Details
LOT 3648
Anglo-Gallic, Henry VI AR Grand blanc. Struck 1422-1449. Rouen mint; i.m: leopard.
(Leopard) FRAHCORVᙏ ⁝ ЄT ⁝ AHGLIЄ ⁝ RЄX, coats-of-arms of France and England; hЄRICVS with macron above / (Leopard) SIT ⁝ ꞂOᙏЄИ ⁝ DꞂI ⁝ BЄИЄDICTV, latin cross; lis to left, leopard passant to right; hЄRICVS with macron below. SCBC 8166. Near Very Fine.(2.96gr, 27mm, 9h.).
Provenance
Ex Spink, sale 5020, lot 0288.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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