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HERITAGE: GREAT BRITAIN SHOWCASE AUCTIONHeritage Auctions will be hosting their Great Britain Showcase Auction on December 8. Select items are discussed below. -Garrett 
BRITAIN. Durotriges. Ca. 50 BC-AD 40. AR unit (13mm). NGC Choice VF. Badbury Rat type. 'Three men in a boat' design / Vertical thunderbolt and line of pellets across field; rodent-like object, two rings with annulets, and clamshell motif on each side. ABC 2214. Van Arsdell 1260. Fascinating lapis and aquamarine toning glimmers in the light. From A Pugnus Maximus Collection by Mandy Farris Woods.
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Henry VIII (1509-1547) gold Crown of the Double Rose ND (1536-1537) MS61 NGC, Tower mint, Arrow mm, S-2279, N-1790. Bearing a crowned I on the reverse denoting Jane Seymour, Henry's wife from 1536-1537 who died giving birth to the later Edward VI. Boldly rendered from aged dies, which exhibit some cracking and strong polish lines. The planchet is lemon-gold and untoned, amongst the finest of this rare type available to collectors.
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Henry VIII (1509-1547) Testoon ND (1544-1547) AU53 NGC, Southwark mint, S mintmark, Third Coinage, S-2367. 7.74gm. Rare Testoon type with strong portrait doubling, making for great dynamism on the flan. Tied with the Abbeygate just shy of the highest grade at NGC. Ex. Parkinson Collection; Alfred Leonard Fuller Collection
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Charles I Octagonal Pontefract Siege Shilling 1648 VF35 PCGS, KM381, S-3148. Incredible relic from the English Civil War and a type that we see all too rarely, last in this octagonal shape in 2007. The obverse and reverse testify to King Charles' desperate situation before his capture, trial, and execution in January 1649. Here, the obverse reads DVM SPIRO SPERO ("Whilst I live, I hope"), while the reverse shows a crude depiction of his safehouse Pontefract Castle with "OBS" for "besieged" vertically to the left. Perhaps the most historically significant piece in this auction. Pontefract Castle holds a special place in English history as a strategic site during the War of the Roses and as the scene of imprisonment and probable murder of Richard II. Royalist forces trapped inside the castle during the English Civil War cast hand-made dies in order to strike coinage for the king's troops. Usually crude, these coins were struck in irregular shapes and sizes, including lozenge and octagonal. In 1649, after driving out the Royalists, Oliver Cromwell ordered the Castle to be demolished.
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Oliver Cromwell Crown ND (1658/1657) AU58 NGC, KM-D207, S-3226, ESC-240 (prev. ESC-10). By Thomas Simon. The first Crown produced by England utilizing the screw press, the issue's historical significance and offered grade make it a highly sought-after addition to a collection.
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British Dependency. James Stanley silver Pattern 1/2 Penny 1723 AU53 NGC, KM-Pn10, Prid-26. By William Wood, with engrailed edge. An exceedingly rare issue, struck as a form of unofficial coinage under a local partnership, which leased the Isle of Man's customs from the Earl of Derby in 1721 for a fixed yearly sum. Beautiful caramel toning in the crevices. Incredibly challenging condition for the type, more often appearing holed and with qualifiers.
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