LOT 3982
England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Halfgroat. 1422-1427. London (Tower) mint; i.m: pierced cross/-. Annulet issue.
(Pierced cross) ҺЄNRIC '× DI '× GRA '× RЄX × ANGLIE' ×Z× F', crowned facing bust within double polylobe, fleurs at cusps / POSVI ◦ DЄVᙏ ×× A-DIVT-ORЄ ×× ᙏ' × and CIVI-TAS ×× LON-DON ××, long cross fourchée; triple pellets in quarters; additional annulet in second and third quarter. North 1428; SCBC 1839. Very Fine. Toned.(1.89gr, 21mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFound Yorkshire, UK.
Recorded with the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with no.YORYM-FC177B.
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England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Groat. Struck 1422-1430. Calais mint; i.m: pierced cross. Annulet issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
(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. 3.72gr, 27mm, 8h.
Good Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
England. York, Edward IV AR Groat. Struck circa 1461-1470. London (Tower) mint; i.m: sun. Light coinage. Mule of Classes Vd/VI.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
(Sun) ЄDWARD × DI × GRA RЄX ANGL × Z × FRANC, crowned facing bust within tressure of arches; fleurs on cusps; quatrefoils flanking neck / (Sun) POSVI DЄVᙏ ×× A-DIVTOR-Є' ᙏЄVᙏ and CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters; additional pellet in second quarter under CIVI. Blunt and Whitton (BNJ 1945-48) pg.155, 1 (pl.IV, 8); North 1568/9; SCBC 2000. 3.08gr, 26gr, 8h.
Near Very Fine. Double struck of obverse. Rare variety.
Acquired on the UK art market. -
England. Plantagenet, Henry III AR Penny. Struck 1248-1250. York mint; Rener, moneyer. Long Cross coinage, class 3b.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
(Star) ҺЄNRICVS (NR ligate) RЄX III', crowned facing bust / RЄNЄR O-N Є-VЄR (ЄN and ЄRs ligate), voided long cross, with central pellet; triple pellets in quarters. North 987; SCBC 1363. 1.47gr, 18mm, 10h.
Good Fine.
Found Lincolnshire, UK.
