23rd Nov, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Coins & Banknotes
453
Assorted Collection of Coins and Banknotes, comprising: Romano-British barbarous AE 10 c.4th century AD, obv. laureate head left, VF for issue; George III halfpenny 1776, Poor to Fair; a small quantity of silver coinage, including a Victoria double florin 1887, rev. Arabic 1 in date, gross weight 44.66g; 14 x cupro-nickel crowns etc.; and 13 x Bank of England, comprising: £20 Series D signed G.M. Gill, prefix R; 3 x £10: 2 x Series C signed Page, prefix B; and Series D signed Somerset, prefix CU; 2 x £5: Series C signed Fforde, prefix Z; and Series D signed Somerset, prefix LT; 5 x £1: Wartime Emergency Issue signed Peppiatt, prefix H; Series A signed O'Brien, prefix O; 2 x Series C signed Page prefixes X and CU; and Series D signed Page, prefix A; and 3 x 10 shillings: Series A signed Beale, prefix S; and Series C signed Fforde, prefix C; together with a fantasy 'Nine Shillings' Series C style banknotes; near Fine to AUNC; and a copy of The Banknote Yearbook (Honiton, 2013), 8th edition, ed. John W. Mussell, a comprehensive price guide to banknotes of the British Isles
Sold for £90
Estimated at £80 - £120
Auction: Coins & Banknotes, 23rd Nov, 2022
To include the Geoff Hann Collection. The Collection covers the coinage produced by the first Greek general-kings who established their own dynasties in Egypt, Syria and the Indian-subcontinent, and the later Provincial coinage of the Roman Empire. Of note is lot 6, a silver stater of Seleucus I Nicator produced in Babylon between 311-305 BC (estimate: £300-500 plus buyer’s premium). The Collection also includes a quantity of early 20th century banknotes from the period of British direct rule in India, and a reference library of over one hundred volumes including scarce and out-of-print works. Of particular note is the first edition of David Sellwood’s An Introduction to the Coinage of Parthia, published by Spink & Son in London, 1971 (estimate: £70-100).
The lots from the Geoff Hann Collection are denoted with a ♦ symbol throughout the catalogue.
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