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LOT 3981
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 Penny. 1377-1399. York mint. Local dies.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
✠ RICARD : RЄX : AꞂGL : DꞂS ЄB, facing crowned bust; cross on breast / CIVI-TAS ЄBO-RACI, long cross pattée with voided quatrefoil centre; triple pellets in quarters. Purvey Group F, Die 1; North 1330; SCBC 1693. 1.04gr, 19mm, 7h.
Fine. Hairlines. Very rare, only one die known with this obverse legend variety.
Found Yorkshire, UK. -
England. Plantagenet, Henry III AR Penny. 1216-1247. Short Cross type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Facing crowned head holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / Short voided cross, quatrefoils in each angle. North 979; SCBC 1356B. 1.28gr, 18mm, 6h.
Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
England. Plantagenet, Edward I AR Penny. Struck circa 1302-1310. Bury St. Edmunds mint. Class X.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £53
✠ ЄDWA R AͶGL DͶS ҺЧB, crowned facing bust; star on breast / VILL SCI Є-DMV-NDI, long cross with three pellets in each quarter. Cf. North, class Xc; cf. SCBC 1409. 1.38gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK.
