LOT 3437
Group of Eight [8] AR English Hammered Coins. 13th-14th century AD.
Various kings. About Fine to Very Fine.(9.91gr total.). [8]
ProvenanceFrom a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.
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Low Countries. Flanders, John II of Avenses, Sterling Imitation AR Crockard Penny. 1280-1304.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Mons mint, Hainaut, Belgium. Silver Esterlin, (Pollard type). ✠⁑ IOhs ⁑ COMES ⁑ hANONIE, saltire stops and mixed Roman and Lombardic lettering, facing bust wearing garland of roses / Long cross with trefoil of pellets in each angle, MONETA MONTES around long cross with three pellets in each angle. Mayhew 34. 1.30gr, 20mm, 2h.
Good Fine. Rare.
Found Lincolnshire, UK. -
England. Plantagenet, Henry II AR Tealby Penny. 1154-1189.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Canterbury mint; Ricard, moneyer. Class E, circa 1170-1174. hENRI RE around crowned facing bust holding sceptre / + RI[CA]RD : ON : [CAN] around large cross potent with a cross in each angle. BMC 603; North 960/3; SCBC 1341. 1.37gr, 20mm, 7h.
Fine.
Found Essex, UK. -
England. Norman, Stephen AR Cut Halfpenny. 1135-1154.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Possibly Carlisle or Cardiff mint. Uncertain moneyer. Struck circa 1136-1145. Cross moline ('Watford') type. Illegible inscription, crowned and diademed bust to right holding sceptre in right hand / ✠[...]CAR, cross moline with fleur in each angle. North 873; SCBC 1278. 0.63gr, 21mm, 9h.
Fair.
Found Skirpenbeck, Yorkshire, UK. From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection. Accompanied by copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with reference no. PAS YORYM-950E8A.
During this turbulent period in English history many irregular coins were struck and coins were also issued from dies that had been deliberately defaced, possibly as a rejection of Stephen's authority (note from PAS).
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