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Auction: 24006 - British and World Coins
Lot: 83

William II 'Rufus' (1087-1100), 'Voided Cross' Type, Penny, 1092-1095, Southwark, Ealdræd, + PILLELM REX, crowned bust facing, flanked by stars, rev. + IELDRED ON SVÐE, with block-cut serifs, voided cross pattée with annulet at centre, atop cross annulettée, 1.375g [21.22grns], 3h [to i.m.] (Hawkins 250; J P Rosen, CNG Keystone 14, 12 June 2024, lot 12 same dies; North 853; BMC III [Coll. -]; S.1260), subtly crimped, otherwise pleasantly and richly cabinet toned, generally very fine, the portrait bolder still for issue, the finer of the TWO known specimens, from the Baldwin "Basement" (1947); Foxley Park (1921) and Davenport (1862) Cabinets; utterly essential for the specialist Southwark Mint collector and unseen at public auction for over a century

Provenance

The Hartland Collection of English Coins

Baldwin, by private treaty, 28 April 1956 - "VF" - £9.10.0

A H Baldwin, ticketed for stock, 1947

Evidently part of the 'family' or 'basement' cabinet, until:

Captain Ralph Tichborne Hinckes (né Davenport, of Foxley Park, Hereford, 1873-1944), Sotheby's, 21-22 November 1921, lot 330 [part] - "...William II, Penny, type III, of Southwark, ÆLDRED ON SVÐE, a new moneyer for this mint, well preserved" - £2.0.0 [Baldwin]

Rev. George Horatio Davenport (1833-1919), late of Tettenhall, Staffordshire, by descent to his son

John Davenport (1799-1862), Sheriff of Staffordshire, late of Leek, by descent to his second son

John Davenport MP (1765-1848), Founder of Davenport Pottery (Longport), in 1794, thence by descent




~ Little is known about the origins of the Foxley Park collection, but it is noteworthy for its parcel of Edward the Confessor Pennies recovered at Oulton near Stone (Staffordshire) on 3 March 1795. Few if any of the other coins post-date the reign of George III. The ubiquity of Gothic Crowns in almost every "modern" English coin cabinet post-1850, is further indicative of an earlier compilation date. This matches closely with the family lineage, with John Davenport (Junior) acquiring Foxley Park in 1856 and immediately setting about on a large-scale renovation project rendering his disposal income scarce in the extreme. It is therefore conceivable that this coin has a now-lost 18th Century source. ~



Ealdræd is documented as a moneyer for Southwark for (BMC II), with examples listed in SCMB, November 1977, no. E1167 and from the Thames Spoil Exchange finds (EMC 1988.0201 = BNJ Coin Register 1988, no. 201 - 'A new moneyer for the mint at Southwark'), but as yet no parallel is recorded in Institutional collections from EMC/SCBI.

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Estimate
£800 to £1,200

Starting price
£700