Finds do well at Noonans sale
Finds do well at Noonans sale
Noonans held a auction of Coins and Historical Medals on 4/5 April 2023. The sale included The Hazelbury Civil War Hoard of gold coins, which was found by one of our readers, which we wrote about in a piece called Reader sells hoard of Civil War gold. Here we have our pick of the other detecting finds included in the auction.
To view any of these coin in the auction catalogue click on the lot number.Â
There is a buyer’s premium of 24% (plus VAT) on the hammer price.
Stater of the Ambiani
Series Ab. Obverse: laureate head of Apollo. Found at Braintree, Essex in 2022.
Estimate: £2,000 – £3,000
Hammer: £2000
Stater of the Ambiani
Same type as lot 63 but in less good condition. Found near Whelpey Hill, Buckinghamshire.
Estimate: £1,000 – £1,200
Hammer: £1100
Stater of the Dobunni
BODVOC on the obverse and three tailed horse on reverse. Found in 2022 near Box in Wiltshire and recorded at the PAS as WILT-80E516 where it was a Find of Note of County Importance. It featured in our PAS Finds, when it was recorded.
Estimate: £4000 – £5000
Hammer: £4000
Anglo-Saxon Thrysma ‘Runic Ring-Bearer’ type
Thrymsa, or gold shilling, dating to c. 650-70. Found near East Bergholt, Suffolk in 1998 and recorded at the EMC as 2023.0098.
Estimate: £6,000 – £8,000
Hammer: £17000
Penny of Offa
Light coinage, Canterbury mint, moneyer Eoba. Found in North Hertfordshire in August 2015 and recorded at the PAS as BH-D1F744.
Estimate: £1,200 – £1,500
Hammer: £1400
Penny of Henry I
Mint: Southwark, Moneyer: Leofward. Found at Cheselbourne in Dorset in September 2022 and recorded at the EMC as 2022.0299
Estimate: £2,400 – £3,000
Hammer: £2600
Half Noble of Edward III
Third coinage. Found on 14 October 2017 near Anstey, Hertfordshire and recorded at the PAS as BH-CC73FC. Bent when found and has been professionally straightened.
Estimate: £1,500 – £1,800
Hammer: £2800
Quarter Noble of Henry VI
Annulet issue, minted in Calais. Found in North Dorset in 2022 and recorded at the PAS as DOR-49825B
Estimate: £700 – £900
Hammer: £850