The New Baldwin's Winter Fixed Price List

The New Baldwin’s Winter Fixed Price List 

Baldwin’s are delighted to announce that their new Fixed Price List is now available both in printed 

format and online at www.baldwin.co.uk. As in previous years the new list comprises a wide selection 

of Ancient, British and Scottish Coins, including an unusually large run of unduplicated Anglo-Saxon 

pennies and a small run of Celtic gold coins, as well as a good selection of numismatic books. 

Highlights from the Ancient coin section include item number AG012, a Kingdom of Thrace, 

Lysimachos (323-281 B. C.), silver Tetradrachm. This is a stunning example of a portrait of Alexander 

the Great, beautifully crafted and with an excellent provenance, having been sold in two major 

auctions of the 20 th century. The item is priced at £3,000. AG048 is a rare coin of Pharaonic Egypt, 

Nektanebo II, the last Pharaoh of Egypt. Nektanebo’s coinage consisted of the well known and 

extremely rare gold Staters and an issue of bronzes, of which this coin is one. The issues of Nektanebo 

II used hieroglyphs as their reverse types and are considered to be the only true native Egyptian coins. 

This example depicts a ram running, head right, on the obverse and a pair of scales on the reverse and 

is priced at £1,850. Item AG049 is another example of a great rarity. The North Africa, Zeugitana, 

Carthage, Electrum Stater is an exceptional piece, superbly forged and is one of the very few of its kind 

remaining. The Staters were widely used prior to the Roman siege operation which resulted in the 

Battle of Carthage. During the battle the city of Carthage was completely ruined and most of the 

coinage was destroyed along with it. This extremely fine example is priced at £4,500. Another most 

noteworthy piece of the Ancient Roman section is item AR029, a Claudius, gold Aureus, Lugdunum. 

A very pretty example in excellent condition, priced at £12,500. 

A 1643 Charles I Triple Unite depicting one of the rarer types of Obverse is undoubtedly the highlight 

of the British hammered section and this particular example is an extremely fine piece with a clear 

portrait. The die combination of this coin is always double struck to a degree but it is notoriously hard 

to find a coin with this die combination which has a clear and well preserved portrait, such as this. 

The piece comes with exemplary provenance, most recently being sold through the Samuel King Spink 

auction, 2005 and is priced at £120,000. Item BH032 is a lesser example of the Charles I Triple Unite, 

but equally as interesting. Also a 1643 example it is interesting to note that, amongst the 15 different 

Triple Unites within the comprehensive John G Brooker Collection there was no example of this 

particular die combination. It is estimated by Baldwin’s English specialist Steve Hill that only one in 

every twenty of the available Triple Unites would be found in this die combination, making this an 

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incredibly rare piece and a must have for any English coin collector. The item is priced at £49,500. 

Highlights from the British section continue with item SC002, a 1593 James VI, sixth coinage, hat piece 

or Eighty Shillings. This is one of the rarest Scottish coins to carry a Renaissance style portrait of the 

King. Very few examples of the coin are known to be in private hands and this is one of the finest 

examples encountered by Baldwin’s specialists. The item is priced at £30,000. During the compilation 

of this list the Baldwin’s specialist team discovered a new transitional die variety of the William IV 

Crown, unrecorded in English Silver Coinage. The proof crown of 1831 created by William Wyon 

would appear to be the first die proposed for the new William IV Crown. Wyon spelt his surname in 

full on the bust of the King’s portrait, which must have been considered as far too bold, but rather than 

waste a valuable obverse die Wyon must have re-filled the signature on the die’s truncation and reengraved 

with an incuse WW over the top. This is an extremely interesting discovery for English coin 

enthusiasts and William Wyon aficionados alike. 

A smaller selection of numismatic books completes the list with a few notable items of great interest. 

Item NB01, a copy of Edward Burns ‘The Coinage of Scotland’ is illustrated in part from the collections 

of Thomas Coats Esq. The three volumes were printed in Edinburgh in 1887 and are one of only 45 

large paper copies ever produced. Other copies can be found in libraries and institutions 

internationally and so it is unusual for these volumes to be offered for sale on the open market. The 

books are priced at £875. Item NB040, is perhaps one of the most interesting items in the list. A copy 

of both volumes of T.E. Mionnet’s book De La Rareté Et Du Prix Des Médailles Romaines, have been 

interleaved and rebound with photographs and photocopies of illustrations taken from contemporary 

auction catalogues, cut and pasted onto the relevant pages. These images are accompanied throughout 

by numerous handwritten notes in French but sadly there are no clues as to the identity of the compiler 

. These unique volumes are priced at £365. 

A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd were established 1872 and are one of the oldest numismatic dealers and 

auctioneers in the industry. Since our formation we have built the largest stock of coins in the UK and 

the Baldwin’s specialist team scour three continents to source the rarest and highest quality items 

through attendance at international fairs and auctions. The bi-annual list produced by Baldwin’s retail 

department is a product of all of our hard work and a compliment to the online stock listed at 

www.baldwin.co.uk and the extensive selection of coins held at the Baldwin’s offices in London. 

All of the coins included in the list are available to view at the Baldwin’s London office by 

appointment. For more information about the items included in the price list or to make an 

appointment please contact our specialists at winter@baldwin.co.uk or on +44 (0)20 7930 6879. 

For all press enquiries please contact Caroline Newton at caraolinenewton@baldwin.co.uk 


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HIGHLIGHTS 

LYSIMACHOS TETRADRACHM WITH AN OLD PROVENANCE 

AG012 Kingdom of Thrace, Lysimachos (323-281 B.C.), AR Tetradrachm, Magnesia, c. 297-281 B.C., diademed head 

of Alexander the Great right, wearing horn of Ammon, rev BAΣIΛEΩΣ ΛYΣIMAXOY, Athena enthroned left, holding Victory 

and resting her elbow on shield, behind her rests spear, race torch to left, maeander in exergue, 17.07g (Thompson 112; Mülle r 

445 var.). Well-struck and well-centred, wonderful style, cabinet tone, extremely fine and with an excellent old 

provenance. £3,000 

Ex Naville XVII, 3 October 1934, lot 421 

Ex Monnaies et Médailles XXVIII, 19 June 1964, lot 94 

NEKTANEBO II, THE LAST PHARAOH OF EGYPT 

AG048 Phara onic Egypt, Nekta nebo II (361-343 B.C.), AE 16mm, ram running left, its head turned right, rev 

scales, 3.46g (Weiser, Katalog Ptolemäischer Bronzemünzen der Sammlung des Instituts für Altertums kunde der 

Univers ität Köln, p. 16, 1; Butcher 11 (uncertain northern Syrian mint)). Brown patina, very fine, very rare and 

extremely interesting. £1,850 

Nektanebo II was the last Pharaoh of the thirtieth dynasty of Egypt. He was the nephew of the Pharaoh Takhos and had assumed control of Egypt by force 

after being granted command of the Egyptian army in Syria. Nektanebo II was eventually driven from his throne by a Persian invasion in 344/3 B.C., after 

which he fled to Ethiopia and, for a few years, managed to maintain some control of Upper Egypt. During the reigns of Takhos and Nektanebo II, the only 

coinage to be issued in Egypt during the Pharaonic period was produced. Takhos apparently issued gold staters, imitating issues of Athen s, which today are 

represented by a unique example in the British Museum. The issues of Nektanebo II, employing hieroglyphs as their reverse types, are considered to be the 

only truly native Egyptian coinage. Nektanebo’s coinage consisted of the well-known and extremely rare gold Staters, possibly silver fractions (of which two 

examples are known), and an issue of bronzes. 

OUTSTANDING CARTHAGE STATER 

AG049 North Africa, Zeugitana, Carthage (c. 320-310 B.C.), EL Stater, wreathed head of Tanit left, wearing 

earring and necklace, rev horse standing right, exergual line below, 7.57g (Jenkins & Lewis, group IVb, 189). W ell-struck 

from fresh dies on a very broad flan, beautifully toned, extremely fine, a wholly exceptional example . £4,500 

PORTRAIT OF CLAUDIUS IN GOLD 

AR029 Claudius (A.D. 41-54), AV Aureus, Lugdunum, A.D. 46-7, TI CLAVD CAESAR AVG P M TR P VI IMP XI, 

laureate head right, rev IMPER RECEPT on battlemented front wall of Praetorian camp; a soldier stands on sentry duty within 

the camp, holding spear and aquila; a distyle pediment with fortified flanking walls behind him, 7.79g (RIC 36; BMC 37; 

Calicó 362a; RCV 1832 var.). Broad flan, excellent portrait, a few insignificant marks, about extremely fine. £12,500 

RIC attributes this issue to Rome 

ONE OF THE RARER TYPES OF OBVERSE FOR THE LARGEST HAMMERED 

GOLD DENOMINATION EVER ISSUED 

BH031 Charles I, Triple-Unite or Three Pound Piece, Oxford Mint, 1643, crowned and armoured half-length portrait of 

King left, holding upright sword in right hand, laurel branch in left hand, flowing scarf behind, Oxford plumes in field, wit hin 

beaded circle, top and bottom of portrait intruding, initial mark plume with bands, CAROLVS:D:G.MAGN:BRIT:FR:ET:HI:REX 

beaded outer border both sides, rev legend on wire line scroll EXVRGAT: DEVS: DISSIPENTVR: INIMICI: surrounds 


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Declaration RELIG:PROT LEG:.:ANGL: LIBER: PAR. in three lines on wavy scroll at centre, date below, value III between 

stops and three Oxford plumes above, 26.66g. (Beresford-Jones dies V/S5; Schneider 291; Brooker 836; N.2383; S.2726). 

Double struck as usual for this die combination, struck on a nice broad flan, as struck with weaknesses inherent 

from the double strike, toned with underlying brilliance, about extremely fine and very rare. £120,000 

Clifford T Weihman, Stacks USA, October 1951, lot 174 

John Jay Pittman, USA, 6-8 th August 1999, lot 3739 and colour plate 

Samuel King, 5 th May 2005, lot 77 

This die combination is always double struck to a degree, and is notoriously hard to find with a decent portrait. The piece offered here is not as double struck 

as usual and it is the legend that exhibits more of the doubled look rather than the portrait. The portrait of this piece is particularly pleasing for a coin of this 

die combination. 

For further reading see R D Beresford-Jones, British Numismatic Journal 3rd series, Volume VII (1952-54) pages 334-344 and plates. 

ONE OF THE RAREST DIE COMBINATIONS IN THE TRIPLE UNITE SERIES, 

AND ONE OF THE FEW THAT J G BROOKER DID NOT OBTAIN 

BH032 Charles I (1625-49), Triple-Unite or Three Pound Piece, Oxford Mint, 1643, crowned and armoured half-length 

portrait of King left, holding upright sword in right hand, laurel branch in left hand, Oxford plumes in field, all entirely within 

beaded circle, initial mark plume with bands, CAROLVS.D:G.MAGN:BRIT:FRAN:ET:HIB:REX.: toothed border both sides, rev 

legend on wire line scroll EXVRGAT: DEVS: DISSIPENTVR: INIMICI: surrounds and continues into Declaration RELIG:PROT 

LEG:ANG LIBER: PAR in three lines on continuous scroll at centre, date below, value III and three Oxford plumes above, 26.49g. 

(Beresford-Jones dies VI/L4; Schneider 298; Brooker -; N.2384; S.2727). Once polished, now starting to tone with a tinge of 

red, dig in obverse field and lightly hairlined, weakly struck on shoulder and at corresponding part of reverse, a few 

tiny nicks on reverse and short scratch above first I of value, otherwise nearly very fine and an extremely rare die 

combination with this London made reverse die. £49,500 

Glendining, 9 th April 1975, lot 24 

It is interesting to note that amongst the 15 different Triple Unites within the comprehensive John G Brooker Collection there was no specimen of this die 

combination. 

All the specific dies were recorded by R D Beresford-Jones in his article about Triple-Unites in the British Numismatic Journal 3 rd Series, Volume VII (1952- 

54), page 334-344 and plates. 

It would be a fair estimate to say that only one in every twenty of the available Triple-Unites will be of this die combination, thus making it extremely rare. 

How often this combination might be encountered on the open market is even harder to estimate. 

A NEWLY DISCOVERED TRANSITIONAL DIE VARIETY OF WILLIAM IV CROWN 

BM052 William IV (1830-1837), Proof Crown, 1831, bare head right, W. W. engraved incuse over a weaker trace of a 

die-filled W. WYON on truncation, rev crowned mantle over quartered shield with escutcheon of the Arms of Hanover, 

within Order of the Garter, date below, plain edge (cf. ESC.271 / 278; L&S 1 / 3; cf. Davies 300; S.3833). Toned, a few 

tiny hairlines and marks, reverse a touch double struck in places, otherwise good extremely fine, and a new 

variety unrecorded in English Silver Coinage. £25,000 

It would seem that chronologically the first die proposed for the new William IV Crown was the W WYON version. It must have been considered far too bold 

of William Wyon to spell his surname in full, especially on the bust of the King’s coinage. Rather than waste a valuable obverse die with his enigmatic portrait 

of the King, William Wyon must have re-filled the signature on the die’s truncation and re-engraved an incuse WW over the top. This is a new and significant 

discovery and is published for the first time on this list. 

ONE OF THE RAREST SCOTTISH GOLD COINS TO CARRY A 

RENAISSANCE STYLE PORTRAIT 


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SC002 James VI (1567-1625), sixth coinage, Hat Piece or Eighty Shillings, 1593, bust in tall hat right, thistle behind, all 

within beaded inner circle, initial mark pierced cinquefoil both sides, rev crowned lion seated upright left holding sceptre, 

Hebrew word ‘Jehovah’ in cloud above, date in Latin legend, 4.40g. (S.5457). Tiny nick in reverse field, with a superb 

portrait, weak extremely fine reverse good very fine and extremely rare, very few examples in private hands, one of 

the finest examples we have encountered. £30,000 

Ex C F Gilboy, Glendining, 14 th May 1975, lot 50 

NB011 Burns, E. The Coinage of Scotland. Illustrated From the Cabinet of Thoma s Coats, Esq., of 

Ferguslie and Other Collections. Three Volumes. Edinburgh, 1887. Volume I. David I. A.D. 1124 to Robert III. A.D. 

1406. Volume II. James I A.D. 1406 to Anne A.D. 1707. Volume III. Plates an d Descriptions of the Figures. Folio, pp. 

xxiii, 365 (iv); xviii, 556; vi (iii), 78 exceptionally fine plates engraved by Dujardin of Paris, each with tissue guard. Th ree 

quarter crimson morocco over marbled boards, raised bands, ruled in gilt, gilt letter ing in compartments. Top edge gilt, the 

others untrimmed. Binding repaired at some point but still strong and contents clean. One of the scarce large 

paper copies, of which only 45 copies were printed. £875 

NB040 Mionne t, T. E. De La Ra re té Et Du Prix De s Mé daille s Romaine s Ou Re cueil Conte na nt Le s 

Type s Ra re s Et Inédits De s Mé daille s D’Or, D’Arge nt e t De Bronze Fra ppée s Pe nda nt La Durée De 

La République Et De L’Empire Romain . Third Edition. Paris , 1847. Two Volumes , both rebound and 

interleaved. Thick quarto. Over 1800 pages , many with photographs and illustrations of coins taken from 

contemporary auction catalogues and cut and pasted onto relevant pages. Numerous handwritten notes in French 

throughout both volumes . Both volumes bound in half leather, ma rbled boards. Rais ed bands , gilt. Faded and worn, 

spine of the second volume loose. An interesting example of a nineteenth century collectors handb ook, could 

b enefit from further research. £365 


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Notes to the Editor: 

Established in 1872 A. H. Baldwin & Sons Ltd has over 100 years experience in servicing the numismatic 

industry. 

Baldwin’s auction department was established in 1993 and has grown to hold between ten and twelve sales 

annually in London, New York and Hong Kong and specialise in all areas of Numismatics. 

Baldwin’s broadcast all of their main auctions over the internet and provide a live bidding service through 

www.the-saleroom.com/baldwins 


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