LOT 3524
England. Lancaster, Henry VI AR Halfpenny. First reign, 1422-1461.
Calais mint; i.m: cross 5. Annulet issue; struck 1422-1430. (Cross) ҺЄNRIC xx RЄX xx ANGL, crowned facing bust; annulets flanking / VIL-LA xx CAL-IS xx, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters, additional annulets in second and third quarters. North 1435; SCBC 1849. Near Very Fine. Flan crack at 3h.(0.43gr, 14mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFound Cambridgeshire, UK.
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England. Plantagenet, John AR Penny. 1199-1216.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
London mint; Fulke, moneyer. Short cross type, class Vb2. Struck in the name of Henry II, 1205-1207. ҺЄNRICVS R-ЄX, facing crowned bust holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ FVLKE ON LVNDЄ, voided short cross with small crosses in angles. North 970; SCBC 1351. 1.33gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
England. York, Edward IV AR Penny. First reign, 1461-1470.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Struck in an illicit mint in London, circa 1490-1500. Contemporary counterfeit of a Light coinage issue of the York mint. [ECAR]CVS CЄI [GRA REX], crowned facing bust / C[IVI-TAS ERO]-RAC, long cross pattée with voided quatrefoil at centre; triples pellets in quarters. M. Archibald, "The Queenhithe Hoard of Late-Fifteenth-Century Forgeries," in BNJ 50 (1980), p. 62, York rev. 1. 0.48gr, 15mm, 8h.
Near Fine.
Found on various UK sites since 1974. Property of an Essex collector. -
England. Plantagenet, Edward I AR Farthing. 1272-1307.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
London mint. New coinage, class 10. Struck early 1301-circa 1314. ✠ ЄDWARDVS RЄX A, crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée; triple pellets in quarters. SCBI 39 (North), 1028; North 1070; SCBC 1450. 0.39gr, 11mm, 8h.
Near Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
