LOT 3807
England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Groat. Struck 1422-1430. Calais mint; i.m: pierced cross. Annulet issue.
(Pierced cross) ҺЄNRIC 'ˣ DI 'ˣ GRA 'ˣ RЄX ˣ ANGLIЄ ˣ Z ˣ FRA[...], crowned facing bust within tressure of arches; trefoils at cusps, annulets flanking neck / (Pierced cross) POSVI ◦ DЄVᙏ ˣˣ A-DIVTOR-Є 'ˣ ᙏЄVᙏ and VIL-LA ˣˣ CALI-SIЄ ˣˣ, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters, additional annulets in second and third quarters. North 1427; SCBC 1836. Good Fine.(3.72gr, 27mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceFound Gloucestershire, UK.
Acquired from the early 1980s.
From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
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England. Plantagenet, Richard II AR Halfpenny. 1377-1399. London (Tower) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
✠ RICARD [RЄX] ANGL, crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. Cf. SCBC 1699. 0.48gr, 14mm, 10h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Halfpenny. Struck 1445-1454. London (Tower) mint; i.m: cross fleurée(?). Leaf-pellet issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
(Cross fleurée?) ꞂЄn ˣ RIC RЄX ˣ AnGLI ˣ, crowned facing bust; pellets flanking crown, leaf on breast / CIVI-TAS LON-[DON], long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters; additional pellet on inner circle at fourth quarter. Cf. Withers III PL.12/e; North 1512; SCBC 1928. 0.44gr, 14mm, 2h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Plantagenet, Henry III AR Penny. Struck 1251/2-1252. Bury St. Edmunds mint; Randulf le Blunt, moneyer. Long Cross coinage, class Vb2.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ҺЄNRICVS (NR ligate) R-ЄX III, crowned facing head holding lis-tipped sceptre to left / RANDVLF (AN ligate) ON(ligate) SЄD, long voided cross, quatrefoils in each angle. North 992/2; cf. SCBC 1368. 1.24gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
