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Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor AR Penny. Struck circa 1059-1062. Eoferwic (York) mint; Snaebjorn, moneyer. Hammer Cross type (BMC xia, Hild. G var.).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
✠ EΛDPΛRD D RE, crowned bust to right, sceptre before / ✠ SNEBORN ON EOF, voided cross, arms terminating in inward-facing crescents; annulet in first quarter. North 828; SCBC 1182. 1.30gr, 19mm, 4h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Norman, William I 'the Conqueror' AR Penny. Struck circa 1083-1086. Salisbury mint; Esbren, moneyer. Paxs type (BMC viii).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
✠ PILLELM REX, crowned facing bust, holding sceptre / ✠ ESBRN ON SIERBI, cross pattée; letters of P A X S in annulets within quarters. North 848; SCBC 1257. 1.39gr, 20mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Toned. Double struck of obverse.
Ex Spink and Sons Ltd. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Norman, Henry I AR Penny. Struck circa 1109. London mint. Uncertain moneyer. Cross in Quatrefoil type (BMC ix).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
[...]X, crowned and diademed facing bust, holding sceptre; to right, star above quatrefoil / ✠ [...] LVNDE, short cross pattée within pointed quatrefoil; small quatrefoil in each quarter. North 865; SCBC 1270. 0.56gr, 18mm, 9h.
Good Fine. Cut.
Found Suffolk, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SF-8B9FC1. -
England. Norman, Stephen AR Cut Farthing. Struck circa 1145-1150. Uncertain mint; uncertain moneyer. Voided Cross and Mullets type (BMC ii).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Crowned bust facing slightly to left, holding sceptre / [...]IC : [...], voided cross; mullets in quarters. North 878; SCBC 1280. 0.35gr, 13mm, 2h.
Good Fine.
Found Norfolk, UK. Accompanied by copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report, with reference no. NMS-2CDA02. -
England. Plantagenet, Henry II AR Penny. Struck 1180. London mint; Reinald, moneyer. Short Cross coinage. Class 1a.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
ҺENRICVS • R-EX, facing crowned head holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ RЄNΛLD • ON • LVN, short voided cross, quatrefoils in each angle. North 962; SCBC 1343. 1.43gr, 19mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Found near Bottisham, Cambridgeshire, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme Report no.SF-B4D683. -
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England. Plantagenet, Henry II AR Penny. Struck circa 1185-circa 1189. London mint; Raul, moneyer. Short cross type, class Ic.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ҺЄNRICVS R-ЄX, facing crowned bust holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ RΛVL • ON • LVNDЄ, voided short cross with small crosses in angles. North 964; SCBC 1345. 1.28gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
England. Plantagenet, Henry II AR Penny. Struck 1180-circa 1182. London mint; Randulf, moneyer. Short Cross type, class Ib.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
ҺЄNRICVS • R-ЄX, facing crowned head holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ RANDVLF • ON • LVND, voided short cross; quatrefoil in each angle. North 963; SCBC 1344. 1.45gr, 20mm, 5h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Plantagenet, Henry II AR Cut Halfpenny. 1154-1189. York mint; Willelm, moneyer. Short Cross type. Class 1b.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[ҺЄNR]ICVS • R[-ЄX], facing crowned head holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ WIL[...]VЄR, short voided cross, quatrefoils in each angle. North 963; SCBC 1344. 0.57gr, 19mm, 8h.
Fine.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK. -
England. Plantagenet, Richard I AR Penny. Struck in the name of Henry II, 1194-circa 1200. Canterbury mint; Reinald, moneyer. Short Cross type, class IVb.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
ҺЄ[...]S R-ЄX, crowned head facing, holding sceptre / [✠] RЄINΛVD • ON • C[...], short voided cross; quatrefoils in quarters. North 968/2; SCBC 1348C. 1.32gr, 19mm, 10h.
Good Fine. Clipped.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Plantagenet, John AR Penny. Struck in the name of Henry II, 1207-circa 1210. London mint; Walter, moneyer. Short cross type, class Vc.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
ҺЄNRICVS RЄX, facing crowned head holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ WALTЄR • ON • LVN (VN ligate), short voided cross, quatrefoils in each angle. North 971; SCBC 1352. 1.38gr, 18mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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England. Plantagenet, John AR Penny. Struck in the name of Henry II, 1207-1210. Canterbury mint; Godwine, moneyer. Short cross type, class Vc.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
ҺЄNRICVS RЄX, facing crowned head holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ COLDWINЄ • ON CA, short voided cross, quatrefoils in each angle. North 971; SCBC 1352. 1.24gr, 19mm, 9h.
Fine.
Found Cornish beach, UK. Property of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman. -
England. Plantagenet, John AR Penny. Struck 1205-1207. London mint; Wilhelm B, moneyer. Short Cross type, class Vb.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
ҺЄNRICVS R-ЄX, crowned facing bust, holding sceptre / ✠ WILLЄLM • B • ON • LV, voided short cross, with quatrefoil in each quarter. North 970; SCBC 1351. 1.33gr, 18mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
