The ‘Welsh Marches’ Collection of British Coins
333
Halfcrown, mm. three upright gerbs, horseman left, Chester plume in field, CHST below horse, rev. oval scroll- garnished shield, 14.54g/12h (Bull 576; Lyall B/2; SCBI Brooker 1111; N 2627/1; S 3130). Slightly bowed from the roller press, otherwise nearly extremely fine and virtually as struck, extremely rare
£5,000-£6,000 Provenance: P. Earthy Collection; Patrick Finn FPL 17, September 1999 (344); A Morris Collection.
The late Patrick Finn quotes Edward Besly from his book ‘Coins and Medals of the English Civil War’ (p.13), explaining the workings of the rocker-press: ‘A variant of the rotary technique, probably developed in response to practical problems encountered with the ‘roller’ method, involved the use of a simple hand-operated machine. Here, single pairs of dies with curved surfaces were mounted in pockets on two parallel axles. Prepared blanks were fed between them to produce the coins. This type of machine is usually called a ‘rocker press’ which refers to the to-and-fro motion of the dies’
334
Provenance: A. Morris Collection Halfcrown, mm. prostrate gerb, no plume in field, nothing below horse, rev. crowned oval scroll-garnished shield,
14.28g/6h (Bull 578, this coin; Lyall A/1; SCBI Brooker 1113; N 2628; S 3131). Reverse slightly off-centre, otherwise good very fine, very rare
£3,400-£4,000
335
Halfcrown, mm. cinquefoil on rev. only, horseman left, rev. crowned plain square-topped shield, crowned C R at sides, 14.28g/12h (Bull 581; Lyall b/iv; SCBI Brooker 1116, same dies; N 2629; S 3132). Nearly very fine, extremely rare £5,000-£6,000
Provenance: DNW Auction 43, 9 October 1999, lot 837; A. Morris Collection [from R.K. Richardson April 2003]; SNC July 2009 (3874/1)
336
Halfcrown, mm. cinquefoil on rev. only, horseman left, rev. crowned plain square-topped shield, crowned C R at sides, 14.36g/12h (Bull 582, this coin; Lyall c/v; SCBI Brooker 1214; N 2629; S 3132). Scored on reverse, otherwise nearly very fine, extremely rare; less than 5 specimens known
£3,400-£4,000 Provenance: A. Morris Collection [from P. Murawski January 2002]; SNC July 2009 (3874/2).
In SCBI Brooker the coin of this type was included under the heading ‘irregular coins’ and stated to be struck from false dies. However, later research has shown that it is in fact a contemporary striking from a reworked and retooled official die (Lyall b). Note the hind leg of the original horse is still visible in the obverse field. When images of Bull 579 and 582 are superimposed, it becomes obvious that it is the same die but touched up by an unskilled engraver. Apart from the hind leg, the outline of the tail matches and all the legend lines up exactly, although also having been touched up. The sash, hind legs and tail have been re- engraved. It would seem that this die had become damaged and discarded until necessity forced it to be repaired (Bull vol. III, p.239)
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