ ment in style and execution (or devolution in some cases).

Evans work on Ancient British Coins was just such a survey, and to a modern reader seems remarkably contemporary in outlook for a book written over a century ago. Here are the familiar catalogues of finds with details of their discovery, here are the accounts of hoards which provide the basic framework of the study, and here too are the rudiments of a classification which with modification still stands. There are omissions, of course, and the general archaeological background of the British Early Iron Age was not yet known to Evans and his contemporaries, so it is not surprising that some of his interpretations seem to us vague and too dependent on the Roman literary sources of later times. Nevertheless to a large extent the work still stands as an invaluable source book, and later writers have only modified it or extended it, not repeating his initial synthesis. Beside him other British numis¬ matists who were concerned with Celtic coins at the same period, such as Beale Poste (who wrote a quaint work on Celtic inscriptions on coins) seem old-fashioned in the extreme.

APOLOGIES.

We offer our apologies to readers who may have waited two weeks or more for a replv to their orders from the July Bulletin. With some staff away on holidays, others overseas, and disruption caused by sickness and the railway “work-to-rule”, we have found it more difficult than usual to deal with correspondence this last month.

ANNOUNCEMENT.

We are pleased to announce that virtually the whole of the stolen Collection belonging to Mr. F. Elmore Jones has been recovered by the police. Only some 50 coins are still missing, and we hope to be able to publish details of these in a later issue.

“BEYOND THE PALE.”

By N. Shearer Wylie.

285

Am I a numismatist or am I not; and if not, what am I ? About three years ago my grandson showed me a coin which he had purchased with his own savings and said “It’s a silver penny and the face is Aethelred the Unready”. “Have you gone raving mad?” I asked. “Aethelred is history. You can’t actually own anything connected with him”. But you can, and he did, and as I looked at the incredible and apparently demented features of Aethelred, it happened. Like the proverbial spark in tinder, I suddenly caught fire and realised that the only things that really mattered in life were coins.

Without worrying over the lost opportunities of the past, I plunged into the magic realm and raided my savings to become the owner of ducats, doubloons, pieces-of-eight, Napoleons, Louis d’Ors, shekels and double eagles: all the world of romance and literature in solid and contemporary form and actually my own. “All this and Heaven too”.

But why the previous ignorance ? I am an educated man and like the rest of us had flirted with philately, but nobody had introduced me to coins. Stamps ? By comparison, mere ephemera which could blow away with a puff of wind. (Actually some had, over Lake Ullswater, which may have helped to put me off them). But coins! The next thing was to get some books on the subject, first, of course, of the more popular and highly-illustrated kind, but the main effect was to make me crave to possess every coin with any sort of romantic interest. Romance “Ay, there’s the rub” now we come to the cause of all the trouble.

I next joined a Numismatic Society and at the very first meeting I was brought to earth with a jolt. One doesn’t just rush round acquiring “coins of romantic interest”; one specialises in the “Long Cross Coinage of Henry III” or “Reverse Types of Byzantine Solidi”. And this, no doubt, explained why a real numismatist who had very kindly taken me under his wing at the start suddenly dropped me evidently I was a “Deviationist”.

For example I put together in velvet-lined cases a small collection of gold coins which I called “Eight Pieces of Romance”, and another consisting of all the silver Trade Dollars of the Far East and the South Seas which I dedicated to the writers Stevenson, Conrad, Maugham and Standish. I also started a larger case “The Struggle for Europe” to illustrate by means of coins the several attempts to seize control of the known world from Roman times to 1945.

The first case, thanks to a letter in the “Financial Times”, aroused some interest, with correspondence and ‘phone calls (some of the latter showing most interest in where the coins were kept) but I feel that my approach is wrong and definitely frowned upon by the cognoscenti. It just isn’t the done thing.

So I end as I began; am I a numismatist or No, I was afraid not. Nevertheless, who cares ? I love coins. If I am not a numismatist, perhaps I am the first numis- MOPHILE.

THE ARMY EMERGENCY RESERVE DECORATION.

By Major N. W. Poulsom, R.M.P.

Army Order 137 of 1952 promulgated a Royal Warrant issued by Queen Elizabeth II on the 17th November 1952 authorised the award of a new decoration to be known as The Army Emergency Reserve Decoration, to reward long and efficient service to officers of the Army Emergency Reserve formally known as the

286

THE ARMY EMERGENCY RESERVE DECORATION

Supplementary Reserve of Officers. The medal consisted of an oak wreath in silver tied with gold, having in the centre the Royal Cypher and Crown in gold. The decoration is suspended from a ribbon of dark blue, 1.5" in width, with a vertical yellow stripe in the centre, the ribbon being suspended from a silver bar bearing the inscription “Army Emergency Reserve”. The order in which the decoration was to be worn in relation to other awards is immediately in front of The Volunteer Officers Decoration.

The decoration may be worn by the Sovereign and those Princes or Princesses of the Blood Royal the Sovereign may wish to confer the award on. The decoration was also open to officers of the Supplementary Reserve and Emergency Reserve.

Twelve years’ continuous efficient commissioned service in the Army Emergency Reserve or the former Supplementary Reserve of Officers was required; except that only ten years’ service was required for officers who were commissioned on or after the 8th August 1924 and before the 15th May 1948 and who were transferred to the Regular Army Reserve of Officers.

Commissioned service rendered partly in the Supplementary or Army Emergency Reserve and partly on the active list of the Territorial Army or other Auxiliary Military Forces of the Commonwealth or territories counted as reckonable service provided it did not count towards qualifying service for the award of the Efficiency Decoration or similar award they may have received.

Any service in the ranks of the Supplementary or Army Emergency Reserve, or the active list of the Territorial Army or other Auxilliary Military Forces of the Commonwealth or territories, provided it did not reckon towards qualification for Efficiency Decoration or Efficiency Medal or similar award was allowed to count as half service.

Service after the age of 17 years in the ranks of a Cadet Force or as a Cadet in an Officers Training Corps counted as half service towards the award of the decoration provided it had not been reckoned towards qualifying service for any award of the Efficiency Decoration or Medal or similar award they had received.

War service was allowed to be counted double provided such service had not already been counted towards the award of the Efficiency Decoration or Medal or similar award.

18 years’ service qualified a recipient to a clasp and any further additional completed periods of six years reckoned towards the award of further clasps.

In addition the periods of service required for the award of the decoration and clasps, an officer had to be efficient and thoroughly capable in every way.

The decoration entitled the recipient to use the letters “E.R.D.” after his name.

The names of recipients are published in the London Gazette. The decoration could be withdrawn or replaced if considered necessary and these facts are also published in the London Gazette.

A further Army Order 67 was issued in 1953 which set out regulations for the award of the decoration which went into considerable detail of the service required to qualify for the award, and these details were amended by Army Order 57 of 1955. These regulations issued in Army Order 67 of 1953 were reproduced in the “Regula¬ tions for The Army Emergency Reserve of Officers and The Army Emergency Reserve” which was published in 1956.

Finally Army Order 64 of 1962 laid down that in future amendments to the regulations would only be produced as amendment to the “Regulations for the Army Emergency Reserve of Officers and The Army Emergency Reserve” which in its Appendix II contained the regulations governing the award.

BY MAJOR N. W. POULSOM

287

REFERENCES

Authority

Reference to

Army Order 137 of 1952

Institution of the award

Army Order 67 of 1953

Regulations governing the award

Army Order 57 of 1955

Amendments to AO 67 of 1953

Appendix II of Regulations for

The Army Emergency Reserve of Officers and The Army

Emergency Reserve 1956

Regulations governing the award

Army Order 64 of 1962

Policy on publication of future amendments to the regulations

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR, FROM THE PRESS, ETC.

Manx Museum purchase Seven Douglas Hoard Coins. During the past year the Friends of the Manx Museum have purchased four “attractive treasures” for the Museum collections and also agreed to a substantial loan to assist a major publication venture by the National Trust. The secretary of the Friends of the Manx Museum gives details in his annual report just published.

Says Mr. D. M. Drinkwater: “Perhaps the outstanding acquisition by the Friends during the past year was a small collection of seven Anglo-Saxon silver pennies. These had been in private ownership in the Island throughout living memory of the family concerned, and almost certainly came from the great 10th century hoard of Viking treasure which was unearthed in building work in Douglas in 1894 (an opinion strongly confirmed by leading national numis¬ matic authorities).

“The seven coins include one quite rare and three extremely rare pieces of Eadgar. It is very gratifying that through the good offices of the Friends these treasures were purchased for the Manx Museum, and can be preserved with the rest of the material there from this most important Viking hoard. Isle of Alan Weekly Times, \lth May , 1968.

The Mattishall Treasure goes to Norwich Museum. A hoard of Roman silver coins unearthed on a building site at Walnut Tree Farm, Mattishall, earlier this year is to be acquired for the collections at the Castle Museum, Norwich,

Declared treasure tiove, the coins, dating from a.d. 154 to a.d. 268, have been valued at £2000, the City Museums Committee was told on Wednesday. The British Museum, which has been holding them on behalf of the Crown, has selected a number of the rarer ones for its own collections and then given Norwich the first offer to purchase the bulk of them, totalling over 1000. Assured of a £1000 grant from the Victoria and Albert Museum, the committee decided to raise the remainder of the purchase price from the income derived from museum bequest funds.

The finders were Mr. Wilfred Tyrrell, a 42-year-old builder, of Globe Place, Norwich, and one of his men, Mr. Charles Lovick (24), of Park Farm Cottages, Whinburgh.

As reported at the treasure trove inquest at Dereham in February, two-thirds of the market value goes to Mr. Lovick and one-third to Mr. Tyrrell. Dereham Journal, Ithjune, 1968.

NUMISMATIC SOCIETIES.

Birmingham Num. Soc. Ask anyone (other than a collector) “What is Maundy?” and the answers will range from “Something to do with Easter” to “Doesn’t the Queen give it away ?” Knowledge on the subject is, in fact, generally rather hazy and this point was made by Mrs. I. Bateman in the introduction to her talk on “The Romance of Maundy Money”, given to the Birmingham Society, June 5th, at the “Crown Inn”, Birmingham.

The association of Maundy with Easter was, of course, emphasised by the Speaker, recalling the “washing of the Disciples’ feet”, on that first Maundy Thursday . . . The tradition of humility and giving had been main¬ tained through the years in one form and another, and thus developed the Royal tradition that is as powerful today as ever it had been.

Aided by a display of some very fine examples of Maundy coins and the appropriate purses, the Speaker

enlarged on the theme. The attitude of various monarchs to the tradition; the “sustenance allowance”; the “clothing allowance”, and the Maundy coins them¬ selves equalling in pence the age in years of the sovereign ... all aspects presented a fascinating picture. The use of the different types of purses was explained ... the significance of the long and short purse-strings . . . and the pattern of the actual coins distributed which have been in the form we recognise today, since the reign of Charles II. Having witnessed the actual cere¬ mony as recently as this year, Mrs. Bateman was in a very good position to provide an eye-witness account of the procedure which she did most ably. To be chosen to receive “Maundy” was today to be regarded as a Royal Recognition of service . . .

Details of the Society available from the Hon. Sec. Mr. P. J. Leighton, 17, Roughley Drive, Four Oaks Sutton Coldfield, Warks.

288

NUMISMATIC SOCIETIES

Crewe & Dist. Coin & Medal Soc. The June Meeting of the Society was held in the Memorial Hall, Wistaston, Crewe, on Tuesday the 11th of June under the Chairmanship of Mr. R. T. Welch. It was announced that the Society had made formal application for affilia¬ tion to the British Association of Numismatic Societies.

The main item of the evening was a Coin Grading Exercise. 24 Coins had been selected by Messrs. Morris, T. Barlow, Welch and Griffin, and a panel of 4 had previously spent considerable time in deciding the grading for each coin. Members then had the oppor¬ tunity of examining each coin and noting down their interpretation of the coins state of preservation. After everyone had examined the coins the agreed gradings were announced and it was soon clear that there was considerable diversity of opinion. Most members were near to the agreed gradings but the difficulty arose where the terms Good, Near and About were used. The exer¬ cise proved to be extremely valuable and gave rise to much interesting discussion. The exercise tended to prove that universal agreement is too much to ever expect, but those whose answers were near to the agreed set had nothing to worry about so far as their grading was concerned. On the other hand members whose answers were not close to the agreed set should perhaps, in their own interests, spend a little time in improving their knowledge of this most important subject.

Farnborough (Hants.) & Dist. Num. Club.

Future meetings are to be held at Hesley Park Sports Club, Pirbright.

New officers for 1968/9 were elected to act as from July 1st. The new secretary is Mr. S. G. Porter of 77, Holly Road, Aldershot, Hants., who will be glad to send detailed information to anyone interested. The September meeting has been postponed by a week to the 9th because of the Bank Holiday.

Lancs. & Ches. Num. Soc. The talk in June was given by Mr. R. C. Senior entitled “The Coinage of Ancient India”. He illustrated with slides and maps, the development of coinage in North and North-West India from c. 500 B.c. when part of the Indus valley came under control of the Persians to the invasions of the White- Huns in 500 a.d.

The Native coinage from the Persian standard “bent-bar” coins through the stages of Punchmarked and cast coins to the tribal coins of the 3rd century a.d. were contrasted with the coins of the Indo-Greeks, Saka-Pahlavas, Kushans and Satraps which lead to the golden age of Indian coinage under the Guptas.

Questions were asked by many members and were dealt with expeditiously by the speaker.

London Num. Club. At the May meeting of the Club John Weibel, F.R.N.S., presented a paper entitled “Switzerland and Swiss Coins”. He said that the Swiss Constitution, established in 1848, introduced the Swiss Franc as standard currency for the whole country. Before this, the 22 Cantons, 16 cities, 21 ecclesiastical and 15 secular lords were authorised to mint their own coins which led to chaos but is a source of immense interest to the numismatist.

The alliance in 1291 of three states in the Lake Lucerne area became the foundation stone of the Swiss Nation. Over centuries, in many hard fought battles against the Hapsburgs, the French, Charles the Bold and the Emperor, the growing Federation of States defended its independence and freedom which was officially recognised by the great powers of Europe in the Treaty of Vienna in 1815.

Mr. Weibel concluded his talk with a selection of colour slides depicting historic places in Switzerland.

The Club’s 38th Auction was held on the 6th June and was attended by a record number of members. Over 130 lots were sold and commission added some £12 to Club funds.

Orders and Aledals Research Soc. Among the fifty members present at the May meeting of the Society we were pleased to welcome three of our overseas members, Dr. Kleitmann of Germany, Capt. Fforde of South Africa (both members of long standing) and Major Clark from Australia. Major Flatow first showed us the group of medals of our Vice-President, Capt. H. Taprell-Dorling, D.S.O., R.N., which will appear as an article in a later Journal.

Dr. Samuel then gave a most interesting and amusing talk on the R.A.M.C. and medals awarded to them. Tracing the history through from the early days to the present time he spoke of the many changes in ranks and titles a group of medals could show three changes of title, Medical Staff Corps, Army Hospital Corps and R.A.M.C. and ranks included Surgeon’s Mate. Asst. Surgeon, Apothecary and Hospital Apprentice. It is hoped that Dr. Samuel will write an article for the Journal. Dr. Samuel displayed medals, pictures of uniforms and badges of the many units which today form part of a medical unit. He had many interesting tales to tell of their activities and the variety of jobs they may be called on to undertake. The meeting concluded with the usual exchange of news and views between members.

Meetings in future (all at the Duke of York’s): July 27th, Informal; Sept. 28th, A.G.M., and auction; Oct. 26th, Informal; Nov. 30th, Air. G. W. Harris and another. On Saturday, 21st Sept, we have been invited to visit the Birmingham Society.

Oxford Num. Soc. The Annual General Meeting’ held on the 15th June, saw the election of a committee for the 1968/69 session and the re-election of the President, the Rev. Mallinson, B.Litt., F.S.A. (Scot). A varied programme for 1968/69 is planned, including selections from member’s collections a popular item last year; talks by distinguished guest speakers, and a quiz.

The Rev. Mallinson used as the theme for his Presi¬ dential Address the superb coin collection of the late Sir Charles Oman, the Roman portion of which is shortly to be auctioned in London. The President had known Sir Charles some years ago as a University Alember of Parliament, and often discussed with him his collection, which was housed in his study in Frewin Court, the windows of which the President could see as he was speaking.

At these meetings Sir Charles and the Rev. Mallinson had often jokingly referred to themselves as the Oxford Num. Soc. some years before the Society was actually founded.

Preston and Dist. Num. Soc. At the meeting on May 21st when nineteen members were present of, which three were new members, Mr. F. Whitworth gaye a talk on the Aiexican Peso. Then there was a coin quiz given by Mr. B. C. Lane followed by another talk given by Mr. L. Roscoe, on a Colonial “Round-up”.

Forthcoming events of the Society will include: A coin display; A talk by Mr. Rayner of Seaby’s; A talk by Mr. Hunter of Corbitt and Hunter; A coin auction; Exchange visits with the Lytham St. Annes Num. Soc.

Enquiries to the Secretary, Mr. P. C. Cox, Preston and Dist. Num. Soc., c./o 37 Landsdown Hill, Fulwood, Preston, Lancs., England.

Surrey Num. Soc. The Society have now moved to a larger meeting place. This is St. Judes Church Hall, Thornton Road, Thornton Heath, Surrey.

Meetings are held at 7.45 p.m. on the fourth Wednes¬ day of each month. New members are most welcome and details can be obtained from the Secretary: Air. F. C. Orson, 22 Kings Road, Wimbledon, S.W. 19.

Taunton & Dist. Num. Soc. Programme Sept. 9th A4r. R. Mitchell. “English Patterns and Proofs”.

Oct. 14th Mrs. M. Bussell (B. A. Seaby Ltd.). “English Regal Copper”.

Oct. 19th Dr. J. P. C. Kent (B.M.).— “The Finest (Sat.) Pieces of the 16th and 17th Centuries”.

Nov. 11th First Auction of Members’ Coins.

Dec. 9th Display of Members’ coins, judged by Member of Taunton Museum Staff. Meetings held at the Castle Aluseum on the second Monday of each month 7.30 p.m. to 9.30 p.m.

For further information please contact the Secretary, R. Mitchell, 213 Galmington Road, Taunton. Telephone 3172.

Torbay & Dist. Num. Soc. The first Annual General Aieeting of the above Society took place at the Torre Unionist Club, Torquay, on Wednesday, 5th June. There was a very full attendance of Members to

NUMISMATIC SOCIETIES

289

hear the report on the past year and to plan the future programme.

The Society already has a membership of over thirty and is in a very satisfactory financial position as the result of its auctions and membership fees. There have been lectures during the past year, not only on coins, but also on campaign medals: these, together with “Quizzes”, have been of great interest both to the expert members and to the newest “beginners”.

The Society meets on the first Wednesday of each month at 8 p.m. at the Torre Unionist Club, Torquay. The annual subscription is £1. New members are welcome: please apply to the Hon. Secretary, Mr. John Spence, “Rohais”, East Ogwell, near Newton Abbott, Devon.

Walsall Num. Soc. Programme 1968 Aug. 2nd Short talks by various members.

Aug. 16th “Any Questions ?” An attempt to rectify any queries of members.

Sept. 6th “Check your Change”. Rare and scarce varieties outlined in today’s coinage.

Sept. 20th

J. L. Langley, Coventry & Dist. Num. Soc., speaks on various aspects of Foreign and Colonial coins.

Oct. 4th

Members’ Evening.

Oct. 18th

“Curious Money”. Members are asked to bring along any odd or unusual coins. Arranged by R. Newnham.

Nov. 1st

Visit from members of the Coventry & Dist. Num. Soc., who join in a friendly Quiz.

Nov. 13th

Members are invited to the West Midland Num. Soc.

Nov. 14th

Visit to the Royal Mint.

Nov. 15th

Coin Auction.

Dec. 5th

S. A. Taylor, Esq., Chairman Birmingham Num. Soc., speaks on “The Rupee”.

Meetings are held on the 1st and 3rd Fridays of each month at the Walsall Central Library Extension from 7.0 to 9.30 p.m. Anyone who is interested is most welcome to come along. Secretary: A. N. Balgobin, 70 Thorpe Road, Walsall, Staffs.

LIST No. 600 AUGUST, 1968

SEABY’S COIN AND MEDAL LIST

A PRICE LIST OF ARTICLES Offered for Sale by B. A. SEABY, Ltd., 59-65 Gt. Portland Street, London, W.l

Approval. All coins and medals are sent out on approval and may be returned within 7 days of arrival if not entirely satisfactory. Collectors unknown to us should send a cash deposit covering their order or give suitable trade references.

Postage, packing and insurance charges. According to weight on books and heavy sendings and on all packages under £ 25 in value.

Minimum charges:

Inland: under £2 in value Is. 6d.; £2-£l0 in value 2s.; £10-£25 in value 4s. 6d. Commonwealth: under £2 in value Is. 6d.; £2-£25 in value 4s. 6d.

Foreign: under £2 in value 2s. 6d.; £2-£25 in value 5s. 6d.

N.B. When ordering coins from this list please state numbers, brief description and price.

As in most cases we have only one example of each number for sale and this may be sold when your order is received, please send alternative numbers or instruct us if we may send another piece somewhat like it if possible.

GOLD

ANCIENT.

G1240 GREEK, Macedon, Alexander the Great, 336-323 b.c., stater of Pella. Head of Pallas Athena in crested helmet r. R . Nike stg. 1. holding wreath; to 1., thunderbolt. M. 2. Plate 47

possibly removed from a mount as there are marks on the edge , VF/F £10 G1241 Carthage, c. 350--320 b.c., one-fifth stater. Head of Tanit 1. R. Horse stg. r., looking back. J. & L. 121. Plate 47

good VF £140 G1243 ROMAN, Antoninus Pius, 138-161, aureus of 160 a.d. antoninvs avg pivs p p tr p xxni, laur. head r. R. pietati avg cos mi, Pietas stg., looking 1., holding infant and globe, large child on 1., small child on r. C. 622. Illustrated on front cover

VF £200

COINS.

G1244 Valentinian, 364-375, solidus of An¬ tioch. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, bust r.,

diad., dr. and cuir. R. restitvtor reipvb- licae, emperor stg., holding Victory and labarum, cross to 1., -X-ANTA->f in ex. C. 26

VF /nearly VF £40

G1245 BYZANTINE, Theodosius I, 408- 450, solidus of Constantinople, d N theodosivs p F AVG, bust facing, helmeted and cuir., with shield and spear. R . Concordia avgg a, Roma seated with foot on ship’s prow, holding sceptre and Victory. R. 145 var. G. 4 . VF £35

G1246 Focas, 602-10, solidus, d n focas perp avg, facing bust holding orb. R . victoria avgg i, Victory facing holding P-cross and orb. G. 1 . VF £20

290

GOLD COINS

G1247 Tiberius III, 698-705, solidus. D TibGRius pgrp, facing bust with shield and spear, li. victoria avgu a, cross potent on four steps. G. 1. Plate 47

slightly bent, nearly EF/VF £45

G1248 Constantine VII, with Romanus II, 944-59, solidus. Emperor and son, both half- length, holding patriarchal cross. R. Bust of Christ with Gospel. G. 10

good F £27/10/-

G1249 Theodora, 1055-56, solidus. Empress facing, half-length, holding sceptre and orb. R. Bust of Christ, ic xc. B.M.C. 1 ", G. 1. Plate 47 VF / nearly EF £140

G1250 nomisma. Empress stg., receiving standard from Virgin. R. Christ stg., holding cushion. G. 2. Plate 47

nearly EF £125

G1251 Constantine X, 1059-67, solidus. Facing bust of emperor holding orb and mappa. R. Bust of Virgin orans, mp ©y. G. 1. Plate 47 VFjgood VF £80

G1252 Isaac I, 1057-59, scyphate nomisma. Emperor stg. holding sword and scabbard. R . Christ seated. B.M.C. 3. Plate 47

good VF /nearly VF £67/10/-

ENGLISH HAMMERED GOLD.

G1253 Edward III, half noble. Transitional issue of 1361. King in ship holding sword and shield. R . Ornate cross with annulets at corners of central panel, G in centre, crowned leopard in angles. 5. 918. Wt. 55 grs. ( slightly clipped ) F/VF £45

G1254 Henry V, 1413-22, noble. Class E. King in ship, mullet and annulet by sword arm, pellet over sword, trefoil to r. of shield, annulet on side of ship. R. Ornate cross, h in centre, quatrefoil in one quarter. 5. 1153 crack in centre of flan, F £75

G1255 Henry VII, 1485-1509, angel (6s. 8d.). Class V, mm. pheon. St. Michael spearing devil. R. Shield on ship ; h, cross and rose above. S'. 1582. Plate 47

nearly VF £65

G1256 Henry VIII, third coinage, angel (7d. 6d.), mm. lis. Annulet by saint’s head and on side of ship. S. 1693

bent, F £45

G1257 half sovereign, Tower mint, mm. pellet in annulet. King seated on throne holding sceptre and orb, rose at feet. R. Crowned arms with lion and dragon sup¬ porters. Mixed Roman and Lombardic lettering. S. 1688

clear portrait , scratch on obv., F £85 G1258 crown, Bristol mint. hcnRic’ 8 rosa sine spins, crowned rose. R. ws (monogram for Wm. Sherrington) dgi gra’ aglig fra’ z hiB’ rgx, crowned arms. S. 1703 striking crack in flan, F £47/10/— G1259 Elizabeth I, “fine” sovereign (30s.), mm. escallop (1584-84). Queen enthroned holding sceptre and orb, portcullis at feet.

R. Royal arms in centre of Tudor rose.

S. 1906. Illustrated on front cover

large and round, VF £450 G1260 Charles I, Oxford mint, unite, 1643. Crowned and cuir. bust 1., holding sword and olive branch. R . exvrgat etc., followed by “Declaration”, : relig : prot / leg : ang / liber : par, on continuous scroll, date below. S. 2083. Plate 47

good portrait, good F/F £225

SCOTTISH HAMMERED GOLD.

G1261 James IV, 1488-1513, unicorn. Uni¬ corn 1., holding royal arms. R. Radiant sun at centre of cross. Stewart lb; Fr. 18. Nedershemert Find. Plate 47

nearly VF £72/ 10/— G1262 James VI, 1567-1625, thistle noble (11 merks = £7.6.8 Scots). Issue of 1588-9. Crowned royal arms on ship, banners with i and 6, thistle on side. Ii . Cruciform design of thistle, sceptres, lions and crowns crack in centre of flan, F /good F £62/10/— G1263 Unit or sceptre ( = £12 Scots, £1 sterling). Issue of 1610-25. Crowned half- length figure holding sceptre and orb. R . Crowned arms with arms of Scotland in 1st and 4th quarters

large, VF /nearly VF £90

BRITISH MILLED GOLD.

G1264 Charles II, five guineas, 1668. First bust r. with pointed truncation, elephant below (Africa Co. badge). R. Four crowned shields, sceptres in angles. S'. 2572. Plate 48 good VF £450

TO COLLECTORS IN THE U.S.A.

Re U.S. Executive Order 11037.

We are finding that collectors in the States are having no difficulty in obtaining Licences for the importation of gold coins (with the exception of some common modern pieces).

We will reserve any coins ordered, if still available, and will send an application form by air mail that clients should sign and forward to the U.S. Treasury Department. Coins will be despatched by us after clients have notified us of the licence number they have obtained.

GOLD COINS

291

G1267 James II, half guinea , 1688. Laur. bust 1. R. As above. 6“. 2669. Plate 47

zveak striking on part of head and one shield , otherwise EF £90 G1269 William III, five guineas, 1701. “Fine work” bust r. R. As above, but Lion of Orange at centre. 5. 2720. Plate 48

VF /good VF £400 G1270 Guinea, 1698. Second bust r. R.

Large lettering. 5. 2726 . . F £30

G1271 Half guinea, 1698. Elephant and castle below bust. R . Late harp var. 5. 2733

good F £48

G1272 1700. Similar, but without ele¬ phant. 5. 2732 . . good F £27/10/—

G1273 1701. Similar good F £30

G1274 Anne, guinea, 1711. Draped bust 1. R. “After Union” shields. 5.2798

F £30

G1275 George I, five guineas, 1720. Laur. head r. R . Crowned arms of Gt. Britain, France, Ireland and Brunswick-Luneburg. 5.2851. Plate 48 VF Igood VF £700

G1276 Half guinea, 17 25. Second bust r. R. As above. 5. 2862. Plate 47

good EF £85

G 1 277 1726. Similar .. F £24

G1278 George II, guinea, 1734. Second young head 1., large lettering. R. Small lettering. 5. 2900 . . . . good F/VF £37/10/-

G1279 1760. Old head 1. 5. 2906

nearly VF £45 G1300 George III, guinea , 1774. Fourth bust r. 5.2955.. nearly EF £47/10/— G1301 Another VF \good VF £32/10/— G 1 302 1777 .. . .FI nearly VF £20

G1303 1785

good F £20 ; VF £25 ; good VF £30 G 1 304 1798. Fifth bust r. R. “Spade” type shield. 5. 2956 . . . . EF £40

G1305 Half -guinea, 1775. Third head r. 5. 2960. Plate 47

nearly EF Igood VF, RRR £185 G1306 1791. “Spade” type. 5. 2962

VF /good VF £25

G1307 1793

FI nearly VF £12/ 10/—; nearly EF/EF £35

G1308 1794

fairlgood F, been mounted £5

G 1309 1796 . . . . nearly EF £40

G1310 1798 .. .. good VF £25

G1311 1801. R. Shield in garter. 5.2963

EF £32

G1312 1802 . . good VF/VF £20

G1313 1803

nearly EF, lightly scratched on obv. £25 G1314 1804. Hd. with short hair. 5.2964

nearly EF/EF £27/10/- G1315 1806 . . . . good VF £20

G1316 1808 .. nearly VF/VF £15

G1317 Third-guinea, 1797, type 1. 5. 2965

EF £25

G1318 1798

nearly EF, but dent under eye £20 G1319 1799 .. good VF £22/10/-

G1320 1804, type 3. 5. 2967

EF £22/10/-

G1321 1806 .. .. goodVF £16

G1322 Sovereign , 1820. 5. 2971

nearly VF £17/1 0/— G1323 Half-sovereign, 1818. 5. 2972

nearly EF/VF £18 G1324 George IV, sovereign, 1825, type 2.

5. 3042 . VF £20

G1325 Half-sovereign, 1825. R. Plain shield.

5. 3044 . VF £17/10/-

G1327 Victoria, young head issue, sovereign,

1865, die no. 1. R. Shield. 5. 3092

VF Igood VF £00 G1328 1872. St. George reverse. 5. 3095

F Igood F £5/5/— G 1329 1873 . . nearly VF/VF £10

G1330 1874 nearly VF/VF, scarce £20

G1331 Half-sovereign , 1873, die no. 414.

5. 3099 . . . . nearly EF £12/10/—

G1332 Jubilee head issue, sovereign, 1888S.

5.3107 . . . . . . nearly EF £7

G1333 1891M. 5. 3106 VF £5/10/- G1334 1891S. 5. 3107

nearly VF Igood VF £5/10/-

G1335 1892M. 5. 3106

goodFIVF £5/5/-

G1336 half-sovereign, 1892. 5. 3108

VF 72/6

G1337 Old head issue, sovereign, 1895. 5.3113

goodFIVF £5/5/- G1338 1898 . . . . VF £5/15/-

G1339 1899 .. VF Igood VF £5/10/-

G1340 1901P. 5.3115 nearly EF £8 G1341 half-sovereign, 1897. 5. 3117

good EF £10

G1342 Edward VII, sovereign, 1902M.

5. 3204 . nearly EF £7

G1343 1903S. 5. 3206 VF £6/10/- G1344 1905M. 5. 3204 nearly EF £7 G1345 1906. 5. 3203

goodFIVF £5/5/-

G1347

G1348

G1349

G1352

G1355

G1356

G1357

G1358

G1360

1907P. 5. 3205

1908. 5. 3202

1908P. 5. 3205

Half-sovereign, 1906 George V, sovereign,

1912. 5. 3227

VF £6/10/- VF £6 VF £6/10/- . . VF 80/- 191 1C. 5.3228 VF £6/10/- VF £5/5/-

1913,1914 . .EF, each £6/10/-

Half -sovereign, 1911. 5.3237

VF 75/-

1915S. 5. 3234 nearly EF £5

G 1360a George VI, proof 2 pounds, 1937. Head 1. R. St. George

brilliant, FDC £90

292

GOLD COINS

G1361 Elizabeth 11, sovereign, 1958, 1964, 1966 .. .. ..unc., each £5/10/-

EUROPE.

G1364 AUSTRIA, Franz Josef, 100 kroner, 1915. Bare head r. R. Imperial eagle. Original striking. F. 427

nearly EF £27/10/- G1365 20 kroner, 1908. Jubilee issue. Bare head r. R. Imperial eagle, 1848-1908

above. F. 432 . EF £15

G1366 10 kroner, 1908. Similar, but 1848- 1908 below eagle. F. 433 . . EF £10

G1367 Republic, 25 schillings, 1926. Eagle grasping hammer and sickle. R. Value.

F. 438 . EF £10

G1368 BELGIUM, Albert, 20 francs, 1914. Uniformed bust 1., Flemish inscription. R. Arms. F. 13 . . . . . . EF £14

G1369 DENMARK, Christian IX, 10 kroner, 1875. Head r. R. Dania seated, dolphin and wheatsheaf . . . . EF £8/10/-

G1371 FRANCE, Philip VI, 1325-50, ecu For. King enthroned holding sword and shield, saltire stops. R. Cross in quatrefoil,

trefoils in spandrils, annulet stops. L. 262; F. 19. Plate 48 nearly EF Igood VF £85

G1371a Another. Saltire stops both sides

VF £60

G1372 Charles V, 1364-80, franc a pied. King under portico holding sword and sceptre. R. Cross in quadrilobe, lis and crowns in alternate angles. F. 33 . . good F £35

G1373 Charles VIII, 1483-98, ecu d'or au soleil, mm. lis. Radiant sun over crowned arms. R. Cross fleury. Ship with crescent below at end of inscriptions. L. 554; F. 66

VF £45

G1374 Louis XII, 1498-1515, ecu d’or au soleil of . Similar types. Mm.

crowned lis, pellet under 12th letter of inscriptions. L. 592; F. 72

nearly EF £60 G1375 Francis I, 1515-47, ecu d’or au soleil of Obv. As above. R. Cross fleury, lis and F in alternate angles. D and anchor before inscriptions. L. 639; F. 93

nearly EF £57/10/- G1376 Louis XVI, louis d’or, 1786, Paris. Old head 1., stork below. R. Two flat- topped shields, crown above, a below. F. 220

good F £20

G1377 - Lyons. Similar, but bee

below head and d below shields. Plate 48

nearly EF £42/10/-

G1378 Second Republic, 20 francs, 1851. Head of Ceres r. R. Value in wreath

VF £9

G1379 Napoleon III, 20 francs, 1854A, Paris.

Bare head r. R. Value in wreath VF £7 G1380 5 francs, small size, 1854 A. Similar. Milled edge .. nearly VF £6/10/-

G1381 - large size, 1858A

VF £7/10/-

G1382 - 1860A F/VF £5/10/-

G1383 - 1863BB, Strassburg

VF /good VF £8

G1384 - 1864A VF /good VF £7

G1385 - 1864BB VF £7/10/-

G1386 - 1865BB VF £7/10/-

G1387 - 1866BB

nearly VF/VF £6/10/-

G1388 - 1867A VF/EF £7/10/-

G1389 Third Republic, 20 francs, 1913. Head of Liberty r. R . Cock 1.

nearly EF £5/5/-

G1390 10 francs, 1901. Similar

VF £5/5/-

G1391 Brittany, Francis, 1458-88, ecu d’or. FRAnciscvs Dei gracia BRiTon dvx h, Duke in armour on horse r. R. Devs in adiv- TORivm mevra in TAnDe b, cross in quatri- lobe, ermine in angles. F. 429. Plate 48

VF £160

G1392 GERMANY, Brunswick-Luneburg,

George II (of England), 1 gold gulden, 1756. Royal arms. R. Value, etc. F. 662. Plate 48 EF £60

G1393 Hamburg, ducat, 1761, with name of the Emperor Francis I. Imperial eagle. R. Arms, o . h . k below. F. . Plate 48

nearly EF £40 G1394 Saxony, Johann, 10 marks, 1873. Head 1. R. Eagle . VF £10

G1395 HUNGARY, Maria Theresia, ducat, 1752. Empress stg. holding sceptre and orb. R. Virgin and Child on crescent moon. Plate 48, but incorrectly numbered G 1363

VF £17/10/-

G1396 ITALY, Umberto, 20 lire, 1882. Head 1. R. Arms in wreath

EF £6/10/-

G1397 Milan, Philip II (of Spain), 1556-98, scudod’oro. Rad. bust 1. R. Arms. Plate 48 good VF, but plugged in two places £65

G1398 Parma, Maria Luicia, 40 lire, 1815. Bust 1., wearing tiara. R. Arms

nearly VF /good VF £35 G1399 Savoy, Vittorio Emanuele I, 20 lire, 1817. Head 1. R. Crowned arms within collar .. .. good VF £22/ 10

G1400 Venice, Ludovico Manin, 1789-97, zecchino. St. Mark hands long cross to Doge. R, Christ stg. within 16 stars

EF £12/10/-

G1402 MALTA, Emmanuel Pinto, 1741-73, 10 scudi. Crowned arms. R. St. John holding banner, lamb couchant regardant to r., S . x below. F. 34; Schembri 1. Plate 48

nearly EF £50

G1403 NETHERLANDS, Wilhelmina, 10 guilders, 1932. Head r. R. Arms

EF £5/10/-

GOLD COINS

293

G1405 PORTUGAL, John V, \ escudo , 1740. Laur. head r. R . Crowned arms

VF £17/10/-

G1406 ROMANIA, Carol I, 50 lei, 1908, on 40th year of reign. Bust 1. in uniform. R. Ruler on horse r. . . . . EF £60

G1407 Peter I. 20 lei, 1944. Conjoined heads of three rulers and dates 1601-1918-1944. R . Eagle’s head with circle of eleven shields

EF £12/10/-

G1408 RUSSIA, Nicholas II, 10 roubles, 1899. Bare head 1. R. Imperial eagle

good EF £14

G1409 Similar . . good VF £8

G1411 SPAIN, Alphonso XII, 25 pesetas, 1880. Head r. R. Arms

nearly EF £13/10/-

AMERICA, ASIA, AFRICA.

G1414 U.S.A., 20 dollars, 1899. Head of Liberty 1. R. Heraldic eagle

good VF £26

G1415 1910S, San Francisco. Eagle flying 1. above radiant sun. R. Liberty standing with torch and olive branch . . EF £26

G1416 Four pounds ($20) struck at the Philadelphia mint for Saudi Arabia (1945-6). U.S. MINT PHILADELPHIA U.S.A. around heraldic eagle. R. Weight and fineness across field. Plate 50 . . VF £62/10/— G1417 Ten dollars, 1899. Head of Liberty 1.

R. Heraldic eagle .. .. VF £14

G1418 California, octagonal quarter dollar, 1870.^ Head of Liberty 1. within nine stars. R. Value and date in wreath

EF £7/10/-

G1419 INDIA, Aurangzeb Alamgir I, 1659- 1707, mohur of Akbarabad VF £16/10/— G1420 BURMA, Mindon Min, 4 rupees, 1866. Lion 1. R. Wreath. Plate 48

nearly EF/VF £100 G1421 LIBERIA, Pres. Tubman, 20 dollars, 1964. Head half-left. R. Arms. Plate 50

unc. £18/10/—

G1422 KENYA, Pres. Kenyatta, 100 shillings, 1966. Bust 1. R. Flywhisk

unc. £8/10/-

G1423 SOUTH AFRICA, Z.A.R., “veld” pond, 1902. zar above date. R. een pond. Plate 50 removed from mount, EF £275 G1424 F.epublic, 2 rands, 1962. Bust of Van Riebeck half r. R. Springbok EF £9

As in most cases we have only one example of each number for sale and this may be sold when your order is received, please send alternative numbers or instruct us if we may send another piece somewhat like it if possible.

ANCIENT COINS.

GREEK.

All are silver unless otherwise stated. The

number after AL is diameter in millimetres.

A602 CALABRIA, Tarentum, 466-420 b.c., didrachm. Taras seated astride dolphin r., 1. arm extended; below, scallop shell. R. Male figure seated 1. on stool, holding distaff and sceptre. Grose 555

RR, F/ nearly F £25

A603 LUCANIA, Velia, 400-268 b.c.,

didrachm. Hd. of Athena 1., wearing crested Phrygian helmet ornamented with female Centaur. R. Lion r., pouncing on stag r., which it attacks with teeth and claws; below stag, <t>i. Gr. 1454 VF, but zvith some brown surface deposit £37/10/-

A604 BRUTTIUM, The Bruttii, 282-203 B.C., 7E 20. Laur. hd. of Zeus r. R. Eagle stg. 1. on thunderbolt, wings spread. Cf. Gr. 1545

fair /nearly F, with green patina 37/6

A605 SICILY, Syracuse, 485-478 B.C.,

tetradrachm. Archaic female hd. r., wearing necklace, hair bound with diadem; around, four dolphins. R. Slow quadriga driven r. by charioteer holding goad; above, Nike flying r., crowning horses. Cf. Gr. 2609

F /good F £45

A606 Agathokles, 317-289 B.C., tetradrachm. Hd. of Persephone 1., wearing ear-ring and necklace, hair bound with barley-spikes; around, three dolphins. R. Quadriga galloping 1., driven by charioteer holding goad; above, triskeles. Gr. 2818. Plate 50

nearly EF,

fine style, very attractive piece £145

A607 MACEDON, Kings of, Archelaus, 413-399 B.C., stater. Young male hd. (Apollo ?) r., hair bound with taenia. R. Horse facing r.; all in linear square within incuse square. Gr. 3290. Plate 50

RR, good F/F, very nice style £100

A608 Philip II, 359-336 b.c., Ac, 20. Laur. hd. of Apollo r. R. Naked youth on horse prancing r., spear-head below. Gr. 3375 good VF, nice style, unusually fine £8

A609 Under the Romans, Aesillas, quaestor, 93-92 B.C., tetradrachm. Hd. of Alexander the Great r., with flowing hair, and wearing horn of Ammon. R. aesillas / q. above money-chest, club and quaestor’s chair; all within wreath. B.M.C. 81

VF, and nice style obverse £25

294

ANCIENT COINS

A610 THRACE, Kings of, Lysimachus, 323-281 b.c., tetradrachm. Hd. of deified Alexander the Great r., wearing horn of Ammon. R. Athena enthroned 1., holding Nike, which crowns King’s name, and rest¬ ing 1. elbow on shield. Cf. Gr. 4485-92 var.

rather small flan, otherwise F £18 A61 1 ATTICA, Athens, 220-83 b.c., 7E 19. Hd. of Athena r., wearing crested Corinthian helmet. R. Zeus striding r., hurling thunderbolt. B.M.C. 554 nearly F 37/6 A612 CORINTH, 350-338 b.c., diobol.

Pegasos, with pointed wing, flying 1., 9 beneath. R. Pegasos, with curled wing, trotting r., a before. B.M.C. 238

F /good F, attractive £5/10/- A613 Ca. 338 b.c., stater. Pegasos, with pointed wing, flying 1., 9 beneath. R. Hd. of Athena 1., wearing Corinthian helmet; to 1., i; to r., Nike flying 1., holding fillet. B.M.C. 350 . . . . good VF £18

A614 338-300 B.C., stater. Similar. R. Hd. of Athena 1., wearing Corinthian helmet; to 1., a; to r., I and Artemis running 1., holding long torch. B.M.C. 315 good VF £21 A615 ACHAEAN LEAGUE, Elis, 191-146 B.c., hemidrachm. Laur. hd. of Zeus r. R. ax monogram, f / A across field, ay above; all with laurel-wreath. B.M.C. 53

nearly VF £5

A616 BOSPORUS, Kings of, Cotys II, a.d. 123-132, AL 25. Diad. and dr. bust of Cotys r. R. mh within wreath. B.M.C. 6 R, F and with dark tone, attractive £7/10/- A617 BITHYNIA, Calchedon, 400-350 B.c., drachm. Bull stg. 1. on ear of corn. R. Incuse square of “mill-sail” pattern. B.M.C. 4 R, F/good F £12/10/—

A618 TROAS, Alexandria Troas, 3rd Cent. a.d., A1 22. Turreted and dr. bust of Alexandria Troas r., vexillum behind. R. She-wolf r., suckling Romulus and Remus. Cf. B.M.C. 58-61 Flgood F 70/-

A619 IONIA, Smyrna, 2nd Cent, a.d., A, 18. Bust of Amazon Smyrna 1., bipennis at shoulder. R. Prow r. B.M.C. 194

nearly F 35/—

A620 PHRYGIA, Laodiceia, 1st Cent. a.d. (Imperial Times), AL 19. Laur. hd. of young Demos r. R. Zeus Laodikeus stg. 1., holding eagle and sceptre. B.M.C. 74

scarce, F, green patina 80/— A621 PAMPHYLIA, Aspendus, 4th Cent. B.C., stater. Two athletes wrestling; between them, no. R. Slinger stg. r., discharging his sling; to r., triskeles of human legs. B.M.C. 55 var. Plate 51 obv. a little off-centre and rather weakly struck, but VF /nearly EF and most attractive £45 A622 CILICIA, Tarsus, 2nd/lst Cent, b.c., AL 20. Turreted and veiled hd. of City- Goddess r. R. Sandan stg. r. on horned animal with lion’s body; he holds branch ( ?) and bipennis. B.M.C. 99

scarce , good F/F £6

A623 SYRIA, Kings of, Demetrius I ( ?), 162-150 B.c., AL 18 (with serrated edge). Bust of Artemis r. li. Quiver and bow. B.Ai.C. 4 . . fair / nearly F 25/—

A624 Alexander I, 152-144 b.c., AL 20. Hd. of Alexander r., wearing lion’s skin. R. Apollo stg. 1., holding arrow and leaning on bow. B.M.C. 44, etc. fair / nearly F 25/-

A625 Tryphon, 142-139 b.c., AL 17. Diad. hd. of Tryphon r. R. Spiked Macedonian helmet. B.M.C. 5, etc. scarce, fair 65/—

A626 Antiochus VIII, 121-96 B.c., tetra¬ drachm of Tarsus (Cilicia). Diad. hd. of Antiochus r. R. Garlanded altar, sur¬ mounted by conical erection on which, eagle; upon altar, Sandan stg. r. on horned lion (very similar to the rev. type of A622).

B. M.C. 23. Plate 50 RR ,

nearly VF, attractive and interesting £65

ROMAN.

All have hd. or bust of emperor, empress or prince to right, unless otherwise stated.

A627 Pompey the Great, denarius. Hel- meted hd. of Minerva r. R. Hispania stg. r. facing Pompey stg. 1., r. foot on prow; they hold palm-branch between them. C. 1

nearly F £12/10/-

A628 Julius Caesar, den. caesar [dict.] perpetvo. Laur. hd. of Caesar r. R. P . sepvllivs macer. Venus stg. 1., holding Victory and sceptre, against which rests shield. C. 38. Illustrated on front cover obv. a little off-centre , but good F £45

A629 M. Antony and L. Antony, den. Bare hd. of M. Antony r. R. l . antonivs [cos]. Bare hd. of L. Antony r. C. 2.

Plate 50

RR,fairj F and with striking-crack , but quite nice portrait of Lucius £25

A630 Augustus, den. R. mar . / vlt . f (across field). Circular temple of Mars Ultor, showing six columns, and containing legionary eagle and standards. C. 190

good F/F £15

A631 Quadrans. Clasped hands holding caduceus. R . Inscription around large s.c.

C. 338 . good F 65/-

A632 Claudius, quadrans. Hand holding scales, between the pans of which, p . n . r. R. Inscription around large s.c. C. 71

nearly VF 80/— A633 Nero, semis. R. Table surmounted by vase and wreath. C. 58 good F/'F 75/—

A634 Domitian, den. R . Minerva stg. r. on galley, brandishing spear and holding shield, owl at feet. C. 266 VF and attractive £5

A635 Nerva, cistophorus. Ii. COS . in. Legionary eagle between two standards. C. 44. Illustrated on front cover

RR, good F, and quite attractive £85

ANCIENT COINS

295

A636 Trajan, den. R. s . p . q . r . optimo principi. Equestrian statue of Trajan 1., holding spear. C. 497

R, flan a little irregular but nearly EF, a superb piece £12/10/-

A637 Hadrian, den. R. liberalitas avg . vi. Liberalitas stg. 1., holding tessera and comucopiae. C. 935 . . good F 75/—

A638 As. R. Britannia seated facing, holding spear, shield at side. C. 197

RR, but only mediocre; the earliest representation of Britannia £5/10/-

A639 Antoninus Pius, as. R. Britannia seated 1. on rock, arms in background. C. 117 .. f air /F, has been cleaned £5

A640 Semis. R. tr . pot . cos . n . s . c. Winged caduceus and club in saltire. C. 879 . . . . nearly F /good F,

very rare denomination for this reign £10

A641 Faustina Junior, sestertius. R. consecratio s . c. Faustina seated 1. on peacock flying r. C. 69. Struck after her death . . . . FI nearly F £7/10/-

A642 Commodus, as Caesar, as. commodo caes . avg . fil . germ . sarm. Bare-headed bust r., with slight drapery on 1. shoulder. R. All as obv ., but without the drapery.

C. 41. Plate 50

good F / nearly VF, nice green patina, a very rare, interesting and desirable piece £90

SILVER COINS OF

CROWNS

3301 Charles II, first bust, rose below, edge

not dated, 1662 . . nearly VF £38

3302 Second bust, 1664 nearly F £ 1 2/10/—

3303 James II, second bust, 1687

a really good F £27/10/-

3304 William and Mary, 1691 F £50

3305 William III, first bust, 1696

better than fair 85/—

3306 Third bust, 1696 .. fairfnearly F £8;

a really good F £17/10/-; VF £30

3307 Third bust variety, 1700, tertio

FjgoodF, R £35

3308 Anne, before Union, 1703, vigo

nearly F £37/10/—

3309 After Union, 1707, plumes

F Igood F, “c” stamped below bust £22/10/-

3310 1708, plumes

a really good F, scarce £31 / 10 / -

3311 George I, 1716, r. & p. F £50

3312 1720/17, r. & p . fair £25

3313 George II, Old head, 1743, roses.

Plate 51 good F £50

3314 George III, emergency coinage, Dollar of 1793, Fotosi mint, oval cmk.

VF, R £42/10/-

A643 As Augustus, quinarius. R. Victory advancing 1., holding wreath and palm. C. 493 .. .. RRR,good F £32/10/-

A644 Clodius Albinus, den. R. miner . pacif . cos . ii. Minerva stg. 1., holding olive-branch, spear and shield. C. 48 R, nearly VF, but rather weakly struck £20 A645 Septimius Severus, AL 28 of Pautalia {Thrace). R. Athena stg. 1., sacrificing over altar, and holding spear and shield. B.M.C. RR, good F/F, green patina £18

A646 Julia Domna, drachm of Caesarea {Cappadocia) of a.d. 209. R. Mount Argaeus, with star on summit. Cf. B.M.C. 449 .. .. R,good F £6/10/-

A647 AL 26 of Smyrna {Ionia). R. Tetrastyle temple containing statue of Tyche stg. 1. B.M.C. 385 .. R,good F £12/10/-

A648 Elagabalus, den. R. Abundance stg. 1., emptying cornucopiae. C. 1 . . EF £6 A649 Trajan Decius, antoninianus of Medio¬ lanum {Milan). R . dacia felix. Dacia stg. 1., holding standard. C. 33

R, VF /good VF £5 A650 Constantine I, as Caesar, follis of Lugdunum. R. Genius stg. 1., sacrificing over altar and holding cornucopiae. R.I.C. 212 b . . R, nearly VF /good VF 85/—

A651 Procopius, AL 3 of Nicomedia. Bust 1.

> R. REPARATIO FEL . TEMP. PrOCOpiuS Stg. facing, hd. r., holding labarum and leaning on shield. C. 9 . . . . RRR F £30

GREAT BRITAIN.

3315 Bank of England, dollar, 1804, E.S.C.

144 . VF £12/10/-

3316 Last coinage, 1818, lviii

nearly EF £35

3317 1818, Lix better than fair 60/—

3318 1819, lix .. .. VF £13

3319 - no stops in edge inscription

nearly VF, RR £37/10/-

3320 George IV, 1821 . . . . F 95/-

3321 1822, tertio . . fair, scarce 60/—

3322 Victoria, young head, 1844

good F £10

3323 1845 . .a really good F £12/1 0/—

3324 Another . . good EF/EF £67/10/-

3325 1847 . . . . nearly F £5

3326 Jubilee issue. 1887

nearly VF £5; nearly EF £12

3327 1889 .. F, 35/- VF £6/10/-

3328 1890 . . . . good VF £10

3329 1891 fair 31 /6; good VF £10/1 0/—

3330 Old head, 1893, lvi fair F 42/—

3331 1895, lviii .. .. fair 72/6

3332 1899, lxii . . VF £12/10/-

3333 1900, lxiii nearly VF £10/10/-

296

SILVER COINS OF GREAT BRITAIN

3334 Edward VII, 1902

good F £71101-; nearly VF £12/10/-; a really good VF /nearly EF £22/10/-

3335 George V, fourth coinage, 1927, proof

FDC £40

3336 1928 . . . . nearly EF £32

3337 1929 . . . . nearly EF £35

3338 Jubilee issue, 1935

good VF 62/6; EF 85/-

3339 George VI, 1937

good F 35/-; good VF £5/5/-; EF £8

3340 Festival, 1951 . . . . unc. 80/—

3341 Elizabeth II, Coronation, 1953

EF 40/-

3342 Same issue, 1960 almost unc. £5/5 /

DOUBLE FLORINS

3343 Victoria, Jubilee issue, 1887

good VF 70/-; nearly EF £6/10/—

3344 1887 . VF 85/-

3345 1888 . good F

60/-; good VF £6/10/-; EF £15/10/—

3346 1889

a really good F 50/-; nearly EF £8/ 10/

HALF CROWNS

3347 James I, third coinage, mm. lis. Plate

50 nearly VF £50

3348 - Similar, but plume over shield on

reverse . . . . . . . .fair, R £9

3349 mm. trefoil, plume over shield. Plate

50 good VF, R £75

3350 Charles I, Tower mint, type la1, mm. lis

good F, scarce £40

3351 type la2, mm. lis

a really good F, R £52/10/—

3352 type la3, mm. lis

a really good F, R £60

3353 Exeter mint , 1644, mm. rose. Obv. King on horseback; horse with “twisty tail”. R. Oval scroll-garnished shield. An outstanding coin, as struck. Plate 50 EF, R £200

3354 Charles II, milled coinage, third bust

variety, 1671 . . . . nearly F £6

3355 William and Mary, first issue, caul

very frosted, no pearls . . . .good F £6

3356 Anne, after Union, 1707E . . fair 22/6

3357 1714, r. & p.

about VF, weak in centre of rev. £12

3358 George II, young head, 1734, r. & p.

a really good F, scarce £12/10/-

3359 Old head, 1745, lima about F 60/—

3360 1746, lima . . nearly F 70/—

3361 George III, first, bull head issue, 1817

F 27/6; EF £10

3362 Second issue, 1817

nearly VF 60/-; nearly EF £6/10/—

3363 1818 .. about EF £9/10/—

3363a George IV, first issue, 1820

nearly EF £15

3364 William IV, 1834 . . nearly F 30/-; a really good VF £10/10/-; about EF £20

3365 Victoria, young head, type A4, 1849,

large date about EF/EF, scarce £50

3366 type A3, 1881

nearly EF /good VF £12/10/-

3367 Jubilee issue, 1887

nearly VF 50/-; EF £5

3368 Edward VII, 1902

VF £6; nearly EF £12

3369 1904

fair 95/-; nearly VF, RR £38

3370 1905 . . good F/F, RRR £60

3371 1906 a really good F, scarce 70/—

3372 1907

3373 1908

3374 1909

3375 - Another

.. good VF, R £9 . .VF, R £8 . .nearly F, R 50/— nearly VF £5/5/— a really good F 70/— EF 65/-

3376 1910

3377 George V, first issue, 1918

3378 Second issue, 1923

about EF, scarce £10/10/-

3379 First issue, 1930

nearly VF, RR £5/5/-

FLORINS

3380 Victoria,

3381

3382

3383

3384

3385

3386

3387

3388

3389

3390

3391

3392

3393

3394

3395

3396

3397

3398

3399

3400

3401

Goddess”, 1849

VF £5/5/-

Gothic, B1, 1852 .. good EF £15

Jubilee issue, 1887

VF 52/6; good VF 70/-; good EF £6 Old head, 1893 . . . . VF 45/-

1897 . . . . nearly EF £6

Edward VII, 1902. . good VF £6

1902, proof

nearly FDC/FDC £12/10/-

1903 . . . . nearly F 40/-

1904 . . . . good F, R

1905 . . nearly F, scarce

1906 . . . . good F

1907 . . . . about VF

1908 F, R

1909 F, R

1910 . F

George V, first issue, 1915 F

Second issue, 1926 . . VF

Fourth issue, 1927, proof FDC George VI, first issue, 1937 EF

1940 . . . . nearly EF

1941 . . . . nearly EF

Second issue, 1947 . . unc.

60/- 45/— 50/- £6 65/- 57/6 42/6 8/6 32/6 £10 22/6 15/— 14/— 32 6

SHILLINGS

3401a Edward VI, “fine” coinage, mm. y

nearly VF £14

3402 Philip and Mary, full titles, no date, no mark of value . . F, RR £45

SILVER COINS OF GREAT BRITAIN

297

3403 Elizabeth I, large bust, mm. crosslet

F ,R £14

3404 mm. martlet

F, ragged edge £10/10/-

3405 mm. key . . . . . .good F £9

3406 James I, third coinage, mm. rose

nearly VF jgood F, R £20

3407 mm. thistle

F jgood F £8/10/-; VF /good F £16

3408 mm. lis . . . . good VF £30

3409 plume over shield

nearly VF, R £30

3410 mm. trefoil, plume over shield

about VF, R £38

3411 Charles I, Tozver mint, 2b, mm. rose

fair l F, RR £18/10/-

3412 type 3a, mm. crown . . VF £15

3413 type 41, mm. triangle in circle

nearly VF £8

3414 - mm. (p) (Parliament)

fair 52/6; almost F £5

3415 Cromwell, 1658. Plate 51

nearly VF £50

3416 Charles II, second bust, 1673/2

nearly F I fair RRR £12/10/-

3417 William and Mary, 1693 F I good F £9/10/-; nearly VF, flecked flan £13/10/—

3418 Anne, after Union, third bust, 1709

goodVF £5/10/-

3419 Fourth bust, 1711

nearly VF, slight corrosion marks

3420 George II, young head, 1739, roses

FI good F

3421 Old head, 1745, lima . . F

3422 1758 good F 22/6; nearly EF

3423 George III, 1787, no semee

nearly EF

semee . . . . nearly EF

3424

3425 Last issue, 1816

3426

3427

3428

52/6

52/6

40/-

60/-

45/—.

50/-

75/-

. nearly EF

1819 . . nearly EF £5/10/-

1820 . . . . good VF 70/—

George IV, first issue, 1821 VF £5

VF

F

90/-

21/-

3429 Second issue, 1824

3430 Third issue, 1826

3431 William IV, 1834

good Fjnearly VF 80/—

3432 Victoria, young head, type A3, 1849

nearly EF, scarce £8

3433 - 1853 . . . . a very

good VF 95/-; almost uncirculated £14

3434 type A3, 1856 almost EF, scarce £8

3435 - 1865 good VF, old gilding 45/—

3436 type AH, 1873 . . nearly VF 45/—

3437 - 1877 . VF £5

3438 Jubilee issue, 1887 VF 10/-; EF 21/

3439 large head, 1891 . . nearly EF £5

3440 - 1892

nearly VF 37/6; nearly EF £5

3441 Old head, 1896 .. .. F 8/-

3442

1899

nearly EF

70/-

3443

1900

nearly VF

40/-

3444

Edward VII,

1902

VF /good VF 50/-; EF

£5

3445

1903

. . almost F/F

32/6

3446

1904

a really good F

50/-

3447

1905

. . fair, RRR

50/-

3448

1906

. . nearly VF

35/-

3449

1907

. F

21/-

3450

1908

a really good F

60/-

3451

1909

. F

22/6

3452

1910

a really good F

42/6

3453

George V, hrst issue, 1914

good VF

20/-

3454

1915

good VF /nearly EF

32/6

3455

1916

nearly EF

40/-

3456

Fourth issue.

1921, proof .. FDC

£7

3457

1929

nearly EF

25/-

3458

George VI, first issue, 1937 English

VF, R

16/-

3459

- Scots.

nearly EF

18/6

3460

1938S .

. nearly EF, scarce

25/-

3461

1946S .

.. ' . . EF

17/6

3462

Elizabeth II

196 IS EF, scarce

15/-

SIXPENCES

3463

Edward VI,

first coinage, mm. tun

nearly VF

£24

3464

mm. y

nearly VF, crinkled

£15

3465

Philip and

Mary, full titles,

1554.

Illustrated on front covet

about VF for issue

£50

3466

Elizabeth I,

1565, mm. rose

fair, scarce

21/-

3467

1578/7, mm. Greek cross

good F

90/-

3468

1600, mm

O . . fair/ F

21/-

3469

Milled issue,

1564/3. JI. Cross pattee

nearly EF, R

£20

3470

1564/3/2.

Beaded borders,

cross

pattee reverse .

F, RR

£12

3471 James I, third coinage, 1623, mm. lis

nearly VF £17/10/-

3472 William III, first bust, large crowns,

1696B . poor 9/-

3473 - 1696E

3474

3475

3476

3477

3478

3479

3480

3481

3482

a really good F, scarce £6

George II, young head, 1739, roses

nearly EF £9

31d head, 1757, plain .. F 15/— George III, last coinage, 1817 F 10/6 William IV, 1835 . . EF, R £13/10/-

Hctoria, young head, type A1, 1852

good EF £9/10/-

type A2, 1866 type A3, 1873

1875 . .

another

EF £9 good F/VF 45/- . . F 22/6

. EF £7

298

SILVER COINS OF GREAT BRITAIN

3483 Jubilee issue, withdrawn type, 1887

EF 18/6

3484 Second type . . . . EF 20/—

3485 - 1892 . . . . good VF 20/-

3486 Old head, 1897 . . nearly EF 40/—

3487 Edward VII, 1902, proof FDC 90/—

3488 1905 . . . . nearly F 18/6

3489 1906 . . . . good VF 42/6

As in most cases we have only one example of each number for sale and this may be sold when your order is received, please send alternative numbers I or instruct us if we may send another piece somewhat like it if possible.

ENGLISH COPPER COINS.

K3166 Edward VII, penny, 1902

F 4/-; VF 25/-; EF 85/-; unc. £8/15/-

K3167 - “Low Tide”

R, F 15/-; VF 70/-

K3168 1903

F 6/-; EF £6; unc. £12/10/- K3169 1904 R, F 12/6; VF 60/-; EF £9 K3170 1905 . . scarce , unc. £16/10/— K3171 1906 . . scarce , unc. £14/10/— K3172 1909

scarce , F 8/6; VF 50/—; unc. £16/10/—

K3173 Halfpenny , 1902

F 10/-; VF 35/-; EF 80/-; unc. £8/10/—

K3174 - “Low Tide” RR, F 25/—

K3175 1903

F 10/-; VF 40/-; unc. £9/10/— K3176 1905

F 10/-; VF 35/-; EF 90/-; unc. £9/10/— K3177 1906

F 10/-; VF 35/-; unc. £9/10/— K3178 1-908 . . F 10/-; VF 35/—

K3179 1909

R, F 15/-; VF 40/-; EF £5; unc. £10/10/-

K3180 Farthing: (a) 1902, F 4/-; EF 30/-; (b) 1903, F 4/-; VF 12/6; EF 35/-; (c) 1904, F 10/-; VF 35/-; (d) 1907-08, each , F 4/-; VF 10/-; (e) 1910, VF 35/—

K3181 George V, penny, 191 1

F 3/-; VF 15/-; EF 65/-; wnc. £7

K3182 1912

F 2/6; VF 15/-; EF 60/-; unc. £6/10/—

K3183 1912H

F 4/-; VF 35/-; wear/y EF £10 K3184 1913

F3/-; VF 15/-; EF 65/-; good EF £5/10/- K3185 1914

F2/6;VF15/-;m«c. £6/10/-

IC3186 1915 .. F3l-;goodVF 25/-

K3187 1916 . . F 2/6; wnc. £6/10/—

K318S 1917

F 3/-; VF 15/-; EF 70/-; unc. £7/10/— K3189 1918

F 2/6; VF 15/-; EF 65/-; unc. £7 K3190 1918H .. F 10/6; VF £5

K3191 1918, k.n.

F 15/-; nearly EF £30 K3192 1919 F 2/-; VF 10/6; EF 60/-

K3193 1919H .. F 10/6; VF £5

K3194 1919, k.n.

F 15/-; nearly EF £40

K3195 1920

F 2/-; VF 10/6; EF 50/-; unc. £5/10/- K3196 1921

F 2/-; VF 10/6; EF 50/-; unc. £5/10/-

K3197 1922 . EF 80/-

K3198 1926 F 6/-; VF 30/-; EF £5

K3199 - modified effigy

F 35/-; good F 80/-; VF/good F £10 K3200 1927

F 2/-; VF 10/-; EF 45/-; unc. £5 K3201 1928 F 1/6; VF 8/6; EF 40/- K3202 1929

F 1/6; VF 8/6; EF 40/-; tmc. £4/10/— K3203 1930 F 2/-; VF 10/-; tmc. £5 K3204 1931 . . . . unc. £5/10/-

K3205 1932

F 3/6; good VF 45/-; good EF £6/10/— K3206 1934 .. .. F 3/6; EF 80/—

K3207 1935 F 1/6; VF 8/6; EF 40/-

K3208 1936 F 2/-; VF 6/-; EF 25/-

K3209 Halfpenny , 1911

F 7/6; VF 20/—; EF 50/-; w«c. £5/10/— K3210 1912 F 5/-; VF 15/-; imc. 85/- K3211 1913 .. /?, F 10/6; VF 35/-

K3212 1914 . . . . F 4/-; VF 15/-

K3213 1915 F 4/-; VF 15/-; khc. 85/- K3214 1917 .. .. F4/-;VF 15/-

K3215 1918

F 4/-; VF 15/-; unc.

K3216 1920

F 3/6; VF 17/6; EF 45/-; wnc. K3217 1921

85/-

90/-

F 3/6; VF 17/6; EF 45/-; «nc. 90/- K3218 1922 . VF 17/6

K3219 1923 .. .. F3/6;VF 17/6

K3220 1924 .. .. F 3/6; VF 17/6

K3221 1925 . . F 5/-; VF 25/-

K3222 Farthing: (a) 1911, VF 15/-;

EF 40/-; (b) 1913, EF 35/-; (c) 1915, R, F 5/-; VF 15/-; nearly EF 40/-; (d) 1917, VF 7/6; EF 25/-; (e) 1920, 1921, each, VF 7/6; EF 25/-; (f) 1928, VF 6/-; EF 20/-;

35/-; (g) 1930, VF 6/-; EF 20/-; (h) 1932, VF 3/6; EF 10/6; (i) 1935, R, VF 12/6; EF 45/-

299

FOREIGN COINS.

CROWNS AND TALERS.

Europe.

C972 HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE, Rudolph

II, taler, 1582, Kuttenberg. Cuir. bust with high ruff, r. B. Crowned double headed eagle .. .. scarce, good F £17/10/-

C973 Charles VI, taler, 1735, Vienna. Laur. cuir. bust, r. R. Crowned double headed eagle. D. 1037.. VFIgoodVF £12/10/- C974 AUSTRIA, Franz Joseph, 2 gulden, 1854. Commem. his marriage to Elizabeth of Wittelsbach. Con j. laur. hds. r. B. The marriage ceremony. D. 19 EF £12/10/— C975 5 corona , 1908, Commem. the 60th anniv. of the accession. Bare hd. r. B. Female running 1. D. 35

VF /good VF 80/- C976 CZECHOSLOVAKIA, set of 4 coins, 10, 25, 50 and 100 korun, 1955. Commem. 10th anniv. of the liberation from the Nazis. Lion rampant, 1. B . Soldiers and workers symbolising the new freedom. Y. 55/58

the four, unc. £15 C977 DANZIG, 5 gulden, 1923. Church, etc. B. Arms and value. D. 68

scarce, VF £12/10/— C978 DENMARK, Frederik VI, rigsdaler species, 1838. Bare hd. r. R. Crowned shield. D. 73 . . . . EF £18/10/—

C979 GERMANY, Brunswick Wolfen- biittel, Julius, candle taler, 1572. Shield with supporters. B. Wildman stdg. holding candle and supporting tree. Knyph. 7393

good F £18/10/- C980 Karl, taler, 1768. Cuir. bust wearing wig, r. Ii. Horse prancing 1. D. 2151

VF £12/10/-

C981 Fulda, Adalbert v. Herstall, contribution taler, 1795. Shield, three helmets above. B . pro deo / ET / P atria, etc. within wreath. D. 2265 . . . . scarce, EF £22/10/—

C982 Mainz, Friedr. Karl v. Erthal, taler, 1794. Dr. bust r. B. Shield with electoral cap above. D. 2429. Plate 51

R, good EF £40

C983 Saxony (Albertine line), Christian, Joh. Georg and August, thick double taler, 1606. Cuir. bust bare hd. r, shouldering sword, dividing date. B. Cuir. bust of Joh. Georg and August facing each other. Rmn. . . scarce, VF £37/10/—

C984 Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Carl Edward, 5 mark, 1907. Bare hd. r. R. Crowned eagle. D. 829; J. 148. Plate 51. Carl Edward was the Duke of Albany, a grandson of Queen Victoria of England. 10,000 struck

RR, nearly FDC £60

C985 Weimar Republic, Pattern 5 mark, 1925, by Goetz, devtsches reich 1925. Laur. female hd. 1. R. Eagle above funf mark. J. p. 41 . . EF /nearly FDC £25

C986 5 mk. 1927A. Commem. the centenary of the foundation of the port of Bremerhaven Shield within rosace. B . Ship above shield. J. 326; D. 967 . . . . good VF £20

C987 1929A. Bicentenary of the birth of Lessing. Eagle within inscr. R. Hd. of Lessing 1. J. 336; D. 969 EF, FDC £12 C988 1930A. World Right of the Graf Zeppelin. Similar R . Zeppelin upon terrestial globe. J. 343; D. 972

good VF £20

C989 1932E. Similar. B. Oak tree divid¬ ing date. J. 331 ; D. 966 good VF 90/— C990 GREECE, George, 5 drachmai, 1876. Bare hd. 1. B. Crowned shield and mantle

good F 95/—

C991 ITALY, Naples and Sicily, Ferdinand II, piastre, 1843. Bare hd. r. R. Crowned shield. Pag. 204 EF /good EF £6/10/—

C992 Venice, Pasquale Cicogna, 1585/95, scudo della croce. Floriate cross, lis in angles. R. Shield of St. Mark. C.N.I. 69

nearly VF £18 C993 Papal States, Pius VI, scudo, 1780. Papal arms above shield. R. The Church std. upon clouds. S.T. 175

nearly VF £15 C994 NETHERLANDS, Westfriesland, leeuwendaalder, 1616. Knight stdg. holding shield. B. Lion rampant

good F £12

C995 Kingdom, Willem III, 2\ gulden, 1866. Bare hd. r. R. Crowned shield, etc.

VF £5

C996 PORTUGAL, Carlos I, 200, 500 and 1000 reis, 1898. Commem. the 400th anniv. of the discovery of passage to India. Conj. busts, 1. R . Cross with two circles of inscr. Y. 25/27.. .. .. nearly FDC £9

C997 Republic, 1 escudo, 1914. Commem. the birth of the republic, 1910. Liberty with torch, 1. date, etc. below. R. Shield, etc. Y. 47 . . . . . . nearly VF 50/—

C998 ROUMANIA, Mihai I, 100,000 lei, 1946. Bare hd. r. R . Female with dove and shield. D. 271; Y. 87.. scarce, EF £15

C999 RUSSIA, Alexei Mihailovich, yefimok. Ducaton of Westfriesland with circular cmk. of equestrian figure holding lance and date 1655 in rectangle . . R, good VF £60

C1000 Peter I, rouble, 1721. Laur. cuir. bust, r. R . Crowned double headed eagle. Sev. 511 ; D. 1655. Plate 51

good EF I nearly FDC with an old, dark tone, an unusually fine specimen £60 C1001 Nicholas I, rouble, 1854, St. Petersburg. Crowned double headed eagle within circle B. Value, etc. D. 283 EF £8/10/—

C1002 Alexander II, rouble, 1878, St. Peters¬ burg. Similar. D. 289

nearly EF £6/10/-

300

FOREIGN COINS

C1003 Nicholas II, rouble , 1913. Commem. the tercentenary of the Romanoffs. Conj. hds. facing. Ii . Crowned double headed eagle, etc. D. 298 good VF/EF 90/— C1004 SPAIN, Gerona, Ferdinand VII, duro, 1808. Cmk. gna / 1808 / UN duro on plain flan. R. Cmk. fer / vn. D. 311

scarce , VF £15

C1005 Alfonso XII, 5 pesetas , 1878. Bare hd. 1. R. Crowned shield, etc. D. 340

Yjgood F 40/— Cl 006 Alfonso XIII, 5 pesetas, 1888. Baby hd. 1. R. Similar. D. 342 good F 42/6

C1007 - 1898. Boy’s hd. 1. R. Similar.

D. 344 . . . . . . good EF £7

Cl 008 SWITZERLAND, Bern, taler of 40 batzen , 1795. Crowned shield. R. Soldier stdg. supporting sword, date below. Divo 42. Plate 51 practically FDC £75

C1009 Shooting 5 francs, 1885. Shield on rifles within wreath. R. Female stdg. Divo 60 . . . . nearly FDC £10/10/—

America.

Cl 010 BRAZIL, Peter II, 2000 reis, 1851. Value within wreath. R. Crowned shield within sprays. W.R.6.. .. VF £5

C1011 Republic, 2000 reis, 1906. Hd. of Liberty, 1. R. Value. Y. 17

good VF/EF 63/— 0012 MEXICO, Charles III of Spain, 8 reales , 1766. Crowned shield dividing

p1 8. R . Crown above two globes between pillars. Yr. 635 scarce, good F £12/10/— 0013 Augustin Iturbide, 8 reales, 1823. Bare hd. r. R. Crowned eagle stdg. on cactus

scarce, VF £20 0014 First Republic, 8 reales, 1843, Zacetecas Cap of Liberty within rays. R . Eagle stdg. on cactus . . . . good VF 65/—

0015 Second Republic, 8 reales, 1902, IVlexico City. Similar. Tzoo Chinese chop- marks . . . . . . . . EF 70/—

0016 PERU, Charles III of Spain, 8 reales, 1761, Lima. Similar to 0012 but 8. Yr. 211 .. .. R, good VF £22/10/—

0017 Republic, sol, 1870. Shield within sprays. R. Liberty std. holding shield, etc.

nearly EF 50/—

Asia.

0018 ISRAEL, 5 pounds, 1958, Commem. 10th anniv. of Israel. Value and date. etc. R. Candalabra. Y. 16 unc. £8/10/—

0019 1959. Ingathering of Exiles. R. Eleven figures dancing. Y. 18

unc. £7/10/—

0020 1960. Dr. Herzl. R. His bust within rectangle. Y. 20 . . unc. £7

0021 1965. Commem. the Knesset building . . . . . . . . unc. 90/—

MEDIAEVAL COINS.

El 096 ARMENIA, Hethoum I and Zabcl, 1226/70, 5 tram. King and Queen stdg. holding cross. R . Lion passant regardant, r., holding cross. Bed. 862 . . EF £7

El 097 BOHEMIA, Wenzel II, 1278/1305, bracteate, 30 mm. Crude figure of the margrave stdg., facing, holding two lis topped standards. Don. 791 . . F 60/—

E1098 FRANCE, Feudal, Cahors, Bishop¬ ric and city, 14th c., obole. + civita^ around two crosses and crozier. Ii. catvrci & around cross. P.A. 3922

nearly EF 80/—

E1099 Orange, William Henry, Vis ecu, 1665. Dr. bust, r. R. Crowned shield. P.A. 4642 . EF 45/-

E1100 GERMANY, Hamburg, city, 16 schilling, 1600. Shield of the city, date above. R. Shield and title of Rudolph II

good VF 30/—

El 101 Hersfeld, abbey, Johann I, 1201/13, bracteate, 42 mm. The abbot std., facing, between two towers holding crozier and book. Seega pi. XXVII, 16

edge ragged, but good VF, R £20

El 102 Lubeck, city, 1380/1410, zvitten. MOnGTA :LVBicehs, double headed eagle. R . Cross within circle, etc. good VF 42/6

El 103 Saxe-Anhalt, Bernhard, 1180/1212, bracteate, 29 mm. Knight stdg., holding shield within circle of leg. bernar-dvx. Calm, Freckleben (1931) 662

edge clipped, but VF, R £17/10/—

El 104 Uberlingen, city, c. 1160, bracteate , 19 mm. Lion passant quardant, r., within beaded border. Calm 134 VF £6/10/—

El 105 Wurzburg, Otto v. Lobdeburg, 1207/ 23, denar. Bust holding sword, r. R. Ornate cross within circle fair 45/—

El 106 HUNGARY, Andreas I, 1046/61, denar. + rex . ANDREAS, double cross in centre. R. panoneia, etc. C.N.H. 13

scarce, good F 90/—

El 107 Kaloman, 1095 / 1114, denar.

Acalamar three crosses upright. R. leg. within circle. C.N.H. 42

EF Igood VF 65/—

El 108 Bela IV, 1235/70, bracteate, 16 mm. Crude hd. within beaded circle, 1. C.N.H. 273 . VF 40/-

E1109 Ludwig II, 1516/23, denar, 1525, Kremnitz. Shield within circle. R . The Virgin stdg., holding the child dividing k-b. C.N.H. 306a . . . . good VF 45/-

E1110 ITALY, Cremona, Comune, 1155/ 1330, in the name of Federico 1, mezzanino.

fredericvs, p . r / i in centre. R. 4- cremona, cross in centre. C.N.I. 192, 29 . . . . . . good VF 45/-

FOREIGN COINS

301

Ellll Ferrara, Ercole d’Este, 1471/1505, £ testone. + hercvles . dvs (sic), etc. Bust 1. R . + #devs fortitvdo mea^. St. George slaying the dragon. C.N.I. (with dvs).

Illustrated on front cover attractive renaissance portrait , R, VF /good VF £ 75

El 112 Mesocco, Gian Giacomo Trivulzio, 1487/1518, grosso of 6 soldi. + io IA TRIVL MAR VIGLE ET F * MARE. Shield ill centre. R. St. George stdg., slaying the dragon sanctvs georgiv. C.N.I. 429, 49. an interesting piece , R, EF / nearly EF £55

El 113 Mileto, Roger I, 1072/1101, AL double follaro. Equestrian figure holding lance, 1. R. The virgin std., holding Christ maria-mater dmi. Martinori 2052

F 85/-

E1114 Piacenza, Comune, in the name of Corrado II, 1140/1313, mezzano. + REGIS c^ecvndi around ra/ con ,/di. R. deplacen, etc. C.N.I. 501/19 nearly VF 40/—

El 115 Susa. Amedeo III, 1103/48, denaro. amedev ^ Cross with pellet in two angles. R. t^ECV^iA, three pellets. C.N.I. 393 / 4

F 40/-

E 1 1 1 6 Trento, Aldrighetto di Campo, 1232/ 47, grosso. + eps tridenti Bust 1., wearing mitre, r. hand in benediction, 1. hand holding crozier. R. + inpfrator: C.N.I. 216/2 . . good VF £7/10/-

E 1 1 1 7 Venice, Francesco Dandolo, 1329/39, soldino. -r fra dandvlod. Doge kneeling, holding banner. R . Lion of St. Mark holding banner. C.N.I., pi. Ill, 7

good F 21/-

E 1 1 1 8 Andrea Contarini, 1368/82, soldino- Similar. R. Lion of St. Mark facing. C.N.I., pi. IV, 2 . . nearly VF 27/6

El 119 Verona, Frederick II of Swabia, 1218/50, grosso. +CI + VI + CI + V3. Cross

with V3 / RO / n / a in angles. R.

ive;A;RoSna^. Cross with ci / vi / ci / va in angles. C.N.I. 265/13 var.

R, good VF £10/10/-

E1120 Papal States, Paul IV, 1555/9,

testone. Ancona. pavlvs nil pont max around Papal arms. R. St. Peter std.

Flgood F £6/10/-

E1121 Pius IV, 1559/65, testone, Rome. Similar . . . . scarce, VF £20

El 122 NETHERLANDS, Flanders, Louis de Male, 1346/84, double gr os. Lion std. 1., wearing helm within circle of crescents. R. Cross with horiate ends within two circles of inscr. Boudeau 2232 nearly VF 65/—

El 123 POLAND, Sigismund III, schillinge, tor Lithuania, 1592. Shield on crowned s. R. Crowned shields of Poland/Lithuania

nearly VF 10/6

El 124 PORTUGAL, Fernando I, 1367/83, pilarte of Porto. gFERnAnovs rex, etc. Crown above P. R. Four shields cruciform. Reis, pi. XI, 60 . . nearly VF 40/-

MODERN COINS UNDER CROWN SIZE.

El 125 Egypt, Muhammed V, 5 guerche.

Y. 31 . . . . . . nearly EF 8/-

E1126 Farouk, 5 piastres. Y. 84 EF 7/6 El 127 Estonia, 1 kroon, 1934. Y. 15

R, nearly EF £5 El 128 Hawaii, Kalakua I, £ dollar, 1883.

Y. 3 . . . . . . nearly EF £5

El 129 Italy, V. Emanuel III, 1 lire, 1901.

Pag. 763.. .. .. good EF 45/—

El 130 Katanga, 1 and 5 francs, 1961. Y. 2 and 3 . . . . unc., the tzvo 25/-

E1131 Latvia, 2 lati, 1925. Y. 8 VF 35/- E1132 1 lats, 1924. Y. 7

nearly VF 12/6

El 133 Lebanon, 25 piastres, 1952. Y. 16

EF 5/-

E1134 Lithuania, 5 litai, 1936. Y. 12

nearly EF 80/—

El 135 Macao, 50 avos, 1952. Y. 3

unc. 15/-

E1136 Mongolia, 20 mung, 1945. Y. 21

nearly EF 40/—

El 137 15 mung, 1945. Y. 20

nearly EF 30/—

El 138 10 mung, 1945. Y. \9

nearly EF 30/— El 139 Netherlands, Wilhelmina, gulden, 1931. Y. 46 . . . . . . unc. 12/6

El 140 Netherlands East Indies, Wilhel¬ mina, \ gulden, 194 IP. Y. 13.. EF 6/-

E1141 - V10 gulden, 1942S. Y. 14

unc. 6/-

E1142 - 1 cent, 1942P. Y. 21 unc. 5/-

E1143 Philippines, 50 centavos, 1944. Y. 33

nearly EF 12/6

El 144 20 centavos, 1944. Y. 32

nearly EF 7/6

El 145 Poland, 2 sloytch, 1936. Y. 30

unc. 25/-

E1146 Portugal, 5 escudos, 1960. Y. 64

unc. 10/—

El 147 Slovakia, 10 korun, 1944. Y. S25

unc. 50/—

El 148 Soviet Central Asia, 25 roubles, 1921.

Y. 2 .. .. about VF £8/10/-

E1149 500 roubles. Y. 4 . . EF £10

El 150 Spain, Asturias and Leon, civil war issue, 2 pesetas, 1937 .. good VF 40/—

El 151 U.S.S.R., 50 kopeks , 1925. V. 89

VF 15/-

E1152 20 kopeks, 1924. Y. 88

nearly EF 7/6

1 1 As in most cases we have only one example of each number for sale and this may be sold when your order is received, please send alternative numbers or instruct us if we may send nother piece somewhat like it if possible.

302

WAR MEDALS AND DECORATIONS.

Campaign Medals.

F6293 Military G.S. (1793-1814), 1 bar, toulouse, 3rd Drag’n Gds. . . EF £25

F6294 3 bars, vittoria, Pyrenees, orthes, 6th Foot.. .. good VF £27/10/-

F6295 4 bars, ciudad rodrigo, Sala¬ manca, vittoria, PYRENEES, 43rd Foot

VF £38

F6296 - CORUNNA, RARROSA, ST. SEBAS¬

TIAN, nive, 1st Foot Gds. . . VF £36

F6297 Crimean War (1854-1856). Un¬ named as originally issued good F 50/—

F6298 1 bar, Sebastopol. Unnamed

good F 55/—

F6299 Baltic (1855). Unnamed as issued

good F 65/—

F6300 Indian Mutiny (1857-1858), without bar, 37th Regt. . . . . . . VF 90/—

F6301 Second China War (1857- 1860)*

Eng’d to civilian . . . . about VF 90/—

F6302 New Zealand (1860-1866), dated 1860 to 1866, Cpl., 57th Regt. Scarce date

VF £15

F6303 South Africa (1877-1879), 1 bar, 1879, Sjt., I. of M., 94th Foot and Pte., 57th Foot . . each VF £7/ 10/—

F6304 Egypt (1882-1889), without bar,

Stkr., H.M.S. Minotaur . . VF 60/—

F6305 1 bar, Alexandria 11th July, Pte., R.M., H.M.S. Inflexible about VF 90/—

F6306 - el-teb-tamaai, Pte., 2/R. Ir.

Fus. Scarce single bar pitting 95/—

F6307 - Another, Pte., R.M.

pitting 90/—

F6308 - the nile 1884-85, Cpl., 1/Ryl.

Ir. Regt . pitting 75/—

F6309 - tel-el-kebir, Pte., 2/High. L.

I., and 2/York Lancs. each, pitting 65/—

F6310 - gemaizah 1888, Pte., 2/

K.O.S.B. . . . . scarce , VF £7

F6311 2 bars, suakin 1885, tofrek, Pte., R.M. L.I. . . . . pitting £6

F6312 Indian G.S. (1854-1895), 1 bar,

pegu, 18th Rvl. Ir. Regt., 51st K.O.Y.L.I. and 1st Eur. Ben. Fus. each , good F 90/—

F6313 Persia, 64th Foot. Rank erased . . . . . . F 75/—

F6314 - north west frontier, 1st Bn.

6tn Regt. Brooch pin fitted F/VF 80/—

F6315 - Burma 1885-7, 2/FIamps. Regt.

VF 75/—

F6316 - hazara 1888, 2/North Fus.,

2/Sea. Highrs., 2/R. Sussex and 1/Suff.

each VF 75/-

F6317 - Burma 1887-89, 2/Norf. and

4/Rif. Bde. . . each , about VF 80/—

F6318 - chin lushai 1889-90, 1/

K.O.S.B . F/VF 90/-

F6319 - samana 1891, 15th Bl. Infy.

good F 90/—

F6320 2 bars, Burma 1885-7, Burma 1887-89, 2/R. Mun. Fus. . . VF 95/-

F6321 - Another. 2nd Hamps.

good F 90/—

F6322 - Burma 1887-89, Burma 1889-92,

L/Cpl., 1st Hamps. . . about VF 95/—

F6323 British South Africa Company (1890-1897), medal for rhodesia 1896, Tpr., Viet. Rifles .. goodV F £25/10/-

F6324 Queen’s South Africa (1899-1902), 1 bar, rel. of l’smith, Durham L.I. and

2/E. Surrey . . . . each VF 45/—

F6325 - def. of l’smith, Gordon

Highrs. . . . . . . EF £5/10/—

F6326 2 bars, C.C., trans., Rif. Bde.

VF 30/-

F6327 3 bars, C.C., trans., witt., Scots Gds. . . . . . . . . EF 45/—

F6328 - Another, Leins. Regt.

about VF 40/—

F6329 - natal, o.f.s., trans., Cpl.,

13/Hussars . . . . good F/VF 60/—

F6330 4 bars, c.c., o.f.s., joh., dia. h., Sapr., R.E. . . . . . . VF 45/—

F6331 5 bars, c.c., o.f.s., trans., laing’s n., s.a. 1901, Pte., Vol. Coy., Durham L.I.

VF 50/-

F6332 Mercantile W.M. (1914-1918).

Named . . . . . . . . EF 25/—

F6333 Korea (British), Gnr., R.A.

VF 60/-

F6334 Indian G.S. (1908-1935), Geo. V, 1 bar, waziristan 1919-21, Dvr., 59 M.C.

VF 80/-

F6335 General Service (1962), EIIR new issue. R. “For Campaign Service”, 1 bar, Borneo, Cpl., R.M. . . EF £8/10/—

GROUPS

F6336 Pair: Egypt 1882, 1 bar, tel-el- kebir; Khedive’s Bronze Star 1882, 2/ R.I.R. No. and initials on star

good F/VF £5/10/-

F6337 - 3 bars, tel-el-kebir, suakin

1884, el-teb-tamaai; Khedive’s Bronze Star 1882, Pte., 1/Ryl. Highrs.

EF £10/10/-

F6338 B.S.A. Company Medal for rhodesia 1896; Q.S.A., 4 bars, c.c., o.f.s., trans., s.a. 1901, Trooper, M.R. F. and 14th Coy., 5th Imp. Yeo.

VF £29/10/-

WAR MEDALS AND DECORATIONS

303

F6339 China 1900; L.S.G.C., P.O., 1st Cl., H.M.S. Centurion and Lion VF £6 F6340 Q.S.A., 1 bar, c.c.; K.S.A., 2 bars, Pte., Som. L.I. good VF 70/—

F6341 - 3 bars., c.c., o.f.s., trans.;

K. S.A., 2 bars, Pte., 17th Lancers VF 65/— F6342 Another pair, Sapr., R.E.

VF 65/-

F6343 I.G.S., Ed. VII, 1 bar, n.w.f. 1908; 1914-18 W.M., Pte., 1st W. York R. As worn . . . . . . . . EF 85/—

F6344 1914-18 W.M.; I.G.S., Geo. V, 1 bar, AFGHAN, N.w.f. 1919, Pte., Kent Cyc. Btn. ( Scarce unit ) and M.G.C.

EF 90/-

F6345 1914-18 W.M.; Territorial W.M. (For Voluntary Service Overseas 1914-19). S. Sjt., R.A. . . . . scarce , VF 95/—

F6346 Three: China 1842; Sutlej, fer. 1845, in ex. ; L.S.G.C., Victoria ( suspender altered), Pte., 26th and 62nd Foot ( last two crudely named) .. .. .. F £11/10/-

F6347 China 1900; 1914-18 W.M.;

L. S.G.C., Ed. VII, Sail Mte., H.M.S. Arethusa and H.M.S. Coastguard

VF £7/15/-

F6348 1914-18 W.M.; Victory; G.S., Geo. V, 1 bar, Iraq, Lieut, then Capt. G. L. Fulford. As worn . . . . EF £7

F5349 1914-18 W.M.; Victory; I.G.S., Geo. V, 1 bar, waz. 1919-21, Pte., Norf. Regt. As worn . . . . . . EF 90/—

F6350 Four: Egypt 1882, 1 bar, Alexandria; 11th July; E.W. Africa, 1 bar, witu 1890; another with 1 bar, Benin 1897; Khedive’s Bronze Star 1882, A.B. then P.O., H.M.S. Boadicea and Theseus good F/VF £21

Group as purchased from the family with two E. & W. African medals named to same man.

F6351 China 1900; 1914-15 Star; 1914-18 W.M.; Victory, A.B., H.M.S. Hermione and P.O., R.N.V.R. about VF £6/15/-

F6352 Distinguished Service Medal (D.S.M.'l, Geo. V, H.M.S. Otway, Dec. 191 5- June 1916; 1914-15 Star; 1914-18 W.M.; Victory, Dkyn, then Eng. Off.,

M. F.A. As worn . . . . VF £22

F6353 Military Medal (M.M.), Geo. V,

Pte., 1/Sorn. L.I.; 1914 Star; 1914-18 W.M.; Victory, Pte., 2/Devon Regt.

VF £6/10/-

F6354 Five: 1914-18 W.M. ; Victory; I.G.S., Geo. V, 1 bar, Afghan, n.w.f. 1919; L.S. Nat. Fire Brig. Assoc., 1 bar, twenty years, Deal F.B.; Sp. Const. Faithful Service, Geo. V (Coinage Head), Major G. L. Denne, R.A. (Service Medals). As worn . . . . VF £11

F6355 1914-15 Star; 1914-18 W.M.;

Victory; G.S., Geo. V, 1 bar, Iraq; France, Croix de Guerre, 1914-1918, Capt. S. C. E. Farrance, W. Rid. Regt. VF £8/10/-

F6356 Eleven: Family Group (1) Order of the Bath. Badge of Companion (C.B.) Civil; Vic. Jubilee 1897; Geo. V, Cor. 1911; Geo. V, Silver Jubilee 1910-1935; Geo. VI, Cor. 1937; Vol. Officers Dec., Ed. VII; (2) Geo. V, Cor. 1911; Geo. V, Silver Jubilee 1910-1935; Geo. VI, Cor. 1937; Badge of the Order of the League of Mercy; Vol. Medical Services Medal, with three L.S. bars (The Lady Ashcombe). The two groups . . . . VF £38

To Lord and Lady Ashcombe. With details of the career of the former. We are prepared to sell these groups separately. No. 1 at £23 and No. 2 at £15.

FOREIGN ORDERS, DECORATIONS AND MEDALS. F6357 Austria. Frances Joseph. Bronze Medal. R. signum memoriae VF 21/-

F6358 - R. signum laudis

EF 22/6

F6359 - R. der tapferkeit (For

Bravery). Silver . , F/VF 22/6

F6360 Another. Bronze

VF 20/-

F6361 White metal cross. R. 1916

VF 17/6

F6362 - Bronze service cross. Centre,

vi. R. Plain .. .. F/VF 20/—

F6363 Carolus. Bronze medal. R. FORTITUDINI . . . . VF 20/-

F6364 - R. laeso militi (for wounded).

Base metal . . . . VF 15/—

F6365 Belgium. Order of Leopold. Breast badge. White and green enamel cross, surmounted by crown . . . . VF 65/—

F6366 Order of Leopold II. Breast badge. Silver, enamel centre . . VF 65/—

F6367 Bulgaria. War Medal. R. 1915- 1918. Light bronze. Norbn. .. EF 30/—

F6368 Chile. Cross for campaign of Lima. Created 1882. Blue enamel missing

good F 45/-

F6369 Czechoslovakia. The Order of the White Lion. Breast badge. Red enamelled gilt edged star, gilt line leaves between arms. Rosette on ribbon. In damaged case of issue .. .. scarce, V F £10/10/-

F6370 France. Croix de Guerre. 1914-1918

good F 25/—

F6371 Ministere de L’lnterieur. Bronze Lifesaving medal. R. Name and date. R. Robin 1930 . VF 25/-

F6372 - Another. Unnamed VF 20/—

F6373 Lusignan. Order of Melusine Ephemeral Decoration. Breast badge. Gilt edged blue enamelled cross, small white enamelled cross between each arm. In centre, crowned shield, bearing arms ot Jerusalem. Lusignan, Cyprus and Armenia. Badge surmounted by crown. R. Plain

R, VF £15

304

WAR MEDALS AND DECORATIONS

F6374 Germany. Group of four. Iron Cross 1914, Second Class; Bronze Cross of Honour 1914-18. With swords; Austrian War Medal 1914-18. Gilt swords; Hun¬ garian War Medal 1914-18. Mounted as zvorn VF £1

F6375 Bronze Cross of Honour 1914-18.

With crossed swords . . . . VF 21/-

F6376 3rd Reich. Ostvolker Star.

Breast star. Silver . . . . VF 45/-

F6377 Another. Bronze. With crossed swords, In box of issue VF 50/— F6378 Blockade Breaker’s Badge.

Light and dark metal (pin back) VF 30/— F6379 Norway. Oscar II. Medal for Heroic Deeds. R. for a.deldaad. Instituted 1885 tor exceptional acts of gallantry in saving life. Silver .. .. VF £8/10/-

F6380 Portugal. Military Order of Christ. Neck badge and breast star. Gilt- rimmed red enamel cross, white cross in centre suspended from a gilt and enamel pendant, sacred heart in centre. Cut silver star, centre cross on white enamel ground. Above, the sacred heart . . EF £23 F6381 Republic head. R. medalha MILITAR COMPORTAMENTO EXEMPLAR 1910. Silver . . . . . . . . VF 40/—

F6382 - R. MEDALHA MILITAR BONS

servicos 1910. Bronze . . VF 30/— F6383 Roumania. Order of the Crown. Breast badge, silver and enamel, with crossed swords

very slight enamel damage £5/10/- F6384 Serbia. Silver medal. “For Zeal and Devoted Service in War” . . VF 25/— F6385 Spain. Order of Isabella the Catholic. Badge and Star set with full dress sash. Insignia is a red enamelled Maltese cross with gilt rays. In centre, medallion, with Pillars of Hercules and inscription

EF £30

F6386 Order of Military Merit. Breast badge in gold and enamel, with gold crown above. In case of issue by Laz. Madrid

EF £8/10/-

F6387 Order of San Raimundo de Pina- lort. Medal of the Order. Eight edged Medallion. Depicts figure walking on sea and CONstantia et virtute. Bronze, with legend in blue enamel . . . . VF 40/—

F6388 Altonso XIII. To commemorate taking the oath of office 17th May 1902. Silver . . . . . . . . VF 30/—

F6389 Medal of Maria Christina or of the Regency. Created to commemorate 1 7 years as Regent 1885-1902. Silver

VF 30/-

F6390 The two previous medals as a pair. As worn . . . . . . . . VF 60/-

F6391 Medal for wounded. In centre, castle on blue ground. Legend sufrimiento POR LA P ATRIA . . . . . . EF 30/-

F6392 alzamiento. To commemorate the “Rising” 18 Julio 1936. Bronze

VF 25/-

F6393 Civil War Campaign medal, July 1936. Gilt and black enamel. No rbn.

VF 40/-

F6394 Turkey. Order of the Medjidie. Breast star. 1st class .. .. VF £9

F6395 Gallipoli Star. Officer’s pattern. Silver and red enamel . . . . VF 55/—

F6396 Venezuela. Order of the Bust of Bolivar. Sash badge. Obv. In centre, bust of Bolivar on gold medallion, with blue enamel band inscribed. Medallion sur¬ rounded by twenty eight rays. R . Arms of Venezuela. With 12" of sash ribbon

EF £15

£

s.

d.

6

$ c. 0.06

1

0

0.12

2

6

0.30

3

0

0.36

4

0

0.48

5

0

0.60

6

0

0.72

7

0

0.84

8

0

0.96

9

0

1.08

10

0

1.20

15

0

1.80

l

0

0

2.40

l

10

0

3.60

CONVERSION TABLE

£

s.

d.

$ c.

2

0

0

4.80

2

10

0

6.00

3

0

0

7.20

3

10

0

8.40

4

0

0

9.60

4

10

0

10.80

5

0

0

12.00

5

10

0

13.20

6

0

0

14.40

6

10

0

15.60

7

0

0

16.80

7

10

0

18.00

8

0

0

19.20

8

10

0

20.40

£

s.

d.

8 c.

9

0

0

21.60

9

10

0

22.80

10

0

0

24.00

15

0

0

36.00

20

0

0

48.00

30

0

0

72.00

40

0

0

96.00

50

0

0

120.00

60

0

0

144.00

70

0

0

168.00

80

0

0

192.00

90

0

0

216.00

100

0

0

240.00

Printed in England by Robert Stockwell Ltd., London, S.E.l and published by B. A. Seaby Ltd., Great Portland Street, W.l.

1^^

a®; ,

3 347

3 353

Plate 50

C984

Plate 51