An interesting and eclectic mix of coins spanning over 1000 years of history will go under the hammer in Tennants Auctioneers’ Coins & Banknotes Sale on 15th February. Amongst the nearly 600 lots are rare and fine examples such as a Gold Proof Set issued in 1937 to mark the Coronation of George VI, an AE Drachm produced in Alexandria mint in the reign of the Ptolemy III Euergetes (246-221 BC), a Portuguese Joao V (1720-56) 4 Escudos (Peca) minted in Lisbon in 1727 and two consecutively numbered Bank of England white five pounds.
Lot 251
Victoria, Gold £5 1887, obv. Jubilee bust left,...
Sold for £2,100
Estimated at £1,400 - £1,600
Lot 260
4 x Victoria, Sovereigns comprising: 'Jubilee...
Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £1,100 - £1,300
Lot 270
4 x Edward VII, Sovereigns 1902P, 1903, 1906S...
Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £1,100 - £1,300
Lot 274
4 x Sovereigns, comprising 3 x Edward VII 1908,...
Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £1,100 - £1,300
Lot 282
4 x George V, Sovereigns 1912, 1912P, 1913 and...
Sold for £1,200
Estimated at £1,100 - £1,300