LOT 3523
England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Halfgroat. First reign, 1422-1461.
Calais mint; i.m: incurved pierced cross/-. Annulet issue, struck 1422-1427. (Incurved pierced cross) ҺЄNRIC '× DI '× GRA '× RЄX ANGL '× Z × FR, crowned facing bust within double polylobe, fleurs at cusps; annulets flanking neck / [POSVI] DЄVᙏ ×× A-DIVT-ORЄ ×× ᙏ ×× and VIL-LA ×× CAL-IS ××, long cross fourchée; triple pellets in quarters; additional annulet in second and third quarter. North 1429; cf. SCBC 1840. Fine.(1.70gr, 20mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFound Yorkshire/County Durham, UK.
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England. Plantagenet, Henry III AR Penny. 1216-1272.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Canterbury mint; Willem, moneyer. Long Cross coinage. Struck 1250-1272. ҺЄNRICVS RЄ[...] (NR ligate), facing crowned head holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / [W]IL-LЄM ON C-[...] (ЄM ligate), long voided cross, with central pellet; triple pellets in quarters. Cf. North 991; cf. SCBC 1367A. 1.29gr, 17mm, 5h.
Good Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
England. Plantagenet, Edward III AR Groat. 1327-1377.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
London (Tower) mint; i.m: cross 1. Fourth coinage, Pre-treaty period, series C. Struck 1351-1352. (Cross 1) ЄDWARD ◦ DI ◦ G ◦ RЄX ◦ AͶGL ◦ Z ◦ FRAͶC ◦ D ◦ ҺУB', crowned facing bust, with trefoil on breast; all within tressure of arches with trefoils at cusps / (Cross 1) POSVI ◦ DЄVᙏ ◦ A-DIVTOR-Єᙏ ◦ ᙏЄV and CIVI-TAS LOͶ-DOͶ, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. North 1147; SCBC 1565. 4.02gr, 27mm, 7h.
Near Fine.
Found Yorkshire/County Durham, UK. -
England. York, Edward IV AR Penny. First 1461-1470.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck in an illicit mint in London, circa 1490-1500. Contemporary counterfeit of a London mint issue. Crowned facing bust / CIVI-CO[...], long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. M. Archibald, "The Queenhithe hoard of late-fifteenth century forgeries," BNJ 50 (1980), p. 62, London rev. 0.48gr, 14mm, 6h.
Near Fine.
Found on various UK sites since 1974. Property of an Essex collector.
