LOT 3808
England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Groat. Struck 1422-1427. London (Tower) mint; i.m: incurved pierced cross. Annulet issue.
(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. Near Very Fine.(3.67gr, 26mm, 1h.).
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 Halfpenny. Struck 1454-1461. London (Tower) mint; i.m: plain cross. Cross-pellet issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
✠ ꞂЄnRIC RЄX AnGL, crowned facing bust; saltire on breast / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée; trefoils in quarters, additional pellet in second quarter. North 1524; SCBC 1943. 0.41gr, 13mm, 3h.
Good Fine. Pierced. Very rare with one additional pellet on reverse.
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. -
England. Plantagenet, John AR Cut Halfpenny. Struck in the name and types of Henry II, 1205. Norwich mint; Renaud, moneyer. Short cross coinage, class Vb1.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Crowned facing bust, holding sceptre / Voided short cross; quatrefoils in angles. SCBC 1350B. 0.55gr, 17mm, 6h
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
