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Featured Coins

Flan tight but thicker than most, otherwise a pleasing orangeish-gold. Found:- Forncett's area, Norfolk, Late 2022.

Pleasing portrait all on clean silver, about GVF, Found:- Santon downham area.

Off-centre, however, good metal with charming features such as the Boar and hair details.

Buttery gold, scratch-free - attractive. The reverse is busy with horse being winged and human-headed, fallen enemy, charioteer and wheel! RARE

EXTREMELY-RARE with Hippocamp.

Fine silver, struck from a worn obverse die with a pleasing androcephalous horse. EXTREMELY-RARE.

Attractive, pleasing gold, slightly toned and VERY RARE. More on BITURIGES CUBI:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bituriges_Cubi

Superb silver with old cabinet tones and better than most in CoinArchives.

RARE, on fine silver with a good forepart of a boar (usually this type is porous and pitted). Ex:- C.C Collection.

Superb owl on stunning silver. EX:- R.T. Collection.

A most attractive example being well-centred with a lovely green-brown patina, EF. EX:- Mike Vosper Collection.

One of the best of this type I could find, glossy patina and with a bold head of Demeter.

Hoard silver, lightly toned and at least GVF. A super example sold for £6,500!).

Wonderful green-brown patina, with pleasing details to the bust.

Very rare denomination for Aelius in VF on loverly mid coppery brown metal

High relief die-cutting, nice silvery-grey tone and NOT porous, Ex:- DA Collection and R.T Collectioin.

Two examples I can find in CoinArchives are at best Good to Fine in condition and sold for circa £650 and 1,000, our example I would say is GVF. EX:- Dattari Collection.

Much better than any on CoinArchives, deep green-brown patina with a magnificent large bust!

At Laodicea Caracalla is only bearded from late 3rd issue (Gamma mark), thus Beta cannot be a correct reverse, however, Geta in the 3rd issue is marked with B (Beta). I know of no other "mules" in the Syro-Phoenician coinage.

An outstanding example, the best surface you can get! The details of the eagle are incredible. Ex:- Mike Vosper Collection.

Beautiful metal with underlying lustre, and an interesting bust! The reverse is a tad double-struck but has a clear and fine eagle. EX:- Mike Vosper, Collection.

CHOICE! Superb bold bust, nicely toned with underlying lustre. This issue was probably struck in Rome. Ex:- Mike Vosper Collection.

This issue was presumably struck in Rome, judging by the die-cutting. A gorgeous coin, loverly metal with fine details to bust and eagle. Better than any in CoinArchives.

Good metal, pleasing eagle with little signs of actual wear. RARE. EX:- Mike Vosper, Collection.

Lovely metal with a strong left-facing bust. RARE+ and EX:- R.T Collection.

VERY RARE, Super metal and a pleasing RARE bust in EF+. EX:- Mike Vosper Collection.

Hoard silver, centred with a pleasing lightly tone, SCARCE. EX:- C. C. Collection.

Cressent and L test punch on the reverse otherwise and English fined in about Fine and is VERY RARE, Pleasing NEF are selling for around £6,500!

Superb hoard coin with a bold and exceptional portraiture. EX:- B H and Mike Vosper Collections.

Coppery brown patina, much more delightful in the hand.

Brass, toned goldish light brown, elegant bust of the young Caesar.

GVF to NEF with coppery brown-black patina, some red deposits. The bust displays fine details even on the high spots.

Usual irregular flan, otherwise with a handsome and bold EF bust, with a pleasing green-brown patina.

Vibrant clean hoard coin and SCARCE. Millennial coins are SAECVLVM NOVVM, meaning the "new age" (753BC to 247AD)

Graded as VF and is RARE. Ex:- E. Mensch & A. Bauer Collection of coins of Gallienus.

Mid-brown patina, SPLENDED BUST EF+

VERY-RARE+, obverse legend not recorded by RIC, MPR for 56 and 57 states obverse gold dies - Biniones. EX:- Mike R Vosper, Collection.

Single die bust for 3rd issue and was used in the 4th issue! (Scarce in the 2nd issue), EXTREMELY-RARE. EX:- Mike R Vosper, Collection.

"Triangle" on the shield and is a RARE bust, silvery with mid-brown tone EX:- Mike Vosper, Collection.

This bust is interesting being tall and with a "meander" pattern on the breast . EX:- Mike Vosper, Collection.

Deep black-brown tones, this 2nd issue of RIC 624 is RARE++ . Ex. Mike R Vosper and R.T. Collections.

Brown golden tones all on a broad flan, VERY RARE in such an exceptional condition! RIC missed this type! EX:- Mike Vosper, Collection, ex. Solidus Auction 9/522.

The Medusa on the shield is a VERY RARE occurrence at Serdica, along with type 2 reverse (Rearing hose and "standing enemy"). A beautiful example is well-silvered in EF. EX:- Mike Vosper, Collection.

Hoard-like metal, nearly as strike with a silvery brown tone. Must be VERY RARE, I have never seen another.

A superb example with the best Moneta reverse I've seen - EF

Striking crack otherwise better than good VF. RARE.

Exceptional bust to the left and RARE as Augustus

A wonderful bold bust on hoard metal with a darkish brown tone. Better in the hand!

Flan irregular, otherwise a good hoard coin being VERY RARE. There is a type listed by many as holding Mappa when he is actually holding a Pugio - this type is common!! EX:- Mike Vosper, Collection.

There are no examples with Victory and Crispus in CoinArchives - VERY RARE, all on a midish green patina. EX:- Mike Vosper, Collection.

Clear designs, no major disruptive double striking, minor "ripples". Quite attractive and enticing for this scyphate gold issue. EX:- C.C. Collection.

Later debased issue, golden high point, toned golden-black background. Found:- Belgum, costal.

Fine metal since it is a baser issue - VERY-RARE. See Abramson's Sceatta List 63-20 is this type but no coss between the figures (63-10 top coin, same die cutter - monster to the left). West-Norfolk find.

Mid to dark copper-brown tones, RARE - EX:- C. C. Collection. For more information see:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%A6dwulf_of_Northumbria

As struck but from dies that exhibit wear, a little ghosting on both sides. Superb metal. with no major flaws. VERY-RARE. EX:- P.R. and V. Morris Collections.

As struck on super-silver which rings! No damage, must be EXTREMELY RARE this high grade. This a wonderful opportunity for more research. EX:- P.R. and V. Morris Collections. EMC Fitzwilliam, see :- https://emc.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/full-record/10090281 st

Magnificent silver - gives a high pitch ring, all with as-found tones. In this quality must be VERY SCARCE.

Graded by London Coin Ltd as Choice EF. I would say the coin is of pleasing style and is sharp to the touch. EX:- Mike Vosper collection. More on CNUT:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cnut

As struck, little signs of wear, golden-silver tones. SCARCE. EX:- C.C Collection.

VF, usual strike with no crack or chip(s) and VERY-RARE.

Cabinet tones on hoard like silver, RARE+ with hair missing. EX: - Conte, Mass and D. K. Collections (4 x Tickets)

Broad flan on pleasing silver with tones, RARE+ EX:- Suzama, Critchley, Mass, D. K. and Mike Vosper Collections (2 x Tickets)

Full and round example of good metal with a delightful as found deep tone. Pleasing. EX:- Mike Vosper Collection.

Good clean silver and better than the Mass example, SCARCE+. EX:- D. K. and Mike Vosper collections.

Hoard silver from France, pleasing strong bust. Unable to find obverse die in Mass.

GVF - Hoard coin from France, it is clean and better in the hand. Not such a common class.

RARE as single pellets stops on the reverse, not in Mass (SCBI). EX:- D. K. and Mike Vosper Collections.

Superb silver as struck and better in the hand. EX:- Mike Vosper Collection.

VF, the usual strike on buttery gold with the King seated is mostly visible. The E mint marks (and below the shield) all lack central bars and the obverse is over an arrow. VERY-RARE. EX:- Mike Vosper Collection.

Silvery-brown tone, about F, there is a blank flaw behind the bust in the field. RARE

Large flan, with no major surface markings, lightly toned.

Hay marks on the obverse otherwise lovely silver, cabinet-toned. EX:- Brandon, Suffolk collection. Life of SIR JOHN YORKE:- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_York_(Master_of_the_Mint)

A little crimped, with some surface flaws, however, full and legable and has a clear bust.

Minor mark on face otherwise on a broad flan on pleasing silver, lightly toned. Elizabeth I Sixpences from 1561 to 1566:- 1561 represents c. 44% of the period's production, whereas 1565 is about 5% of total production.