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Additions to www.HistoryInCoins.com for week commencing Tuesday 19th August 2025

WAu-9192: Henry VIII with Katherine of Aragon Hammered Gold Crown of the Double Rose. Second coinage, 1526-44, circulated at five shillings, 22 ct gold. London (Tower) mint. Extra image here. hK both sides, initial mark Lis, S.R. 2274. Struck to commemorate the king's marriage to Katherine of Aragon. This was the king's first wife. Katherine was originally betrothed to Henry's elder brother, Arthur, when she was 3 years old. They married when she was 16, but was widowed just a few months later. It took Henry another 7 years to marry Katherine although to be fair, he was only 18 when he married Katherine! The Irish Harp coinage of Henry VIII celebrates some wives but not Katherine of Aragon - she can only be found on this English gold coinage. The marriage was annulled in 1533 so we have a short window of 1526-33 for this coin to have been struck although it will be nearer the start of that period for obvious reasons. Ticketed by Spink as Bold VF in grade but of much more significance is the mounting. It is typical of Victorian mounts - the coin held loose (although in a snug fit), sandwiched between two convex crystal glass panels, all held in place with an outer rim of gold. The loop is marked 0.375 which gives us a likely date of post 1854, but not too much after that date based on it being very "High Victorian" in style. Around this time in London, much development and building work was being undertaken around the River Thames area. London Bridge was the general area where a now famous Victorian hoard of Tudor coinage was discovered by workmen. Examples of this type of mount with this period of coin are well documented as having originated from this particular hoard. Regulation was far less stringent 150+ years ago so these hoard coins when unearthed would probably have been legally sold on to some enterprising individual who clearly mounted a few for sale to the tourists, probably sold a few to collectors of the day and may well have melted the rest down to be used as bullion. An extremely interesting coin, both in its 1520's connection to Henry VIII and his first wife, but also with the Victorian part of its history - this is literally History in a Coin, which sounds like it should be the name of a website, at least if you pluralise it! Can be removed from the mount if so desired, and will show no mounting marks due to the nature of the Victorian work, or can be admired as-is, either in your cabinet or even around the neck on a suitable gold chain. A rare offering indeed. £3,950

Provenance:

ex 1800's London Bridge Hoard

ex Spink

WAu-9193: Celtic Gold Quarter Stater - only Two Men in a Boat. Catuvellauni, Westerham type, circa 80-60 BC. Obverse: only two men in this boat as opposed to the usual three. Reverse: a tree-like structure. S.R. ---, ABC ---, British Aa2, class 2 "Carn Brea" (reference Divided Kingdoms, pp 148-9, Greenlight Publishing). The Durotriges of West Hampshire derived the design of their quarter staters (usually found in silver) from this earlier Westerham type. Extremely rare. £645

WAu-9194: Celtic Gold Full Stater - Belgae Cheriton Smiler. The Belgae of the Solent hinterland, between Bosham Harbour in the east and the River Avon in the west, and around the valley of the Test or Treget which includes the Danebury Hill Fort in the north of that region where several of these Belgae staters have been found since the 1980's. These coins were originally thought to be part of either the Durotriges of Dorset or the Attrebates of North Hampshire tribes but neither of them used this coinage. The name Belgae was derived from the Roman named Winchester, or Venta Belgarum, meaning "market place of the Belgae". The obverse is described as a "Turf Cutter", although "Large Crescent Face" and "Smiler" are also used (rotate 180 degrees to see), for obvious reasons. The reverse is an incredibly disjointed horse, left, with the rarer three horizontal tails (typically it's four or more) with pellets above, three of which are linked to make a triangle, and an apparent "eye" or coffee bean next to the tails. There is a crab below the horse's body (sometimes it's a fish, or shrimp or any of the other marine fauna that were supposed to represent the diversity of the Solent seaway) on this reverse. Unique or extremely unusual reverse die features of this coin: the dots between the rear legs of the horse, the triangle of pellets, the bottom crescent of the horse's body continuing up the neck (should be the top one only) and then there's the three necks, including barley-twist, toothed and plain - usually just a single plain neck. The front legs are off the coin (was there any way that the full horse, resplendent with tails, was ever possible on any of these coins?!) but there should at last be the top pellet showing where the missing legs were attached to the body. There is not, perhaps indicating that front legs, if indeed they are legs, were never part of this particular die? Extra image here. ABC 755 var, S.R.24 var, Van Arsdell (he had the obverse as an abstract head of Apollo but did state of this type that "Most are in museums") 1215 var. Van Arsdell also goes on to say that the issue has a ..."high tin percentage suggests melted down cast bronzes were added to debase the alloy". An outstanding example of this enigmatic issue (much better gold content than usually seen, bearing in mind that all are debased) that was held by ancient Britons who at that point in time had not experienced the Roman invasion and what that ultimately brought to these shores. There are many unusual features to keep the researcher in you happy over the long winter nights to come! £1,745

WAu-9195: Scottish Medieval James 1st Hammered Gold Demy of 9 Shillings. Initial mark Crown on the obverse, Cross Potent on the reverse. Struck Edinburgh. Class II with large reverse open centre quatrefoils - S.R.5190. Lion rampant in a lozenge / saltire cross within tressure. The term Demy (sometimes Demi) derives from the French for half because this coin was very much based on the English half noble. That is perhaps surprising considering that when James' father died and he was supposed to ascend the throne, James was literally being held prisoner by the English, so much so that a Regency had to be formed under Robert, Duke of Albany (1406-1420) and then upon the Duke's death, his son, Murdock. It would be 1424, nearly 20 years of captivity under the English, that he eventually took up his role as rightful monarch, but only then after a £40,000 (well over a million pound today) ransom was paid. At virtually full weight, VF grade and being problem-free, this medieval Scottish gold coin is extremely desirable in today's frenetic market where individually, rarity and grade are king, but rarity and grade together...?! The new Scottish & Irish Sovereign Rarity (ex Spink) price guide is currently being put together where coins in this league will surely leap forward in catalogue pricing because for at least a couple of decades they have been held back to well under actual market values. A exceptional coin. £6,975