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England. York, Edward IV AR Groat. Struck circa 1467-1468. London (Tower) mint; i.m: crown/sun. Light coinage, type VIII.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
(Crown) ЄDWARD DI GRA RЄX ANGL Z FRANC, crowned facing bust within tressure of arches with trefoils at cusps, quatrefoil on breast; quatrefoils flanking neck / (Sun) POSVI DЄVᙏ A-DIVTOR-Є' ᙏЄVᙏ and CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1570; SCBC 2001. 2.86gr, 26mm, 1h.
Good Fine. Toned. Edge chipped.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
England. York, Edward IV AR Groat. Struck 1469-1470. London (Tower) mint; i.m: long cross fitchée / sun. Light coinage, type Xa.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
(Long cross fitchée) ЄDWARD ×' DI GRA ×' RЄX (trefoil) ANGL' (trefoil) S (trefoil) FRANC (trefoil), crowned facing bust within tressure of arches; fleurs on cusps; trefoil on breast, trefoils flanking neck / (Sun) POSVI DЄVᙏ A-DIVTOR-Є ᙏЄVᙏ and CIVI-TAS LOꞂ-DOꞂ, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1577; SCBC 2003. 2.92gr, 26mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
From the old family collection of a West Country, UK, lady; acquired by descent from her grandfather circa 2001. -
England. York, Edward IV AR Penny. Struck 1468-1469. Durham mint; i.m: crown; Lawrence Booth, bishop. Light coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Crowned facing bust; lis flanking / Long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1607; SCBC 2060. 0.47gr, 15mm, 4h.
Good Fine. Toned.
From a UK collection formed in the early 2000s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
England. York (Restored), Edward IV AR Penny. Struck 1472-1475. York mint. Sede Vacante.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Illegible inscription, crowned facing bust, Є [and rose?] flanking neck / Illegible inscription, long cross pattée with voided quatrefoil at centre; triple pellets in quarters. Cf. North 1648; cf. SCBC 2128. 0.76gr, 15mm, 12h.
Fine.
Found UK. Property of a North Yorkshire, UK, gentleman. -
England. York, Edward IV AR Halfpenny. Struck 1468-1469. London (Tower) mint; i.m: crown. Light coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
(Crown) ЄDWARD DI GRA RЄX, crowned facing bust; trefoils flanking bust / CIVI-TAS LOꞂ-DOꞂ, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. Withers IV 5; North 1608; SCBC 2068. 0.35gr, 13mm, 4h.
Good Fine.
From a UK collection formed in the early 2000s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
England. York, Edward IV AR Penny. Struck in an illicit mint in London, circa 1490-1500. Contemporary counterfeit of a Light coinage issue of the York mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Crowned facing bust / Long cross pattée with voided quatrefoil at centre; triple pellets in quarters. Cf. M. Archibald, The Queenhithe hoard of late-fifteenth century forgeries, BNJ 50 (1980), p. 62, York rev. 1. 0.42gr, 14mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From a UK collection formed in the early 2000s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
England. York (Restored), Richard III AR Penny. Struck 1485. Durham mint, under John Sherwood.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Crowned facing bust; D on breast / Long cross pattée; trefoils in quarters, D in centre. Cf. North 1687; cf. SCBC 2169. 0.63gr, 15mm, 8h.
Fine. Edge chipped.
Found Suffolk, UK. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman. -
England. Tudor, Henry VII AR Groat. 1485-1487. London (Tower) mint. First Coinage. 'Lis-Signed' Issues.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
(Rose) ҺЄꞂRIC ✱ DI ✱ GRA ✱ RЄX ✱ AꞂGL ✱ Z ✱ FRAꞂCIЄ, crowned facing bust within double polylobe with lis at cusps; crosses by neck / POSVI DЄVᙏ + A-DIVTOR-Є MЄVᙏ and CIVI-TAS + LOꞂ-DOꞂ (lis), long cross pattée; three pellets in quarters. North 1703; SCBC 2194. 2.99gr, 24mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine. Toned. Exceedingly rare variety with saltires after DEVM and -TAS and lis after DON. The other similar known example is that of Spink, Auction 24014, 17 December 2024, lot 78.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
England. Tudor, Henry VII AR Halfgroat. 1485-1509. Canterbury mint; i.m: lis(?)/lis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
(Lis?) ҺЄNRIC DI GRA RЄX AGL Z FR, crowned facing bust / (Lis) POSVI DЄV A-DIVTOR-Є ᙏЄV and CIVIT-AS CAN-TOR, long cross fourchée; three pellets in quarters. Cf. SCBC 2210. 1.37gr, 20mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
England. Tudor, Henry VII AR Halfgroat. 1485-1509. Canterbury mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Crowned facing bust / Long cross fourchée; three pellets in quarters. Cf. SCBC 2209-2211. 0.88gr, 18mm, 8h.
Fine. Clipped.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
England. Tudor, Henry VII AR Halfgroat. 1495-1498. Canterbury mint. King and Archbishop John Morton jointly, Class 3c.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
(Tun) ҺЄNRIC DI GRA RЄX ANGL Z F, crowned facing bust within double polylobe / POSVI DЄV A-DIVTO-Є ᙏЄV and CIVI-TAS CAꞂ-TOR, long cross fourchée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1712; SCBC 2211. 1.34gr, 19mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
England. Tudor, Henry VII AR Penny. Struck after 1501. Durham mint. Archbishop Richard Fox. Sovereign type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Henry enthroned facing, holding trefoil-tipped sceptre and globus cruciger, on throne with one pillar decorated with lis / Coat-of-arms over long cross fourchée; mitre above, large R D flanking. North 1731; SCBC 2233. 0.56gr, 15mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.