This week’s fresh listings:

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Additions to www.HistoryInCoins.com for week commencing Tuesday 24th March 2026

WSC-9290: William 1st, The Lion, Rare Early Scottish Hammered Silver Crescent & Pellet Penny. Phase II Sterling, circa 1180-95. Roxburgh mint. Obv: bust left with wide crown, very prominent sceptre-head with cross pommée. Obv: [+LE] REI WILAO, rev: +RAVL [DE RO]CEBV - Raul of Roxburgh: short cross pattée with crescents and pellets in angles. An unusual obverse regnal reading - should be either WILAM REX or LE REI WILLA. This is clearly more desirable the latter variety but on this coin, there is only a single L and the O tagged onto the end of the king's name is highly unusual. S.R. 5025. William gained the title "The Lion" not through any particular act of bravery but rather through changing the dragon on the arms of Scotland with a lion. Prior to a chance discovery of a hoard of early Scottish coins in 1780 (the Dyke Hoard), this issue was completely unheard of, which I think really brings it home as to just how rare these coins actually are. Accompanied by a very old ticket. Even toning, a generous full flan with the obverse and reverse being off struck in exactly the same position. A very rare and desirable coin indeed. £1,495

Provenance:

Old ticket - priced at 17/6, circa 1940's? Can't quite make out the previous owner ("ex F.Rudd?)

ex Tim Owen (his ticket)

WMH-9291: Choice Edward III Medieval Hammered Silver Full Groat. Pre-treaty period, 1351-61. London mint, unbroken (new) letters in legend, initial mark 3(4), class G (1356-61), S.R.1570. Class G usually has an annulet under the bust and an annulet in one of the four reverse quarters. This coin has no such annulets. Further, there is an unexpected absence of trefoils in the spandrels cusps on the lower half of the obverse. The interesting und uncommon anomalies aside, this is an excellent grade coin. £395

WMH-9292: Henry VI Medieval Hammered Silver Penny. Rosette-mascle issue of 1430-31. York Episcopal mint under Archbishop Kemp. Saltires by the king's hair - the rarer and somewhat elusive class D. No rosettes in the legends showing a late, perhaps final coinage under rosette-mascle. S.R.1867. Henry VI was born December 6, 1421 in Windsor, Berkshire and died May 21 or 22, 1471 in London. He reigned from 1422 to 1461 and then from 1470 to 1471. He was a pious and studious recluse whose incapacity for government was one of the causes of the Wars of the Roses. Generally a poor issue for pennies which makes this coin stand out in terms of the quality of Henry VI's portrait. Sold with a ticket stating, amongst other things, that the coin was found in Lincolnshire. £185

WJC-9293: Superb 1644 Charles 1st Hammered Silver OXFORD DECLARATION Civil War Threepence. Thomas Rawlins' die B - small bust of fine work, signed with a large R below truncation. Oxford mint - three Lis over the reverse Declaration. S.R.2994, North 2472, Brooker 962. Of exceptional weight - 1.59g being well in excess of both Brooker examples. A superb, VF example of this rare Civil War Oxford coin. £645