LOT 3374
England. Lancaster, Henry V AR Groat. 1413-1422.
London mint. Light coinage. Class F. ⧾ ҺЄNRIC × DI [...] RЄX × ANGLIЄ × Z × FRANCЄ, crowned facing bust within double polylobe, fleurs at cusps; mullet to right of breast / ⧾ POSVI DЄVᙏ ×× A-DIVTOR-Є '× ᙏЄVᙏ[...] and CIVI-TAS ×× LON-DON ××, long cross pattée with trefoil of pellets in each quarter. North 1387; SCBC 1762B. Good Fine. Pierced previously for use as 'touch piece' pendant. Very rare.(3.54gr, 24mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Penny. 1422-1461.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Calais mint; i.m: plain cross. Annulet issue; struck 1422-1460. (Cross) ҺЄNRICVS RЄX xx ANGLIЄ, crowned facing bust; annulets flanking / VIL-LA xx CAL-IS xx, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters, additional annulets in second and third quarters. North 1432; SCBC 1845. 0.90gr, 16mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Found Lincolnshire, 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). -
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.
