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. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Groat. Struck 1422-1427. London (Tower) mint; i.m: incurved pierced cross. Annulet issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
(Incurved pierced cross) ҺЄꞂRIC ˣ' DI ˣ' GRA ˣ' RЄX ˣ AꞂGL ˣ' Z ˣ FRAꞂC, crowned facing bust within tressure of arches; trefoils at cusps / (Incurved pierced cross) POSVI ◦ DЄVᙏ ˣˣ A-DIVTOR-Є ˣ' ᙏЄVᙏ and CIVI-TAS ˣˣ LOꞂ-DOꞂ ˣˣ, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters, additional annulets in second and third quarters. North 1423; SCBC 1835. 3.67gr, 26mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
England. Plantagenet, Edward I or II AR Farthing. 1272-1327. London mint. Class X-XI.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,105
✠ ЄDWARDVS RЄX AN(?) (legend starting at 7h), crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. Cf. SCBC 1450 (Edward I) or 1474 (Edward II); Withers Type 30 (unrecorded variety). 0.26gr, 12mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine. An exceptionally rare and probably unique variety, with the obverse legend starting not at 12h as usual but at 7h.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Plantagenet, Edward I AR Penny. Struck circa 1301-1303. Bury St. Edmunds mint. New coinage, class 10ab.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
✠ ЄDWARD R ANGL DNS ҺУB', crowned facing bust / VILL' SCI Є-DMV-NDI, long cross pattée; three pellets in quarters. North 1038a; SCBC 1418. 1.42gr, 19mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK, before 1991.
